• Priyanka Sinha

ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt to analyse the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) that was launched in the year 2005 in India as a social security measure to provide employment to the people in rural India at their native place and curb migration to other places with reference to its effect upon migration of laborers in Bihar. The Act guarantees 100 days of employment to all households. MNREGA is meant to provide employment to reduce poverty in rural areas at the same time build rural infrastructure that is a prime need of the hour. It is an instrument for inclusive growth in rural India by providing social protection, livelihood security and democratic governance. The study is conducted on the backward and least privileged class of Dalits and Pasmanda Muslims in the districts of Bihar to see the effect of MNREGA in reducing the migration from the state.

Keywords: MNREGA, migration, poverty, unemployment, job cards, households (HHs)

"MNREGA: An Effective Tool to Reduce Migration from Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.893-906, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012325.pdf

"MNREGA: An Effective Tool to Reduce Migration from Bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp893-906, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012325.pdf