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To prevent leakages of funds earmarked as payments for workers under the national rural employment guarantee scheme, the government will introduce a system for the electronic transfer of wages to workers from 1 January in Kerala on an experimental basis, rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said on Thursday. The rural development ministry will also ask for an additional Rs.2,000 crore from the finance ministry towards ensuring that wages dispensed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are on par with the agriculture wages fixed by some states, Singh was cited as saying by PTI. MGNREGS provides 100 days of employment to registered workers on their demand. During question hour, Singh said electronic transfer of wages under MGNREGS would be introduced in Kerala from 1 January, if found to be successful, will be introduced in other states. Singh said there are around 110 million worker wage accounts, of which 65% were bank accounts and the rest were post office accounts. Responding to a query about wages being paid under MGNREGS being low, Singh said the government wanted the wage amount to be equal to that fixed by respective states. To ensure this, the rural development ministry would ask the finance ministry for an additional Rs.2,000 crore, he added.
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MGNREGS, Finance ministry, rural development, employment, rural development minister, worker wage accounts
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