LUCKNOW: Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS), that turned out to be a job spinner for migrants who returned to their home states, including UP, during the lockdown has received a fresh leg-up.
The Union ministry of rural development has raised wages under MNREGS from 2% to 7% for different states for the upcoming 2022-23 fiscal, a move that commensurates with rising inflation. In the case of UP, wages have been increased from Rs 204 to Rs 213 per day, a jump of more than 4%.
