Lok Sabha Question No. 1295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Rural Wages
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anto  Antony

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1295

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## RURAL WAGES

## 1295.   SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the growth rate of rural wages in the country since 2014, year-wise;
- (b) whether the growth rate of rural wages has declined since 2014;
- (c) if so, whether the Government has investigated the reasons for the decline;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d) Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment has been compiling and maintaining average wage rate data in respect of selected agricultural and non-agricultural occupations on this basis  of  the    data  collected  by  the  Field  Operation  Division  (FOD)    of  National  Statistical  Office (NOS) from a fixed set of 600 sample villages spread over 20 states.

The average wage rates for the year 2014 to 2020 in respect of non-agricultural Labourers are given below:

| Annual Average daily wage rate for Non-agricultural laborers   | Annual Average daily wage rate for Non-agricultural laborers   | Annual Average daily wage rate for Non-agricultural laborers   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                           | Men                                                            | Women                                                          |
| 2014                                                           | 235.51                                                         | 172.27                                                         |
| 2015                                                           | 246.82                                                         | 180.02                                                         |
| 2016                                                           | 257.95                                                         | 191.43                                                         |
| 2017                                                           | 271.17                                                         | 205.90                                                         |
| 2018                                                           | 282.04                                                         | 215.30                                                         |
| 2019                                                           | 291.89                                                         | 216.54                                                         |
| 2020 (till November 2020*)                                     | 310.02                                                         | 230.41                                                         |

(* Due to pandemic, the data for the month of April, 2020 not compiled; therefore calculation for year 2020 is based on the average of 10 months.)

Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), the wage  rates  for  beneficiaries  of    Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Scheme  are  revised  annually,  based  on change  in  Consumer  Price  Index  for  Agricultural  Labour  (CPI-AL)  published  by  Labour  Bureau, Ministry of Labour &  Employment  for States/UTs. The wage rates are made  applicable from 1 st April of each Financial Year.

The wage rates for the financial year 2020-21 have been revised effective from 1st April, 2020.  A table indicating Mahatma Gandhi NREGA wage rates for States/UTs for the FY 2019-20 and 2020-21 is given at annexure-I .

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1295 dated 09.02.2021

## State wise wage rates as per Gazette Notification 2019 and 2020

| S. No.   | States/UTs                                                 | 2019-20   |   2020-21 |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH                                             | 211       |       237 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                          | 192       |       205 |
| 3        | ASSAM                                                      | 193       |       213 |
| 4        | BIHAR                                                      | 171       |       194 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH                                               | 176       |       190 |
| 6        | GUJARAT                                                    | 199       |       224 |
| 7        | HARYANA                                                    | 284       |       309 |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH - NON SCHEDULED AREA                      | 185       |       198 |
| 8a       | HIMACHAL PRADESH - SCHEDULED AREA                          | 231       |       248 |
| 9        | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                             | 189       |       204 |
| 10       | Ladakh                                                     | -         |       204 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND                                                  | 171       |       194 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA                                                  | 249       |       275 |
| 13       | KERALA                                                     | 271       |       291 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH                                              | 176       |       190 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA                                                | 206       |       238 |
| 16       | MANIPUR                                                    | 219       |       238 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA                                                  | 187       |       203 |
| 18       | MIZORAM                                                    | 211       |       225 |
| 19       | NAGALAND                                                   | 192       |       205 |
| 20       | ODISHA                                                     | 188       |       207 |
| 21       | PUNJAB                                                     | 241       |       263 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN                                                  | 199       |       220 |
| 23       | SIKKIM                                                     | 192       |       205 |
| 23a      | SIKKIM (3 Gram Panchayat namely Gnathang, Lachung, Lachen) | -         |       308 |
| 24       | TAMIL NADU                                                 | 229       |       256 |
| 25       | TRIPURA                                                    | 192       |       205 |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH                                              | 182       |       201 |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND                                                | 182       |       201 |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL                                                | 191       |       204 |
| 29       | GOA                                                        | 254       |       280 |
| 30a      | ANDAMAN                                                    | 250       |       267 |
| 30b      | NICOBAR                                                    | 264       |       282 |
| 31       | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI                                        | 224       |       258 |
| 32       | DAMAN &DIU                                                 | 202       |       227 |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP                                                | 248       |       266 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY                                                 | 229       |       256 |
| 35       | TELANGANA                                                  | 211       |       237 |