AMIT AGNIHOTRI
NEW DELHI

In a major decision, the government has decided to factor in high inflation, which has hit the poor hard, in the MGNREGA wages by linking them to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

NAC member Jean Dreze, who also happens to be one of the architects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), had suggested to the rural development min istry