Articles for Wage Rates

MGNREGS allocations could be increased for FY26
10 hours, 25 minutes ago

MGNREGS allocations could be increased for FY26

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The national rural job guarantee scheme that gives millions of the poorest Indians employment may see a higher budget allocation in FY26, two people aware of the matter said. While allocations for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme —considered a lifeline for the rural poor – are unlikely to be increased during FY25, due to a …

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Labour's tax bomb leaves Britons £300 worse off: UK faces highest tax burden ever, businesses are battered by the Budget, wages will fall and inflation will rise
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour's tax bomb leaves Britons £300 worse off: UK faces highest tax burden ever, businesses are battered by the Budget, wages will fall and inflation will rise

Daily Mail  

Britain's growth prospects took a dive last night after Rachel Reeves' £40 billion tax bomb. In the first Labour Budget for 14 years, Ms Reeves: Launched a £25 billion raid on employers' National Insurance, breaking a manifesto pledge not to raise a levy she previously called a 'jobs tax'; Announced an immediate £25 billion cash injection for the NHS, despite …

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Reeves goes after employers with young workers the clear winners
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Reeves goes after employers with young workers the clear winners

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Rachel Reeves took aim …

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Rachel Reeves drops £40BILLION 'tax bomb' in Budget: Chancellor hammers firms with £25bn NICs hike as she targets inheritances and landlords in one of biggest EVER raids - but blames the Tories
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves drops £40BILLION 'tax bomb' in Budget: Chancellor hammers firms with £25bn NICs hike as she targets inheritances and landlords in one of biggest EVER raids - but blames the Tories

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves delivered a massive £40billion 'tax bomb' Budget that could define the Labour government today. From then on it will have to be balanced in the third year of the forecast; Employers' national insurance contributions will rise by 1.2 percentage points to 15 per cent in April 2025, and the threshold for paying them will fall from £9,100 per …

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As more Californians fall behind in making debt payments, one group stands out
7 months, 3 weeks ago

As more Californians fall behind in making debt payments, one group stands out

LA Times  

More Californians are missing their monthly payments on debt, especially credit cards. Unlike for Gen X-ers and boomers, the overall loan delinquency rate among millennials — who make up about one-fourth of California’s population — has now climbed above pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, wage growth has slowed more in California than for the nation overall — and it’s now running below …

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Bank of England expected to hike interest rates after record wage rise
1 year, 4 months ago

Bank of England expected to hike interest rates after record wage rise

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Wage growth means the Bank …

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MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year
1 year, 9 months ago

MGNREGS wage rates revised by up to 10% for 2023-24 fiscal year

The Hindu  

The Centre has notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with Haryana having the highest daily wage at ₹357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at ₹221. The Union Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification on the change in wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National …

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MGNREGA: Wake-up call
2 years, 10 months ago

MGNREGA: Wake-up call

The Hindu  

A P arliamentary Standing Committee report of the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, tabled in February, strongly recommends enhancing the budget for implementation of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, higher wage rates, and increasing the number of persondays to 150 from the present 100 days. Onus on States: Centre In response to …

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Turkey raises minimum wage as lira crash, inflation sow hardship
3 years ago

Turkey raises minimum wage as lira crash, inflation sow hardship

Al Jazeera  

Turkey is raising its minimum wage by 50 percent starting next year, as households throughout the country struggle with soaring inflation and a crashing lira. “According to ENAG inflation is about 60 percent, so this increase in minimum wage approximately meets the inflation,” Harun Ozturkler, professor of econometrics at Kırıkkale University told Al Jazeera. The lira plunged to a fresh …

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Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows
5 years ago

Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows

NPR  

Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP A new study suggests that raising the minimum wage might lower the suicide rate — especially when unemployment is high — and that doing so might have saved tens of thousands of people from dying by suicide in …

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‘Real living wage’ rates go up but 20% of jobs still fail to meet threshold
6 years, 2 months ago

‘Real living wage’ rates go up but 20% of jobs still fail to meet threshold

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Real living wage rates are …

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