Highest Demand Under MGNREGS in April Hints at Possible Return of Reverse Migration

In what could be a direct result of localised lockdown due to spike in covid-19 cases, demand for work by households under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has surged 102 percent in April 2021 to 2.45 crore households from 1.21 crore households a year before.

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