Over 5 crore MGNREGA task playing cards deleted in 2022-23: Centre

Rural Building Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned that during 2021-22, MGNREGA task playing cards of one,49,51,247 staff have been deleted whilst in 2022-23 the quantity used to be 5,18,91,168.

NEW DELHI: Greater than 5 crore task playing cards underneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act (MGNREGA) have been cancelled in 2022-23, 247 in step with cent greater than the selection of deletions in 2021-22, the Lok Sabha used to be knowledgeable on Tuesday.

In a written answer, Rural Building Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned that during 2021-22, MGNREGA task playing cards of one,49,51,247 staff have been deleted whilst in 2022-23 the quantity used to be 5,18,91,168.

West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been some of the states which noticed the best possible selection of deletions.

In 2021-22, as many as 1,57,309 task playing cards have been deleted in West Bengal, whilst within the following fiscal, the quantity shot up through over 5,000 in step with cent to 83,36,115.

In Andhra Pradesh, 6,25,514 task playing cards have been deleted in 2021-22, which larger through 1,147 in step with cent in 2022-23, when 78,05,569 task playing cards have been cancelled.

In a similar fashion, in Telangana, 61,278 task playing cards have been deleted in 2021-22, whilst 17,32,936 playing cards have been deleted in 2022-23, an build up of two,727 in step with cent.

Gujarat deleted 1,43,202 staff’ task playing cards in 2021-22 and four,30,404 in 2022-23, a bounce of over 200 in step with cent.

In his answer, Singh mentioned the deletions have been made because of causes corresponding to “faux” task playing cards, replica task playing cards, other people now not keen to paintings anymore, circle of relatives shifted from Gram Panchayat completely, or deaths.

In respond to every other query, Singh mentioned 2.95 crore other people within the age crew of 18-30 years have been registered underneath the scheme as much as the 2020-21 monetary 12 months which used to be larger to a few.06 crore as much as monetary 12 months 2022-23.

In 2022-23, 57.43 in step with cent of MGNREGA staff have been ladies.

The Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Scheme is aimed toward improving livelihood safety through offering no less than 100 days of assured salary employment in a monetary 12 months to each family whose grownup individuals volunteer to do unskilled handbook paintings.