"Rising inflation and cost of living, be it in urban or rural setting, has risen manifold and is evident to all. Even at this moment, going by the notified wage rates of MGNREGA, per day wage rate of around ₹200 in many states defies any logic when the same State has much higher labour rates," said the panel on rural development headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka.
The rural development department has been sending "stereotype responses" regarding the revision of wages, the report said.
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