Government planning to move court for Rs.200 as wage The State government is planning to move the court seeking to enhance the minimum wage being given to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) beneficiaries from Rs.125 to Rs.200. Official sources told The Hindu here that this option was being explored in the wake of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to link wages with the Consumer Price Index. Consequent to...
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Rural job scheme minimum wage revised, risking inflation spiral by Ruhi Tewari & Asit Ranjan Mishra
In a move that brings relief to the rural workforce, but risks creating an inflation spiral, the government on Thursday revised the Minimum Wages paid for its flagship job guarantee scheme by linking them to the Consumer Price Index for agricultural labour (CPI-AL) for each individual state. Such a price spiral, in case it actually emerges, could roil the electoral prospects of the Congress in the key contests to the state...
More »NREGA wages to reflect rising costs
The government has firmed up an indexing system of Minimum Wages for various categories of labour to match the inflation after Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that labourers are paid the Minimum Wages. The Rural Development Ministry is soon expected to issue a notification detailing the payment of Minimum Wages to various categories of workers, like industrial labourer or agricultural labourer, in tune with inflation,...
More »Wage hike for MGNREGA workers by K Balchand
Over five crore Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workers across the country will enjoy a 17 to 30 per cent rise in wages with their wage rate being linked with the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour(CPIAL) with immediate effect. The Ministry of Rural Development issued the notification in compliance with the directives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had, however, differed with NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi's recommendation for a hike in statutory...
More »RTI reply lays bare govt’s claim of labour welfare by Shiv Sahay Singh
Even as the Left Front government in Bengal have pledged itself to champion the cause of labourers in the country, the number of companies in the state who deny Minimum Wages to its workers has increased manifold in the last few years. In 2006, 61 companies were fined for denying Minimum Wages to its workers which came down to 42 in 2007. But again in 2008 the number increased to 223...
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