laying stress at ensuring responsibility of Panchayat sevaks and BPOs regarding opening bank accounts, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma on Thursday said that cent-percent workers should have bank accounts and all the MGNREGA workers should be connected with DBT. The CS was reviewing MGNREGA and PMAY schemes in State on Thursday.
Verma said application should be collected on village level to open account of all MGNREGA workers and after verification, it should be opened. She said to take action on Rojgar Sevaks and BPOs showing slackness and open bank accounts with the lDM and business correspondents. She said that joint accounts should be transferred into single account so that payment can be done through DBT. She said to tag maximum workers with the bank. The department said 24 lakh MGNREGA workers’ bank accounts have been opened out of 27 lakh active MGNREGA workers. Bank accounts of 100 percent MGNREGA workers are targeted to be opened till December.
The CS said one lakh dovas have been dug in the state and after the paddy harvest, 15 dovas are to be dug in every village. Hence a record should be maintained on district, block and panchayat level and target should be fixed for Rojgar sevaks and BPOs. She also directed to collect aadhar number and mobile number , receive application and upload the same on the website. She said that old and incomplete Indira Aawas should be identified and work should be started on it. Ward members should be encouraged to verify muster role. She directed the BDOs to ascertain that the mukhiya’s digital signature should be accessed by him only. She also directed to select place for the selection of aanganbadi spots and approved for construction.