MGNREGS wages hiked in M’laya

SHILLONG: In what can be termed as good news for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act job card holders in Meghalaya, the Ministry of Rural Development has increased the wages of MGNREGA job card holders in Meghalaya from Rs. 153 to Rs. 163.
The Additional Mission Director, State Rural Employment Society informed that the revised wage rate for the MGNREGA job card car holder will be effective from April 1, 2015.
MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year for every rural household to   adult members who volunteer to do unskilled manual work.