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Revamp on cards of CPI for agricultural and rural workers: NREGS, Asha workers may see wage hikes

Revamp on cards of CPI for agricultural and rural workers: NREGS, Asha workers may see wage hikes SECTIONS Revamp on cards of CPI for agricultural and rural workers: NREGS, Asha workers may see wage hikesBy Share Synopsis A senior government official told ET on the condition of anonymity that the new index with a revised base year and basket is likely to be launched in September. Agencies The government is also attempting to bring down disparities within states and is working to provide individual indices for all states. Wages of workers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee, Asha and Anganwadi and mid-day meal schemes are set to benefit from an upward revision with the government readying a revamp of the consumer price index for agricultural and rural workers, CPI-AL and CPI-RL, with 2019 as base year instead of 1986-87 and consumption basket.

Unemployment in urban TN doubled in a year: Report

Express News Service CHENNAI: A report from the chairman of the Prime Minister Economic Advisory Committee has shown that Tamil Nadu, a State with high incidence of youth unemployment, saw urban unemployment double from 2020 to 2021. According to the report, titled ‘Post Covid Employment Scenario in India’, by Bibek Debroy, the urban unemployment rate in TN, though similar to the national average of 7.27 per cent in February 2021, is more than double that of the previous year. The rate at the level of ‘graduate and above’ was at 16.78 per cent in February 2021, and it continues to remain higher than other education-level bracket. This was coupled with a nearly three per cent fall in labour participation rate compared to the previous year.

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