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Make Aadhaar-based payment optional, says House panel
The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam
|March 13, 2025
A parliamentary panel report has argued that Aadhaar-based payment system (APBS) for MGNREGA workers should be kept optional and alternative payment mechanisms are made available to ensure that they get their rightful wages.
The report, submitted in the Lok Sabha on the demands for grants (2025-26), said technological intervention should not be made mandatory due to operational challenges that have led to exclusions of genuine beneficiaries.
The committee headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka said in many instances, workers have been wrongfully removed from the system due to discrepancies between Aadhaar and job card records.
This story is from the March 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam.
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