State/Union Territory (UT)-wise number of fake job cards deleted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial yeas is given at Annexure.

Since responsibility of implementation of the Scheme vests with the State Governments and provisions for proper implementation have been laid down in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, operational guidelines, Annual Master Circular etc, primarily the concerned States/UTs are required to take appropriate action in case of any irregularities in the implementation of the scheme, which may include investigation and criminal action based on the seriousness of the issue, as per law.

The data related to persons arrested for the violation of the provision of the Act like fake job cards is not maintained in the Ministry.

Annexure

State/Union Territory(UT)-wise number of fake job cards deleted under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial yeas
Sl No	State/UTs	Number of Job Cards deleted with reason 'Fake Job Card'
Sl No	State/UTs	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
1	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR	0	0	2
2	ANDHRA PRADESH	46690	4164	2158
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	656	901	626
4	ASSAM	8040	7465	7341
5	BIHAR	81742	17641	8111
6	CHHATTISGARH	14647	8445	6888
7	GOA	0	1	0
8	GUJARAT	3843	1761	988
9	HARYANA	139	123	157
10	HIMACHAL PRADESH	586	209	65
11	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	1700	1623	871
12	JHARKHAND	70754	17264	5892
13	KARNATAKA	4111	2461	384
14	KERALA	1548	401	133
15	LADAKH	46	28	12
16	LAKSHADWEEP	1	0	3
17	MADHYA PRADESH	27885	23029	804
18	MAHARASHTRA	4143	1458	1401
19	MANIPUR	21	10	7
20	MEGHALAYA	124	136	121
21	MIZORAM	56	18	16
22	NAGALAND	35	22	47
23	ODISHA	114454	22264	7566
24	PUDUCHERRY	25	2	8
25	PUNJAB	3822	777	317
26	RAJASTHAN	45793	20362	2734
27	SIKKIM	15	3	2
28	TAMIL NADU	5639	7831	6000
29	TELANGANA	16091	2206	2213
30	TRIPURA	255	354	283
31	UTTAR PRADESH	299354	147397	3421
32	UTTARAKHAND	1884	551	253
33	WEST BENGAL	5263	719	2
	Total	759362	289626	58826

This information was given by Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Kamlesh Paswan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Cancellation Of Fake Job Cards Under MGNREGS

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