(a) whether the Short Term CooperativeCredit Institutions (STCCI) are ensuring/making payments to a significant numberof MGNREGS workers in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwiseincluding Rajasthan;
(c) whether the administrative and otherexpenditure of the STCCIs in making thesepayments to MGNREGS workers arereimbursed by the Government; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)
(a)to(d): Only those Short Term Cooperative Credit Institutionsare facilitating timely wage payments which are fully on Centralized Banking System and at par with the banking facilities like commercial banks. State/UT-wise details of cooperative accounts of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act active numbers are given in the Annexure.
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