Rajasthan govt tables Bill to guarantee minimum income

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Last Updated20/07/2023

Recently, the Rajasthan government tabled the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023.
It aims to support individuals and households of the state with an “additional income”
The Bill largely covers three broad areas
Right to Minimum Guaranteed Income
Right to Guaranteed Employment
Right to Guaranteed Social Security Pension.

The state shall provide to eligible persons a minimum guaranteed income by providing employment
- In urban areas through the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (IGUEGS)
- In rural areas through Chief Minister Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (CMREGS)
- Providing pension to an eligible category of old age/specially abled/widow/single woman.

In rural areas
- Every adult person shall have a right to get guaranteed employment for doing permissible work of at least additional 25 days in a financial year on completion of maximum days of work as prescribed by the MGNREGA
In urban areas
- Every adult person shall have a right to get guaranteed employment for doing permissible work of at least 125 days in a financial year
They would receive minimum wages weekly or in any case not later than a fortnight.
In case, it fails to provide employment within 15 days from the receipt of the application in the prescribed manner, the applicant shall be entitled to receive unemployment allowance

It entitles every person falling in the category of old age/specially abled/widow/single woman, with prescribed eligibility, to a pension.
There would be an automatic increase of 15 percent annually on the base rate in two instalments of each financial year, starting from financial year 2024-2025.