Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday 2 September 2022

How about asking URBAN poor ?

 


 

Context :

Ø  Expand MGNREGS to 150 days: House panel      /   HT  /   01 Sept 2022


Extract :

A Parliamentary panel has recommended extension of work allocation under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India’s flagship job scheme, to 150 days per year, according to a committee report.


The MGNREGS currently guarantees 100 days of wage employment to each person in a year.


 

The panel also made a “strong appeal” to authorities to change the index that decides wage revision for better wages under the programme.


 

In a report on August 3, the panel said the MGNREGS is the “ last ray of hope for the poor rural masses in the unprecedented challenging times” and sought a revamp of the scheme “in such a way that the number of guaranteed days of work under MGNREGA be increased from the existing 100 days to 150 days.”


 

While states are entitled to increase MGNREGS by 50 days, the panel, led by Shiv Sena’s Prataprao Jadhav,


{ prataprao.jadhav@sansad.nic.in   /  jadhavprataprao25@gmail.com  },

 

was of the “firm view that the mandatory increase in number of guaranteed days should be brought about by moving an amendment in the Act in order to make it applicable for the entire country, so that the demand of needy beneficiaries may not hinge upon the arbitrariness of the State Governments.”

 

The panel also urged the rural development ministry to link MGNREGS wages to Consumer Price Index – Rural (CPI-R) instead of Consumer Price Index – Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL).


 

The CPI-R, experts believe, can help ensure higher annual hikes to MGNREGS workers as the index gives more weightage to food items.


 

The ministry, however, informed the panel that after the due consultation with the ministry of statistics and ministry of labour & employment, it has been decided to continue with the existing index CPI-AL for wage rate revision.

 

 


MY  TAKE  :


Ø  MGNREGA : Can it morph into UBI ? ……………………………………..[ 11 May 2020 ]

 

Extract :


             The daily wages payable , must be the “ Minimum Wageat the start of

             each Skill level grade and periodically revised upward, depending upon CPI

 

              

             Number of “ Guaranteed Days of Work Employment / year “ should be :

 

               #  Rural Areas ………………….. 300 days ( up from current 100 days )

 

                #  Urban Areas :

 

                           Class II towns ………………… 200 days

 

                           Class I Cities……………………  100 days

 


Dear Shri Giriraj Singhji


( Minister in charge of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj  / 

   minister.rd@gov.in )

 

Apart from RURAL poor, there are millions of URBAN poor


They too are jobless and starving !


I urge you to go beyond the recommendations of the House Panel and also

 implement the other suggestions listed in my above-mentioned earlier e-mail of

11 May 2020



With regard,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  / 03 Sept 2022

 

 

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