Lok Sabha Question No. 180 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Wage Revision under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 180

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## WAGE REVISION UNDER MGNREGS

## *180. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to increase the wages of workers under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  wages  under  MGNREGS  is  decided  by  the  State  Governments  or Union Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of proposals received so far to increase the wages of workers and th number of times the wages have been increased, St ate/UT - wise; and
- (d) the time by which wages are likely to be increased on the recommendations of the Mahendra Dev Committee of 2014?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

( a) to (

d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 180 for 27.07.2017.

(a): Wage  rates  for  workers  under  the Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are notified and revised annually by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(1 of the Act.

(b)&(c): Section 6(1) and Section 28 of the Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act, 2005,  give  the  Central  Government,  the  power  to  determine  MGNREG A wage rates. MGNREGA wage rate is revised every year on the basis of state -wise Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI- AL). State -wise prevailing minimum wage rates under MGNREGA during current FY 2017 - 18 are given at Annexure.

(d): The M ahendra Dev Committee submitted its report to the Government on 25 - 01- 2014.  The  report  was  examined  in  consultation  with  Ministry  of Finance, which did not agree to the proposal to change the base wage rate.

## Annexure  referred  in reply  to  parts  (b)&(c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 180 dated 27.07.2017.

| State-wise wage rate underMGNREGA   | State-wise wage rate underMGNREGA   | State-wise wage rate underMGNREGA                         |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| No.                                 | State/ Union territory              | Wage rate in Rs. per day w.e.f 01.04.2017                 |
| 1                                   | Andhra Pradesh                      | Rs. 197.00                                                |
| 2                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Rs. 177.00                                                |
| 3                                   | Assam                               | Rs. 183.00                                                |
| 4                                   | Bihar                               | Rs. 168.00                                                |
| 5                                   | Chhattisgarh                        | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 6                                   | Gujarat                             | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 7                                   | Goa                                 | Rs. 240.00                                                |
| 8                                   | Haryana                             | Rs. 277.00                                                |
| 9                                   | Himachal Pradesh                    | Non-scheduled Areas-Rs. 179.00 Scheduled Areas-Rs. 224.00 |
| 10                                  | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Rs. 179.00                                                |
| 11                                  | Jharkhand                           | Rs. 168.00                                                |
| 12                                  | Karnataka                           | Rs. 236.00                                                |
| 13                                  | Kerala                              | Rs. 258.00                                                |
| 14                                  | Madhya Pradesh                      | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 15                                  | Maharashtra                         | Rs. 201.00                                                |
| 16                                  | Manipur                             | Rs. 204.00                                                |
| 17                                  | Meghalaya                           | Rs. 175.00                                                |
| 18                                  | Mizoram                             | Rs. 194.00                                                |
| 19                                  | Nagaland                            | Rs. 177.00                                                |
| 20                                  | Odisha                              | Rs. 176.00                                                |
| 21                                  | Punjab                              | Rs. 233.00                                                |
| 22                                  | Rajasthan                           | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 23                                  | Sikkim                              | Rs. 177.00                                                |
| 24                                  | Tamil Nadu                          | Rs. 205.00                                                |
| 25                                  | Telangana                           | Rs. 197.00                                                |
| 26                                  | Tripura                             | Rs. 177.00                                                |
| 27                                  | Uttar Pradesh                       | Rs. 175.00                                                |
| 28                                  | Uttarakhand                         | Rs. 175.00                                                |
| 29                                  | West Bengal                         | Rs. 180.00                                                |
| 30                                  | Andaman and Nicobar                 | Andaman District Rs. 236.00                               |
| 30                                  |                                     | Nicobar District                                          |
| 30                                  |                                     | Rs. 249.00                                                |
| 31                                  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli              | Rs. 218.00                                                |
| 32                                  | Daman and Diu                       | Rs. 195.00                                                |
| 33                                  | Lakshadweep                         | Rs. 237.00                                                |
| 34                                  | Puducherry                          | Rs. 205.00                                                |
| 35                                  | Chandigarh                          | Rs. 265.00                                                |