Lok Sabha Question No. 1196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Job Card Holders under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, ARKA KESHARI DEO

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1196

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.0 2.2017

## JOB CARD HOLDERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 1196. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI ARKA KESHARI DEO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been decreased during the last two years in th country and if so, the details t hereof during the last three years and the current y State/UT - wise and year -wise;
- (b) whether the Union Government has taken any steps to cancel/eliminate fake job under the said scheme in order to check the siphoning off Government money an f so, the details thereof during the said period, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  increase  the  workdays  in  drou affected States under the said scheme during the current year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise?

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

- (a): State/UT - wise details of the number of job cards issued to Mahatma Gandhi Natio Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers during the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure - I.
- (b): State/UT - wise  number  of  job  cards  scrapped under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) due to reasons like fakes, misappropriation wrong allocation and deceased are given at Annexure - II.
- (c)& (d): The Ministry of Rural Development provides 50 days of additiona em ployment in notified areas of drought affected States under MGNREGS. Accordingly, recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, provision of additional employment of 50 days over and above 100 days per household under MGNREGA has b een made  in  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Rajasthan,  Uttarakhand  and  Uttar  Pradesh  dur Financial Year 2016 - 7.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1196 dated 09.02.2017.

|        |                    | Job cards issued   | Job cards issued   | Job cards issued   | Job cards issued   |
|--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| SI. No | State              | 2013-14            | 2014-15            | 2015-16            | 2016-17 *          |
| 1      | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 150.32             | 91.55              | 93.85              | 84.29              |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 1.90               | 1.96               | 2.07               | 2.11               |
| 3      | ASSAM              | 41.16              | 42.22              | 45.67              | 43.61              |
| 4      | BIHAR              | 130.12             | 131.16             | 131.97             | 137.90             |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH       | 40.07              | 39.30              | 38.98              | 35.22              |
| 6      | GUJARAT            | 34.36              | 34.88              | 35.02              | 33.64              |
| 7      | HARYANA            | 7.78               | 7.72               | 7.66               | 8.26               |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 11.60              | 11.61              | 11.74              | 11.75              |
| 9      | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 11.45              | 11.23              | 12.16              | 11.61              |
| 10     | JHARKHAND          | 37.38              | 36.02              | 36.77              | 38.83              |
| 11     | KARNATAKA          | 55.58              | 54.87              | 55.92              | 51.97              |
| 12     | KERALA             | 28.22              | 30.13              | 31.91              | 31.81              |
| 13     | MADHYAPRADESH      | 99.45              | 84.40              | 79.39              | 61.34              |
| 14     | MAHARASHTRA        | 72.52              | 74.67              | 78.21              | 79.05              |
| 15     | MANIPUR            | 5.07               | 5.21               | 5.38               | 5.39               |
| 16     | MEGHALAYA          | 4.76               | 4.78               | 4.85               | 4.96               |
| 17     | MIZORAM            | 2.02               | 1.84               | 1.86               | 1.89               |
| 18     | NAGALAND           | 4.13               | 4.24               | 4.25               | 4.25               |
| 19     | ODISHA             | 63.56              | 64.91              | 66.67              | 64.49              |
| 20     | PUNJAB             | 10.69              | 10.91              | 11.75              | 12.42              |
| 21     | RAJASTHAN          | 98.30              | 98.33              | 99.40              | 95.31              |
| 22     | SIKKIM             | 0.87               | 0.85               | 0.85               | 0.78               |
| 23     | TAMILNADU          | 84.97              | 81.90              | 84.33              | 77.94              |
| 24     | TELANGANA          | 0.00               | 62.25              | 63.31              | 56.34              |
| 25     | TRIPURA            | 6.29               | 6.27               | 6.12               | 6.04               |
| 26     | UTTAR PRADESH      | 149.28             | 152.06             | 161.34             | 151.49             |
| 27     | UTTARAKHAND        | 10.73              | 11.14              | 11.39              | 10.43              |
| 28     | WEST BENGAL        | 117.43             | 119.05             | 122.90             | 124.18             |
| 29     | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | 0.51               | 0.52               | 0.52               | 0.35               |
| 30     | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 0.04               | 0.04               | 0.04               | 0.04               |
| 31     | DAMAN&DIU          | NR                 | NR                 | NR                 | NR                 |
| 32     | GOA                | 0.31               | 0.31               | 0.32               | 0.32               |
| 33     | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0.09               | 0.09               | 0.08               | 0.08               |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY         | 0.68               | 0.69               | 0.69               | 0.68               |
|        | Total              | 1281.62            | 1277.11            | 1307.35            | 1248.76            |

*as on as on 06/02/2017

NR=Not Reported

(In lakh)

Annexure-II  referred in  reply  to  part (b)  of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1196 dated 09.02.2017.

## MGNREGA (FY:2016-17 as on 01/02/2017)

| No.   | States            |   Job Card Permanently Deleted |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1     | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                              0 |
| 2     | ARUNACHALPRADESH  |                          14867 |
| 3     | ASSAM             |                          64575 |
| 4     | BIHAR             |                         118421 |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH      |                         100683 |
| 6     | GOA               |                            613 |
| 7     | GUJARAT           |                         277779 |
| 8     | HARYANA           |                          32362 |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                          21760 |
| 10    | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   |                          35686 |
| 11    | JHARKHAND         |                         108859 |
| 12    | KARNATAKA         |                         493659 |
| 13    | KERALA            |                          79852 |
| 14    | MADHYAPRADESH     |                         465211 |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA       |                          79184 |
| 16    | MANIPUR           |                          34835 |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA         |                           2563 |
| 18    | MIZORAM           |                           1375 |
| 19    | NAGALAND          |                           6295 |
| 20    | ODISHA            |                          70463 |
| 21    | PUNJAB            |                          56774 |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN         |                         103122 |
| 23    | SIKKIM            |                           4078 |
| 24    | TAMILNADU         |                         172615 |
| 25    | TELANGANA         |                              0 |
| 26    | TRIPURA           |                          15516 |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH     |                         154964 |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND       |                          13858 |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL       |                          70691 |
| 30    | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   |                          12515 |
| 31    | DADRA&NAGARHAVELI |                             77 |
| 32    | DAMAN&DIU         |                              0 |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP       |                            331 |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY        |                           1584 |
|       | Total             |                        2615167 |