MNREGA workers return ₹1 to PM to protest 'meagre' hike
Several Jharkhand MNREGA workers have returned ₹1, the amount the Centre had increased their wages by, to PM Narendra Modi and state CM Raghubar Das to protest the meagre hike. The government had increased the wages of the workers from ₹167 to ₹168. Workers sent over 100 envelopes enclosed with ₹1 note each to the PM and the CM.