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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Wages

Rs 6,434 cr wage dues pending for MGNREGS workers, maximum in UP & Tamil Nadu

Despite the programme running on a deficit of over Rs 12,000 crore, the central government did not increase the MGNREGS allocation in the revised budget for this financial year.

Parliamentary panel recommends increase in MGNREGS wages, linking it to an inflation index

Nearly a year after the government made the Aadhaar-Based Payment System mandatory to settle wages, the committee says alternative mechanisms should always operate side by side.

Real wages grew just 0.01% over the last 5 years and contracted in Haryana & UP, Ind-Ra report finds

India Ratings & Research's report, based on govt data, also points to the deteriorating quality of jobs in the country, including more self-employed and informal workers.

Will your salary grow this year? This ratings agency thinks so but people aren’t convinced

RBI’s quarterly survey in May shows that expectations of a hike are muted, while more employees believe that the work situation may worsen.

States with English-medium schools have higher wages. Look at Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab

What is the point of the National Education Policy’s insistence on Sanskrit and Hindi? Marathis and Gujaratis need their own Annadurai.

Why men can — and should — participate in the care economy too

If liberating women’s potential is the output, how might increasing men’s labour contribution to the paid care industry be the input?

A payment before end of contract can boost poor worker’s productivity by 13%, study shows

Researchers from UC Berkeley, MIT, Chicago Booth and France conducted a field experiment in Odisha to find that workers carry their mental burdens to work.

No industry can survive without workers: SC bats for negotiations on lockdown wage payment

The bench also directed that its order barring coercive action against employers who failed to pay wages during lockdown will continue to operate.

Treat pleas against payment of full wages with urgency, SC asks Centre

The Home Ministry had issued a notification on 29 March, directing companies to pay full wages to workers even after operations being shut during the lockdown.

When MasterChef Australia returns for next season, Matt, Gary and George won’t be there

The development comes following revelations that George Calombaris’ hospitality group had underpaid employees by $7.8 million in wages.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.