Priority is finding new wage base: NREGA panel

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Submitted by daya on Wed, 2013-11-27 17:33

Currently wages are linked to CPI AL

Mahendra Dev, who heads the committee set up by the rural development ministry to determine a new index for wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has said his job is not to engineer an increase in wages to suit political interests.

thesaurus: 
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Agriculture
Poverty
Main Topic: 
Poverty
Name of the Newspaper: 
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
IGF
External URL: 
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/priority-is-finding-new-wage-base-nrega-panel-113112600425_1.html
Publication Date: 
27/11/2013