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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | NREGA sangharsh morcha asks for withdrawal of NMMS app for marking compulsory worker attendance

NREGA sangharsh morcha asks for withdrawal of NMMS app for marking compulsory worker attendance

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published Published on Feb 17, 2023   modified Modified on Feb 17, 2023
In the recent week, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has dealt three major, concerted blows to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA):
 
(1) The Budget allocation for NREGA was reduced to just Rs 60,000 crore in 2023-24 (less than Rs 50,000 crore if we deduct wage arrears from 2022-23). This makes this year’s allocation the lowest as a proportion of GDP (0.2%) in the history of the programme.
(2) The NMMS digital-attendance App was made compulsory from 1 January onwards.
(3) The Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS) was made compulsory from 1 February.

The above three are magnified by the continuing delays and denial of payment of wages, including wages not being paid to MGNREGA workers in West Bengal for more than a year. 

In a press conference organized by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha in Press Club of India on 16th February 2023, each of these issues were discussed by a panel consisting of Nikhil Dey (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan), Yogendra Yadav (Swaraj Abhiyan), Maheshwari Devi (MGNREGA Mazdoor Union), Jean Dreze, (Visiting Professor, Ranchi University) and NREGA workers from the state of Bihar who have come to Delhi to be a part of the 100 day dharna to protest against the above three issues. 
 
Nikhil Dey introduced the 100 day dharna that the NSM is currently on. It is enormously difficult for NREGA workers to come to Delhi and protest, but are being forced to do so to resist the assault on NREGA through imposition of the NMMS , ABPS wage payment , budget cuts and delays in payment of wages.

Yogendra Yadav stated that the measures being introduced by the MoRD are a clear demonstration of the Government of India’s attempt to hollow out a law without formally repealing a law. The fact that the MoRD issued an order mandating ABPS payments on the same day that the budge allocation was reduced is a clear indication of deliberate, illegal and immoral hurdles being imposed by the Government to ensure less funds are spent on the programme.
 
Please click here to read the press release

Nrega Sangharsh Morcha, 16 February, 2023


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