Lok Sabha Question No. 294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Removal of Workers from MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri S Venkatesan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 294 ANSWERED ON 04/02/2025

## REMOVAL OF WORKERS FROM MGNREGS

## 294.  SHRI S VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  number  of  workers  were  removed  from  the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) registry during the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24, State-wise; and
- (b) the reasons for such removal?

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

(a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme   (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.  However,  while  deleting/  removing  workers/Job cards, States/UTs have to ensure compliance with provisions of the Act and ensure that no job card of deserving or eligible household is deleted/cancelled. States/UTs-wise  details of  number  of  active workers deleted/cancelled from Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 is given at Annexure.

(b): A  total  of  86,17,887  and  68,86,532 active workers  have been deleted/cancelled during the Financial Year 2022-23 and 202324  respectively,  for  reasons  such  as  fake/duplicate/incorrect  job card, family  shifted  out  of  Gram  Panchayat  permanently, Village becomes classified as urban  etc.

Annexure Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 294 dated 04.02.2025

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| States/UTs-wise details of deleted/cancelled from Mahatma   | States/UTs-wise details of deleted/cancelled from Mahatma   | number of Gandhi NREGS        | active workers during the financial   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| years 2022-23 and 2023-24                                   | years 2022-23 and 2023-24                                   | 2022-2023 2023-2024           | 2022-2023 2023-2024                   |
| SI. No. State/UTs                                           | SI. No. State/UTs                                           |                               |                                       |
|                                                             |                                                             | Active Workers Active Workers | Active Workers Active Workers         |
| 1                                                           | Andaman And Nicobar                                         | 11                            | 17                                    |
| 2                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                              | 485757                        | 360840                                |
| 3                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | 8315                          | 17008                                 |
| 4                                                           | Assam                                                       | 166823                        | 315937                                |
| 5                                                           | Bihar                                                       | 1403802                       | 237655                                |
| 6                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                | 274534                        | 595205                                |
| 7                                                           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                    | 0                             | 2                                     |
| 8                                                           | Goa                                                         | 4                             | 6                                     |
| 9                                                           | Gujarat                                                     | 201611                        | 258451                                |
| 10                                                          | Haryana                                                     | 10016                         | 7089                                  |
| 11                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                            | 25399                         | 41045                                 |
| 12                                                          | Jammu And Kashmir                                           | 44227                         | 108263                                |
| 13                                                          | Jharkhand                                                   | 344051                        | 242883                                |
| 14                                                          | Karnataka                                                   | 376577                        | 225536                                |
| 15                                                          | Kerala                                                      | 14863                         | 51335                                 |
| 16                                                          | Ladakh                                                      | 3243                          | 1488                                  |
| 17                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                 | 0                             | 0                                     |
| 18                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                              | 790419                        | 1627427                               |
| 19                                                          | Maharashtra                                                 | 195146                        | 102843                                |
| 20                                                          | Manipur                                                     | 16740                         | 33268                                 |
| 21                                                          | Meghalaya                                                   | 9675                          | 60233                                 |
| 22                                                          | Mizoram                                                     | 5587                          | 8802                                  |
| 23                                                          | Nagaland                                                    | 8802                          | 13507                                 |
| 24                                                          | Odisha                                                      | 694696                        | 436230                                |
| 25                                                          | Puducherry                                                  | 309                           | 325                                   |
| 26                                                          | Punjab                                                      | 107228                        | 33404                                 |
| 27                                                          | Rajasthan                                                   | 352408                        | 727700                                |
| 28                                                          | Sikkim                                                      | 1067                          | 2195                                  |
| 29                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                  | 233543                        | 270860                                |
| 30                                                          | Telangana                                                   | 415200                        | 121422                                |
| 31                                                          | Tripura                                                     | 15820                         | 49765                                 |
| 32                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                               | 1448978                       | 806253                                |
| 33                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                 | 22951                         | 43291                                 |
| 34                                                          | West Bengal                                                 | 940085                        | 86247                                 |
| Total                                                       | Total                                                       | 8617887                       | 6886532                               |

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