DALTONGANJ, May 20 -- World's largest rural employment programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), is being perceived as a solace for the lakhs of workers making the way back home amid Corona outbreak. However there are voices who opine differently.
Experts from industry, politics and social service have expressed their views particularly after the indications coming about Government's reliance over the scheme. Ministers and authorities in the State Government have on several occasions gone on suggesting that the issue of reverse migrants coming from different States to Jharkhand jobless would be handled using MGNREGA.
"An estimate suggests that there are over 10 lakh people who would be coming back to the...