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Stop weaponising technology : Congress slams govt over Aadhaar-based system in MGNREGA payments

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the fifth extension of the deadline set by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to mandate the payments for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) through the Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS) ended on December 31, 2023.

MGNREGA payments: Stop weaponising tech : Congress slams Central govt for making Aadhaar mandatory for MGNREGA payments

Congress has criticized the Modi government for implementing the Aadhaar-based payment system for MGNREGA workers, claiming it is weaponizing technology to deny vulnerable Indians their social welfare benefits. Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh alleged that the government is continuing with destructive experiments with technology, such as the ABPS, drone monitoring, and facial recognition integration.

Mamata Banerjee seeks meeting with PM Modi over stoppage of MGNREGA funds

Mamata alleged that money has not been transferred from the central government for the work that has already been done under the MGNREGA programme. | Latest News India

Over 7 43 lakh MGNREGA fake job cards deleted in 2022-23, highest in UP

Uttar Pradesh accounted for the highest number of deletions on account of job cards being fake. As many as 67,937 fake job cards were deleted in Uttar Pradesh in 2021-23 and the number increased to 2,96,464 in 2022-23. Odisha came second with 1,14,333 job cards being deleted in 2022-23 and 50,817 in 2021-22. In Madhya Pradesh, 27,859 fake job cards were deleted in the last fiscal and 95,209 in 2021-22. The corresponding figures for Bihar was 80,203 and 27,062. In Jharkhand, 70,673 job cards were deleted in 2022-23 and 23,528 the previous year.

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