The salaries of junior technical assistants (JTAs) under MGNREGA are pending since April as the Centre is yet to release funds meant for material components amounting to Rs 2,651 crore, according to an official in the rural development department.
The official said for the financial year 2022-23, the pending amount for material components is Rs 2,566 crore and for 2023-23, the pending amount is already Rs 85 crore.
The has sent a proposal to the Centre urging it to release Rs 3,777 crore for material components. The proposal has been made keeping in mind the amount to be required for material components for six months from the month of April, the official said.
Out of the total approved labourbudgetof 20 crore for 2023-24, persondays of 12.36 crore have already been generated inRajasthan(up to July 7).
Out of 1.36 crore active MGNREGA workers in the state, 80.5% workers have been linked to the Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) so far by connecting their bank accounts with their Aadhaar numbers. Dausa is the worst performer among districts with 70.0% ABPS coverage, followed byUdaipurat 71.6% coverage, Jaisalmer (72.5%), Pratapgarh (72.8%) and Ajmer at 74.6% coverage.