As millions of migrants return, will it be a boon or bane for home states?

Govts looking to turn labourers' return into an opportunity, but might have to rely on rural job guarantee scheme in near term

After almost a month, work under MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) resumed at Mohanpur, a village in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
 

Around 20 people got work, but just for a day. Bapi Das, a migrant, who used to work for a catering service provider in Tamil Nadu, and returned home just before the lockdown to contain Covid-19, wasn’t among those lucky ones.
 

The demand for MGNREGS work in Mohanpur has shot up since a large number of migrants returned. Out of work, and with little cash in hand, MGNREGS has been holding out hope.
 

But even