During the Congress era, MNREGA was the source of looting of people’s wages, the hard-earned money of rural laborers was lost to middlemen and corruption – Keshav Prasad Maurya

Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya ji said on the opposition that during the Congress rule, schemes like MNREGA had become only a major source of loot of public wages. In the previous governments, such a system of corruption and middlemen was prevalent that the money due to the poor laborers instead of reaching their hands directly, went into the pockets of a few corrupt people..

He said that keeping in mind the empowerment of women, at least one-third of the beneficiaries will be women. single women, disabled person, senior citizens, Special employment guarantee cards will be provided to transgenders and other weaker sections and they will be given priority in employment allocation.

He said that the biggest feature of the scheme is the legal guarantee of employment and wages. to every eligible family 125 You will get employment for days. Payment of wages at prescribed rates maximum 15 Will be done within days. If employment is not provided within the stipulated period then unemployment allowance will be payable and if after the muster roll is closed 15 If wages are not paid even after a day then the workers have to pay Rs. 0-05 Delay compensation will be given at the rate of percentage. Every worker will also have full right to lodge a complaint.