Lok Sabha Question No. 277 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Seeding of Bank Accounts with Aadhaar under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 277

## ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## SEEDING OF BANK ACCOUNTS WITH AADHAAR UNDER MGNREGS

## *277. SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that a good percentage of bank accounts of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  are  yet  to  be seeded  with  Aadhaar  in  many  States  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that any duplications or misuse of job cards have not been detected after Aadhaar seeding of more than 90 per cent of the active workers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that it is still not clear as to how the payments will be made to the workers who still do not have an Aadhaar card or whose bank accounts are not seeded/yet to be seeded with Aadhaar;
- (d) whether the said workers will be provided jobs; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- a) to (e):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 277 for 08.08.2023

- (a): State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to  be  seeded  with  Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) as on 03.08.2023 are given at Annexure.

(b):   Aadhaar seeding of job cards under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS has been implemented to link the job cards of active workers with their Aadhaar numbers. This linking aimed to improve transparency, reduce  duplication,  and  prevent  misuse  of  job  cards  by  ensuring that benefits reach to the intended beneficiaries.

In  the  current  financial  year  2023-24  (as  on  03.08.2023),  a  total number of 33.23 lakh job cards have been deleted for the following reasons: (i) fake job card (incorrect job card), (ii) duplicate job card, (iii)  not  willing  to  work,  (iv)  family  shifted  from  Gram  Panchayat permanently  and  (v)  single  person  in  job  card  and  that  person  is expired.

(c) to (e): The wage  payment  of  the  beneficiaries  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS may be made either using Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge  Systems  or  National  Automated  Clearing  House  (NACH) depending  upon  the  status  of  a  beneficiary  in  Aadhaar  Based Payment Bridge Systems.

States  have  been  advised  to  organize  Aadhaar  Camps  as  well  as camps  by  Banks  for  Aadhaar  Based  Payment  Bridge  Systems enabling  of  beneficiaries.  Banks  have  been  requested  to  ensure timely  seeding  of  Aadhaar  numbers  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS beneficiaries  into  National  Payments  Corporation  of  India  (NPCI) mapper to enable for Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge Systems.

In case States/UTs face any kind of issues or problems in respect of Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge Systems, the same are resolved on a priority basis.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 277 dated 08.08.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   |
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| S. No.                                                                                                                                                                             | State/UT                                                                                                                                                                           | Number of active workers whose accounts number are not seeded with Aadhaar numbers.                                                                                                | Percentage of active workers whose accounts number are not seeded with Aadhaar numbers.                                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                     | 164952                                                                                                                                                                             | 1.72                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                  | 69028                                                                                                                                                                              | 25.94                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                                                                              | 1785939                                                                                                                                                                            | 42.99                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                              | 838596                                                                                                                                                                             | 10.36                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                       | 329444                                                                                                                                                                             | 5.37                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                | 770                                                                                                                                                                                | 11.43                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                            | 246535                                                                                                                                                                             | 9.88                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                            | 44390                                                                                                                                                                              | 5.34                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                   | 77565                                                                                                                                                                              | 5.81                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                 | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                  | 212054                                                                                                                                                                             | 15.72                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                          | 378313                                                                                                                                                                             | 10.03                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                          | 367144                                                                                                                                                                             | 4.59                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                             | 56820                                                                                                                                                                              | 2.26                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                                             | 3351                                                                                                                                                                               | 8.43                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                 | Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 881206                                                                                                                                                                             | 8.85                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                        | 665434                                                                                                                                                                             | 11.82                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                            | 87512                                                                                                                                                                              | 16.82                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                          | 321002                                                                                                                                                                             | 70.09                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                            | 33675                                                                                                                                                                              | 16.05                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                           | 79525                                                                                                                                                                              | 37.19                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                             | 834146                                                                                                                                                                             | 12.42                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                             | 84677                                                                                                                                                                              | 6.16                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                          | 735690                                                                                                                                                                             | 5.97                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                             | 7294                                                                                                                                                                               | 8.05                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                         | 252208                                                                                                                                                                             | 2.83                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                          | 161173                                                                                                                                                                             | 2.74                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                            | 34095                                                                                                                                                                              | 3.47                                                                                                                                                                               |

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| State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and its percentage whose bank accounts number are yet to be seeded with Aadhaar numbers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.08.2023.   |
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| S. No.                                                                                                                                                                             | State/UT                                                                                                                                                                           | Number of active workers whose accounts number are not seeded with Aadhaar numbers.                                                                                                | Percentage of active workers whose accounts number are not seeded with Aadhaar numbers.                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                      | 1092207                                                                                                                                                                            | 9.44                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                        | 120650                                                                                                                                                                             | 11.64                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                        | 1419345                                                                                                                                                                            | 10.99                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                 | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                | 860                                                                                                                                                                                | 7.02                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                        | 13                                                                                                                                                                                 | 8.78                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                         | 986                                                                                                                                                                                | 1.66                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                                                              | 1,13,86,599                                                                                                                                                                        | 8.93                                                                                                                                                                               |

(Data as per NPCI mapper)

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