Source: Government of India (2)
Posted On: 04 FEB 2025 7:07PM by PIB Delhi
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 below.
A total of 86,17,887 and 68,86,532 active workers have been deleted/cancelled during the Financial Year 2022-23 and 2023-24 respectively, for reasons such as fake/duplicate/incorrect job card, family shifted out of Gram Panchayat permanently, Village becomes classified as urban etc.
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States/UTs-wise details of number of active workers deleted/cancelled from Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 |
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SI. No. |
State/UTs |
2022-2023 |
2023-2024 |
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Active Workers |
Active Workers |
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1 |
Andaman And Nicobar |
11 |
17 |
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2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
485757 |
360840 |
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3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
8315 |
17008 |
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4 |
Assam |
166823 |
315937 |
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5 |
Bihar |
1403802 |
237655 |
|
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6 |
Chhattisgarh |
274534 |
595205 |
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7 |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
0 |
2 |
|
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8 |
Goa |
4 |
6 |
|
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9 |
Gujarat |
201611 |
258451 |
|
|
10 |
Haryana |
10016 |
7089 |
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|
11 |
Himachal Pradesh |
25399 |
41045 |
|
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12 |
Jammu And Kashmir |
44227 |
108263 |
|
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13 |
Jharkhand |
344051 |
242883 |
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14 |
Karnataka |
376577 |
225536 |
|
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15 |
Kerala |
14863 |
51335 |
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16 |
Ladakh |
3243 |
1488 |
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17 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
0 |
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18 |
Madhya Pradesh |
790419 |
1627427 |
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19 |
Maharashtra |
195146 |
102843 |
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20 |
Manipur |
16740 |
33268 |
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21 |
Meghalaya |
9675 |
60233 |
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22 |
Mizoram |
5587 |
8802 |
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23 |
Nagaland |
8802 |
13507 |
|
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24 |
Odisha |
694696 |
436230 |
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25 |
Puducherry |
309 |
325 |
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26 |
Punjab |
107228 |
33404 |
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27 |
Rajasthan |
352408 |
727700 |
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28 |
Sikkim |
1067 |
2195 |
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29 |
Tamil Nadu |
233543 |
270860 |
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30 |
Telangana |
415200 |
121422 |
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31 |
Tripura |
15820 |
49765 |
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32 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1448978 |
806253 |
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33 |
Uttarakhand |
22951 |
43291 |
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34 |
West Bengal |
940085 |
86247 |
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Total |
8617887 |
6886532 |
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This information was given by the Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Kamlesh Paswan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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