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About 88 per cent of wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) was made through the Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS) in May, the Union rural development ministry said.In a statement, the ministry also said that out of the total 14.28 crore active beneficiaries, Aadhaar has been seeded for 13.75 crore..
In case of account-based payment such success is about 98 per cent, the data shows.. The rural development ministry said according to the Unique Identification Authority of India, more than 98 per cent of adults have an Aadhaar number..
It added that individuals who do not have one should visit appropriate agencies.States have been requested to organise camps and follow-up with beneficiaries under the MGNREGS to achieve 100 per cent ABPS, the ministry said.The ministry has made it clear to all the states that the beneficiary who comes for work should be requested to provide the Aadhaar number but will not be refused work on this basis..
There are well defined steps adopted in this system and role of beneficiaries, field functionaries and all other stakeholders is clearly defined, the ministry said.It said that ABPS is helping genuine beneficiaries to get their due payment and is instrumental in curbing corruption by weeding out fake beneficiaries...
The ministry also said the step was taken after it was noted that in many cases due to frequent changes in bank account number by a beneficiary and new account number not being updated by the programme officer, several transactions of wage payment were rejected by destination bank branch.In consultation with different stakeholders, it was found that to avoid such rejections, ABPS is the best route for making wage payment through DBT..
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