Lok Sabha Question No. 3155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3155

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08 .2017

## MGNREGS

## 3155. SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it was announced in the General Budget 2017 - 18 that over Rs. 3 lakh crore will be spent for rural India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the  Government  proposes  to  double  the  farmers'  income  through  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  five  lakh  farm  ponds  will  be  taken  up  under  MGNREGS  during  the  curre f inancial year and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise?

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

(a)&(b): It was announced in the General Budget 2017 -18 that 'Over Rs.3.00 lakh crore are spent in rural areas every year, if we add  up all the programmes meant for rural the Central Budget, State Budgets, Bank linkage for self -help groups, etc.'

- (c): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country by providing hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage  employment  in  a  financial  year  to  every  household adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work and through creat ion of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability.

There is a provision under Schedule -I of MGNREGA Act, 2005 for improving productivity of lands through land development and by providing suitable infrastructure for irrigation water h arvesting  structures  which  would  lead  to  enhancement  of  income.  Provision  has made  that  at  least  60%  of  the  works  to  be  taken  up  in  a  district  in  terms  of MGNREGA shall be for creation of productive assets directly linked to agriculture an allied activities.

- (d): During the current financial Year 2017 - 18,  States/UTs  planned  for  960692  number  of farm ponds as per detail given at Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3155 dated 03.08.2017

| Sl No   | States             |   Farm Pond takenup by States/ UTs (FY : 2017-18) |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH      |                                            400000 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                                              1809 |
| 3       | ASSAM              |                                              7000 |
| 4       | BIHAR              |                                             14764 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH       |                                             30398 |
| 6       | GOA                |                                                25 |
| 7       | GUJARAT            |                                             27600 |
| 8       | HARYANA            |                                               520 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                                             19402 |
| 10      | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   |                                              1885 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND          |                                            125000 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA          |                                             70000 |
| 13      | KERALA             |                                              8000 |
| 14      | MADHYAPRADESH      |                                             50000 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA        |                                             12000 |
| 16      | MANIPUR            |                                              2594 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA          |                                               250 |
| 18      | MIZORAM            |                                               984 |
| 19      | NAGALAND           |                                               500 |
| 20      | ODISHA             |                                             15000 |
| 21      | PUNJAB             |                                                 0 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN          |                                              5000 |
| 23      | SIKKIM             |                                                 0 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU          |                                              9025 |
| 25      | TELANGANA          |                                             50000 |
| 26      | TRIPURA            |                                             12000 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH      |                                              1787 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND        |                                              5000 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL        |                                             90027 |
| 30      | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR  |                                               110 |
| 31      | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                                                 0 |
| 32      | DAMAN&DIU          |                                                 0 |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP        |                                                 0 |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY         |                                                12 |
|         | Total              |                                            960692 |