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Inequality is more visible and widespread in the developing countries of the world like India. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is a flagship programme of poverty alleviation and reducing income inequalities, of the Government of India. The programme seeks to guarantee at least 100 days of employment every year to the rural poor or enhance livelihood security by 100 days of employment a year to one member of every rural unemployed family. In this paper, an attempt is made to study the magnitude of inequalities in the distribution of household income among the MNREGA beneficiaries in the economy Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. This study shows that there still exists income inequality in all categories of land holdings and the reduction of income inequality may be caused due to reason that the members of all categories of land holdings obtained more employment opportunities under NREGS or MNREGA. Highlights The highlights of the research paper are enlisted as follows: m The research paper is focused upon exploration of income inequalities among NREGS beneficiaries in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. m The study reveals that there still exists income inequality in all categories of land holdings & the reduction of income inequality may be caused due to reason that the members of all categories of land holdings obtained more employment opportunities under NREGS or MNREGA.