MGNREGA: Improving Lives & Livelihoods

Published 29 October 2020

Reams of newsprint have been spent on the devastating blow to the job market

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Reams of newsprint have been spent on the devastating blow to the job market and economy during the current pandemic. Amid this pall of gloom, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) brought comfort to 55 million households by ensuring livelihoods from April to August 2020. Many of those who got jobs under the scheme were the ones who had reverse migrated from cities due to complete shutdown during the pandemic.

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Date 29 October 2020
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