G.O. (Ms.) No. 74, Revised Rural Schedule of Rates under MGNREGS, 2021-22
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS-I) Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 74, dated 7 June 2021, approving revised Rural Schedule of Rates for works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for 2021-22. The revision reflects the increase in the daily wage from Rs.256 to Rs.273 with effect from 1 April 2021 and covers rural works in different soils, plantation activities and work involving differently abled persons.
What the government order does
G.O. (Ms.) No. 74 of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (CGS-I) Department, dated 7 June 2021, approves revised Rural Schedule of Rates for the 2021-22 financial year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The revised rates are based on a daily wage of Rs.273 per person for eight hours of work, including one hour of rest, replacing calculations based on Rs.256.
The Government of India had notified the revised wage with effect from 1 April 2021. The wage and related rates were also being updated in SECURE Software, which is used for estimates, administrative sanction and technical sanction under the scheme.
Works covered
The approved schedules provide unit rates for rural employment works, including:
- Earthwork excavation in ordinary soil, hard soil and soft disintegrated rock.
- Land levelling, trench cutting and pits for plants.
- Additional lead and lift for moving excavated material.
- Planting, seedling and watering work.
- Scrub, light, heavy and Juliflora jungle clearance.
- Stump removal, breaking clods and compacting soil.
- Benching embankment slopes and stone bunding.
- Nursery preparation and germination beds.
- Filling polythene bags, caring for seedlings and protecting nurseries.
- Transporting and distributing seedlings.
- Demarcating plantation boundaries and installing boundary pillars.
- Applying gypsum in saline soil, excluding the cost of gypsum.
Rates vary by the type of work, soil, depth, quantity and measurement unit. For example, ordinary-soil excavation up to 0.30 metre depth is listed at Rs.194.29 per cubic metre for 2021-22, while plantation watering from a source at the site is listed at Rs.2.92 per plant.
Who is affected
G.O. (Ms.) No. 74 mainly affects officials preparing or approving Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme estimates, District Collectors outside Chennai, District Rural Development Agencies, project staff and workers paid through the scheme.
Property buyers and private landowners are not given any land ownership, registration, planning or land-use obligation by the document. It may be relevant where scheme-funded rural works, such as land levelling, drainage, desilting, bunding or plantation activity, are carried out on an eligible site.
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Common questions
Does G.O. (Ms.) No. 74 change my patta or property ownership?
No change to patta, title or property ownership is set out. The document approves labour-based schedules of rates for works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
What daily wage is used for the revised rates?
The revised schedules use Rs.273 per person per day for eight hours of work, including one hour of rest. The revision took effect from 1 April 2021.
Do the rates apply to private construction work?
The schedules state that the rates are to be adopted only for works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The document does not apply them generally to private construction.
Are plantation and nursery activities included?
Yes. The schedules cover nursery preparation, seedling care, watering, transporting and distributing seedlings, plantation boundary work and related activities.
