The Union Rural Development Ministry has extended the deadline for mandatory payments of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme via Aadhaar Based Payments System (ABPS) to August 31.
The Ministry announced this on social media platforms though did not share the order in public. This is the fourth time the Ministry is extending the deadline, since the State governments have complained that reconciling the differences in Aadhaar data and the job card details of the beneficiaries is taking some time.
The first order was issued on January 30 setting the deadline for February 1, it was later extended to March 31 and then it was set for June 30.
