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Pension to MGNREGS Workers
January 12 , 2023
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- For the first time in the country, Kerala government has launched a welfare fund board for the workers registered for the MGNREGS and the state’s urban job guarantee scheme — Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme.
- The welfare fund board will have a chief executive officer, five official members and eight unofficial members as directors of the fund board.
- This will facilitate the workers to get a monthly pension from the board on they turn 60.
- This is the first time that a state government has formed a welfare fund board for MGNREGS workers.
- In 2021, the state Assembly had passed a Bill pertaining to the formation of the board.
- Any worker between the age of 18 and 55 can take the membership in the fund board.
- They have to pay an amount as premium (Rs 50 tentatively fixed) every month until the age of 55.
- Member who has paid the contribution for at least 10 years will be eligible for pension.
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