As labourers return home after note ban, work demanded under MGNREGS up 60%

The Indian Express quoted an official as saying the note ban's impact on sectors may be the cause

The average daily demand for work under the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in December recorded an increase of 60 per cent over the preceding few months, as migrant labourers reeling under the impact of demonetisation returned home due to en-masse closure of industries, The Indian Express reported on Monday.

The data, which the newspaper accessed exclusively, show that the average labourer turnout per day under MGNREGS between July and November 2016  was 3 million. In December, the average numbers went up to 5 million per day.

And, on January 7, 2017, the labour