Timely and reliable payment of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is meant to be one of the initial applications of Aadhaar - the unique identity number that is supposed to be given to every resident of India. Pilot experiments with Aadhaarenabled payment systems were initiated in Jharkhand a few months ago. This article reports the fi ndings of an informal study of this experiment, based on a quick survey conducted in Ratu block of Ranchi district in March 2012.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/aadhaar-enabled-payments-nrega-workers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bharat-bhatti
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ranchi-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corruption
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
