Can we afford to leave MG-NREGA alone? Why is the civil society crying foul? Are the rural activists demanding too much? Is the UPA-II trying to take back what UPA-I gave before the elections? Let us face it, the MG-NREGA is in a big crisis. NAC members like Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze have alleged (See links below) that the present remuneration of rural workers is declining by the day and it...
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Process begins for statutory central minimum wage by Sreelatha Menon
States may set it higher, not lower; planned link to cost of living. The Minimum Wages Act will be amended to enact a new centrally set minimum, in the wake of the National Advisory Council's suggestion on asymmetries in this regard between states on payments for work done on schemes under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The Union labour ministry has begun consultations on the proposed change and on making...
More »Unemployment touches all-time high of 210 million, says ILO by J Balaji
“G20 nations must create 21 million jobs each year over next decade” Positive employment growth found in all countries in 2010: ILO analysis But it has not been strong enough to reverse the slack accumulated during economic crisis Though many countries including India are limping back to normality after facing economic slowdown over the past few years, the unemployment graph is still moving up and has touched an all-time high of 210 million...
More »For NREGA workers, it's a black Diwali this year
The Udyog Maidan near Statue Circle was witness to a different kind of Diwali celebrations' on Thursday. At the centre were two huge puppets carrying posters demanding Minimum Wages for NREGA workers while another one called for celebrating a black diwali. The protest got louder at the background where NREGA workers from various parts of the district help up posters on the issue. "It has been a unanimous decision from our side...
More »HC seeks Centre's explanation on NREGA wages
Justice N Ramamohana Rao of the High Court on Monday directed the central government to explain within one week as to how it could say that the wages payable to the workers under the NREGA scheme can be lower than the wages fixed as per the Minimum Wages Act. The judge was dealing with a writ petition and a resultant contempt case filed by one Ajay Kumar of AP Vyavasaya Vruthidarula...
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