Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 73,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'catslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 73,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'catslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Code Context


        trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);

    }
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.'
$stackFrame = (int) 1
$trace = [
	(int) 0 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php',
		'line' => (int) 2421,
		'function' => 'deprecationWarning',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.'
		]
	],
	(int) 1 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
		'line' => (int) 74,
		'function' => 'offsetGet',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
		]
	],
	(int) 2 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php',
		'line' => (int) 610,
		'function' => 'printArticle',
		'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 3 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 120,
		'function' => 'invokeAction',
		'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller',
		'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	],
	(int) 4 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php',
		'line' => (int) 94,
		'function' => '_invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 5 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php',
		'line' => (int) 235,
		'function' => 'dispatch',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 6 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication',
		'object' => object(App\Application) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 7 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 162,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 8 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 9 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 88,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 10 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 11 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php',
		'line' => (int) 96,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 12 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 65,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware',
		'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 13 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php',
		'line' => (int) 51,
		'function' => '__invoke',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 14 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php',
		'line' => (int) 98,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => [
			(int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {},
			(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {},
			(int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}
		]
	],
	(int) 15 => [
		'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php',
		'line' => (int) 39,
		'function' => 'run',
		'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server',
		'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {},
		'type' => '->',
		'args' => []
	]
]
$frame = [
	'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php',
	'line' => (int) 74,
	'function' => 'offsetGet',
	'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest',
	'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {
		trustProxy => false
		[protected] params => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] cookies => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _environment => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245/print'
		[protected] base => ''
		[protected] webroot => '/'
		[protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245/print'
		[protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] _input => null
		[protected] _detectors => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] _detectorCache => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {}
		[protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {}
		[protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {}
		[protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] emulatedAttributes => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
		[protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]]
		[protected] protocol => null
		[protected] requestTarget => null
		[private] deprecatedProperties => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	},
	'type' => '->',
	'args' => [
		(int) 0 => 'artileslug'
	]
]
deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311
Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421
App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74
Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51
Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98

Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Code Context
            if (Configure::read('debug')) {

                trigger_error($message, E_USER_WARNING);

            } else {
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr680504e007b93-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 8 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 31177
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><br />Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br /><br />In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br /><br />Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br /><br />This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br /><br />The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$maxBufferLength = (int) 8192
$file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php'
$line = (int) 853
$message = 'Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853'
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Code Context
            $response->getStatusCode(),

            ($reasonPhrase ? ' ' . $reasonPhrase : '')

        ));
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr680504e007b93-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 8 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 31177
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><br />Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br /><br />In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br /><br />Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br /><br />This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br /><br />The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$reasonPhrase = 'OK'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitStatusLine() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 54
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
Code Context
                    $value

                ), $first);

                $first = false;
$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) {

	'status' => (int) 200,
	'contentType' => 'text/html',
	'headers' => [
		'Content-Type' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		]
	],
	'file' => null,
	'fileRange' => [],
	'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {},
	'cacheDirectives' => [],
	'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-trace').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none');"><b>Notice</b> (8)</a>: Undefined variable: urlPrefix [<b>APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp</b>, line <b>8</b>]<div id="cakeErr680504e007b93-trace" class="cake-stack-trace" style="display: none;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-code').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Code</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr680504e007b93-context').style.display == 'none' ? '' : 'none')">Context</a><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-code" class="cake-code-dump" style="display: none;"><code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">head</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;
</span></span></code>
<span class="code-highlight"><code><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;link&nbsp;rel="canonical"&nbsp;href="<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Configure</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">read</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'SITE_URL'</span><span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$urlPrefix</span><span style="color: #007700">;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">category</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">slug</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>/<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">echo&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$article_current</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">seo_url</span><span style="color: #007700">;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>.html"/&gt;
</span></code></span>
<code><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">meta&nbsp;http</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">equiv</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Content-Type"&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">content</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"text/html;&nbsp;charset=utf-8"</span><span style="color: #007700">/&gt;
</span></span></code></pre><pre id="cakeErr680504e007b93-context" class="cake-context" style="display: none;">$viewFile = &#039;/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp&#039;
$dataForView = [
	&#039;article_current&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
		&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
		&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
		&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
		&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
		&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
		&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
		&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
		&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
		&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
		&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
		&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
		&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
		&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [[maximum depth reached]],
		&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;
	
	},
	&#039;articleid&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;metaTitle&#039; =&gt; &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;metaKeywords&#039; =&gt; &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;,
	&#039;metaDesc&#039; =&gt; &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;English&#039;,
	&#039;SITE_URL&#039; =&gt; &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;,
	&#039;site_title&#039; =&gt; &#039;im4change&#039;,
	&#039;adminprix&#039; =&gt; &#039;admin&#039;
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	&#039;id&#039; =&gt; (int) 31177,
	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;description&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;
-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
	&#039;credit_writer&#039; =&gt; &#039;TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/&#039;,
	&#039;article_img&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;article_img_thumb&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;status&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;show_on_home&#039; =&gt; (int) 1,
	&#039;lang&#039; =&gt; &#039;EN&#039;,
	&#039;category_id&#039; =&gt; (int) 16,
	&#039;tag_keyword&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;seo_url&#039; =&gt; &#039;nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245&#039;,
	&#039;meta_title&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_keywords&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;meta_description&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;noindex&#039; =&gt; (int) 0,
	&#039;publish_date&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	&#039;most_visit_section_id&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;article_big_img&#039; =&gt; null,
	&#039;liveid&#039; =&gt; (int) 4679245,
	&#039;created&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;modified&#039; =&gt; object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	&#039;edate&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
	&#039;tags&#039; =&gt; [
		(int) 0 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 8 =&gt; object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	&#039;category&#039; =&gt; object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	&#039;[new]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[accessible]&#039; =&gt; [
		&#039;*&#039; =&gt; true,
		&#039;id&#039; =&gt; false
	],
	&#039;[dirty]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[original]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[virtual]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[hasErrors]&#039; =&gt; false,
	&#039;[errors]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[invalid]&#039; =&gt; [],
	&#039;[repository]&#039; =&gt; &#039;Articles&#039;

}
$articleid = (int) 31177
$metaTitle = &#039;LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi&#039;
$metaKeywords = &#039;Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega&#039;
$metaDesc = &#039;
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;-TheWire.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &amp;ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&amp;rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&amp;rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of this &amp;ldquo;concern&amp;rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &amp;ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&amp;hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&amp;rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&amp;rsquo;s expenditure choices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
$lang = &#039;English&#039;
$SITE_URL = &#039;https://im4change.in/&#039;
$site_title = &#039;im4change&#039;
$adminprix = &#039;admin&#039;</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245.html"/>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <link href="https://im4change.in/css/control.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
          media="all"/>
    <title>LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi | Im4change.org</title>
    <meta name="description" content="
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest..."/>
    <script src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://im4change.in/js/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        $(document).ready(function () {
            var img = $("img")[0]; // Get my img elem
            var pic_real_width, pic_real_height;
            $("<img/>") // Make in memory copy of image to avoid css issues
                .attr("src", $(img).attr("src"))
                .load(function () {
                    pic_real_width = this.width;   // Note: $(this).width() will not
                    pic_real_height = this.height; // work for in memory images.
                });
        });
    </script>
    <style type="text/css">
        @media screen {
            div.divFooter {
                display: block;
            }
        }

        @media print {
            .printbutton {
                display: none !important;
            }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="98%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="top_bg">
            <div class="divFooter">
                <img src="https://im4change.in/images/logo1.jpg" height="59" border="0"
                     alt="Resource centre on India's rural distress" style="padding-top:14px;"/>
            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td id="topspace">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr id="topspace">
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000; padding-top:10px;" class="printbutton">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td width="100%">
            <h1 class="news_headlines" style="font-style:normal">
                <strong>NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi</strong></h1>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="100%" style="font-family:Arial, 'Segoe Script', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif, serif"><font size="3">
                <div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><br />Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br /><br />In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br /><br />Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br /><br />This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br /><br />The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.</div>               </font>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
        <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;">
            <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page "
                         onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table></body>
</html>'

}
$cookies = []
$values = [
	(int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
]
$name = 'Content-Type'
$first = true
$value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
header - [internal], line ??
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emitHeaders() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181
Cake\Http\ResponseEmitter::emit() - CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 55
Cake\Http\Server::emit() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 141
[main] - ROOT/webroot/index.php, line 39

<head>

    <link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo Configure::read('SITE_URL'); ?><?php echo $urlPrefix;?><?php echo $article_current->category->slug; ?>/<?php echo $article_current->seo_url; ?>.html"/>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

$viewFile = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp'
$dataForView = [
	'article_current' => object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

		'id' => (int) 31177,
		'title' => 'NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi',
		'subheading' => '',
		'description' => '<div align="justify">
-TheWire.in<br />
<br />
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br />
<br />
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br />
<br />
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br />
<br />
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
</div>',
		'credit_writer' => 'TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/',
		'article_img' => '',
		'article_img_thumb' => '',
		'status' => (int) 1,
		'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
		'lang' => 'EN',
		'category_id' => (int) 16,
		'tag_keyword' => '',
		'seo_url' => 'nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245',
		'meta_title' => null,
		'meta_keywords' => null,
		'meta_description' => null,
		'noindex' => (int) 0,
		'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
		'most_visit_section_id' => null,
		'article_big_img' => null,
		'liveid' => (int) 4679245,
		'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
		'edate' => '',
		'tags' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
		'[new]' => false,
		'[accessible]' => [
			[maximum depth reached]
		],
		'[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[hasErrors]' => false,
		'[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]],
		'[repository]' => 'Articles'
	
	},
	'articleid' => (int) 31177,
	'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi',
	'metaKeywords' => 'Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega',
	'metaDesc' => '
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...',
	'disp' => '<div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><br />Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br /><br />In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br /><br />Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br /><br />This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br /><br />The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.</div>',
	'lang' => 'English',
	'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/',
	'site_title' => 'im4change',
	'adminprix' => 'admin'
]
$article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) {

	'id' => (int) 31177,
	'title' => 'NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi',
	'subheading' => '',
	'description' => '<div align="justify">
-TheWire.in<br />
<br />
Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br />
<br />
In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br />
<br />
This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br />
<br />
The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.
</div>',
	'credit_writer' => 'TheWire.in, 1 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/01/nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-the-govt-32905/',
	'article_img' => '',
	'article_img_thumb' => '',
	'status' => (int) 1,
	'show_on_home' => (int) 1,
	'lang' => 'EN',
	'category_id' => (int) 16,
	'tag_keyword' => '',
	'seo_url' => 'nrega-workers-protest-low-wages-by-returning-five-rupees-to-pm-modi-4679245',
	'meta_title' => null,
	'meta_keywords' => null,
	'meta_description' => null,
	'noindex' => (int) 0,
	'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {},
	'most_visit_section_id' => null,
	'article_big_img' => null,
	'liveid' => (int) 4679245,
	'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {},
	'edate' => '',
	'tags' => [
		(int) 0 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 1 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 2 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 3 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 4 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 5 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 7 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {},
		(int) 8 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) {}
	],
	'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {},
	'[new]' => false,
	'[accessible]' => [
		'*' => true,
		'id' => false
	],
	'[dirty]' => [],
	'[original]' => [],
	'[virtual]' => [],
	'[hasErrors]' => false,
	'[errors]' => [],
	'[invalid]' => [],
	'[repository]' => 'Articles'

}
$articleid = (int) 31177
$metaTitle = 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi'
$metaKeywords = 'Employment,wage payments,wage rate,minimum wage,minimum wages,NREGS,NREGA,MGNREGS,mgnrega'
$metaDesc = '
-TheWire.in

Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-TheWire.in<br /><br />Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.<br /><br />In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government&rsquo;s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. &ldquo;We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,&rdquo; the letter starts off with saying.<br /><br />&ldquo;Actually, we are very concerned,&rdquo; the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.&rdquo;<br /><br />Because of this &ldquo;concern&rdquo;, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. &ldquo;We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources&hellip;We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,&rdquo; the workers say, in a unique protest against the government&rsquo;s expenditure choices.<br /><br />This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support.<br /><br />The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.</div>'
$lang = 'English'
$SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/'
$site_title = 'im4change'
$adminprix = 'admin'

include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8
Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413
Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374
Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927
Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885
Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126
Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94
Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96
Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65
Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51

NREGA Workers Protest Low Wages by Returning Five Rupees to PM Modi

-TheWire.in Hundreds of NREGA workers from Manika in the Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided to send a letter, along with 5 rupees each, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. In a sarcastic attempt to highlight the government’s expenditure priorities and protest against the low NREGA wages even in times of drought, the workers have talked about how the government has raised the NREGA wages from 162 rupees to 167 rupees per day this year, while the minimum wage in Jharkhand is 212 rupees per day. “We feel very lucky, because in 17 states the increase was even less. It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are now considered very well-off because their wages have not increased at all,” the letter starts off with saying. “Actually, we are very concerned,” the letter goes on. The government must be really short of money if it is unable to raise NREGA wages to the minimum wage, that too when one third of the rural population is affected by drought.” Because of this “concern”, the workers have decided to return the extra five rupees to the government. “We feel that you need the extra five rupees more than we do, since your government has so many expenses. To implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, you will have to spend an additional one lakh crore rupees at least on salaries and pensions of government employees. Defence expenditure is about 2.5 lakh crore rupees. You must also be spending a lot of money on tax concessions for big companies, aside from giving them cheap land and other resources…We hope that this will help you to keep your corporate friends and government employees happy,” the workers say, in a unique protest against the government’s expenditure choices. This action was initiated by the Grameen Swaraj Mazdoor Sangh, a local organisation of rural workers. Members of the group are struggling to secure their rights under NREGA, including employment on demand and payment within 15 days. The group has allegedly been facing harassment from the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, an armed outfit apparently formed to counter Maoist influence with police support. The Supreme Court, activists, academics and workers have been asking the government pay more attention to the NREGA recently, demanding an increase in the scale of work and the payment of wages in a timely manner. They have all argued that in times of drought and crisis, the scheme provides a safety net to the rural population.