Lok Sabha Question No. 310 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Unpaid Wages to MGNREGS Workers
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 310

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## UNPAID WAGES TO MGNREGS WORKERS

## *310. SHRI RAM KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the workers could not be given wages in lieu of jobs in some of the S during  the  months  of  November  and  December,  2016  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and if so, the det ails thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (b) the names of the States where workers are finding it difficult to get their wages
- (c) whether the wages were regularly paid to the workers in these States during the m of February, 2017 and if so, the details th ereof, S ate/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

- ( a) to (c ): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 310 for 23.03.2017.

(a) to (c): Timely payment of wages is one of the priority areas under Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA). The  Electronic Fund  Management  System  (e-FMS)  has  been  rolled  out  for  payment  of  wages, material  and  administrative  expenses  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to ensure timely payment. Through the e-FMS, wages are credited directly into the respective beneficiary's account. As of now, the e-FMS has been implemented in 95% of the Gram Panchayats and more than  96%  of  the  wage  payments  are  done  using  e-FMS. The  Ministry  has  tried  to ensure regular payment of wages to workers. However, payment of wages have got delayed in some cases. The details of timely and delayed  payment during the FY 2016-17 is at Annexure-I. As per Management Information System (MIS), State/UTwise details of expenditure on wages under MGNREGS during November, 2016 to February, 2017 is at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 310 dated 23.03.2017.

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Total Transactions paid within 15 days(%)   | Total Transactions with delay (%)   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH       | 90.32                                       | 9.68                                |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 23.79                                       | 76.21                               |
| 3        | ASSAM               | 68.21                                       | 31.79                               |
| 4        | BIHAR               | 39.94                                       | 60.06                               |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH        | 18.19                                       | 81.81                               |
| 6        | GOA                 | 60.49                                       | 39.51                               |
| 7        | GUJARAT             | 39.33                                       | 60.67                               |
| 8        | HARYANA             | 55.45                                       | 44.55                               |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 35.31                                       | 64.69                               |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR    | 13.26                                       | 86.74                               |
| 11       | JHARKHAND           | 76.87                                       | 23.13                               |
| 12       | KARNATAKA           | 43.91                                       | 56.09                               |
| 13       | KERALA              | 74.73                                       | 25.27                               |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH       | 47.48                                       | 52.52                               |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA         | 44.76                                       | 55.24                               |
| 16       | MANIPUR             | 85.52                                       | 14.48                               |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA           | 8.41                                        | 91.59                               |
| 18       | MIZORAM             | 70.1                                        | 29.9                                |
| 19       | NAGALAND            | 7.87                                        | 92.13                               |
| 20       | ODISHA              | 34.3                                        | 65.7                                |
| 21       | PUNJAB              | 46.36                                       | 53.64                               |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN           | 75.48                                       | 24.52                               |
| 23       | SIKKIM              | 72.37                                       | 27.63                               |
| 24       | TAMILNADU           | 9.4                                         | 90.6                                |
| 25       | TELANGANA           | 84.85                                       | 15.15                               |
| 26       | TRIPURA             | 70.66                                       | 29.34                               |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH       | 22.22                                       | 77.78                               |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND         | 68.19                                       | 31.81                               |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL         | 23.09                                       | 76.91                               |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR     | 46.04                                       | 53.96                               |
| 31       | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.39                                        | 99.61                               |
| 32       | LAKSHDWEEP          | NR                                          | NR                                  |
|          | TOTAL               | 46.43                                       | 53.57                               |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 310 dated 23.03.2017.

## Financial Year 2016-17

| S. No.   | States            | Month wise Expenditure on wages   | Month wise Expenditure on wages   | Month wise Expenditure on wages   | Month wise Expenditure on wages   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States            | November                          | December                          | January                           | February                          |
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 8120.18                           | 7653.24                           | 6056.35                           | 11430.49                          |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 71.36                             | 40.78                             | 41.36                             | 467.26                            |
| 3        | ASSAM             | 6190.00                           | 6372.06                           | 5991.42                           | 5062.81                           |
| 4        | BIHAR             | 8176.86                           | 10306.17                          | 16511.22                          | 13992.44                          |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      | 3931.17                           | 3961.94                           | 4890.84                           | 8636.87                           |
| 6        | GOA               | 17.38                             | 21.49                             | 13.08                             | 15.10                             |
| 7        | GUJARAT           | 1213.11                           | 874.06                            | 1831.95                           | 2355.05                           |
| 8        | HARYANA           | 1047.83                           | 1256.07                           | 1323.69                           | 1560.84                           |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 1572.92                           | 2024.74                           | 3303.04                           | 8548.20                           |
| 10       | JAMMU&KASHMIR     | 566.90                            | 1521.40                           | 6969.39                           | 2617.96                           |
| 11       | JHARKHAND         | 2757.53                           | 3198.44                           | 7339.11                           | 8898.25                           |
| 12       | KARNATAKA         | 11375.53                          | 10830.48                          | 13318.38                          | 18186.71                          |
| 13       | KERALA            | 15593.00                          | 17683.75                          | 16593.23                          | 14684.44                          |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH     | 4838.40                           | 9459.32                           | 15307.52                          | 19311.80                          |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA       | 3428.16                           | 2240.25                           | 4612.46                           | 11481.38                          |
| 16       | MANIPUR           | 666.37                            | 371.79                            | 294.39                            | 80.77                             |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA         | 5062.91                           | 164.18                            | 4204.51                           | 5933.65                           |
| 18       | MIZORAM           | 23.90                             | 56.65                             | 0.00                              | 449.65                            |
| 19       | NAGALAND          | 862.22                            | 1653.23                           | 320.00                            | 395.99                            |
| 20       | ODISHA            | 3526.77                           | 4574.22                           | 6010.94                           | 6730.42                           |
| 21       | PUNJAB            | 2490.16                           | 2047.30                           | 2593.98                           | 1649.26                           |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN         | 10484.91                          | 9743.70                           | 21823.88                          | 27827.27                          |
| 23       | SIKKIM            | 325.75                            | 573.83                            | 489.18                            | 474.72                            |
| 24       | TAMILNADU         | 50268.46                          | 0.00                              | 54736.58                          | 34153.08                          |
| 25       | TELANGANA         | 2725.07                           | 3631.53                           | 2881.92                           | 5258.03                           |
| 26       | TRIPURA           | 90.99                             | 2379.84                           | 2768.86                           | 5262.49                           |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH     | 3546.26                           | 12407.59                          | 8087.90                           | 9828.26                           |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND       | 2180.49                           | 2059.06                           | 2769.06                           | 3627.32                           |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL       | 14383.07                          | 48368.53                          | 17928.29                          | 45596.47                          |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP       | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                | NR                                |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY        | 0.06                              | 0.03                              | 0.00                              | 27.00                             |

(Rs. In lakh)

NR=Not Reported