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High demand for MGNREGA work: What does it signal about job growth?

Manas Chakravarty   •

The number of households demanding work under the rural employment guarantee scheme is higher than in 2022 and even in pre-pandemic 2019

Work under this scheme is usually demanded only when other, more lucrative jobs are not available

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