Tribune
News Service, Ludhiana, October 16
With
the opening of Post Payments Bank at the post offices next year, the payment to
MGNREGS workers and labourers will also be done through these banks.
According
to information, India Post Payments Bank, which is expected to become
operational by next year, will be used for the payments of some schemes run by
the Central Government, including payments to MGNREGS workers.
It
would be a great relief to MGNREGS workers in particular, because being a rural
employment guarantee scheme, MGNREGS beneficiaries of the scheme are in
villages, but the penetration of the post offices is deeper in villages than
banking sector. So, MGNREGS workers will be able to collect the payments from
nearby post offices instead of having to visit banks, said one of the officials
in the Postal Department.
Deepinder
Singh, a Gram Rozgar Sewak under MGNREGS, said if the payment was done through
post offices, it would help the labourers. “It is a promising move, but the
direct payment for different schemes must also be clearly earmarked to prevent
any confusion in the minds of the labourers,” he said.
Satwant
Kaur, one of the MGNREGS labourers in Khedi village, said the nearer she could
collect the payments, the better it was for all MGNREGS workers. “It gets
difficult to visit far off villages to get the payments in old age. If money is
paid through post offices, it would be a great help,” she added.
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