The paper has highlighted the importance of rural development programs like MGNREGA that were implemented by the government with a view to provide employment and income to the rural population in the country. It has also shown that for both migrant and non-migrant households in rural areas, agriculture was the main source of income, and their consumption expenditure was more than the production. It has also been observed that migration has a positive impact on income,expenditure and net savings of migrant sample households.
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