Man strangled to death by two over wage dispute in rural SP. Accused arrested & booked under IPC section 302. Incident in village Panari, victim declared dead at Moth CHC.
In a statement, he said he had taken up this issue in the ongoing budget session of Rajya Sabha, mentioning that the current wage rate under MGNREGA in Punjab is ₹303 per day which is less than the neighbouring state Haryana, where the wage rate is ₹357 per day
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the state government would directly transfer funds to the bank accounts of 2.1 million MGNREGS workers, who have been denied their wages by the Centre, by February 21