The Centre has hiked the wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the range of 2-7% for the financial year 2025-26.
In absolute terms, the NREGS wages have seen a hike in the range of Rs 7 to Rs 26.
The NREGS wages have been hiked by ₹7 in the five states, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, and Telangana.
The highest increase of Rs 26 has been recorded in Haryana.
This will be first time the NREGS wages will touch Rs 400 per day in any state.
In the current financial year (2024-25), Goa had seen the maximum hike of 10.56% over its previous year (2022-23) wage rate; Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand recorded the lowest 3.04%.
Tamil Nadu’ s wage was increased 5.33% from Rs.319 to Rs.336/day.