Haryana is providing the highest wage rate of Rs251 per day to unskilled manual workers in the country under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. A spokesman of Haryana Government on Wednesday said that a notification to this effect has been issued by the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
Referring to the wage rates in other States and Union Territories, he said that it is Rs179 per day in Assam, Rs180 in Andhra Pradesh, Rs167 in Arunachal Pradesh, Rs162 in Bihar, Rs178 in Gujarat, Rs203 in Scheduled Areas and Rs162 in Non-scheduled areas of Himachal Pradesh, Rs164 in Jammu and Kashmir, Rs204 in Karnataka, Rs229 in Kerala, Rs159 in Madhya Pradesh, Rs181 in Maharashtra and Rs190 in Manipur.
The spokesman said that similarly, the wage rate of Rs163 per day is being given to unskilled manual workers in Meghalaya, Rs183 in Mizoram, Rs167 in Nagaland, Rs174 in Odisha, Rs210 in Punjab, Rs173 in Rajasthan, Rs167 in Sikkim, Rs183 in Tamil Nadu, Rs167 in Tripura, Rs161 in Uttar Pradesh, Rs196 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Rs181 in Daman and Diu, Rs210 in lakshadweep, Rs183 in Puducherry, Rs239 in Chandigarh and Rs180 in Telangana.
The spokesman added that the Haryana Government is giving maximum wages to these unskilled manual workers as it is concerned about their welfare.