Lok Sabha Question No. 3314 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Pending Wage Liabilities under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3314

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## PENDING WAGE LIABILITIES UNDER MGNREGS

## 3314.   SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the pending liabilities of the Union Government towards the payment of wages to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  insisting  on  Aadhaar  authentication  at  the  time  of withdrawal of MGNREGS wages and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the purpose of introducing Aadhaar authentication is being met and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the mechanism followed by the Government to ensure that the wages are not snatched from MGNREGS workers after the process of authentication; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  ensuring  timely  wage  payments especially for the drought-hit regions?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State/UT-wise details of pending wage liability under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three year are given at Annexure.

(b)&(c): The  Government  is  not  insisting  on  Aadhaar  authentication  at  the  time  of withdrawal  of  MGNREGA wages. The States are seeding the Aadhaar number of workers into the programme Data Base (NREGASoft) with their consent and these are authenticated. The Aadhaar authentication has reduced the leakages in wage payments.

- (d): After conversion to Aadhaar Based Payments System the MGNREGA workers wages are directly routed into their account linked with their Aadhaar number.
- (e): The Ministry along with the States/UTs has been making all efforts for improving the timely payment of wages and has taken following steps:
- (i) Standard  Operating  Procedure  for  monitoring  of  timely  payment  and  payment  of compensation issued.
- (ii) Four days intensive consultation with State Governments to strategize timely payment of wages, verification of pending compensation claims etc.
- (iii) Regular  meetings  including  video  conferences  with  States/  UTs  for  reviewing  the status of timely payment and payment of delay compensation on monthly basis.
- (iv) The  Ministry  has  introduced  Electronic  Fund  Management  System  (e-FMS)  under which  97%  of  wage  payments  are  electronically  credited  into  the  accounts  of  the workers through DBT system.
- (v) Upscaling of National Electronic Fund management System (Ne-FMS) in 24 States and 1 UT.

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3314 dated 15.03.2018

|     |                     | Pending Wage liability (Fig in lakh)   | Pending Wage liability (Fig in lakh)   | Pending Wage liability (Fig in lakh)   |
|-----|---------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| No. | State               | 2014-15                                | 2015-16                                | 2016-17                                |
| 1   | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 44.84                                  | 147.47                                 | 464.22                                 |
| 2   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 155.66                                 | 499.02                                 | 300.68                                 |
| 3   | ASSAM               | 406.93                                 | 748.12                                 | 2172.20                                |
| 4   | BIHAR               | 14907.71                               | 2208.57                                | 4927.49                                |
| 5   | CHHATTISGARH        | 279.48                                 | 656.95                                 | 1196.13                                |
| 6   | GOA                 | 1.08                                   | 0.58                                   | 0.47                                   |
| 7   | GUJARAT             | 113.53                                 | 155.03                                 | 256.24                                 |
| 8   | HARYANA             | 114.42                                 | 105.83                                 | 180.94                                 |
| 9   | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 12.23                                  | 29.92                                  | 79.41                                  |
| 10  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 1250.28                                | 2786.26                                | 9556.93                                |
| 11  | JHARKHAND           | 1446.63                                | 2402.64                                | 4296.27                                |
| 12  | KARNATAKA           | 818.51                                 | 513.45                                 | 1266.96                                |
| 13  | KERALA              | 107.56                                 | 43.79                                  | 104.14                                 |
| 14  | MADHYA PRADESH      | 450.89                                 | 490.70                                 | 948.64                                 |
| 15  | MAHARASHTRA         | 405.30                                 | 701.36                                 | 1500.26                                |
| 16  | MANIPUR             | 63.48                                  | 109.27                                 | 111.47                                 |
| 17  | MEGHALAYA           | 78.64                                  | 0.00                                   | 77.03                                  |
| 18  | MIZORAM             | 0.00                                   | 0.42                                   | 19081.59                               |
| 19  | NAGALAND            | 7.39                                   | 0.50                                   | 18.82                                  |
| 20  | ODISHA              | 822.73                                 | 1876.75                                | 2634.12                                |
| 21  | PUNJAB              | 114.65                                 | 183.67                                 | 133.18                                 |
| 22  | RAJASTHAN           | 86.55                                  | 281.02                                 | 887.33                                 |
| 23  | SIKKIM              | 60.95                                  | 5.02                                   | 13.95                                  |
| 24  | TAMIL NADU          | 608.38                                 | 486.36                                 | 834.44                                 |
| 25  | TELANGANA           | 1.46                                   | 4.28                                   | 13.88                                  |
| 26  | TRIPURA             | 463.68                                 | 162.35                                 | 173.51                                 |
| 27  | UTTAR PRADESH       | 2993.61                                | 2475.51                                | 3211.41                                |
| 28  | UTTARAKHAND         | 350.91                                 | 7.03                                   | 104.43                                 |
| 29  | WEST BENGAL         | 11892.50                               | 11341.31                               | 9343.44                                |
| 30  | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 332.40                                 | 516.42                                 | 862.46                                 |
| 31  | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI | 0.00                                   | 0.00                                   | 0.00                                   |
| 32  | DAMAN & DIU         | 0.00                                   | 0.00                                   | 0.00                                   |
| 33  | LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.37                                   | 1.16                                   | 0.24                                   |
| 34  | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.02                                   | 0.02                                   | 1.06                                   |
|     | Total               | 38392.77                               | 28940.78                               | 64753.34                               |