-PTI
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today suggested the Rajasthan government to implement Banking Correspondent (BC) Model in the state for payment to MGNREGA workers in time. Ramesh, while attending a meeting with Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Minister Bharat Singh and social activist Aruna Roy, he said delay or late payment of wages discourages MGNREGA labourers and attributed this to absence of banks outside district headquarters. He said the BC system could be initially introduced where the complaints of delay in payments are higher. Several other issues like compensation to labourers on late payment, hike in working days and minimum wages, special audit to check irregularity, Lokpal in MGNREGA were discussed in the meeting.