Lok Sabha Question No. 3578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Deletion of Job Cards under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3578 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## DELETION OF JOB CARDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 3578. SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether job cards of the workers were deleted from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)  during  the  past  five  years,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of    the  top  three  reasons  for  the  deletion  of  job cards;
- (c) whetherAadhaar  Based  Payment  Systems  (ABPS)  has  also been a reason for the surge in the deletion of job cards, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the number of persons under MGNREGS scheme during the last five years, gender-wise; and
- (e) the  percentage  of  MGNREGS  workers  whose  Aadhaar  is seeded

with their respective job cards?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b): Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS),  updation/deletion of Job  Cards  is  a  regular  exercise conducted  by  the  States/Union Territories  (UT).  Job  cards  have  been  deleted  for  the  following reasons:(i) fake job card (incorrect job card), (ii) duplicate job card, (iii)  Households  not  willing  to  work,  (iv)  family  shifted  from  Gram Panchayat permanently and (v)  single  person  in  job  card  and  that person  has  expired.  Details  of   number  of  job  cards  deleted  and included under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years are given below:

| Details of number of job cards deleted and included under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years.   |                                   |                                    |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                                                                                                         | No. of Job card deleted (in lakh) | No. of Job card included (in lakh) |
| 2019-20                                                                                                                | 14.33                             | 68.04                              |
| 2020-21                                                                                                                | 27.97                             | 190.98                             |
| 2021-22                                                                                                                | 50.32                             | 120.63                             |
| 2022-23                                                                                                                | 225.24                            | 65.59                              |
| 2023-24                                                                                                                | 102.07                            | 57.54                              |

(As per NREGASoft)

(c): Aadhar  Payment  Bridge  System  (APBS)  is  only  a  mode  of payment,  and  the  job  cards  are  not  deleted  due  to  the  reason  of non-linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts.

(d): Gender-wise details of workers who availed employment under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  last  five  financial  years  are given below:

Gender-wise  details  of  workers  who  availed  employment  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  last  five financial years (Figures in crore)

| Financial year   |   Total workers availed employment |   Women workers availed employment |
|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2019-20          |                               7.88 |                               4.13 |
| 2020-21          |                              11.17 |                               5.65 |
| 2021-22          |                              10.61 |                               5.51 |
| 2022-23          |                               8.75 |                               4.73 |
| 2023-24          |                               8.34 |                               4.6  |

(As per NREGASoft)

(e):     As per NREGASoft, Aadhaar numbers of 99.43% of total active workers  have  been  seeded  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  as  on 12.12.2024.

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