Lok Sabha Question No. 3944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Disbursement of Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Adhikari Dibyendu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3944

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 3944. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPM ENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether several States are adversely affected under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  due  to  delay  in  Fund Transfer  Order  (FTO)  of  the  Union  Government  during  the  current  financial year;
- (b) if so, the details of monthly claim or pay demand during the said period alon with the disbursement of funds therein, State/UT -wise;
- (c) the report received from the State Governments due to such irregularities inprocessing of FTOs; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Union Government in this regard?

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

(a) &(b): Fund  Transfer  Orders  (FTOs)  are  generated  by  the  field  functionaries  o State Governm ent  based  on  outcome  of  the  work  done  by  the  workers.  In  case  of  Nati Electronic Fund Management System (Ne -FMS) States/UT, the FTOs generated by the field functionaries is reflected on PFMS and sanction orders are generated by the Ministry transfer  of  wages  into  the  workers  account  notionally  routed  through  the c oncerned  State's Ne-FMS  account.96%  of  wages  under  MGNREGA  are  electronically  transferred  into  the account of the workers. In case of Non - NeFMS State the payment of FTOs so gen erated by the field functionaries are made electronically from the State Employment Guarantee Fund (SEGF) account at the State level. Month - wise funds released to the States/UTs for implementation MGNREGA during the period from March, 2017 -July , 2017 i s given at Annexure .

(c )& (d): The status of implementation of MGNREGS is reviewed on a regular basis. The central funds are released to the States/ UTs on the basis of agreed to Labour budget into consideration the performance, pace of utiliz ation of funds and on receipt of proposal with required documents. To ensure transparency and reduce unnecessary parking of funds at field functionaries' level  in  the  States,  the  Ministry  has universalized Electronic  Fund Management  System  (e - FMS)  and also  introduced National  Electronic  Fund  Management System (Ne- FMS) in 21 States and 1 UT for direct paymen t  of  wages  into  workers'  account under DBT.Dashboard for tracing pending FTOs has also been introduced.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3944 dated 10.08.2017.

| Sl No   |                             | Central fund released during the Month (Rs. In lakh)   | Central fund released during the Month (Rs. In lakh)   | Central fund released during the Month (Rs. In lakh)   | Central fund released during the Month (Rs. In lakh)   |
|---------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No   |                             | April 2017                                             | May 2017                                               | June 2017                                              | July 2017                                              |
| 1       | States Andhra Pradesh       | 59204.77                                               | 141838.50                                              | 126807.99                                              | 663.79                                                 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 16162.70                                               | 647.32                                                 | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   |
| 3       | Assam                       | 23089.16                                               | 16488.44                                               | 11737.57                                               | 18246.49                                               |
| 4       | Bihar                       | 53093.94                                               | 43865.35                                               | 39048.26                                               | 44335.80                                               |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                | 75318.53                                               | 45776.48                                               | 14295.48                                               | 30106.18                                               |
| 6       | Gujarat                     | 4411.55                                                | 12802.97                                               | 18888.99                                               | 10808.78                                               |
| 7       | Haryana                     | 3315.27                                                | 1906.16                                                | 2590.84                                                | 4574.78                                                |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh            | 14391.48                                               | 4513.67                                                | 5804.37                                                | 5991.74                                                |
| 9       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 57346.07                                               | 1000.00                                                | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   |
| 10      | Jharkhand                   | 13746.10                                               | 28840.79                                               | 13447.44                                               | 13845.44                                               |
| 11      | Karnataka                   | 57818.34                                               | 30012.43                                               | 22719.63                                               | 53269.95                                               |
| 12      | Kerala                      | 16730.80                                               | 323.38                                                 | 323.64                                                 | 82178.03                                               |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh              | 15710.30                                               | 55724.72                                               | 59650.57                                               | 49423.84                                               |
| 14      | Maharashtra                 | 28568.78                                               | 31441.39                                               | 33158.21                                               | 17915.78                                               |
| 15      | Manipur                     | 6087.38                                                | 1902.81                                                | 0.00                                                   | 1902.82                                                |
| 16      | Meghalaya                   | 32798.96                                               | 2838.68                                                | 0.00                                                   | 2838.67                                                |
| 17      | Mizoram                     | 13449.09                                               | 238.34                                                 | 0.00                                                   | 2981.20                                                |
| 18      | Nagaland                    | 74441.98                                               | 500.00                                                 | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   |
| 19      | Odisha                      | 41769.12                                               | 22085.72                                               | 16179.35                                               | 27756.18                                               |
| 20      | Punjab                      | 11636.79                                               | 2456.50                                                | 0.00                                                   | 16488.56                                               |
| 21      | Rajasthan                   | 80574.55                                               | 68445.00                                               | 62742.01                                               | 80635.54                                               |
| 22      | Sikkim                      | 5308.18                                                | 247.60                                                 | 0.00                                                   | 1916.33                                                |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                  | 184328.56                                              | 51986.17                                               | 18822.25                                               | 117394.81                                              |
| 24      | Telangana                   | 43270.55                                               | 70299.36                                               | 46807.79                                               | 0.00                                                   |
| 25      | Tripura                     | 739.18                                                 | 2366.21                                                | 1604.50                                                | 6808.15                                                |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh               | 59753.97                                               | 23468.52                                               | 45397.36                                               | 50306.29                                               |
| 27      | Uttarakhand                 | 16787.10                                               | 1143.67                                                | 1143.66                                                | 21512.55                                               |
| 28      | West Bengal                 | 206464.87                                              | 71248.70                                               | 13156.86                                               | 364.77                                                 |
| 29      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 360.68                                                 | 2.61                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 106.38                                                 |
| 30      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   |
| 31      | Daman &Diu                  | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   |
| 32      | Lakshadweep                 | 15.39                                                  | 0.00                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 11.00                                                  |
| 33      | Puducherry                  | 177.63                                                 | 172.54                                                 | 146.95                                                 | 52.18                                                  |
| 35      | Goa                         | 0.00                                                   | 4.90                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 42.23                                                  |
| Total   | Total                       | 1216871.75                                             | 734588.91                                              | 554473.72                                              | 662478.24                                              |