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HIke in daily wages under MNREGA
AGENCIES | Chennai, June 23, 2012 12:31
Tags : MNREGA | Jayalalithaa |
Tags : MNREGA | Jayalalithaa |
The daily wages under the centrally-sponsored MNREGA has been hiked by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the state by Rs 13 on Saturday, benefiting about 25 lakh workers.
"Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has directed increasing the daily wages to Rs 132 from Rs 119," a state government release here said.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MNREGA), a flagship poverty eradication programme of the UPA government, envisages providing 100 days of employment to the rural poor.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
