Every day pay fastened at Rs 300 to Rs 409
3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Jul 1, 2026 12:25 PM IST
The Centre on Tuesday notified wage charges for unskilled handbook staff below the Viksit Bharat-Assure for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, which comes into impact at the moment, changing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act (MGNREGA), 2005.
Every day wages have been fastened between Rs 300 and Rs 409 throughout states, with a particular fee of Rs 450 in sure Gram Panchayats in Sikkim, as per a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Rural Growth late Tuesday evening.
Northern and northeastern states corresponding to Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Sikkim and West Bengal have seen wage hikes of over 15 per cent.
Nonetheless, Haryana, regardless of having the best wage fee of Rs 409, stands out with the bottom hike of simply 2.25 per cent. In distinction, southern states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana noticed a hike of three per cent or under.
The brand new wage charges
The wage fee has been fastened at Rs 300 for 21 states: Gujarat, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh (non-scheduled areas), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
The wage charges for the opposite states have been fastened as follows: Rs 308 for Telangana, Rs 312 for Andhra Pradesh, Rs 317 for Maharashtra, Rs 340 for Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Rs 345 for Tamil Nadu, Rs 347 for Puducherry, Rs 348 every for Andaman and Nicobar (Andaman District) and Lakshadweep, Rs 360 for Punjab, Rs 367 for Andaman and Nicobar (Nicobar District), Rs 375 for Himachal Pradesh (scheduled areas), Rs 382 for Karnataka, Rs 401 for Kerala, and Rs 406 for Goa. Three Gram Panchayats in Sikkim—Gnathang, Lachung, and Lachen—pays a set wage fee of Rs 450.
MGNREGA wages remained unchanged
Whereas the wage charges notified below the VB-G RAM G Act seem increased than the prevailing MGNREGA wage, it’s because the federal government didn’t enhance MGNREGA wages for the present monetary 12 months 2026-27. The Centre final notified the MGNREGA wage on March 27 final 12 months, which was relevant for the 2025-26 monetary 12 months, and continued with it through the first quarter (April-June) of the present fiscal 12 months (2026-27).
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If the Centre had elevated MGNREGA wages for the present monetary 12 months, the hike in VB-G RAM G wages would have been the identical.
Part 10 of the VB-G RAM G Act empowers the Centre to specify the wage fee for unskilled handbook work supplied below the VB-G RAM G Scheme. As per the Act, the central authorities can notify completely different wage charges for various areas. The Act additionally mandates that the wage fee notified below the VB G RAM G regulation shall not be lower than the prevailing wage fee as notified below Part 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act, 2005.
