G.O.(Ms). No.29, Revised Rural Schedule of Rates for Financial Year 2021-22
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (GGS.1) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 29 dated 16 March 2022, approving a revised Rural Schedule of Rates for financial year 2021-22 under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The revised schedule uses a single annual rate for each included activity, based on a Time and Motion Study conducted under guidelines and a standard template issued by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
What the document does
Government Order (Ms.) No. 29 dated 16 March 2022 approves the revised Rural Schedule of Rates for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works in Tamil Nadu for financial year 2021-22. The rates were calculated from a Time and Motion Study covering work before and after the monsoon.
The study followed guidelines and a standard template issued by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, conducted field studies in Chengalpet, Villupuram, Erode, Dindigul, Pudukottai and Tirunelveli districts.
Activities covered
The Ministry of Rural Development template contained 122 activities. Following review by a State Level Technical Committee, 89 activities were included in Tamil Nadu's revised schedule:
- 17 earthwork activities.
- 2 desilting and cleaning activities.
- 12 roadwork activities.
- 23 social forestry and horticulture activities.
- 17 nursery raising activities.
- 18 masonry, concrete and miscellaneous activities.
Activities not used for estimation in Tamil Nadu were excluded. Material-oriented activities requiring quality workmanship and mainly involving skilled or semi-skilled labour were not assigned unskilled labour rates. Tamil Nadu Public Works Department rate analysis continues to be used for estimating material-oriented works.
How the rates were determined
The Rural Schedule of Rates was calculated by dividing the prevailing wage rate by the output produced during a standard time. Field data was recorded hourly, checked, validated and analysed to determine individual output from group output.
The State Level Technical Committee recommended one rate throughout the year rather than separate pre-monsoon and post-monsoon rates. The single rate was calculated as the average of the two seasonal rates.
Who is affected
Government agencies and professionals preparing or administering estimates for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works must use the approved activity schedule. Workers are covered by a single schedule without separate rates based on gender or age.
Existing norms for differently-abled workers continue. Differently-abled workers performing specified minor field activities can produce 50 per cent of the normal average output to receive the full daily wage.
Government Order (Ms.) No. 29 concerns rural employment work rates. It does not change land ownership, registration, land classification or planning permission requirements for property buyers or owners.
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Common questions
Does Government Order (Ms.) No. 29 change my land title or registration?
No. The document approves revised rates for activities under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. It does not set out changes to land title or registration.
Are there different rates for pre-monsoon and post-monsoon work?
No. The State Level Technical Committee recommended one rate throughout the year, calculated as the average of the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon rates.
How many work activities are included in the revised schedule?
The revised Rural Schedule of Rates includes 89 activities across earthwork, desilting and cleaning, roadwork, social forestry and horticulture, nursery raising, and masonry, concrete and miscellaneous work.
Are separate wage rates fixed according to gender or age?
No. A single schedule applies to all categories of workers because work output is generally measured for a group, with gender and age represented within the study sample.
