MGNREGS wage hike simply, primarily based on Client Value Index for Agricultural Labour: Govt supply

Sources from the ministry stated the central authorities has listed the wage fee underneath the MGNREGS with the Client Value Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) to compensate the employees in opposition to inflation.

Related knowledge on CPI-AL was taken from the Labour Bureau, Shimla and the revisions have been performed on the premise of modifications in CPI-AL and as per part 6(1) Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act 2005.

The wages have been revised on the premise of a method the place the proposed wage fee is the same as final 12 months’s wage fee, multiplied by the quotient of CPI-AL for December 2023 divided by CPI (AL) of December 2022.

“The general improve in CPI-AL is 7.7 % from 1167 to 1257. This index varies from state to state and relies on statistical knowledge collected each month on shopper costs of varied commodities for agricultural labours,” the supply stated.

“It’s an impartial train performed by the Labour Bureau, Shimla and is the reflection of inflation within the rural areas which is completely different for each State,” the supply stated. The index has elevated by 9.2 per cent in Gujarat, 10 per cent in MP and 10.2 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, which is increased than the nationwide common, whereas it’s only 3.2 per cent in UP, 4.4 per cent in Rajasthan and 4.7 per cent in Haryana, beneath the nationwide common. Towards the backdrop of considerations raised over the low hike in wages for MGNREGA staff in West Bengal by leaders of ruling Trinamool Congress, the supply stated that the hike of 5.7 per cent for the state was increased than many others.

“The wage fee underneath MGNREGA is listed with CPI-AL and is a clear and rational methodology of notifying wage charges yearly,” the supply stated.

TMC MP Saket Gokhale had on Thursday known as the 5.7 per cent hike in wages for MGNREGA staff within the state “a brazen show of the BJP’s hate for West Bengal.”

Congress additionally slammed the Narendra Modi authorities on Thursday after it notified the revised MGNREGS wages for 2024-25, saying the each day wage charges in all states are effectively beneath the Rs 400 a day promised by the opposition celebration underneath its “Shramik NYAY” ensures.

The Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Scheme (MGNREGS) is geared toward enhancing livelihood safety of households in rural areas by offering no less than 100 days of assured wage employment in a monetary 12 months to each family whose grownup members volunteer to do unskilled handbook work.