The Government of Punjab on April 10, 2023, notified Draft Punjab Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Unemployment Allowance) Rules, 2023.
The following has been mentioned-
•Eligibility to receive unemployment allowance-
A person who is registered in the Registration-cum-Employment Register, having been issued a job card under the Scheme, and who has submitted an application seeking employment and whose application is registered in the demand of work register, shall be entitled to unemployment allowance, in case employment is not provided within fifteen days of the receipt of work demand.
•Procedure for payment of unemployment allowance.-
A person claiming unemployment allowance shall make an application giving complete details of his bank account number along with proof of submission of an application seeking employment to the Gram Rozgar Sewak within fifteen days from the last day of the period for which unemployment allowance is claimed.
•Maintenance of accounts of unemployment allowance.-
The Programme Officer shall maintain the record of payment of unemployment allowance.
Each Gram Panchayat shall maintain a register in respect of applications received by it for the payment of unemployment allowance and for information about the payment of an allowance or rejection thereof, as the case may be. The information in the register shall be reported by the Gram Panchayat to the Programme Officer in the same performance on a monthly basis.
•Unemployment allowance not to be ineligible.-
Any household, which has been provided with unemployment allowance, shall continue to be eligible for employment on demand with a minimum of one hundred days in a financial year: Provided that the number of total days for which unemployment allowance is given and/or employment is provided shall not exceed the limit of hundred days wages during a financial year.
•Payment of unemployment allowance.-
Unemployment allowance shall be paid from the Fund from the State share. After payment of the unemployment allowance, if any, the Government shall provide funds to meet the reimbursement claims of unemployment allowance paid under the Act on the demand of the Government.
They shall extend to the whole of Punjab.
They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The draft will be taken into consideration by the Government on or after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, together with any objection or suggestion, which may be received by the Secretary to Government of Punjab
[Notification No. G.S.R. 49/C.A.42/2005/Ss.7 and 32/ 2023]
