Tamil Nadu does not seem to be affected by the Centre’s move of making Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) mandatory for the payment of wages under the MGNREGA.
There are about 92.13 lakh active workers attached to 76.62 lakh active job cards.
90.3 lakh active workers (accounting for 98%) have been found to be falling under the category of “ABPS eligible” workers.
The State has a total of 91.17 lakh job cards with about 1.25 crore workers.
But, the number of active job cards is 76.62 lakh only.
As for the State’s performance in generation of person days, Tamil Nadu stands first at the all-India level.