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Bengal Govternment Cancels Over 14 Lakh Fake NREGA job Cards - Newsclick

A swarm of fake cards has rampaged the MGNREGA project or 100 days of work in West Bengal. More than 1 million counterfeit job cards have been caught in West Bengal in the last year, and all of them have been cancelled. The nodal division in charge of the 100-day project under the state’s Panchayat and Rural Development Department revealed.

"The exact statistics of the total number of fake job cards cancelled in the state up until today (February 23, 2022) is 14 lakh, 17 thousand, and 557," according to the concerned department. This is an ongoing process, and by March 31, 2023, the figure is expected to cross 15 lakhs.

For the past four months, the state's Panchayat and Rural Development Offices have reportedly been conducting a special operation to identify and cancel the fake job cards.

An official said, 'This campaign has really been very effective. And the number of cancelled cards has also increased. In addition to the detection and cancellation of fake job cards, the office has continued the process of issuing new job cards. Approximately 2 lakh new job cards were issued to various families during the same period.

Recently, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed anger against the Centre while addressing an administrative meeting in West Midnapore. She said, “The central government wants to introduce a complete online system in the lives of rural people. But how can a marginal population get used to it? So, their lives are becoming difficult.”

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