Lok Sabha Question No. 2554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Workers Enrolled under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Prof. Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2554 ANSWERED ON 16/12/2025

## WORKERS ENROLLED UNDER MGNREGS

## 2554. Prof. Sougata Ray:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  and  number  of  workers  enrolled  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) so far, State-wise;
- (b) whether a large number of workers were deleted from MGNREGS;
- (c) if so, the details of workers deleted from MGNREGS so far, Statewise;
- (d) whether  the  National Mobile  Monitoring System  used  for digitally capturing attendance of workers and the Aadhar based payment  system  used  for  disbursing  wages  have  already excluded an estimated two crore workers from MGNREGS; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): The State-wise details and number of workers enrolled under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) are given at Annexure-I
- (b) & (c): Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment scheme and the responsibility of implementation of the scheme  is  vested  with  the  Government  of  concerned  States/UTs. Updation/deletion of Job Cards is a regular exercise conducted by the States/UTs. Job cards have been deleted mainly for the reasons such as  fake/duplicate/incorrect  job  cards,  family  shifted  from  Gram Panchayat  permanently,  Gram  Panchayat  classified  as  Urban  and there was only one member name in the job card he/she has expired

etc. However, while deleting/ removing workers/Job cards, States/UTs have to ensure compliance with provisions of the Act and the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the Ministry to ensure that no job card of deserving or eligible household is deleted/cancelled. As per NREGASoft, during FY 2024-25, States/UTs deleted 111.60 lakh workers and added 230.38 lakh workers. During FY 2025-26 (as on 11.12.2025), a total of 57.34 lakh workers have been  deleted,  while  121.62  lakh  workers  were  added  by  the States/UTs. State/UT wise number of workers deleted from Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS  during  FY  2024-25  and  FY  2025-26  are  given  at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e): To ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS),  the  Ministry  has decided that States/UTs shall ensure capturing of attendance at the worksite  through  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  App with two-time stamped, geo-tagged photographs of the workers in a day for all  the  works  (except  Individual  Beneficiary Work) through NMMS w.e.f. 1st January, 2023.

Further,  in  order  to  ensure  timely  payment  of  wages  to  the beneficiaries  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  and  to  address  the issues arising due to frequent changes in bank account numbers of the  beneficiaries  and  subsequent  non-updation,  it  was  decided to implement Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS). This has been made mandatory with effect from 1 st  January 2024.

Workers/Job cards can not be deleted due to reason of NMMS

and non linking of bank accounts with Aadhaar.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Unstarred Question No 2554 dated 16.12.2025

the details and number of workers enrolled under Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS)

| S. No.         | States/Uts        |   No. of Registered workers |
|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1              | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                    11199500 |
| 2              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                      474397 |
| 3              | ASSAM             |                    11688282 |
| 4              | BIHAR             |                    27388677 |
| 5              | CHHATTISGARH      |                     8144322 |
| 6              | GOA               |                       52349 |
| 7              | GUJARAT           |                     9868850 |
| 8              | HARYANA           |                     2637187 |
| 9              | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                     2821793 |
| 10             | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                     2255663 |
| 11             | JHARKHAND         |                    10661484 |
| 12             | KARNATAKA         |                    17871532 |
| 13             | KERALA            |                     5799413 |
| 14             | LADAKH            |                       49063 |
| 15             | MADHYA PRADESH    |                    18653186 |
| 16             | MAHARASHTRA       |                    33228451 |
| 17             | MANIPUR           |                      936183 |
| 18             | MEGHALAYA         |                     1263070 |
| 19             | MIZORAM           |                      237164 |
| 20             | NAGALAND          |                      632250 |
| 21             | ODISHA            |                    10823657 |
| 22             | PUNJAB            |                     3008852 |
| 23             | RAJASTHAN         |                    23349110 |
| 24             | SIKKIM            |                      136243 |
| 25             | TAMIL NADU        |                    11008775 |
| 26             | TELANGANA         |                    10030457 |
| 27             | TRIPURA           |                     1218458 |
| 28 UTTAR       | PRADESH           |                    23567799 |
| 29             | UTTARAKHAND       |                     1569715 |
| 30             | WEST BENGAL       |                    25640924 |
| 31 ANDAMAN AND | NICOBAR           |                       53398 |
| 32             | DN HAVELI AND DD  |                       46260 |
| 33             | LAKSHADWEEP       |                       16455 |
| 34             | PUDUCHERRY        |                      117030 |
|                | Total             |                   276449949 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (b)  &  (c)  of  the  Unstarred Question No 2554 dated 16.12.2025

the  State-wise  number  of  workers  were  deleted  from  Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS  for  the  year  2024-2025  and  current  Financial  Year 2025-2026 (as on 11.12.2025) .

| Sl No   | States/Uts          | 2024-2025              | 2024-2025            | 2025-2026(As on 11.12.2025)   | 2025-2026(As on 11.12.2025)   |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl No   | States/Uts          | No. of workers deleted | No. of workers added | No. of workers deleted        | No. of workers added          |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 461733                 | 647818               | 1838628                       | 466136                        |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 58854                  | 34487                | 31788                         | 27285                         |
| 3       | ASSAM               | 1819212                | 629904               | 109634                        | 1097275                       |
| 4       | BIHAR               | 1561159                | 10134595             | 113296                        | 1758713                       |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH        | 1489327                | 502830               | 492178                        | 502120                        |
| 6       | GOA                 | 73                     | 534                  | 12                            | 999                           |
| 7       | GUJARAT             | 174331                 | 1077181              | 68031                         | 174782                        |
| 8       | HARYANA             | 18466                  | 147281               | 10793                         | 196117                        |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 29714                  | 108638               | 65797                         | 35302                         |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 103808                 | 185737               | 241590                        | 98971                         |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           | 363396                 | 640445               | 54112                         | 380195                        |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           | 243101                 | 458579               | 536372                        | 339390                        |
| 13      | KERALA              | 213578                 | 154436               | 80517                         | 145488                        |
| 14      | LADAKH              | 2342                   | 1364                 | 3378                          | 2154                          |
| 15      | MADHYA PRADESH      | 224539                 | 1006749              | 69874                         | 641711                        |
| 16      | MAHARASHTRA         | 156962                 | 1291870              | 276271                        | 3658135                       |
| 17      | MANIPUR             | 93300                  | 63004                | 40784                         | 52734                         |
| 18      | MEGHALAYA           | 76109                  | 71766                | 16628                         | 45759                         |
| 19      | MIZORAM             | 28339                  | 21118                | 21781                         | 20622                         |
| 20      | NAGALAND            | 90310                  | 76118                | 225264                        | 63368                         |
| 21      | ODISHA              | 1122016                | 1283764              | 346144                        | 446436                        |
| 22      | PUNJAB              | 45142                  | 238015               | 64448                         | 112911                        |
| 23      | RAJASTHAN           | 313844                 | 1032942              | 183202                        | 389222                        |
| 24      | SIKKIM              | 9200                   | 3843                 | 4828                          | 2977                          |
| 25      | TAMIL NADU          | 1716015                | 256050               | 141364                        | 109197                        |
| 26      | TELANGANA           | 335382                 | 233119               | 500698                        | 57841                         |
| 27      | TRIPURA             | 44239                  | 63607                | 63131                         | 37576                         |
| 28      | UTTAR PRADESH       | 154356                 | 2593617              | 72352                         | 1249392                       |
| 29      | UTTARAKHAND         | 169132                 | 56553                | 59524                         | 29983                         |
| 30      | WEST BENGAL         | 38642                  | 10692                | 103                           | 11335                         |
| 31      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 765                    | 784                  | 1096                          | 897                           |
| 32      | DN HAVELI AND DD    | 172                    | 7809                 | 186                           | 4600                          |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP         | 137                    | 71                   | 345                           | 89                            |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY          | 2267                   | 3075                 | 568                           | 2134                          |
| Total   |                     | 11159962               | 23038395             | 5734717                       | 12161846                      |

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