MGNREGA Job Card Status Check 2026 — NREGA MIS

If you only have 2 minutes: open nrega.nic.in, go to Reports or Job Cards, pick your State, District, Block and Panchayat, and open your household name. Note the job card number, days worked and wage lines. If work was demanded and not given, or wages are past a fortnight, draft RTI with the AI RTI Drafter or read The RTI Playbook.

A job card is the household identity paper for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Adult members of a rural household who are willing to do unskilled manual work register at the Gram Panchayat. The card lists the household, adult members and photographs as specified in the Scheme. With it you can demand work in writing.

It is not a bank passbook, ration card or housing sanction. Wage payment is a separate MIS line on the same portal. For rural housing under the same ministry stack, see PMAY-G beneficiary status.

• Guarantee: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 §3(1) requires the State to provide not less than 100 days of unskilled manual work in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for such work. The official portal still states this 100-day vision.
• Wages: §3(2) — wages at the notified wage rate for each day of work. §3(3) — disbursement weekly, or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date on which the work was done.
• Wage rate: §6 — the Central Government may notify the wage rate; different rates may be specified for different areas. Until a rate is fixed for an area, the state minimum wage for agricultural labourers applies. Confirm the live notified figure for your state on the MIS. This page does not print a wage table.
• Job card: Schedule II paras 1–2 — adult members apply to the Gram Panchayat; the GP registers the household after enquiry and issues the job card with member details and photographs.
• Work in 15 days: Schedule II para 6 — the Programme Officer must ensure unskilled work is provided within 15 days of the application or the date work is sought.
• Unemployment allowance: §7(1) — if employment is not provided within those 15 days, a daily unemployment allowance is due. §7(2) — the state-notified rate shall not be less than one-fourth of the wage rate for the first 30 days of the financial year and not less than one-half thereafter. §7(4) — sanctioned by the Programme Officer or a notified local authority. §7(5) — paid within 15 days of becoming due. The State meets this cost under §22(2)(a).
• Who runs it: Gram Panchayat issues the card and allots work (§16). Programme Officer at the intermediate panchayat / Block, not below the rank of Block Development Officer (§15). District Programme Coordinator at district (§14).
• Social audit: §17 — the Gram Sabha conducts regular social audits; the GP must produce muster rolls, bills, vouchers and measurement books.
• RTI: muster rolls, job-card register, FTO / wage-payment records and file movement are public information. File under RTI Act 2005 §6(1) to the Programme Officer / BDO or Gram Panchayat. Reply is due in 30 days under §7(1). Silence is deemed refusal; file a first appeal under §19(1).

The official home page also points to a VB-G RAM G site. Job-card lists, muster rolls and wage reports used in this guide remain on the NREGA MIS. Confirm on the live portal which reports your panchayat is currently publishing.

1. Start at nrega.nic.in. It redirects to nrega.dord.gov.in (Ministry of Rural Development / NIC).
2. Confirm the host is .nic.in or .dord.gov.in. Lookalikes that add extra words before those hosts are phishing.
3. From the home page, open Reports, Job Cards, or Most Often Used Services.

1. There is no all-India name search. You must pick State → District → Block → Gram Panchayat and the financial year.
2. Open Job Card / the job-card holder list and find your household name.
3. If you already have the number, the workers / search pages linked from the home page let you enter a job card number, work code, muster roll, wage list or FTO.

1. Note the job card number, registered members, days worked, remaining days in the year, work history and wage / payment lines.
2. If the page offers Print or download, save a copy and match the number with the physical card at the Gram Panchayat.
3. For attendance, open Muster rolls from the same MIS, or check NMMS attendance figures published on the home page. Wages follow the muster, not a WhatsApp list.

Labels on the MIS change. Trust the dated wage and muster lines, not a third-party screenshot.

1. Read the job card and the muster at the Gram Panchayat. A missing muster is why wages do not move.
2. If you demanded work in writing and none was given in 15 days, ask the Programme Officer for unemployment allowance under §7.
3. If you worked and wages are past a fortnight under §3(3), ask for the wage status, FTO date and any delay compensation payable under the Scheme / Schedule II. Confirm the current compensation rule on the official portal — this page does not invent a rate.
4. File a written grievance at the Block. Raise the muster at the next Gram Sabha social audit under §17.
5. Then file RTI for the file movement, muster copy, FTO and the name of the pending officer.

For a filled application, use the AI RTI Drafter. See also RTI for MGNREGA wages and apply for a MGNREGA job card.

File this under §6(1) to the Public Information Officer, office of the Programme Officer / Block Development Officer, with a copy to the Gram Panchayat if the card itself is missing. Enclose the job-card screenshot. Fee is the amount in your state RTI fee table.

To
The Public Information Officer
Office of the Programme Officer / Block Development Officer
MGNREGA, [Block, District, State]

Subject: Information under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005 — MGNREGA job card [NUMBER]

1. Current status of job card number [NUMBER] for household of [NAME], Gram Panchayat [NAME], including the registration date and the job-card issue date.
2. Copy of the job-card register entry and of each written demand for work from [DATE] to [DATE], with the dated receipt number.
3. For each work spell in that period: work code, muster-roll number, days recorded, wage rate applied, FTO number and date, and date of credit or rejection.
4. If employment was not provided within 15 days of demand: whether unemployment allowance under Section 7 of the MGNREGA Act, 2005 was sanctioned, the amount, and the date of payment or the reason it was refused.
5. If wages were paid after a fortnight from the date of work: the delay-compensation amount payable under the Scheme / Schedule II, and the name and designation of the official with whom the file is pending, with the date since when.

I am a citizen of India. Please provide the information within 30 days under Section 7(1). If the information is held by another officer, transfer this request under Section 6(3) and inform me.

[Name, address, mobile]

Generate a filled version with the AI RTI Drafter. Track the 30-day clock with the Timeline Tracker. If the PIO is silent, use the First Appeal Builder.

• The government does not charge an agent fee to “approve” a job card or to “release” wages.
• Never share an OTP or full bank details with anyone who calls about NREGA.
• Use only nrega.nic.in / nrega.dord.gov.in. Fake “nrega list 2026” APKs and PDF forms are a common fraud.
• Wage rates differ by state and change by notification. Ignore a single all-India rupee figure forwarded on WhatsApp.
• A job card does not by itself sanction a house. Check PMAY-G on its own portal.

Open nrega.nic.in → Reports / Job Cards, pick your State, District, Block and Panchayat, then find the household name. There is no national name search.

Apply at the Gram Panchayat under Schedule II. Adult members of a rural household who are willing to do unskilled work can register. If the GP does not issue the card after enquiry, file RTI to the GP / Programme Officer for the register entry.

Not less than 100 days per household per financial year under §3(1). The Centre or State may provide more under §3(4); that is not an automatic extra quota on this page. Confirm any extra days actually notified for your area.

Unemployment allowance under §7 is due, at not less than one-fourth of the wage rate for the first 30 days and not less than one-half thereafter, paid by the State. Ask the Programme Officer in writing, then RTI if there is no dated reply.

§3(3) — weekly, or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date the work was done. If late, ask for the FTO date and any delay compensation the Scheme currently provides. Do not rely on an unofficial percentage.

Open the muster roll for that work on the MIS, and compare it with the job-card work history. Daily capture is also shown against the NMMS app on the official home page. A missing muster is a reason to RTI a certified copy — §17(3) already makes muster rolls public at the social audit.

Schedule II ties registration to the Gram Panchayat of residence. A fresh registration is needed where you now reside. Confirm with that GP; do not assume the old card travels.

nrega.nic.in and nrega.dord.gov.in. Ignore ads that sell a “central job card download” APK.

1. Find the job card number on the physical card or at the GP.
2. Open nrega.nic.in, drill down to your panchayat, and save the household screenshot.
3. If work or wages are overdue, photograph the demand receipt and draft the RTI above.

• RTI for MGNREGA wages
• RTI for MGNREGA wages not paid
• Apply for a MGNREGA job card
• PMAY-G / IAY beneficiary status
• PMAY status check
• How to file an RTI in India
• AI RTI Drafter
• The RTI Playbook
• RTI Act, 2005

• Mahatma Gandhi NREGA MIS — nrega.nic.in (redirects to nrega.dord.gov.in)
• Job Cards / MIS reports — nregaplus.nic.in job cards, MIS Report
• Search job card / muster / FTO — homesearch
• Workers portal — wrkinfo.aspx
• Muster rolls — nregaplus.nic.in muster
• Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act, 2005 — §3, §6, §7, §14, §15, §16, §17, Schedule II (India Code / PRS text of Act 42 of 2005)
• RTI Act, 2005 — §6(1), §6(3), §7(1), §19(1)
• Ministry of Rural Development — rural.gov.in

Reviewed on 20 August 2026 by Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak. Always confirm the live status on the official NREGA MIS.