ROLE OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE GROWTH OF INDIAN ECONOMY AND THE IMPACT OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT ON MIGRATION

Abstract

 India’s economic growth is dependent on rural employment and rural economy , due to COVID-19 pandemic today India labour market is under stress . Lakh of migrant workers have returned back to their villages . Rural India , because of its poor employment facilitates and allowance , we are seeing a  rapid rise in migration to urban India . Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is seen as the only hope for employment for the migrants where as the MGNREGA has been both a success and a failure ,it varies from state to state , with given the state with the responsibility to decide on the allowances , the really benefits of the scheme have not  reached out to people . Corruption and irregularities have made it a failure , the low income of the farmers and other non agriculture activities are bring the villagers to live below poverty line , the farmers are leaving their farms and finding an alternative jobs . It is important that the scheme should be implemented without corruption and gram panchayat should be given the responsibility and new schemes should be initiated in consultation with the villagers and grass root participation followed by infrastructure growth which will uplift better jobs and allowances in rural India .