MGNREGA Wage Hiked, Increase Ranges from 4-10% in Different States

New Delhi: Wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme have been hiked. The increase in the wage would range between four and 10 per cent for different states.

The wage revision under the scheme was notified by the Union rural development ministry on March 27 after clearance from the Election Commission as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force for the Lok Sabha polls.

The increases have been made on the 2023 wage rates under scheme. The Central Government Committee on minimum wages, Anoop Satpathy Committee, had recommended that the wages under MGNREGA should be Rs 375 a day.

Haryana has the highest wage rate for unskilled workers under the scheme at Rs 374 a day, while Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland have the lowest at Rs 234, according to a notification. Though Haryana tops in terms of wage rate, the increase is only around four per cent.

The hike in the wage rate in Goa was highest in the country at Rs 34 and per day payment now stands at Rs 356. In Andhra Pradesh, it was a hike of Rs 28 a day and the wage rate is now Rs 300.

The increase for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was the lowest at Rs 7 and the wage rate in both the states is Rs 237 a day.

The wage rate in West Bengal has been increased to Rs 250 (increase of Rs 13), in Tamil Nadu to Rs 319 (increase of Rs 25), in Telangana to Rs 300 (increase of Rs 28) and in Bihar to Rs 228 (increase of Rs 17).

Overall, the hikes vary between four and 10 per cent. Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Telangana have registered an around 10 per cent increase. , an analysis of the data mentioned in the notification shows.