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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Rural job scheme not reducing migration significantly, shows survey -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

Rural job scheme not reducing migration significantly, shows survey -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

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published Published on Dec 13, 2017   modified Modified on Dec 13, 2017
-Business Standard

80% of surveyed districts did not show any change in migration

New Delhi:
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) has succeeded in creating livelihood assets but might not have a big impact in curbing migration -- one of its objective.  

According to a survey conducted by Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), almost 78 per cent of households covered reported an increase in water table after building conservation structures through MGNREGA. There was an 11 per cent increase in rural incomes. But around 80 per cent of the surveyed districts did not show any change in migration. Only 20 per cent districts reported a dip in migration, the survey showed.  

In all the 30 districts the survey covered, around 18 per cent beneficiary households of the natural resource management (NRM) component under MGNREGA reported migration with a range varying from 8 per cent in Mahendergarh (Haryana) to 40 per cent in Nainital (Uttaranchal). “The percentage of migrating households fell in 6 of the 30 districts covered in the survey, the highest being 10 per cent in Jalna in Maharashtra. In 24 districts, the percentage of migrating households did not change,” the survey said.  

The study was conducted in 21 states spread over 14 agro-climatic zones. Around 1,200 (40 from each district) beneficiary households were given the questionnaire.  

One of the objectives of the rural job guarantee scheme was stopping or lowering migration from rural areas for jobs.  

The survey found instances of a delay in wage payment beyond the mandatory 15 days in some cases. But the delay was more acute in payment of material costs than wages. Around 75 per cent of the material cost is from the Centre and the rest from states. The delay in this count could also be because of states’ failure to release their share of material expenditure, the survey said.  

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Business Standard, 13 December, 2017, http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/rural-migration-to-cities-continue-as-80-households-show-no-change-survey-117121200474_1.html


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