Special campaign to register all MNREGA workers with Aadhar

Shimla : With a view to register Aadhar numbers of cent percent MNREGA workers with the MNREGA software the Rural Development Department will start a special campaign in the State which will help in transferring the money to their accounts.

Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anil Sharma disclosed this here today while presiding over the meeting of H.P. State Employment Guarantee Council formed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

He said that banks had been directed to register the bank accounts of the left out workers with Aadhar cards so as to ensure their payment on the basis of these cards.

The Minister said that more than one lakh plants of different species would be planted alongside the roads being constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna in the State during this year. He said that the Public Works Department would  plant these trees through MNREGA workers for which detailed plan had been formulated.

The physical and financial progress achieved under MNREGA during 2014-15 was also discussed by the Council and various suggestions were also given by the non-official members to implement the scheme more effectively during this financial year. 

The Council also suggested various departments to implement maximum works under MNREGA through convergence.

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