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NREGA wages to be hiked: PM [1]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said workers employed under the government's flagship rural jobs scheme, Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, would get higher wages to offset inflation.

"We have decided to hike the wages as per the rise in consumer price index.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2011
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [2]
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) [3], Poverty [4], Anti-Poverty Programmes [5], Karnataka [6], Economy [7]
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