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Do MGNREGA wages need an upward revision? -Parvathi Benu

-The Hindu Business Line

This year, the average wage was hiked by a mere 20 paise to Rs.209.05; workers across States say wages are insufficient to meet their needs

The annual increase in the average MGNREGA wages has been quite uneven. While the wages increased between 8 to 10 per cent in FY13, FY14 and FY21, the increase was a mere 1.6 per cent in FY20.

Annual increases in individual states have been higher or lower than the national average. For instance, for 2022-23, Kerala and Karnataka saw the steepest hikes of Rs.20, taking their minimum wages to Rs.311 and Rs.309, respectively. Wages, however, remained the same for Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. The former two, along with Haryana, are now the states that pay the highest wage for NREGA labourers, while Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh pay Rs.204. At the same time, the wages in no states are at par with the agricultural wages set by their respective state governments or the National Minimum Wage of Rs.375 per day.

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