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Hundreds of workers from Manika in Jharkhand on Sunday came up with a novel way of registering their protest against the meagre hike of Rs 5 granted by the Union government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
The workers – on the occasion of Labour Day – sent over a hundred envelopes with five-rupee notes enclosed in them to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that they could do without the government’s “generosity”.
In view of the ongoing drought, the Centre had increased the wages of workers in Jharkhand from Rs 162 to Rs 167. However, this failed impress the beneficiaries, given that the minimum wage for labour and non-NREGA work in the state comes up to Rs 212.
A report in The Telegraph said the envelopes were accompanied by a sarcastic thank-you note to Modi, in which the workers said they felt lucky to be considered eligible for the raise at all. “It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are very well-off because their wages were left untouched,” it said.
Don’t want Rs 5 hike: Jharkhand rural scheme workers return money to PM | india | Hindustan Times
The workers – on the occasion of Labour Day – sent over a hundred envelopes with five-rupee notes enclosed in them to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that they could do without the government’s “generosity”.
In view of the ongoing drought, the Centre had increased the wages of workers in Jharkhand from Rs 162 to Rs 167. However, this failed impress the beneficiaries, given that the minimum wage for labour and non-NREGA work in the state comes up to Rs 212.
A report in The Telegraph said the envelopes were accompanied by a sarcastic thank-you note to Modi, in which the workers said they felt lucky to be considered eligible for the raise at all. “It sounds like NREGA workers in Odisha are very well-off because their wages were left untouched,” it said.
Don’t want Rs 5 hike: Jharkhand rural scheme workers return money to PM | india | Hindustan Times
