Lok Sabha Question No. 6262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Enhancement of Employment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6262

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## ENHANCEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 6262.   SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  by  the  Union  Government  for  the  financial  years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to enhance/provide employment upto 150 days as against present dispensation of 100 days of work and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  link  MGNREGS  with  farming  activities like paddy and wheat cultivation works etc. so as to give fillip to farmers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a): State/UT-wise  details  of  Central  fund  released  under  the Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  during  the  financial  year  2016-17, 2017-18 (as on 31.03.2018) are given at Annexure .
- (b): The MGNREGA provides for at least 100 days of wage employment to every rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. Forest Rights Act (FRA)  beneficiaries  are  entitled  to  150  days  of  wage  employment  per  household  in  a Financial Year. An additional 50 days of wage employment are provided over and above 100 days  in  the  notified  drought  affected  areas  of  the  States/UTs  on  recommendation  of  the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

(c)&(d): The farming activities like paddy and wheat cultivation works etc. are not included in  the  list  of  permissible  activities  in  the  Schedule-I  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Act, 2005.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of  Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 6262 dated 05.04.2018

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No   | States                      | 2016-17     | 2017-18      |
|--------|-----------------------------|-------------|--------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh              | 394021.19   | 513947.92    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           | 15675.99    | 20717.18     |
| 3      | Assam                       | 125459.79   | 112734.56    |
| 4      | Bihar                       | 166740.56   | 247432.12    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                | 223193.55   | 291154.33    |
| 6      | Gujarat                     | 64323.81    | 82688.22     |
| 7      | Haryana                     | 28771.33    | 30140.64     |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh            | 38860.83    | 58824.48     |
| 9      | Jammu and Kashmir           | 80408.52    | 125417.69    |
| 10     | Jharkhand                   | 167914.17   | 136076.31    |
| 11     | Karnataka                   | 225864.88   | 296448.54    |
| 12     | Kerala                      | 158248.96   | 185824.77    |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh              | 344891.62   | 377770.49    |
| 14     | Maharashtra                 | 165708.93   | 186350.34    |
| 15     | Manipur                     | 34370.41    | 15853.20     |
| 16     | Meghalaya                   | 86069.23    | 87424.89     |
| 17     | Mizoram                     | 14451.26    | 20155.36     |
| 18     | Nagaland                    | 50152.80    | 110738.62    |
| 19     | Odisha                      | 189526.84   | 220366.86    |
| 20     | Punjab                      | 49073.46    | 62141.23     |
| 21     | Rajasthan                   | 481816.86   | 472828.41    |
| 22     | Sikkim                      | 13262.56    | 10636.13     |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu                  | 455277.91   | 585644.33    |
| 24     | Telangana                   | 180684.74   | 254806.87    |
| 25     | Tripura                     | 101629.14   | 40740.93     |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh               | 391584.94   | 370223.71    |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                 | 51435.08    | 71865.11     |
| 28     | West Bengal                 | 537722.79   | 596035.58    |
| 29     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 801.40      | 966.07       |
| 30     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.00        | 0.00         |
| 31     | Daman &Diu                  | 0.00        | 0.00         |
| 32     | Lakshadweep                 | 0.00        | 26.71        |
| 33     | Puducherry                  | 346.92      | 1569.03      |
| 34     | Goa                         | 425.85      | 56.05        |
| Total  | Total                       | 4838716.30* | 5587606.67** |