Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Job Card Holders under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 267

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## JOB CARD HOLDERS UNDER MGNREGS

## *267. SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be plea sed to state:

- (a) the number of job cards issued under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employm Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as on date, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether  unemployment  allowance  is  paid  to  job  card  holders  of  MGNREGS  in  t country and if so , the details thereof along with the unemployment allowance paid during the last three years, State/ UT - wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take steps to expand the scope of MGNREGS i phased manner so as to enhance the number of days of assur ed employment in a year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

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

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## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 267 for 03.08.2017.

(a) The State/UT-wise Cumulative number of household issued job card under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is given at Annexure -I.

(b) As  per  Section  7  of the  Act,  unemployment  allowance is payable  in case an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days of receipt of his application seeking employment or from the date on which employment has been sought in case of an advance application, whichever is later.

MGNREGS  is  implemented  by States/UTs and the liability of payment of unemployment allowance to household's rest with them subject to the entitlement of the household at such rate as may be specified by the State/UT,  by  notification,  in  consultation  with  the  State  Council. As  per information made  available, the details  of  States/UT wise  payment  of unemployment allowance during the last three years is given at AnnexureII.

(c)&(d): The  mandate  of  the  Act  is  to  provide  at  least  100  days  of  wage employment  in  a  financial  year  to  every  rural  household  whose  adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. The Ministry mandates the  provision  of  additional  50  days  of  wage  employment  (beyond  the stipulated  100  days)  per  Scheduled  Tribe  Household  in  a forest  area, provided that these households have no other private property except for the land rights provided under the Forest Rights Act 2006.

The Central Government has decided to provide an additional 50 days of unskilled manual work in a financial year, over and above the 100 days assured  to  job  card  holders  in  such  rural  areas  where  drought  or  natural calamities have been notified. The notification is issued by the Ministry of Rural  Development  based  on  the  notification  of  the  State  Government  to this effect and as recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 267 dated 03.08.2017

| Sl No   | States              | Cumulative number of household issued Jobcards (In lakh)   |   Cumulative number of household issued Jobcards (In lakh) |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH       | ANDHRAPRADESH                                              |                                                      86.01 |
| 2       | ARUNACHALPRADESH    | ARUNACHALPRADESH                                           |                                                       2.11 |
| 3       | ASSAM               | ASSAM                                                      |                                                      41.43 |
| 4       | BIHAR               | BIHAR                                                      |                                                     143.86 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH        | CHHATTISGARH                                               |                                                      36.55 |
| 6       | GOA                 | GOA                                                        |                                                       0.33 |
| 7       | GUJARAT             | GUJARAT                                                    |                                                      34.32 |
| 8       | HARYANA             | HARYANA                                                    |                                                       8.5  |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                           |                                                      11.84 |
| 10      | JAMMUANDKASHMIR     | JAMMUANDKASHMIR                                            |                                                      10.88 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           | JHARKHAND                                                  |                                                      38.85 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           | KARNATAKA                                                  |                                                      53.18 |
| 13      | KERALA              | KERALA                                                     |                                                      32.33 |
| 14      | MADHYAPRADESH       | MADHYAPRADESH                                              |                                                      63.26 |
| 15      |                     |                                                            |                                                      81.04 |
| 16      | MAHARASHTRA MANIPUR | MAHARASHTRA MANIPUR                                        |                                                       5.4  |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           | MEGHALAYA                                                  |                                                       5.02 |
| 18      | MIZORAM             | MIZORAM                                                    |                                                       1.9  |
| 19      | NAGALAND            | NAGALAND                                                   |                                                       4.28 |
| 20      | ODISHA              | ODISHA                                                     |                                                      61.47 |
| 21      | PUNJAB              | PUNJAB                                                     |                                                      12.81 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN           | RAJASTHAN                                                  |                                                      95.05 |
| 23      | SIKKIM              | SIKKIM                                                     |                                                       0.79 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU           | TAMILNADU                                                  |                                                      77.98 |
| 25      | TELANGANA           | TELANGANA                                                  |                                                      57.5  |
| 26      | TRIPURA             | TRIPURA                                                    |                                                       6.04 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH       | UTTAR PRADESH                                              |                                                     145.71 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND         | UTTARAKHAND                                                |                                                      10.43 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL         | WEST BENGAL                                                |                                                     123.36 |
| 30      | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR  | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR                                         |                                                       0.36 |
| 31      | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI  | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI                                         |                                                       0.04 |
| 32      | DAMAN&DIU           | DAMAN&DIU                                                  |                                                       0    |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP         | LAKSHADWEEP                                                |                                                       0.08 |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY          | PUDUCHERRY                                                 |                                                       0.62 |
|         | Total               | Total                                                      |                                                    1253.33 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 267 dated 03.08.2017

|       |                      | Unemployment Allowance paid to workers (Rs. inLakh)   | Unemployment Allowance paid to workers (Rs. inLakh)   | Unemployment Allowance paid to workers (Rs. inLakh)   | Unemployment Allowance paid to workers (Rs. inLakh)   |
|-------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S No. | State                | 2017- 18 so far                                       | 2016- 17                                              | 2015- 16                                              | 2014- 15                                              |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 3     | ASSAM                | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 4     | BIHAR                | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH         | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 6     | GOA                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 7     | GUJARAT              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 8     | HARYANA              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 11    | JHARKHAND            | 0.15                                                  | 1.1 2                                                 | 0.01                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 12    | KARNATAKA            | 0.05                                                  | 0.11                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.66                                                  |
| 13    | KERALA               | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH       | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA          | 0.21                                                  | 0.01                                                  | 0.45                                                  | 0.26                                                  |
| 16    | MANIPUR              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA            | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 18    | MIZORAM              | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 19    | NA GALAND            | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 20    | ODISHA               | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 21    | PUNJAB               | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN            | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.02                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 23    | SIKKIM               | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU           | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 25    | TELANGANA            | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 26    | TRIPURA              | 0.00                                                  | 0.16                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH        | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND          | 0.01                                                  | 0.11                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL          | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 31    | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 32    | DAMAN & DIU          | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY           | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0.00                                                  |
|       | Total                | 0.42                                                  | 1.51                                                  | 0.48                                                  | 0.92                                                  |