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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Again, Centre puts on hold decision on bringing parity in MGNREGA, minimum wages -Jitendra

Again, Centre puts on hold decision on bringing parity in MGNREGA, minimum wages -Jitendra

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published Published on Feb 10, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 10, 2017
-Down to Earth

Finance Ministry has said that such parity is not possible as it would involve an additional burden of around Rs 10,000 crore on the exchequer

The Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) puts on hold the consideration of bringing parity of MGNREGS wage with minimum wages of states as its proposal has not got an in-principle approval from the Finance Ministry.

According to the MoRD, the finance ministry has called for further deliberation over this issue before its implementation.

According to one estimate, it will create an additional burden of around Rs 10,000 crore per year on state exchequer.

Earlier this year, the MoRD had sent proposal for the implementation of S Mahendra Dev committee recommendation to bring parity between MGNREGS wage and minimum wage of the state.  

Then UPA government constituted a committee under S Mahendra Dev in 2013 which had recommended a one-time parity between MGNREGS wages and consumer price Index-Agriculture labourer (CPI-AL). Later, parity would be shifted to consumer price Index- rural labourer (CPI-RL). The panel suggested yearly revision of MGNREGS wage as per CPI-RL.

Currently, MGNREGS wage is linked to CPI-AL. The panel has suggested that wage rate be revised every year on the basis of CPI-RL as it takes into consideration more variables for rural areas as compared to CPI-AL, which can insulate poor from rising living cost.

The wage under the MGNREGS varies from Rs 167 to Rs 259 in different states. The poor states such as Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha have lower wage rate in comparison to rich states such as Haryana, where the wage is Rs 259. In 2016, when the wage rate increased, poor states like Odisha didn’t see any increase where as southern states got increment of up to Rs 20.

The committee was formed after Supreme Court rejected Centre’s appeal of not bringing parity between MGNREGS wage and minimum wage.

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Down to Earth, 9 February, 2017, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/again-centre-puts-on-hold-decision-on-bringing-parity-in-mgnrega-minimum-wages-57020


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