Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
IN THE lowest wage hike under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme, the Centre has increased wages by an average of just 2.7 per cent this financial year. In some states like Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the increase in daily wages under MGNREGA from April 1 is just Re 1. It is Rs 2 in drought-affected Tamil Nadu and Odisha, and Rs.3 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
