Referring to the wage notification for the flagship rural employment scheme issued by the Union rural development ministry, Gokhale said the wage hike for West Bengal is only 5 per cent, while it is more than 7 per cent for Bihar, over 9 per cent for Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and more than 10 per cent for Andhra Pradesh.
The rallyists held spades, knives, shovels, placards and shouted various slogans like “release pending dues, “MGNREGS wages pithok o”, Stop misusing MGNREGS fund, etc.
Dharwad: Farm labourers from across the district, under the aegis of All-India Krishi Karmikara Sanghatane (AIKKMS), took out a protest rally in Dharw.