MGNREGA: How Aadhaar is strangling the scheme in a Maharashtra district, pushing workers to migrate
Poor villagers are struggling to meet the stringent Aadhaar-linking requirements to get wages, leaving many with no choice but to leave home.
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Poor villagers are struggling to meet the stringent Aadhaar-linking requirements to get wages, leaving many with no choice but to leave home.
India News: The Congress criticized the Modi government for making an Aadhaar-based system mandatory for MGNREGA payments, accusing it of using technology to excl
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Ramesh said the ministry must clarify who these "stakeholders" were and when these consultations were held.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will now be done only through the Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS), sources said on Monday. The last extension of the deadline to state governments to make the payments mandatory through the system ended on December 31. India News | Wage Payments Under MGNREGS Now Only Through Aadhaar-based System.