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ABOUT Aadhaar Base Payment System (ABPS) in Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

ABPS is a method of disbursing payments to MGNREGA workers using their unique 12-digit Aadhaar number as their financial address. All workers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme are to receive their wages through an Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS).

It had been decided to extend the mixed mode route of wage payment, either by ABPS (for ABPS enabled beneficiaries) or NACH (for those beneficiaries whose ABPS process is incomplete), till 31st December, 2023. Also it had been advised to state in mail and communicated many times that all the remaining beneficiaries, whose ABPS was pending for wage payment, should be brought into the ABPS platform by December, 2023.

The government passed the first order to impose ABPS on January 30, 2023. More extensions were given throughout the year time to time with the last one ending on December 31, 2023.

As of now ABPS conversion is an automated process in Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. And 90.5% out of 14.30 Cr. of active workers are eligible for ABPS as on 13.02.2024 in Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

Project 'UNNATI', a skilling project intends to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries, and thereby improving their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full-time employment. Total target of 2,00,000 beneficiaries to be imparted training under this project in 26 States and 2 UTs.This project is meant to provide training to one adult member of age 18-45 years in (RSETI/KVK) & 18-35 years old in (DDU-GKY) of a household who has completed 100 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in the previous financial years from the year of commencement of the project.

The project UNNATI is implemented in convergence between Rural Skill division of MoRD, KVKs of Ministry of Agriculture and with Mahatma Gandhi NREGA division of MoRD. This project is having two types of skilling:

a. Skilling for wage employment DDU-GKY- The eligible beneficiaries can opt for any of the training programmes running by the PIAs of DDU-GKY.

b.Skilling for self-Employment RSETI & KVK- The eligible beneficiaries can opt for any of the training programmes which are being conducted by the 582 RSETIs or 426 KVKs

Though, COVID-19 global pandemic has affected the pace of training in year 2020 & 2021, all the training centers of DDU-GKY, RSETI & KVK were closed during this period. Rural Skill Division and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Division is taking every step to achieve the target. A total number of 64,176 candidates have been trained under Project UNNATI till March, 2024.

Cluster Facilitation Project was started with the objective to provide rural livelihood under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA to aspirational districts and other backward areas of the country. The CFP has a vision of addressing poverty in 250 blocks from 117 aspirational districts and 50 blocks from other backward areas with a multi-pronged strategy of leveraging the synergies of different flagship programmes of the Central Government/State Governments in convergence with Mahatma Gandhi NREGS through better coordination, planning and its implementation. The CFP shall strive to actively leverage the benefits of Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), CSR initiatives, philanthropic organizations and think tanks under the leadership of the District Programme Coordinator (DPC).

Project Outline

•Cluster Facilitation Project was started in FY 2019-2020

•Functional Unit- Cluster(sub block)

•Dedicated team at each level - Block, District, State & National level

•Domain Experts Included- GIS, NRM & Livelihood

•Flexibility in hiring of resources/ teams – CSOs, HR Agencies

The Barefoot Technician (BFT) Project was launched by the Ministry during FY 2015-16 and being implemented across 20 States in the country. ‘Barefoot Technician’ is an educated person identified from the local Mahatma Gandhi NREGA worker households or from among the mates/supervisors and specially trained in civil engineering concepts using a customized training module such that she/he, acquires required skills for identification and estimation of works, giving mark-out for works in the field and record measurement of the work done in the Measurement-Book of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

The training module for the BFT consists of 12 Learning Units and 1 Trainers Guide. The training programme is residential in nature and is of 90 days duration. The Learning units are developed both in English and Hindi language consists of topics such as Mahatma Gandhi NREGS – Key features, Permissible Works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, Construction of Rural roads, Construction Measurement and calculation, Maps, Sketches and Drawings, Survey and Setting out construction works, Mahatma Gandhi NREGS – Documents, Forms and Registers etc.,

The candidates who have successfully completed training and certified as BFTs are deployed by the State Government with a commitment to appoint the person as BFTs in identified cluster of Gram Panchayats keeping in view the Scope of work for BFTs. Total of 9,138 BFTs have been trained in 20 states.

As per Section 30, Schedule 1 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, there shall be an Ombudsperson for each district for receiving grievances, enquiring into, and passing awards as per the guidelines issued from time to time. In this regard, States have been directed to appoint Ombudsperson in each district to receive complaints via electronic as well as physical mode. Ombudsperson issue dated receipt to every complainant as soon as the complaint is received. States have been directed to take various measures to create awareness among Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries regarding the functioning of the Ombudsperson, putting Ombudsperson's name and mobile number on Citizen Information Boards, presence of ombudsperson in Social Audit Public Hearings, etc.

Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on April 24th, 2022, with the objective of constructing or rejuvenating 75 Amrit Sarovars in every district nationwide in a concerted effort to conserve water for future generations. Under the Mission, the target was to complete 50,000 Amrit Sarovar by 15th August 2023. As on date, construction/rejuvenation of over 68,000 Amrit Sarovar has been completed. Out of all the completed Amrit Sarovars, around 25,000 Amrit Sarovars have been at the new sites while more than 45,000 Amrit Sarovars were rejuvenated under the Mission as Amrit Sarovar

All rural districts across the nation were covered under the Mission except the Union Territory of Delhi, Chandigarh, and Lakshadweep. Each Amrit Sarovar was to have a pondage area of a minimum of 1 acre (0.4 hectares) with a water holding capacity of about 10,000 cubic meters. However, in certain States like hilly States, North-Eastern States, and coastal States like Kerala this was not insisted upon due to topographical/ geographical constraints.

The Mission was implemented with a “Whole of Government approach” in all its aspects. The Mission was executed through the states and districts with the help of ongoing schemes namely, Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, 15th Finance Commission Grants, MKSY sub - schemes such as Watershed Development Component, Har Khet ko Pani, States’ scheme, and CSR funds.

For bringing transparency and effective monitoring, a dedicated Mission Amrit Sarovar Portal was created accessible through the link https://amritsarovar.gov.in which displays details of all the completed Amrit Sarovars along with photographs.

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