NREGA workers protest, demand wages
The Statesman|June 23, 2023
Over 700 MGNREGA workers from Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity (PBKMS) and other constituent organisations of Right to Food and Work Network West Bengal gathered at the Central Labour Commission office to raise the question if the NREGA workers are workers, along with their demand for Rs 2,765 crore that is due for more than 18 months in the state.
ASHOK CHATTERJEE
NREGA workers protest, demand wages

The MGNREGA workers in India are around 17 per cent of the total rural workforce in the country. Their employer is the central government. Yet the labour ministry does not acknowledge that these workers are employed gainfully and deserve to be treated as workers.

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