Ministry of Rural Development
Removal of workers from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
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.
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State/UTs
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2022-2023
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2023-2024
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Active Workers
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Active Workers
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1
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Andaman And Nicobar
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11
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17
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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485757
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360840
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3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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8315
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17008
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4
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Assam
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166823
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315937
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5
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Bihar
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1403802
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237655
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6
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Chhattisgarh
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274534
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595205
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7
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
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0
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2
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8
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Goa
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4
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6
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9
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Gujarat
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201611
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258451
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10
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Haryana
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10016
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7089
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11
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Himachal Pradesh
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25399
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41045
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12
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Jammu And Kashmir
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44227
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108263
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13
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Jharkhand
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344051
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242883
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14
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Karnataka
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376577
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225536
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15
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Kerala
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14863
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51335
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16
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Ladakh
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3243
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1488
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17
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Lakshadweep
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0
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0
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18
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Madhya Pradesh
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790419
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1627427
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19
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Maharashtra
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195146
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102843
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20
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Manipur
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16740
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33268
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21
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Meghalaya
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9675
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60233
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22
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Mizoram
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5587
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8802
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23
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Nagaland
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8802
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13507
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24
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Odisha
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694696
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436230
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25
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Puducherry
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309
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325
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26
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Punjab
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107228
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33404
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27
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Rajasthan
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352408
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727700
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28
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Sikkim
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1067
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2195
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29
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Tamil Nadu
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233543
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270860
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30
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Telangana
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415200
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121422
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31
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Tripura
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15820
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49765
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32
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Uttar Pradesh
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1448978
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806253
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33
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Uttarakhand
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22951
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43291
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34
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West Bengal
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940085
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86247
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Total
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8617887
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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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