As many as 9.063 lakh Manav Divas under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) have been created for the job card holders, since April in Dehradun district, said a department officers while talking to The Pioneer on Tuesday. He said that the department has spent `15.11 crore for providing employment to the job card holders under the MNREGA since April in the district. While talking to The Pioneer Doiwala Block...

Days after rejecting the National Advisory Council (NAC) demand for matching the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) with minimum wages, the Government has now agreed to link the wages with inflation. This would mean a 17 per cent to 30 per cent increase in the present wage of Rs 100 per day. The National Advisory Council headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi had wanted the wages to match minimum...

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...

Turns down Sonia's proposal for statutory minimum wages The battle for statutory minimum wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) seems to be on a slippery ground with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicating that the government could at best cover inflation-induced erosion of wages. In his December 31, 2010 letter, Dr. Singh has turned down the proposal of National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi to pay MNREGA workers...

In a sudden surprise inspection, Chief Secretary Avani Vaish stopped his cavalcade at Gram Panchayat Podki of Pushprajgarh Janpad Panchayat and enquired beneficiaries about payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) whether they are being paid on time or not. The Chief Secretary, on the way to take a meeting of administrative officials at Amarkantak in Anuppur district after alighting from helicopter, suddenly jammed wheels of...