CORONA Crisis, Return Migrant Workers and MGNREGA: A Study of Tonk District in Rajasthan

Gajendra Singh Meena

Abstract: The whole world is suffering from the pandemic Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). The paper attempts to study the effectiveness of MGNREGA on livelihood of return migrant workers during Corona crisis in Sangrampura village of Tonk district of Rajasthan. The study finds that only 10 per cent of return migrant workers are working under MGNREGA. Study also evaluated the effectiveness of the scheme for the livelihood of return migrant workers in village and finds that there is no significant association between the satisfaction about MGNREGA works and effectiveness of scheme for livelihood of return migrant workers in village. It is concluded that the MGNREGA did not yield desired results during the lockdown.

Keywords: Corona Virus Disease, MGNREGA, lockdown, return migrant workers, COVID-19