1) As part of Covid-19 relief package, Modi govt said, MGNREGA wages will be increased by Rs.20 and aprox Rs. 5600 will be the total expense for this.
The average (national) wage of a MGNREGA worker is Rs. 182.02 per day.
Labour Ministry wanted the wages be raised to Rs. 375/day.
The average (national) wage of a MGNREGA worker is Rs. 182.02 per day.
Labour Ministry wanted the wages be raised to Rs. 375/day.
2) As per govt data, out of the total 27,22,15,993 MGNREGA workers, only 12,80,89,031 are active workers. Average days of employment provided per Household from 2015-16 to 2019-20 (till 25 March) is slightly less than 48 days. (47.79% to be precise) 
3) If a person works for 48 days in a year and his daily wage is increased by Rs.20, her/his earning goes up by a mind boggling figure of Rs. 960 (yes, nine hundred sixty rupees) per year. Then how much will be the outflow to the govt?
4) If 12,80,89,031 people are paid additional 20 rupees each for 48 days in a year, govt will have to spend an additional Rs. 1, 22,96,63,33,760 (12,297 crore). But, the govt allocation is only Rs. 5600! Think over it
5) The same data shows, out of these 12.81 crore active workers, only 7.77 crore individuals have worked both in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Even if this figure is considered, the outflow will be Rs.7392 crore. Allocation is Rs.1792 crore less.
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