Lok Sabha Question No. 1314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Payment to Workers under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1314

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.0 2.2017

## PAYMENT TO WORKERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 1314. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government's flagship project Mahatma Gandhi National Employment  Guarantee  Scheme(MGNREGS)  has  run  into  hurdle  with  payment  to workers getting struck due to recent demonetisation;

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- (b) whether  the  Union  Gover nment  has  so  far  released  nearly  90%  of  the  total  fun allocated to MGNREGS for the current financial year and if so, the details there
- (c) whether the Government has engaged a pool of motivators to train around 10.88 c workers under MGNREGS on how to conduct cashless transactions; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): States/UTs - wise details of amount released under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the financial year 2016 - 17 (as on 03/02/2017) is indicated at Annexure - I.

(c)&(d): State/UT - wise details on digital pa yment training status under MGNREGA is given at Annexure - II.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1314 dated 09.02.2017

## Central funds released FY: 2016-17 as on 03/02/2017

(Rs. In lakh)

| SI. No           | States                      | Central funds released   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh              | 367769.83                |
| 2                | Arunachal Pradesh           | 13076.40                 |
| 3                | Assam                       | 83763.13                 |
| 4                | Bihar                       | 156823.28                |
| 5                | Chhattisgarh                | 204671.93                |
| 6                | Gujarat                     | 56362.05                 |
| 7                | Haryana                     | 19937.88                 |
| 8                | Himachal Pradesh            | 32162.83                 |
| 9                | Jammu and Kashmir           | 75626.15                 |
| 10               | Jharkhand                   | 150340.12                |
| 11               | Karnataka                   | 182118.01                |
| 12               | Kerala                      | 157953.23                |
| 13               | Madhya Pradesh              | 288898.46                |
| 14               | Maharashtra                 | 154024.45                |
| 15               | Manipur                     | 34370.41                 |
| 16               | Meghalaya                   | 86069.23                 |
| 17               | Mizoram                     | 8744.61                  |
| 18               | Nagaland                    | 50152.80                 |
| 19               | Odisha                      | 178180.62                |
| 20               | Punjab                      | 45846.74                 |
| 21               | Rajasthan                   | 435957.34                |
| 22               | Sikkim                      | 13262.56                 |
| 23               | Tamil Nadu                  | 424564.59                |
| 24               | Telangana                   | 174298.72                |
| 25               | Tripura                     | 86858.10                 |
| 26               | Uttar Pradesh               | 341180.28                |
| 27               | Uttarakhand                 | 49267.19                 |
| 28               | West Bengal                 | 468775.60                |
| 29               | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 801.40                   |
| 30               | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.00                     |
| 31               | Daman &Diu                  | 0.00                     |
| 32               | Lakshadweep                 | 0.00                     |
| 33               | Puducherry                  | 300.15                   |
| 34               | Chandigarh                  | 0.00                     |
| 35               | Goa                         | 425.85                   |
| Total 4333662.26 | Total 4333662.26            | Total 4333662.26         |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to parts (c)&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1314 dated 09.02.2017 Digital Payment Training Status

|         |                      | No. of    | No. of   | No. of   | ToTs trained at various levels   | ToTs trained at various levels   | ToTs trained at various levels   | ToTs trained at various levels   | ToTs trained at various levels   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| SI. No. | State                | districts | Blocks   | GPs      | State                            | District                         | Block                            | GP                               | Total                            |
| 1       | 2                    | 3         | 4        | 5        | 6                                | 7                                | 8                                | 9                                | 10                               |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 13        | 661      | 13084    | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 20        | 111      | 1826     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 3       | ASSAM                | 27        | 238      | 2644     | 0                                | 1                                | 5                                | 4                                | 10                               |
| 4       | BIHAR                | 38        | 534      | 8529     | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                | 4                                | 5                                |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH         | 27        | 146      | 10971    | 6                                | 96                               | 1282                             | 10169                            | 11553                            |
| 6       | GOA                  | 2         | 12       | 190      | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 7       | GUJARAT              | 33        | 247      | 14351    | 41                               | 7                                | 294                              | 2                                | 344                              |
| 8       | HARYANA              | 21        | 126      | 6259     | 5                                | 63                               | 106                              | 34                               | 208                              |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 12        | 78       | 3251     | 0                                | 1                                | 1                                | 1                                | 3                                |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 22        | 321      | 4206     | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 11      | JHARKHAND            | 24        | 264      | 4414     | 4                                | 96                               | 18                               | 2                                | 120                              |
| 12      | KARNATAKA            | 30        | 176      | 6025     | 5                                | 94                               | 908                              | 2508                             | 3515                             |
| 13      | KERALA               | 14        | 152      | 941      | 0                                | 1                                | 161                              | 19                               | 181                              |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH       | 51        | 313      | 22813    | 2                                | 20                               | 48                               | 287                              | 357                              |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA          | 34        | 354      | 28719    | 2                                | 17                               | 0                                | 1                                | 20                               |
| 16      | MANIPUR              | 9         | 44       | 3151     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA            | 11        | 39       | 6259     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 18      | MIZORAM              | 8         | 26       | 859      | 55                               | 0                                | 479                              | 0                                | 534                              |
| 19      | NAGALAND             | 11        | 74       | 1228     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 20      | ODISHA               | 30        | 314      | 6211     | 79                               | 592                              | 345                              | 67                               | 1083                             |
| 21      | PUNJAB               | 22        | 148      | 13104    | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN            | 33        | 295      | 9894     | 6                                | 348                              | 3362                             | 5734                             | 9450                             |
| 23      | SIKKIM               | 4         | 31       | 176      | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU           | 31        | 385      | 12524    | 8                                | 776                              | 9722                             | 17790                            | 28296                            |
| 25      | TELANGANA            | 30        | 438      | 8831     | 11                               | 123                              | 672                              | 1097                             | 1903                             |
| 26      | TRIPURA              | 8         | 58       | 1178     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH        | 75        | 825      | 59150    | 2                                | 38                               | 38                               | 153                              | 231                              |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND          | 13        | 95       | 7985     | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL          | 20        | 341      | 3347     | 0                                | 0                                | 3                                | 1                                | 4                                |
| 30      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 3         | 9        | 78       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 31      | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 1         | 1        | 20       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 32      | DAMAN & DIU          | 2         | 2        | 10       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP          | 1         | 10       | 10       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |                                  |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY           | 2         | 4        | 12       | 0                                | 1                                | 1                                | 1                                | 0 3                              |
|         | Total                | 682       | 6872     | 262250   | 226                              | 2274                             | 17449                            | 37874                            | 57823                            |