Lok Sabha Question No. 4782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Delays in Payment of Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, LAXMAN GILUWA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4782

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.1 2.2016

## DELAYS IN PAYMENT OF WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 4782. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

## SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any time limit for the payment of wages u Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of workers who have not been paid payment of wages even after th months of the work done, State/ UT - wise; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Union Government for the payment of wages to t workers who have not been paid wages for the work done by them?

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

- (a)& (b): Para  29(1)  of  Schedule  I  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  stipulates  that  th payment of wages are to be made within fifteen days from the date of closure of the m roll.
- (c): State/UT - wise details of delayed transactions for more than 90 days under  Mah Gandhi NREGA during the current FY 2016 - 17 are given in Annexure.
- (d): The  following  eff orts  have  been  made  by  Government  to  reduce  the  delays  in payment of wages to the MGNREGA workers:
- The Ministry has introduced e -FMS system. Under this system, the expenditure is done by making e - Payments towards wage, material and administrative e xpenses.
- The Government has started National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS) in 21 States and 1 UT for direct payment of wages into workers account during current FY.
- The Government has started making the e - Payment through PFMS
- Dashboardto monitor pending FTOs at various levels.
- SMS alert are being pushed to field functionaries like GRS, Technical Assistant, Programme Officer, Digital Signatories etc. to enable the Sta Govt. in tracking the delays happening in each sub process til l the time of generation of Fund Transfer Order (FTO).

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 4782 dated 15.12.2016.

| SI .No   | States            |   Transactions with more than 90 days delay |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                                       32982 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                       33063 |
| 3        | ASSAM             |                                       66998 |
| 4        | BIHAR             |                                      305207 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |                                     2537856 |
| 6        | GOA               |                                          24 |
| 7        | GUJARAT           |                                       79962 |
| 8        | HARYANA           |                                       12548 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                        9196 |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR  |                                       16924 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND         |                                       90078 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA         |                                      553871 |
| 13       | KERALA            |                                        2450 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH     |                                      261507 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA       |                                      242678 |
| 16       | MANIPUR           |                                        3212 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA         |                                       64866 |
| 18       | MIZORAM           |                                       72466 |
| 19       | NAGALAND          |                                      437310 |
| 20       | ODISHA            |                                      342223 |
| 21       | PUNJAB            |                                       31987 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN         |                                       87077 |
| 23       | SIKKIM            |                                        2117 |
| 24       | TAMILNADU         |                                     6607837 |
| 25       | TELANGANA         |                                       70292 |
| 26       | TRIPURA           |                                       11057 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH     |                                      779158 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND       |                                       13950 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL       |                                     2152643 |
| 30       | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR |                                           0 |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP       |                                           0 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY        |                                        2322 |
|          | Total             |                                    14923861 |