BANGALORE: The Central government has revised wages of agricultural labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The new wages are based on the consumer price index (CPI), as suggested by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and are retrospectively effective from January 1, 2011. Linking wages to CPI has enhanced them from 17% to 30%. The revised salaries will benefit over 50 million people across India.
The base wage, which was Rs 100 as on April 1, 2009, is revised once in five years. As per the new wages, the highest pay is not in Communist-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, but in Nicobar district with Rs 181 per day, closely followed by Haryana at Rs 179.
The poorly paid are those in the northeastern states. Labourers in Meghalaya get Rs 117 per day and those at Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura earn Rs 118 per day.
Now, MGNREGA aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
In Karnataka, daily wages have been hiked from Rs 100 to Rs 125. Dharwad is among the districts selected for a national award for effective implementation of the scheme. Karnataka rural development and panchayat raj minister Jagadish Shettar said wages in the district are distributed through smart cards. An ombudsman has been appointed in 15 districts to supervise its implementation and cases have been registered against 302 people for corruption.
The base wage, which was Rs 100 as on April 1, 2009, is revised once in five years. As per the new wages, the highest pay is not in Communist-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, but in Nicobar district with Rs 181 per day, closely followed by Haryana at Rs 179.
The poorly paid are those in the northeastern states. Labourers in Meghalaya get Rs 117 per day and those at Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura earn Rs 118 per day.
Now, MGNREGA aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
In Karnataka, daily wages have been hiked from Rs 100 to Rs 125. Dharwad is among the districts selected for a national award for effective implementation of the scheme. Karnataka rural development and panchayat raj minister Jagadish Shettar said wages in the district are distributed through smart cards. An ombudsman has been appointed in 15 districts to supervise its implementation and cases have been registered against 302 people for corruption.
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