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Budget Must Increase MGNREGA Wages: Cong
Millennium Post Delhi
|January 28, 2025
Accusing the Modi government of perpetuating a policy of indifference to the plight of MGNREGA workers, the Congress on Monday demanded that the Union Budget must increase MGNREGA wages and the Aadhar Based Payment Bridge Systems not be made mandatory.
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NEW DELHI:
The Opposition party demanded that MGNREGA wages be increased with the goal of hitting Rs 400 per day as a national minimum wage.
In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said MGNREGA wages cannot be set by the arbitrary whims of the Government.
He said a Standing Committee must be established to evaluate the need for changes in the wage rate.
This story is from the January 28, 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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