A fortnight after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) would not be linked with minimum wages, Minister of State for Labour Harish Rawat today said NREGA was a flawed law, as it went against the Minimum Wages Act.

Rawat told Business Standard the section in the law which contained a contradiction with the minimum wages Act made

The villagers in Assam are now giving less importance to cultivation, especially in the rabi crop season, after experiencing an easy way of life under the much-hyped MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and Anna Suraksha schemes.

An official of the state agriculture department told this correspondent that with the new government schemes being launched to benefit BPL

As many as 9.063 lakh Manav Divas under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) have been created for the job card holders, since April in Dehradun district, said a department officers while talking to The Pioneer on Tuesday.

He said that the department has spent `15.11 crore for providing employment to the job card holders under the MNREGA since April in the district

With speculations growing of differences between UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue, the Rural Development Ministry today hurriedly announced a new structure for payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) that would be linked to inflation.

The announcement, coming right after Prime Minister

K.Balchand

NEW DELHI: Over five crore Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workers across the country will enjoy a 17 to 30 per cent rise in wages with their wage rate being linked with the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour(CPIAL) with immediate effect.

The Ministry of Rural Development issued the notification in compliance with the directives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had, however, di

Rural Development Minister C P Joshi has revised the wages for workers under UPA

Minimum Payments, Which Will Rise By Up To 30%, Will Require Additional Spend Of .

K. Balchand

NEW DELHI: The battle for statutory minimum wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) seems to be on a slippery ground with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicating that the government could at best cover inflation-induced erosion of wages.

In his December 31, 2010 letter, Dr.

KARUR: Banks are gesturing a firm thumbs down to most applications forwarded under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).