The present study is an attempt to evaluate and examine the selected Employment generation programs and long-term development: “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme” for the state of Jharkhand has been taken as a case study. The impact of employment generation program and its long-term development on labour and employment as an opportunity and challenges in the development countries like India has been less satisfactory. MGNREGA is Government of India's one of the most ambitious and right based program which aims at social inclusion through creation of productive assets as well as to enhance the livelihood security by providing a guaranteed days of wage employment in one financial year to every household whose member those are adult volunteer and agree to do unskilled manual work. On the Welfare of rural development by providing long term development and employee generation programs and schemes for the unskilled labour of rural sector. Migration in Jharkhand has increased due to lack of employment opportunity in the rural area. Social factors play a critical role in migrating decisions. MGNREGA is a major rural employment generation scheme. A major cause of migration is a lack of employment opportunity in the rural area so MGNREGA which generates rural employment should adversely affect rural-urban migration. MGNREGA has a lot of potential in generating employment both directly and indirectly for the rural poor if implemented sincerely and efficiently. The employment generation programs does not only is important to create jobs but in long term it is also necessary for the development of the country this study moreover shows the impact of the program which is not limited to a narrow concept of economic growth.

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Keywords: MGNREGA, Employee Generation, Migration and Unemployment.