Lok Sabha Question No. 3818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Delay in Payment of Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3818

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## DELAY IN PAYMENT OF WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 3818.   SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether inactive Aadhaar is a reason for delay in payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  measures  have  been  taken  to  avoid  the  increasing  delay  in  payment  of wages other than delay in compensations and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of information regarding delay in payment of wage statistics along with the reasons for the delay, State/ UT-wise?

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

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b)&(c): Efforts have been made by the Ministry to reduce the delay in payment of wages to the MGNREGA workers viz., timely release of funds, payment through National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS) for direct payment of wages into workers account, issued guidelines  for  monitoring  of  timely  payment  and  payment  of  delay  compensation,  enabling appropriate  provisions  in  NREGASoft  to  monitor  timely  payment  of  wages  and  payment  of delay compensation.  The Ministry is in constant engagement with the State Governments/ UTs through review meetings, video conferences, Mid Term Review, SMS based monitoring etc.
- (d): The delay in payment of wages are due to implementation issues in the States which include  inadequate  staffing,  non-timely  recording  and  reporting  of  attendance,  measurement, data entry, generation of wage list, Fund Transfer Order (FTO), etc. State/UT-wise details of percentage of timely generation and submission of pay orders under MGNREGA during the current financial year 2018-19 (as on 03.08.2018) is given at Annexure .

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| Sl No   | States              |   Percentage of timely generation and submission of pay orders |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ODISHA              |                                                          99.96 |
| 2       | UTTARAKHAND         |                                                          99.75 |
| 3       | PUDUCHERRY          |                                                          99.62 |
| 4       | JHARKHAND           |                                                          99.45 |
| 5       | TAMIL NADU          |                                                          99.36 |
| 6       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                                                          98.96 |
| 7       | KERALA              |                                                          98.77 |
| 8       | CHHATTISGARH        |                                                          97.81 |
| 9       | TELANGANA           |                                                          97.8  |
| 10      | KARNATAKA           |                                                          97.12 |
| 11      | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                                          96.89 |
| 12      | ASSAM               |                                                          95.51 |
| 13      | WEST BENGAL         |                                                          94.82 |
| 14      | MANIPUR             |                                                          94.04 |
| 15      | GUJARAT             |                                                          93.05 |
| 16      | MAHARASHTRA         |                                                          91.41 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           |                                                          89.48 |
| 18      | HARYANA             |                                                          88.88 |
| 19      | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                                          88.86 |
| 20      | BIHAR               |                                                          87.87 |
| 21      | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                                          87.25 |
| 22      | TRIPURA             |                                                          85.5  |
| 23      | NAGALAND            |                                                          85.05 |
| 24      | SIKKIM              |                                                          84.43 |
| 25      | PUNJAB              |                                                          80.06 |
| 26      | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                                          77.56 |
| 27      | RAJASTHAN           |                                                          70.73 |
| 28      | GOA                 |                                                          59.65 |
| 29      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                                          39.13 |
| 30      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                                          32.61 |
| 31      | MIZORAM             |                                                          22.21 |
| 32      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                                          18.14 |
| Total   | Total               |                                                          92.25 |

*As on 03.08.2018