Impact of MGNREGA on Rural Labour Migration-A Study

Nagesha B

Abstract: Unemployment is a major problem of rural area. The rural people migrate rural to urban areas for purpose of better job opportunity. India has migrated from rural to urban areas for a variety of reasons. The lack of employment opportunities in rural areas to migrate to urban areas is one of the main reasons. The government of India has introduced many programs with the aim of avoiding migration from rural areas to urban areas generating job opportunity in rural areas. The paper deals with to study socio-economic condition of the migrants families, to know influence factors of the migration and to study the impact of MGNREGA on rural migration. The present paper its depended on secondary sources information.

Keywords: MGNREGA, NSSO, Push-Factors, Unemployment