Center has decided to do away with caste based salary payment system Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme After complaints from state governments.
In an order on 1 November, the Finance Ministry directed Ministry of Rural Development (MORD) “Single muster, back to the previous system of generating single FTO” [or Fund Transfer Order] and transfer money in the same NeFMS [or National Electronic Fund Management System] Accounts”.
However, a revised accounting procedure Now the same will be implemented to allow capture of expenditure under three minor heads for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and others through FTO, the order said, which Hindu Have seen a copy of MoRD has been asked to fix a date on which the new process will come into force.
Hindu had told that the Center had planned to cancel it Controversial caste based wage system The meeting on October 11 came after state governments warned of rising social tension.
The controversial directive, issued by the MoRD on March 2 on the directions of the Finance Ministry, had asked states to create three separate FTOs for each of the three caste groups for each muster roll at an MGNREGA workplace. After this three sanctions will be generated and then the payment will be made in three different accounts of the state government.
In a meeting with the Finance Secretary and the Expenditure Secretary on October 11, MoRD Secretary NN Sinha said that “several states have conveyed the difficulties faced by them due to the new process”, said a note attached to the Finance Ministry order. has gone. “Not only has this increased work at all levels, but different communities are getting paid at different times,” it said.
According to reports from labor unions, in many villages, there were social differences between communities, who were paid two months later by a single muster roll. A Libtech India study that analyzed 1.8 million FTOs over the past six months across 10 states found that SC and ST workers were being paid much faster than other communities. Several state governments including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana took up the issue with the central government.
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