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Statement_tou be_laid by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister ofRural Development in Lok Sabha on 26.3.2012 regarding~ion of M(!NREGA wage rates.: J1. In his Budget speech of July 6, 2009, the Finance Minister hadsaid the following:" We are committed to providing a real wage of RS.I00 per dayas an entitlement under MGNREGA".2. On January 14,2011, the Ministry of Rural Development issued anotification revising MGNREGA wage rates by linking it to theConsumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPIAL).3. In March 2011, after inter-ministerial consultations, it wasdecided that the revision of MGNREGAwage rates indexed to CPIALwould be done annually. Thereafter, in July 2011, it was decided thatthis revision would become effective on April 1each year.4. A notification revising MGNREGA wage rates for the periodApril 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013 indexed to CPIAL is now being issuedand is placed on the Table of the House.

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3SUB-SECTION (ii)] .GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENTNOTIFICATIONNew Delhi, the March 2012,S.O. - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 6 of theMahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), and insupersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of RuralDevelopment number S.O. 82(E), dated the 14th January, 2011, except as respects things doneor omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby specifies thewage rate payable to the unskilled manual workers under column (3) in respect of the State orthe Union territory mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule given below, working on variousSchemes under the said Act, with effect from l " day of the April, 2012, namely:-ScheduleState Wise Wage rate for Unskilled Manual Workers(Rs.per Day)S.No Name of State/ Union territory Wage rate in Rs. per Day(1) (2) (3)1 Assam Rs.136.002 Andhra Pradesh Rs.137.003 Arunachal Pradesh Rs.124.004 Bihar Rs 122.005 Gujarat Rs.134.006 Haryana Rs.191.007 Himachal Pradesh Non-scheduled Areas-Rs. 126.00Scheduled Areas-Rs. 157.008 Jammu and Kashmir Rs.131.009 Karnataka Rs.155.0010 Kerala Rs.164.0011 Madhya Pradesh Rs.132.0012 Maharashtra Rs.145.0013 Manipur Rs.144.0014 Meghalaya Rs.128.0015 Mizoram Rs.136.0016 Nagaland Rs.124.0017 Orissa Rs.126.0018 Punjab Rs.166.0019 Rajasthan Rs.133.0020 Sikkim Rs.124.0021 Tamil Nadu Rs.132.00

22 Tripura Rs 124.0023 Uttar Pradesh Rs.125.0024 West Bengal Rs.136.0025 Chhattisgarh Rs.132.0026 Jharkhand Rs.122.0027 Uttrakhand Rs.125.0028 Goa Rs.158.0029 Andaman and Nicobar Andaman DistrictRs.178.00Nicobar districtRs.189.0030 Dadra and Nagar Haveli Rs.157.0031 Daman and Diu Rs.136.0032 Lakshadweep Rs.151.0033 .Puducherry Rs.132.0034 Chandigarh Rs.189.002. Taking into consideration the Order dated 23 rd September, 2011 passed by the Hon'bleHigh Court of Kamataka in WP No. 30619/2009 and connected cases, in which Hon'ble HighCourt has directed that the notified minimum wage prevailing on 01.01.2009 for agriculturallabourers in the State of Kamataka should be the notified wage rate under MGNREGA on01.01.2009, the wage rate at SI. 9 above in respect of Kamataka has been worked out by takingRs. 107.92, which was the minimum wage rate as on I" January, 2009 for unskilledagricultural labourers fixed by the State Government under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948vide its notification no LD.96.LMW.2005 dated 30.07.2007 with enhancement every year onthe addition of VDA(Variable Dearness Allowance) based on the Consumer Price Index, asreported by Government of Karnataka vide its letter dated 16.03.2012, as the wage rate underMGNREGA as on 1stJanuary, 2009 and applying to it the percentage increase in the ConsumerPrice Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPIAL) during the relevant period, in the same manneras has been done for other StateslUnion territories.3. This notification shall be subject to the outcome of the Special Leave to Appeal(Civil)No(s) 379-390/2012 pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court.[F. No. J-UOll/1/2009-MGNREGA(Pt)]D.K. JAIN, Joint SecretaryNote: The principal notification was published in the Gazette oflndia, Extraordinary, Part-II,Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 82(E), dated the 14thJanuary, 2011and subsequently amended vide notification numbers:(i) S.O. 372(E), dated the 14thFebruary, 2011;(ii) S.O. 1755(E) dated the 28 th July, 2011.