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Dip in MGNREGA work since pandemic: Data
In the three years since the pandemic, the amount of work in the rural jobs guarantee programme has declined every financial year from 38.9 million person days in 2020-21 to 28 million in the year so far
Published on Feb 27, 2024 10:18 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Bring Punjab’s MGNREGA wage rate on par with Haryana: MP Sanjeev Arora
The current wage rate of ₹303 per day for unskilled labour under MGNREGA in Punjab is considerably lower than that of neighbouring Haryana, where workers are paid ₹357 per day under the scheme, says AAP MP Sanjeev Arora
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 05:38 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Urban job schemes can recharge our cities and fight deep inequalities
India should focus on investing in urban social protection programs to address inequality and improve the lives of the bottom 50%.
Published on Aug 02, 2023 10:06 PM IST
Increase wage rate under MGNREGA: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to Centre
In a letter to Union rural development and panchayati raj minister Giriraj Singh, the Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann sought upward revision in the rates notified for labour under the scheme as the existing rates were too minuscule.
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 10:51 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Centre revises MGNREGA wage rates; Haryana offers highest
The union ministry of rural development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on March 24.
Published on Mar 26, 2023 03:15 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao