Lok Sabha Question No. 2317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: MGNREGS and Poverty Eradication
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2317

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03 .2017

## MGNREGS AND POVERTY ERADICATION

## 2317. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the estimated percentage of rural men and women working under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State/UT -wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  as  per  a  study  by  the  Indian  Hum Development Survey  (IHDS), MGNREGS has  contributed to almost a  third of the poverty  eradication  in  the  country  and  ranked  as  the  best  known  employm guarantee scheme providing dir ect jobs to the rural poor;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  any  steps  are  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  streamline,  plug loopholes, increase the wages/mandays and strengthen MGNREGS to include more poor people who are deprived; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a): State/UT - wise estimated  percentage  of  rural  men  and  women  working under  the Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA)  are  at Annexure.

(b)&(c): Yes, Madam. The Government is aware of the National Council of Applied Economic  Research (sponsore d  by  Indian  Human  Development  Survey) study  report  that estimates the poverty reduction due to Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

The Report on 'Poverty reduction due to MGNREGA' states that:

- MGNREGA's  contribution  to  reducing  poverty  is  about  32%.  In  the  absence of MGNREGA - induced consumption, poverty among the participants would have bee 38.0% in 2011 -12, not 31.3%.
- In spite of a high initial poverty rate (75.8% in 2004 -05), poverty among adivasis was reduced by 27.6% and for dalits by 37.6%.
- MGNREGA prevented 14 million persons from falling into poverty (those non - po r in  2004 -05  who  would  have  become  poor  by  2011 -12  without  MGNREGA employment).
- MGNREGA is more effective in poverty reduction in less developed areas (34%) t in more developed areas (27%)
- Low - participating areas experienced much greater poverty reduction (72%) than with a high participation rate (27%).

(d)&(e): To  generate  awareness  about  the  provisions  of  the  Scheme  and  to  prov adequate employment opportunities to rural households including poor people underMGNREGA, all States/UTs have been requested for the following: -

- (i) to initiate appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for wide dissemination of theprovisions of theAct.
- (ii) to expand scope and coverage of demand registration system to ensure demand for work under MGNREGA does not go unregistered.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2317 dated 16.03.2017.

|         |                   | Employment generation (PD) in FY 2016-17*   | Employment generation (PD) in FY 2016-17*   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| SI. No. | States            | %Women                                      | %Men                                        |
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 58                                          | 42                                          |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 35                                          | 65                                          |
| 3       | ASSAM             | 37                                          | 63                                          |
| 4       | BIHAR             | 43                                          | 57                                          |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      | 49                                          | 51                                          |
| 6       | GOA               | 77                                          | 23                                          |
| 7       | GUJARAT           | 46                                          | 54                                          |
| 8       | HARYANA           | 45                                          | 55                                          |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 62                                          | 38                                          |
| 10      | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR  | 26                                          | 74                                          |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         | 36                                          | 64                                          |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         | 47                                          | 53                                          |
| 13      | KERALA            | 91                                          | 9                                           |
| 14      | MADHYAPRADESH     | 42                                          | 58                                          |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       | 45                                          | 55                                          |
| 16      | MANIPUR           | 42                                          | 58                                          |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         | 44                                          | 56                                          |
| 18      | MIZORAM           | 35                                          | 65                                          |
| 19      | NAGALAND          | 29                                          | 71                                          |
| 20      | ODISHA            | 40                                          | 60                                          |
| 21      | PUNJAB            | 60                                          | 40                                          |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN         | 67                                          | 33                                          |
| 23      | SIKKIM            | 48                                          | 52                                          |
| 24      | TAMILNADU         | 86                                          | 14                                          |
| 25      | TELANGANA         | 59                                          | 41                                          |
| 26      | TRIPURA           | 49                                          | 51                                          |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH     | 33                                          | 67                                          |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND       | 54                                          | 46                                          |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL       | 47                                          | 53                                          |
| 30      | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   | 57                                          | 43                                          |
| 31      | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0                                           | 100                                         |
| 32      | PUDUCHERRY        | 86                                          | 14                                          |
|         | Total             | 56                                          | 44                                          |