THE CENTER has notified recent wage charges beneath rural job assure program NREGS for monetary yr 2022-23, with 21 out of 34 states and Union Territories getting lower than 5 per cent improve and 10 states getting greater than 5 per cent hike. There is not any change within the wage charges of three states – Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
The wage charges, notified by the Ministry of Rural Development beneath sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, might be efficient from April 1. A notification of this impact was issued by the Ministry on Monday.
Of the 31 states and UTs, which noticed a hike in wages, the utmost 7.14 per cent has been recorded in Goa — from Rs 294 per day in 2021-22 to Rs 315 per day in 2022-23. The lowest improve of 1.77 per cent is in Meghalaya the place the brand new wage fee has been mounted at Rs 230 per day from the present Rs 226 per day.
Apart from Meghalaya, two different states — Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland — have additionally witnessed a rise of lower than 2 per cent in NREGS wages.
The NEREGS wages have been elevated by 2-3 per cent in Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. In Maharashtra, Odisha, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, the wages have been elevated by 3-4 per cent, whereas in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Punjab , Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the hike is 4-5 per cent.
Only 10 states — Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka and Goa — have seen a rise of greater than 5 per cent.
In absolute phrases, the NREGS wages have been elevated within the vary of Rs 4 to Rs 21 per day throughout 31 states and UTs for 2022-23.
Under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the MGNREGA, 2005, the Union authorities fixes state-wise wage charges for unskilled handbook employees, who work beneath the agricultural job assure scheme.
The MGNREGA wage charges are mounted in accordance with modifications within the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index-Agriculture Labour), which displays the rise within the inflation in rural areas.
According to the brand new wage charges, 5 states and UTs with the best NREGS wages are Haryana (Rs 331 per day); Goa (315); Kerala (311); Karnataka (309); and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (308). Five states with lowest NREGS wages are Tripura (212); Bihar (210); Jharkhand (210); Chhattisgarh (204); and Madhya Pradesh (204).
The NREGS wage charges stands at Rs 213 per day for each Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Rs 216 for Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, Rs 222 for Odisha and Sikkim, Rs 223 for West Bengal and Rs 227 for Jammu and Kashmir.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
