Archive · 17 Jun 2025
MGNREGA Project Helps Reduce Migration in Maharashtra
In Nandurbar, India, many farmers used to leave their homes to find work because they didn't have enough water to grow crops.
The government is now using a program called MGNREGA to help these farmers.
They are building ponds and planting orchards so the farmers can stay home and make money.
A project called Nandadeep started by giving these families work to stop them from leaving.
Now, they have water and can grow more crops.
This helps them earn money and stay with their families.
Because this is working well, the program will be expanded to help even more villages.
MGNREGA is being used to reduce distress migration in Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
Farmers in Nandurbar traditionally migrate for work due to insufficient irrigation and poor crop yields.
A pilot project called Nandadeep was launched to provide work to migrating families.
The project focuses on water retention structures and orchard plantation under MGNREGA.
The scheme is expanding to all 255 villages in Nandurbar after positive results.
- Who
- Farmers in Nandurbar, the District Collector, and the government through MGNREGA.
- What
- MGNREGA is being used to curb distress migration by providing work and improving irrigation.
- When
- The Nandadeep pilot project started in late 2024.
- Where
- Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- To provide local employment and reduce the need for farmers to migrate for work.
Traditional Migration Pattern
MGNREGA Intervention
Work Availability
Traditional Migration Pattern
Farmers had to migrate for work.
MGNREGA Intervention
Farmers are staying in their villages.
- District
- Nandurbar
- State
- Maharashtra
- Scheme
- MGNREGA
- Project Name
- Nandadeep
- Households Demanding Work (2024-25)
- 147,284
- Households Provided Work (2024-25)
- 146,870
- Migration Reason
- Lack of Irrigation & Work