New Delhi: Owing to steep rise in inflation, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said that MGNREGA wage rate will be enhanced from 1 April 2014. The parliament will be notified in this regards in the session scheduled to commence this week.
The CPI (consumer price index) inflation-linked MGNREGA wages shall be subjected to yearly revision, Ramesh said at the 9th MGNREGA divas. He said that MGNERGA requires amendment and that an Expert Committee is looking into the matter.Read more
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