E-KYC of over 56 per cent active workers under MGNREGS completed: Rural Development Ministry

The E-KYC for more than 56 per cent of active workers under the MGNREGS has been completed by the states, the Rural Development Ministry said on Friday, adding that job card verification under the scheme is a ''continuous process''. In a statement issued days after a report highlighted a high number of deletions of job cards coinciding with the introduction of e-KYC, the Rural Development Ministry said 99.67 per cent active workers' Aadhar have already been seeded, and that the e-KYC feature could be used as a ''simple, reliable, accurate and efficient way of verification of job cards''. LibTech India, a consortium of activists and academicians, highlighted earlier this week that around 27 lakh MGNREGS workers were deleted across India between October 10 and November 14, flagging the large