February 07, 2024: A total of 85.64 lakh NREGA job cards have been deleted in the current financial year so far for various reasons, minister of state for rural development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on February 6. These job cards were removed from the list of eligible beneficiaries because those were either fake or incorrect or the family was not willing to work of the family had shifted from the gram panchayat permanently or due to the death of the beneficiary, the minister informed.
As on February 1, 2024, the total job card deleted under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since April 2022 till now is 311.19 lakh.
Under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, beneficiaries are getting wage payment for unskilled manual work, directly into the bank/post office account. The wage payment is routed through the Aadhaar-Based Payment Bridge System (APBS). This system has been made mandatory since January 1, 2024. While stating that the updation/deletion of the NREGA job card is a regular exercise conducted by states, the minister clarified that job cards were not deleted due to non-linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts.
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