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StatesActive Job Cards (in lakhs) [a]Minimum Agricultural Wage (in Rs.) [b]Min Agricultural Wage effective from [b]Minimum Agricultural Wage adjusted by 5% for inflation in every successive FY after its announcement (in Rs.)Active Job Cards * 2022-23 Adjusted Wage (in Rs.)
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2016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23
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Andhra Pradesh56.99251(10 2018)263.55276.7275290.563875305.092068817387.197
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Assam37.84243(11 2016)255.15267.9075281.302875295.3680188310.1364197325.643240712322.34023
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Bihar76.9275(04 2020)288.75303.187523315.11875
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Chhattisgarh35.57252(04 2020)264.6277.839882.4131
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Gujarat18.09178(09 2016)186.9196.245206.05725216.3601125227.1781181238.5370244315.134765
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Haryana6.06329(07 2018)345.45362.7225380.858625399.90155632423.403431
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Himachal Pradesh9.18250(04 2019)262.5275.625289.406252656.749375
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Jammu & Kashmir10.1225(10 2017)236.25248.0625260.465625273.4889063287.16335162900.349851
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Jharkhand35.58275(10 2019)288.75303.1875318.34687511326.78181
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Karnataka44.53338(04 2019)354.9372.645391.2772517423.57594
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Kerala21.53410(05 2017)430.5452.025474.62625498.3575625523.275440611266.12024
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Madhya Pradesh62.63211(10 2019)221.55232.6275244.25887515297.93334
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Maharashtra33.49356(07 2019)373.8392.49412.114513801.71461
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Odisha48.93280(10 2018)294308.7324.135340.3417516652.92183
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Punjab13.03273(03 2017)286.65300.9825316.031625331.8332063348.4248666365.84610994766.974812
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Rajasthan89.32225(05 2019)236.25248.0625260.465625273.4889063
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Tamil Nadu75.73229(09 2019)240.45252.4725265.09612520075.72955
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Telangana36.27257(04 2019)269.85283.3425297.50962510790.6741
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Uttar Pradesh135.84161(10 2016)169.05177.5025186.377625195.6965063205.4813316215.755398129308.21328
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Uttarakhand8.36200(06 2015)210220.5231.525243.10125255.2563125268.0191281281.42008452352.671907
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West Bengal106.96247(01 2020)259.35272.3175285.93337530583.43379
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Total962.93259122.9406
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Weighted Average after adjusting for inflation (in Rs.) [=L24/B24]=269.098419
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[a] Source: NREGA ‘At a Glance’ reports published by the MoRD. Retrieved January 24, 2022. http://mnregaweb4.nic.in/netnrega/all_lvl_details_dashboard_new.aspx?Fin_Year=2021-2022&Digest=B5DSyTB/eSUSkZd2BpGzbA
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[b] Source: Aggarwal & Paikra. (2020). ‘Why are MNREGA wages so low?’, Ideas for India. Retrieved January 24, 2022. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/why-are-mnrega-wages-so-low.html
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1. That after the announcement of minimum agricultural wage by a state government, there has beeen an inflation of 5% in every successive financial year.
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2. That the announced minimum agricultural wage has taken into consideration, inflation and other relevant factors, for that particular financial year in which it has been announced for the particular state.
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