{"id":238687,"date":"2023-04-19T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=238687"},"modified":"2023-04-19T19:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:23:29","slug":"tweak-the-tech-mnregas-process-change-to-reduce-corruption-is-hurting-those-who-need-jobs-goi-must-have-a-relook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tweak-the-tech-mnregas-process-change-to-reduce-corruption-is-hurting-those-who-need-jobs-goi-must-have-a-relook\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweak The Tech – MNREGA\u2019s process change to reduce corruption is hurting those who need jobs. GoI must have a relook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S<\/strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cTweak The Tech – MNREGA\u2019s process change to reduce corruption is hurting those who need jobs. GoI must have a relook\u201d <\/b>published in The Times of India<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>on\u00a019th April 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the process \u2018improvements\u2019 in MGNREGA.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The app-based attendance and Aadhaar-enabled payments were introduced in MGNREGA. But these process \u2018improvements\u2019 in MGNREGA have hampered the interface for the poor and deterred people from seeking work.<\/p>\n

About the process \u2018improvements\u2019 in MGNREGA<\/h2>\n

Last year, the government introduced a national mobile monitoring software. The software can record attendance in real-time, with geotags and photographs. The move was intended to minimise corruption and provide oversight. But, the software has also made the MGNREGA work inaccessible to many poor households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: MGNREGA: Issues and Significance \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How do process \u2018improvements\u2019 in MGNREGA hamper access to the poor?<\/h2>\n

a) <\/strong>wage payments are delayed, b)<\/strong> only 43% of MNREGA workers qualified for the new Aadhaar-based payment system. This is because they have not been able to fill in their details, c)<\/strong> workers losing wages because of errors in the attendance system, d)<\/strong> worksite supervisors having to buy smartphones to use the app, d)<\/strong> connectivity and app errors are also associated with the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: What could be the govt\u2019s calculations behind the slashing of the MGNREGA budget<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What should be done?<\/h2>\n

Digitisation has been one of India\u2019s success stories. But, when it comes to using tech in public services proper alternatives should be provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cTweak The Tech – MNREGA\u2019s process change to reduce corruption is hurting those who need jobs. GoI must have a relook\u201d published in The Times of India\u00a0on\u00a019th April 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the… Continue reading Tweak The Tech – MNREGA\u2019s process change to reduce corruption is hurting those who need jobs. GoI must have a relook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-238687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}