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MGNREGA sees negligible increase in minimum wages in the time of Covid-19

The 4% rise in average all-India minimum wages is almost the same as CPI inflation rate between 2015-16 and 2019-20, meaning that in real terms, the increase has been insignificant

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MGNREGA | MGNREGA wages | CPI Inflation

Sanjeeb Mukherjee  |  New Delhi 

Last week, the Central government notified the minimum daily wages for MGNREGA workers for the 2021-22 financial year. The average wage increase across the country was just about 4 per cent more than in FY21, which in absolute terms translates to a hike of just around Rs 9.

This, according to some experts, is lower than the average notified wages increase of 11 per cent between 2019-20 and 2020-21. In some states and UTs, such as Meghalaya, Daman and Diu, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, the increase was as high as Rs 17-23 per day, but in the big states of UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, ...

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First Published: Wed, March 24 2021. 11:30 IST
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