New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mgnrega) increased nearly 40 per cent in the current fiscal year owing to the mass migration of migrant workers to rural India, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said demand for work rose by 38.79 percent as 22.49 crore people sought work under the scheme this year until September 12, as compared to 16.2 crore last year in the same period.
"The number of beneficiaries provided employment under Mgnerga during the current fiscal year 2021 as on September 12, 2020, is 8.29 crore," he said in a statement.
More than 1.04 crore migrant workers...