Lok Sabha Question No. 3958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Jobs in Drought Hit Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NARAMALLI SIVAPRASAD

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3958

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## JOBS IN DROUGHT HIT AREAS

## 3958. DR. NARAMALLI SIVA PRASAD:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  comprehensive  policy  to  provide more jobs in drought hit areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the extent to which the new policy is likely to be beneficial in providing jo poor in  various  States  especially  in  Andhra  Pradesh  including  Chitoor  distric and
- (c) the number of poor people benefited by such schemes in the country particularly in Andhra Pradesh during the last two years and the current year far, State - wise?

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

(a) to (c): The provision of additional employment over and above 100 days per house under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  in drought notified areas is allowed by the Ministry of Rural Development on the recommen of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

The  details  of  total  households  provided  more  than  100  days  of  employment  in  the drought  affected  areas during the last two  years in States including Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure .

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Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3958 dated 10.08.2017

Households (HHs) provided more than 100 days of employment in drought affected location (FY 2015-16).

| State         |   HHs Provided More than 100 days of employment |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRAPRADESH |                                          307868 |
| CHHATTISGARH  |                                          151577 |
| JHARKHAND     |                                          160236 |
| KARNATAKA     |                                          120625 |
| MADHYAPRADESH |                                          180495 |
| MAHARASHTRA   |                                           88947 |
| ODISHA        |                                          160041 |
| RAJASTHAN     |                                          158549 |
| TELANGANA     |                                          312911 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |                                          139550 |
| Total         |                                         1780807 |

HHs  provided  more  than  100  days  of  employment  in drought affected location (FY 2016-17).

| State         |   HHs Provided More than 100 days of employment |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| ANDHRAPRADESH |                                          235209 |
| KARNATAKA     |                                          182010 |
| MADHYAPRADESH |                                          116933 |
| RAJASTHAN     |                                          266673 |
| TAMILNADU     |                                         1214469 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |                                           19966 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |                                           15772 |
| Total         |                                         2051032 |