Job card

MGNREGA job card and the Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card

मनरेगा जॉब कार्ड और ग्रामीण रोज़गार गारंटी कार्ड

Last reviewed: 11 November 2026

A job card is the household’s entry into the rural employment guarantee. It records the adult members who can demand unskilled work, and it is the document against which attendance and wages are kept. Under the law in force from 1 July 2026 the new card is called a Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card. Many offices and workers still say “MGNREGA job card” or “NREGA job card”. Both names point at the same practical need: a recognised household card, issued or updated at the Gram Panchayat, not on this website.

The sections below explain what happens if you already have a card, how a household without a card applies, what e-KYC means for validity, and where to look at an official list. It will not ask for your job-card number, Aadhaar, phone number or OTP, and it cannot show a live “status”.

What a job card is for

The card belongs to the rural household, not to a single person in isolation. Adult members whose names are on the card can demand work. The card is also the reference used when a mate records attendance and when a wage is credited. Keeping the physical card (or the current official record of it) with the household, and making sure the names, photographs and bank or post office account details are up to date at the panchayat, avoids a lot of delay later.

The card is not a work order by itself. Having a card does not automatically send anyone to a worksite. After the card is in place, the household still has to demand work. The card is also not a payment instrument. Wages go by direct benefit transfer, as described on the payments page.

If you already have an MGNREGA job card

Official frequently asked questions published by the Press Information Bureau on 11 May 2026 are clear on continuity: existing MGNREGA job cards and workers for whom e-KYC has been completed remain valid until new Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Cards are issued under the 2025 Act.

If your household already has such a card, you do not need to “apply online” on a private website, and you should not pay anyone to “convert” the card. Ask the Gram Panchayat how the new Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card is being issued in your village, and keep using the existing card to demand work in the meantime.

If e-KYC is not yet complete, official transition notes say that workers should not be denied employment only for that reason, and that facilitation — including at worksites — should be available. Complete e-KYC through the official process when the panchayat or worksite staff offer it. That process happens on official applications, not here.

If your household does not have a card yet

Any rural household that does not have a Mahatma Gandhi NREGA job card may apply for registration at the concerned Gram Panchayat. Official FAQs say the application is made through any adult member, by submitting the names, ages and address details of the household, so that a Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card can be issued.

That is a panchayat-counter process, or whatever official digital window the State has opened, not a form on mnrega.in.net. Older MGNREGA practice used a registration form at the Gram Panchayat (often called Form I in earlier manuals) and a separate form for demanding work (Form 6). Official FAQs for the new Act say that a demand for work may still be made on “the same Form 6 as before”. Follow the forms your Gram Panchayat is actually using now.

What to take to the Gram Panchayat

Official frequently asked questions for the new Act ask for names, ages and address of the household. In practice a panchayat will also need to be able to identify the adults and, for wages later, to record a bank or post office account. State pages written under the old Act often listed identity proof, photographs and a passbook. Take what the Gram Panchayat currently asks for, and give those details only at the official desk or on an official government site.

Do not upload identity documents or account numbers to an unofficial page that promises a “quick job card”. This website will not collect them.

e-KYC, and employment while it is pending

e-KYC is the official electronic verification of a worker, used in recent years to confirm that the person on the card is the person at the worksite. Under the transition, completed e-KYC is what keeps an old MGNREGA job card valid until the new card is issued. Official notes also say employment should not be refused merely because e-KYC is still pending, and that camps or worksite facilitation should be used to finish it.

If a mate or official asks you to complete e-KYC, it should be through the official application and process. You should not have to pay a middleman, and you should not type an OTP into an unknown website.

How to look at the official job-card list

Job-card and registration lists are public records on the official MIS. Start at nrega.nic.in, which officially redirects to nrega.dord.gov.in. From the official reports, choose the financial year, then your State, district, block and Gram Panchayat, and open the job-card or registration reports. The official portal page explains this path and the difference between lookalike sites and a real .gov.in or .nic.in address.

If the portal is slow, or a particular report is temporarily unavailable, the Gram Panchayat still holds the register. For an urgent question — a missing name, a wrong age, a duplicate — go there in person as well as trying the portal.

What this website will not do

This website does not issue cards, does not run a “job card status” or “download job card” tool, and does not accept applications. Any button on this site that concerns a list or a card takes you to an official government address. If another site asks for a job-card number, Aadhaar, OTP or a fee to show your card, leave it.

Names, photographs and accounts on the card

A card is only as useful as the names on it. If an adult who lives in the household and is willing to work is missing, ask the Gram Panchayat to add that person through the official process. If someone has died, moved away, or is listed twice, ask for a correction. Wrong photographs and stale bank or post office account numbers are among the common reasons a wage does not land where the household expects; those corrections also belong at the official desk, not on an unofficial form.

Do not hand the original card to a tout who offers to “get e-KYC done in the city” or to “print a colour copy for the portal”. Official e-KYC is a verification step, not a paid printing service. If you need a copy of the official record, use the government reports or ask the panchayat to print from the official system.

Women workers should be able to be listed in their own names, with their own accounts where official practice so requires, rather than only under a husband’s or father’s entry. If a name is being left off, take that to the panchayat, to the Programme Officer, and if needed to social audit.

Frequently asked questions

Is my old MGNREGA job card still valid?

If e-KYC for the workers on it has been completed, official FAQs say yes, until a Gramin Rozgar Guarantee Card is issued.

Where do I apply if I have no card?

At the Gram Panchayat, with the names, ages and address of the household, through any adult member.

Can I apply on this website?

No. This website does not take applications.

Will I be refused work if e-KYC is pending?

Official transition notes say workers should not be denied employment merely because e-KYC is pending, and that facilitation should be provided.

How do I download my job card?

Use the official portal reports or ask at the Gram Panchayat. This site has no download form.