Addressing distress and hunger migration is considered as a one of the key impact area to measure success of MGNREGS. When MGNREGA was enacted 2005, the underlined obligation of the Act was to facilitate a people led process for creating a win-win opportunities for the poor. A cursory observation on the current level of employment in MGNREGA implies very poor and discouraging trend in Odisha and particularly failed to provide 100 days of employment and towards reducing distress migration in the backward regions of Odisha.