Efficacy of MGNREGA in Mitigating the Loss in Income and Unemployment Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Article 3 of 5: Over the course of 2020, MicroSave Consulting conducted two nationally representative telephonic surveys in India examining the government’s effectiveness in distributing a collection of social protection benefits broadly known as the PMGKY that were established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This report explores the results regarding the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana and offers policy recommendations.