(a) whether the Government has set up a task force under the Chief Statistician of India to create
a separate index for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wages;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the recommendations made by the task force and the Government`s decision thereon?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN ‘ADITYA’)
(a)&(b): Yes, Sir. In pursuance of the announcement made by Hon’ble Finance Minister in his budget speech
2009-10 to provide a real wage of Rs. 100/- per day as an entitlement under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, Ministry
of Statistics & Programme Implementation constituted a committee to develop a mechanism to evolve a framework
to create a separate index for updation of MGNREGA wages. Ministry of Rural Development has also constituted
a Working Group on wages to study and formulate indexing methods for arriving at a real wage of Rs. 100 per
personday.
(c): The Committee has, so far, not made any recommendations in this regard.