Chadayamangalam has become the first block panchayat in the State to adopt Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) mapping of all 32,427 existing workers has been completed and their wage payments will be now made through the system.
As per Central government guidelines, wages can be paid to workers only through the ABPS. If any one worker does not switch to it, the wage distribution of all workers engaged in that work will be affected. Since non-compliance can also lead to difficulty in securing employment, the local body had taken steps to solve the problem.
“Technical issues involved in the process had been a huge challenge for MGNREGS beneficiaries. The achievement was made possible through a systematic intervention,” said block panchayat president Lathika Vidyadharan.
