Lok Sabha Question No. 1597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Funds Allocation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SULTAN  AHMED, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, LADU KISHORE SWAIN

## 1597. SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI LADU KISHORE SWAIN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds allocated, released and expenditure incurred under Mahatma Ga hi N tion l Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three years, State/UT - wise including Bihar
- (b) the details of amount spent towards creation of capital infrastructure under the said s rationale for such computation;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to i ncrease the allocation of funds under MGNREGS and if details thereof along with the amount likely to be increased, State/UT - wise;
- (d) the average days of employment provided during the last four years and the current yea for decre ase in average days of employment, if any, State/UT -wise; and
- (e) the current MGNREGS wage rates and the mode of payment thereunder State/UT - wise?

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

- (a)& (b): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a demand driven programme henceno State/UT -wise allocation of fund is made. The Central funds are released to the Sta including Bihar on the basis of agreed to Labour Budgets and taking i to consideration the performance pace of utilization of available funds. Details of amount released for implementation of programme i creation of assets and expenditure under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee S cheme (MGNREGS)  to  States/UTs  including  Bihar  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  ye in Annexure - I.
- (c): The Government has increased allocation of funds under MGNREGA for the current FY 201 - 17 from Rs.38,500 crore to Rs.43,499 cr ore . MGNREGA is demand driven programme and no State/UT - wise allocation is  made.  Funds  for  implementation  of  MGNREGS  is  released  to  the  States/UTs  based  on  agree Budget,  physical  progress,  funds  available  with  the  State/UT  etc.    on  receiving  of proposal  from  them  wit required documents, from time to time.
- (d): State/UT - wise details of average number of workdays of employment generated during the l and the current year (as on 16.11.2016) is given in Annexure - II . There has been a decline in the number persondays created in Financial Year 2014 - 5. MGNREGA is a demand driven programme and the demand f

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1597

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## FUNDS ALLOCATION UNDER MGNREGS

- work itself is influenced by various factors such as rainfall pattern, availability of alte employment opportunities outside MGNREGA and prevailing unskilled wage rates etc.
- (e): Wage  rates  for  workers  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guaran (MGNREGA),  2005  are  notified  and  revised  annually  by  the  Central  Government  in  accordanc with  the provisions of Section 6(1) of the Act. State/UT - wise details of the notified wage rate w.e.f. 1 st April, 2016 is given at Annexure - III. About 96% of the wages are paid through the electronic Fund Management S -FMS) to MGNREGA workers.
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## Annexure- I referred in reply to parts (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1597 dated 24.11.2016.

|         |                   | Central Release   | Central Release   | Central Release   | Central Release         | Total Expenditure   | Total Expenditure   | Total Expenditure   | Total Expenditure       |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| SI. No. | State             | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17 till 16/11/2016 | 2013-14             | 2014-15             | 2015-16             | 2016-17 till 16/11/2016 |
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 475049.00         | 290314.10         | 307380.33         | 355592.02               | 534401.28           | 283946.01           | 454312.67           | 297350.90               |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 13852.67          | 2704.16           | 4395.10           | 13076.40                | 9593.54             | 3441.52             | 6593.63             | 9273.02                 |
| 3       | ASSAM             | 57349.95          | 50023.46          | 87830.06          | 76599.04                | 69976.59            | 50310.65            | 62119.16            | 117734.46               |
| 4       | BIHAR             | 158070.67         | 95968.24          | 102412.26         | 133038.45               | 202702.34           | 108170.99           | 162412.73           | 133216.63               |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      | 144602.31         | 150570.49         | 106341.30         | 183272.13               | 202397.60           | 175421.54           | 128300.94           | 210300.77               |
| 6       | GUJARAT           | 33530.02          | 35442.93          | 30598.72          | 52126.32                | 48902.62            | 47121.78            | 42863.61            | 51696.06                |
| 7       | HARYANA           | 37687.81          | 16715.29          | 12470.72          | 15007.75                | 38161.54            | 21647.06            | 14242.44            | 19945.78                |
| 8       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 47797.09          | 35542.86          | 39610.32          | 26172.66                | 56959.21            | 40623.27            | 39155.90            | 33307.51                |
| 9       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 60315.73          | 52171.08          | 55801.83          | 73611.03                | 76971.19            | 39159.25            | 76824.74            | 42343.28                |
| 10      | JHARKHAND         | 62143.28          | 72433.41          | 97879.90          | 135645.56               | 91244.10            | 102908.13           | 133166.60           | 116160.64               |
| 11      | KARNATAKA         | 159606.81         | 171687.07         | 99155.27          | 149754.84               | 206841.31           | 167569.57           | 182219.12           | 192190.61               |
| 12      | KERALA            | 127710.93         | 158758.02         | 152633.88         | 123754.82               | 130056.59           | 161696.54           | 148350.34           | 142243.19               |
| 13      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 183982.44         | 245163.12         | 236732.20         | 252252.95               | 261894.50           | 280536.80           | 249992.63           | 233810.67               |
| 14      | MAHARASHTRA       | 115292.02         | 79951.77          | 123834.73         | 143949.27               | 127467.66           | 160988.49           | 185106.58           | 168687.94               |
| 15      | MANIPUR           | 23100.00          | 21997.13          | 25532.29          | 27723.41                | 25476.92            | 26713.59            | 23120.72            | 26701.71                |
| 16      | MEGHALAYA         | 27106.21          | 27785.90          | 22182.56          | 55560.99                | 31849.02            | 30934.71            | 27367.37            | 51542.98                |
| 17      | MIZORAM           | 24474.27          | 11141.23          | 28517.36          | 6534.33                 | 26037.67            | 11420.13            | 29859.36            | 6120.11                 |
| 18      | NAGALAND          | 29214.80          | 11305.27          | 26665.95          | 50152.80                | 29479.90            | 15781.96            | 19501.68            | 41283.74                |
| 19      | ODISHA            | 75752.84          | 103530.34         | 147941.05         | 137306.28               | 128680.21           | 106892.48           | 205202.71           | 159529.11               |
| 20      | PUNJAB            | 22615.48          | 18948.18          | 24533.37          | 39318.16                | 25891.90            | 21350.00            | 30022.67            | 42458.77                |
| 21      | RAJASTHAN         | 205943.32         | 297609.87         | 269583.23         | 357159.15               | 262961.00           | 325186.44           | 326864.19           | 358472.63               |
| 22      | SIKKIM            | 10684.17          | 7386.41           | 8623.44           | 9011.21                 | 10889.61            | 7734.68             | 9714.33             | 8432.93                 |
| 23      | TAMIL NADU        | 469021.12         | 378180.33         | 547037.47         | 330298.08               | 393853.20           | 391954.05           | 625453.81           | 399979.61               |
| 24      | Telangana         |                   | 191996.00         | 182484.92         | 149993.87               |                     | 190374.75           | 237859.85           | 147621.75               |
| 25      | TRIPURA           | 94366.49          | 63662.48          | 135894.19         | 79541.43                | 107504.47           | 82239.49            | 137152.73           | 86460.89                |
| 26      | UTTAR PRADESH     | 289639.01         | 251341.40         | 269569.44         | 274195.21               | 346067.61           | 313908.73           | 297613.41           | 329232.90               |
| 27      | UTTARAKHAND       | 33000.50          | 28636.22          | 45076.65          | 41170.23                | 38083.54            | 31845.33            | 49253.14            | 51146.36                |
| 28      | WEST BENGAL       | 289438.19         | 374495.29         | 471174.20         | 394528.98               | 372517.24           | 401287.47           | 484791.75           | 460723.88               |
| 29      | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR | 1918.10           | 1301.94           | 1035.72           | 636.97                  | 1788.27             | 904.58              | 333.15              | 1.29                    |
| 30      | GOA               | 205.86            | 137.95            | 246.82            | 111.27                  | 297.40              | 457.15              | 300.59              | 183.62                  |
| 31      | LAKSHADWEEP       | 16.93             | 45.06             | 11.85             | 0.00                    | 73.64               | 70.50               | 29.83               | 18.94                   |
| 32      | PUDUCHERRY        | 879.98            | 739.69            | 1292.57           | 300.15                  | 1136.83             | 650.20              | 917.82              | 897.58                  |
|         |                   | 3274368.00        | 3247686.69        | 3664479.70        | 3687395.74              | 3860158.50          | 3603247.84          | 4391020.20          | 3939070.26              |
|         | Total             |                   |                   |                   |                         |                     |                     |                     |                         |

AnnexureII  referred in  reply  to  part  (d) of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1597 dated 24.11.2016.

| SI. No.   |                     | Average persondays per Household   | Average persondays per Household   | Average persondays per Household   | Average persondays per Household   | Average persondays per Household   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| SI. No.   |                     | 2012-13                            | 2013-14                            | 2014-15                            | 2015-16                            | 2016-17 till 16/11/2016            |
| 1         | State ANDHRAPRADESH | 56                                 | 50                                 | 47                                 | 55                                 | 41                                 |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 34                                 | 26                                 | 14                                 | 28                                 | 21                                 |
| 3         | ASSAM               | 25                                 | 24                                 | 22                                 | 32                                 | 25                                 |
| 4         | BIHAR               | 45                                 | 42                                 | 34                                 | 45                                 | 30                                 |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH        | 45                                 | 52                                 | 32                                 | 47                                 | 35                                 |
| 6         | GUJARAT             | 41                                 | 40                                 | 35                                 | 40                                 | 38                                 |
| 7         | HARYANA             | 44                                 | 36                                 | 28                                 | 29                                 | 24                                 |
| 8         | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 51                                 | 52                                 | 42                                 | 42                                 | 30                                 |
| 9         | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR    | 57                                 | 51                                 | 36                                 | 48                                 | 32                                 |
| 10        | JHARKHAND           | 40                                 | 38                                 | 41                                 | 52                                 | 35                                 |
| 11        | KARNATAKA           | 46                                 | 50                                 | 40                                 | 48                                 | 41                                 |
| 12        | KERALA              | 55                                 | 57                                 | 43                                 | 49                                 | 26                                 |
| 13        | MADHYAPRADESH       | 40                                 | 42                                 | 42                                 | 46                                 | 32                                 |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA         | 54                                 | 45                                 | 53                                 | 60                                 | 43                                 |
| 15        | MANIPUR             | 62                                 | 25                                 | 22                                 | 16                                 | 18                                 |
| 16        | MEGHALAYA           | 52                                 | 59                                 | 48                                 | 54                                 | 37                                 |
| 17        | MIZORAM             | 88                                 | 75                                 | 22                                 | 69                                 | 32                                 |
| 18        | NAGALAND            | 63                                 | 45                                 | 22                                 | 52                                 | 43                                 |
| 19        | ODISHA              | 34                                 | 42                                 | 36                                 | 45                                 | 32                                 |
| 20        | PUNJAB              | 27                                 | 33                                 | 22                                 | 30                                 | 23                                 |
| 21        | RAJASTHAN           | 52                                 | 51                                 | 46                                 | 55                                 | 44                                 |
| 22        | SIKKIM              | 64                                 | 70                                 | 43                                 | 67                                 | 39                                 |
| 23        | TAMILNADU           | 58                                 | 59                                 | 47                                 | 61                                 | 42                                 |
| 24        | Telangana           | NR                                 | NR                                 | 43                                 | 55                                 | 34                                 |
| 25        | TRIPURA             | 87                                 | 88                                 | 88                                 | 94                                 | 55                                 |
| 26        | UTTAR PRADESH       | 29                                 | 35                                 | 34                                 | 34                                 | 28                                 |
| 27        | UTTARAKHAND         | 44                                 | 42                                 | 32                                 | 41                                 | 31                                 |
| 28        | WEST BENGAL         | 35                                 | 37                                 | 33                                 | 47                                 | 29                                 |
| 29        | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR     | 52                                 | 48                                 | 38                                 | 28                                 | 20                                 |
| 30        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI  | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 |
| 31        | DAMAN&DIU           | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 | NR                                 |
| 32        | GOA                 | 14                                 | 23                                 | 24                                 | 18                                 | 13                                 |
| 33        | LAKSHADWEEP         | 26                                 | 24                                 | 26                                 | 22                                 | 13                                 |
| 34        | PUDUCHERRY          | 21                                 | 21                                 | 13                                 | 17                                 | 17                                 |
|           | Total               | 46                                 | 46                                 | 40                                 | 49                                 | 35                                 |

NR=Not Reported

## Annexure-III  referred in  reply  to  part  (e) of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1597 dated 24.11.2016.

| Sl. No   | Name of State/ Union territory   | Wage rate in Rs. per day                                  |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2                                | 3                                                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                   | Rs. 194.00                                                |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 3        | Assam                            | Rs. 182.00                                                |
| 4        | Bihar                            | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                     | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 6        | Gujarat                          | Rs. 188.00                                                |
| 7        | Goa                              | Rs. 229.00                                                |
| 8        | Haryana                          | Rs. 259.00                                                |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                 | Non-scheduled Areas-Rs. 170.00 Scheduled Areas-Rs. 213.00 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                | Rs. 173.00                                                |
| 11       | Jharkhand                        | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 12       | Karnataka                        | Rs. 224.00                                                |
| 13       | Kerala                           | Rs. 240.00                                                |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                   | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 15       | Maharashtra                      | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 16       | Manipur                          | Rs. 197.00                                                |
| 17       | Meghalaya                        | Rs. 169.00                                                |
| 18       | Mizoram                          | Rs. 188.00                                                |
| 19       | Nagaland                         | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 20       | Odisha                           | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 21       | Punjab                           | Rs. 218.00                                                |
| 22       | Rajasthan                        | Rs. 181.00                                                |
| 23       | Sikkim                           | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                       | Rs. 203.00                                                |
| 25       | Telangana                        | Rs. 194.00                                                |
| 26       | Tripura                          | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                    | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                      | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 29       | West Bengal                      | Rs. 176.00                                                |
|          |                                  | Andaman District                                          |
|          |                                  | Rs. 230.00                                                |
|          |                                  | Nicobar District                                          |
| 30       | Andaman and Nicobar              | Rs. 243.00                                                |
| 31       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli           | Rs. 208.00                                                |
| 32       | Daman and Diu                    | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 33       | Lakshadweep                      | Rs. 220.00                                                |
| 34       | Puducherry                       | Rs. 203.00                                                |
| 35       | Chandigarh                       | Rs. 248.00                                                |