G.O.(Ms) No.59, Enhancement of Wage Rate and Revision of Rural Schedule of Rates under MGNREGS
The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued G.O.(Ms) No.59 on 15 April 2015, enhancing the wage for unskilled manual workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme from Rs.167 to Rs.183 per person per day with effect from 1 April 2015. It also revises the Rural Schedule of Rates for 2015-16, replacing the earlier rates adopted through G.O.(Ms) No.26 dated 27 February 2014.
What the government order does
The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS.1) Department issued G.O.(Ms) No.59 to adopt the wage notified by the Government of India for unskilled manual workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Tamil Nadu.
The revised wage is intended to be achieved by linking payment to the quantity of work completed under the Rural Schedule of Rates. The order states that this link must operate without gender bias and that rates are based on time and motion studies for different work and seasonal conditions.
Who is affected
G.O.(Ms) No.59 directly affects unskilled manual workers employed on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works, as well as District Collectors, District Rural Development Agencies and other authorities administering those works in Tamil Nadu.
For property buyers and owners, the document is relevant where rural public works are being carried out near or on land connected with scheme activities. The document deals with worker wages and measurement based work rates. It contains no provision changing land ownership, title, classification or private property rights.
Key provisions
- The daily wage for an unskilled manual worker is increased from Rs.167 to Rs.183 per person.
- The revised wage and rates take effect from 1 April 2015.
- The Rural Schedule of Rates for 2015-16 is revised to support the Rs.183 daily wage based on eight hours of work, including one hour of rest.
- Annexure I gives revised rates for work including excavation in ordinary soil, hard soil and soft disintegrated rock, land levelling, trench cutting, pitting, additional lead and lift, and planting or seedling.
- Annexure II revises the schedule for Karuvel and other types of plantation.
- Rates for activities intended to improve bund durability were included after time and motion studies. These activities include breaking clods, shaping the required slope, manual compaction using steel plates and benching old embankment slopes.
Examples from the revised schedule
Under Annexure I, excavation in ordinary soil up to 0.30 metre depth is revised from Rs.118.86 to Rs.130.25 per cubic metre. Land levelling in ordinary soil is revised from Rs.170.03 to Rs.186.32 per cubic metre. Planting or seedling in a pit measuring 0.30 metre by 0.30 metre by 0.30 metre is revised from Rs.3.13 to Rs.3.43 per plant.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms) No.59 change land ownership or patta rights?
No land ownership, patta, title or classification change is provided in the document. It concerns wages and work rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
What wage applies to unskilled MGNREGS workers under this order?
The wage is Rs.183 per person per day, increased from Rs.167.
From what date do the revised wage and work rates apply?
The revised wage and Rural Schedule of Rates apply from 1 April 2015.
Are men and women paid differently under the revised schedule?
The document states that wages must be linked to the quantity of work done without gender bias.
