The history of migration is the people’s struggle to survive and to prosper, to escape insecurity and poverty and to move in response to opportunity. In India, the urban population has increased by more than 100 percent between 1901 to 2001, fueled largely by migration from the rural areas, the place of origin to urban locations, mainly in search of employment and better resources. While India has a long tradition of urbanization which has continued since the days of the Indus valley Civilization, the current spate of migration from rural to urban locations has been driven by poverty, unemployment, natural calamities and underdevelopment at the origin place.

The main focus of this article is to examine the impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on the Rural Urban Migration in backward areas and the present study also tries to assess the working of MGNREGA in two villages Sydapur and Mudnal in Yadgir district. Yadgir district is one of the most rural regions in India and this has been identified by the Dr. Najundappa Committee by Government of Karnataka. So it is hoped that the study is suitable for to find out the, in what extent the MGNREGA Scheme has impact on the rural urban migration in backward areas. Hence the performance of MGNREGA Scheme in Yadgir district would be of considerable interest both to the planners and to administrators.

KEYWORDS: Rural Urban Migration, Distress Migration, Employment, Backward areas, natural calamities.