Jobless UP Graduates Who Earned "Decent Money" Now Look For MGNREGA Work | Read

In a village in Uttar Pradesh, about 150 kms from the national capital, Roshan Kumar is looking for work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme. The rural employment scheme has been scaled up in the state to accommodate around 30 lakh migrant families who have returned to the state following the lockdown announced to control the spread of coronavirus. But it is not just the migrants who are looking for daily jobs under the scheme.