Lok Sabha Question No. 955 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Geo-Tagging of Assets Created under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 955 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## GEO-TAGGING OF ASSETS CREATED UNDER MGNREGS

## 955. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to use Space technology for keeping a track of development in rural areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  started  Geo-tagging  of  all  assets  created  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) funds and if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of assets  which  have  already  been  tagged  and  the  number  of  assets  still  to  be tagged;
- (c) the details of monitoring operations that the Government undertakes after Geotagging; and
- (d) whether the Government also proposes to expand the use of Space Technology for other avenues for rural development and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): The  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  was  signed  on  24.06.2016 between the Ministry of Rural Development and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space for Geo-tagging the assets under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS)  in  each  Gram  Panchayat.  The  MoU addresses specific components of geo-tagging the assets and creation of data base for online recording  and  monitoring.  Details  of  assets  created  and  assets  Geo-tags  under  (as  on 13.12.2017) under MGNREGS is given at Annexure .

(c) & (d): The Ministry of Rural Development has rolled out GeoMGNREGA Phase-II on  1 st November  2017,  under  which  all  works  are  geotagged  in  3  stages  along  with  two photographs each, i.e. Stage-I (Before the work start), Stage-II (During the work) and StageIII (After work completion). The Ministry of Rural Development has initiated the process of Third Party Verification of geotagged assets  under  MGNREGS.  The  use  of  Space Technology has been extended to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G).

Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 955 dated 21.12.2017.

(AS on 13th Dec, 2017)

| No.   | States/UTs          | GeoMGNREGA     | GeoMGNREGA      |
|-------|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
| No.   | States/UTs          | Assets Created | Assets Geo-tags |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 5,019,385      | 2,768,649       |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 11,980         | 5,024           |
| 3     | ASSAM               | 180,247        | 116,884         |
| 4     | BIHAR               | 693,501        | 546,847         |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH        | 1,101,093      | 782,502         |
| 6     | GOA                 | 1,659          | 300             |
| 7     | GUJARAT             | 568,423        | 356,828         |
| 8     | HARYANA             | 73,825         | 68,550          |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 338,019        | 231,636         |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 297,587        | 200,176         |
| 11    | JHARKHAND           | 880,249        | 550,441         |
| 12    | KARNATAKA           | 1,970,414      | 1,474,254       |
| 13    | KERALA              | 1,151,251      | 827,335         |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH      | 2,346,370      | 1,605,289       |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA         | 836,395        | 549,860         |
| 16    | MANIPUR             | 35,210         | 23,963          |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA           | 70,132         | 42,381          |
| 18    | MIZORAM             | 48,069         | 32,621          |
| 19    | NAGALAND            | 37,438         | 14,032          |
| 20    | ODISHA              | 859,366        | 689,832         |
| 21    | PUNJAB              | 81,893         | 63,567          |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN           | 1,037,066      | 782,955         |
| 23    | SIKKIM              | 23,610         | 14,420          |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU          | 1,668,640      | 1,130,651       |
| 25    | TELANGANA           | 3,289,528      | 2,184,086       |
| 26    | TRIPURA             | 677,503        | 363,842         |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH       | 4,378,026      | 3,207,071       |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND         | 336,767        | 246,796         |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL         | 2,240,437      | 1,734,618       |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 2,116          | 722             |
| 31    | PUDUCHERRY          | 4,179          | 3,970           |
|       | Total               | 30,260,378     | 20,620,102      |