JAIPUR: The MGNREGA contractual employees, who have been on strike for the past one month demanding regularisation of their posts, alleged discrimination towards them as they pointed out disparities between their pay structure and that of employees to be appointed under the state government's Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme.
The monthly honorariums for accounts assistants and junior engineers/junior technical assistants (JTAs) under the Indira Gandhi scheme have been fixed at Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000, respectively. However, under MGNREGA, accounts assistants get Rs 8,000 and JTAs earn Rs 13,000 per month.
