Does the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) lead the poor to become more poor?
No. Not at all. The sort of failures that people attribute to the Scheme itself as (MGNREGA) lead the poor to become more poor, is nothing but the stupidity of the political opposition. Do you remember when the BJP came to power in 2014, the first thing they did was laid the Scheme to rest by not continuing the working of it - no funds and withdrawal of the implementation. They just wanted it to run in their own way that led the poor to be more poor. Yes. It is a possibility, but indirectly. MGNREGA scheme in villages, has improved living conditions of some families sure, mostly with women, but it has severely affected farming for want of daily wage earners.