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<em>How did the government apply Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act to the payments of MGNREGA remuneration, which in no way seem to be in accordance with the guidelines of the Act<br />
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The payments of wages in MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) are done through&nbsp; the Aadhaar Payments Bridge (APB) using the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) systems. Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act has been applied to MGNREGA which enables the Central and state governments to establish the identity of an individual through Aadhaar for receiving subsidies, benefits or services from the government.<br />
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It is however not clear why an employment guarantee programme like MGNREGA is considered as a DBT scheme and why the NREGA workers are made to link their Aadhaar numbers with their respective job cards in order to receive payments against their work.<br />
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MGNREGA payments is neither service nor a subsidy or a benefit. It is payment against work. So, literally the MGNREGA workers are getting their remuneration against the work that they carry out, which is assigned by the Gram Panchayats and other Programme implementing agencies. The question then is why would Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act apply on MGNREGA, which is primarily a rural job scheme which provides a maximum 100 days of employment guarantee to every rural household.<br />
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Why linking MGNREGA payments to Aadhaar is a mistake -Debmalya Nandy

-Down to Earth How did the government apply Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act to the payments of MGNREGA remuneration, which in no way seem to be in accordance with the guidelines of the Act The payments of wages in MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) are done through  the Aadhaar Payments Bridge (APB) using the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) systems. Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act has been applied to MGNREGA which enables the Central and state governments to establish the identity of an individual through Aadhaar for receiving subsidies, benefits or services from the government. It is however not clear why an employment guarantee programme like MGNREGA is considered as a DBT scheme and why the NREGA workers are made to link their Aadhaar numbers with their respective job cards in order to receive payments against their work. MGNREGA payments is neither service nor a subsidy or a benefit. It is payment against work. So, literally the MGNREGA workers are getting their remuneration against the work that they carry out, which is assigned by the Gram Panchayats and other Programme implementing agencies. The question then is why would Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act apply on MGNREGA, which is primarily a rural job scheme which provides a maximum 100 days of employment guarantee to every rural household. The second important question is that while it has been shown through different studies and surveys that the mandatory Aadhaar impositions have only added to the plight of the rural workers, why does the government transfer the MGNREGA wages through a direct benefit transfer system. While it is important that the MGNREGA wages are credited to the bank account provided by the workers which can be easily done through mapping of job cards and bank account numbers and channelising the wages through the system of electronic transfer, the need for Aadhaar number to be linked to the job card is not clear, which then makes the whole process confusing and troublesome. Please click here to read more.