Referring to the prime minister's recent decision to delink wages Act, he said it was not a ister, said he would look into matter for debate at all. He said those who government's had taken an largest rural emoath were dutyployment probound to go by gramme, from the Constitution. Yesterday, former Supreme minister C P Joshi had been Court Chief Justice J S Verma saying that NREGA did not called delinking illegal.
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Business Standard - 21 Jan 2011 - Deshmukh to Look Into Delinking NREGA for Wages Act
Referring to the prime minister's recent decision to delink wages Act, he said it was not a ister, said he would look into matter for debate at all. He said those who government's had taken an largest rural emoath were dutyployment probound to go by gramme, from the Constitution. Yesterday, former Supreme minister C P Joshi had been Court Chief Justice J S Verma saying that NREGA did not called delinking illegal.
Referring to the prime minister's recent decision to delink wages Act, he said it was not a ister, said he would look into matter for debate at all. He said those who government's had taken an largest rural emoath were dutyployment probound to go by gramme, from the Constitution. Yesterday, former Supreme minister C P Joshi had been Court Chief Justice J S Verma saying that NREGA did not called delinking illegal.
from wages Act BS REPORTER gle were the only ways out New Delhi, 20 January when the government itself was going against the Constitution. enior Congress leader Vi- Referring to the Prime Minis-
S lasrao Deshmukh, who ter’s recent decision to delink
took charge today as the the NREGA wages from the Union rural development min- wages Act, he said it was not a ister, said he would look into matter for debate at all. the controversy over delinking Speaking at a seminar on the National Rural Employment minimum wages for the un- Guarantee Act (NREGA), the organised sector here, Verma government’s said those who largest rural em- had taken an ployment pro- FORMER CJI oath were duty- gramme, from J S VERMA SAID bound to go by the Minimum protests and struggle the Constitution Wages Act. were the only ways and laws of the “I have to go land, and the rest into the matter, out when the by virtue of be- as I am not aware government itself was ing citizens were of the ministry’s going against the also bound by position and the Constitution their fundamen- court rulings in tal duties. the matter so far,” he said. Former rural development Yesterday, former Supreme minister C P Joshi had been Court Chief Justice J S Verma saying that NREGA did not called delinking of the works have to go by the Minimum programme from the Minimum Wages Act. He told Business Wages Act as unconstitutional Standard recently that the de- and illegal, adding the apex court mand for minimum wages should take suo motu cognisance were being made as part of an of the violation of multiple pro- agenda by communist parties visions of the Constutution by which wanted to keep wages the government and defiance of low. “Why do you want mini- court orders to delink NREGA mum wages when people are wages from the Act. getting much better than that?” New Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi (left) with his predecessor Praful Patel after assuming He said protests and strug- he had asked. charge of the ministry in New Delhi on Thursday. PHOTO: PTI
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