Context :
Govt
panel suggests sharp hike in NREGS wage rates, budgetary outlay …. ET … 04
Aug 2023
Extract :
A high-level
government panel, tasked with recommending changes to make the rural job
guarantee scheme more effective, has called for a significant increase in the
extant wage rates--over and above the recent annual hike--and the budgetary
allocation for the programme, persons aware of the details said.
Although the panel,
headed by former rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha, hasn’t suggested the precise quantum hike , the
recommendation has put the government in a bind..
This is because
rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme ( MGNREGS
) serve as the benchmark for farm / rural wages and significantly influence
industrial wages as well
It ( panel ) wants
such wages to be reassessed every five years, in addition to the ANNUAL HIKE
It has also
proposed to peg ANNUAL
INCREASE in the wage rate to the CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ( rural ) instead of the
extant practice of linking it to the Consumer Price Index ( Agriculture Labour
)
My Take :
Ø MGNREGA
: Can it morph into UBI ? ………………………..
11 May 2020
Extract :
For most of the States, current daily
wage rates under MGNREGA are around Rs
200 / day , after recent upward revision
last month
How do these compare with government mandated MINIMUM WAGES ?
MGNREGA daily
wages range from 67 % to 96 % of Minimum Wages
SOLUTION :
Ø MGNREGA should be re-named, MGNRUGA ( Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Urban Employment Guarantee Act )
work as well
Skill level grade and periodically revised upward, depending upon CPI
with regards,
hemen parekh
www.hemenparekh.ai / 04
Aug 2023
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