CITU demands Centre to enhance MGNREGA scheme to 200 days and hike wage to ₹600 per day

The Union government should enhance the 100-day employment to beneficiaries under the MGNREGA to 200 days in a year and also raise the wage to ₹600 per day, said CITU district secretary M Sivaji here on Thursday.

As a part of the nation-wide demonstration by the Communist parties, the agitation was held in Aranmanai here in which leaders from various labour outfits and other associations participated.

He said that the GST imposed on farm equipment should be dropped. Likewise, the subsidy component for seeds and fertiliser to the farm sector should be enhanced. The goods produced by the farmers should be priced based on the MS Swaminathan recommendations.

The labour laws which have been compressed into four categories from as many as 44 laws, should be immediately dropped in the larger interest of the work force. In a democratic fabric, the Union government should not attempt to throttle the voice of the masses and listen to their woes and rectify them, the agitators demanded.

Published - November 28, 2024 09:30 pm IST