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100			_aVijay Shankar, P.S. et al.
245			_aGovernment `schedule of rates': working against rural labour
260			_c2006
300			_ap.1616-619.
362			_a29 Apr
520			_aThe schedule of rates that state governments currently use to value work done by labour employed in schemes needs to be substantially revised if the promise of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is to be realised. The schedules now have an inherent pro-contractor bias, encourage the use of machinery and make it virtually impossible for labourers to earn minimum wages. - Reproduced.
650			_aEmployment
650			_aWages
650			_aLabour
650			_aMinimum wage
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a69545
999			_c69545 _d69545