Lok Sabha Question No. 1600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Appraisal of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1600

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## APPRAISAL OF MGNREGS

## 1600. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  households  registered  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  across  the  country  so  far  along  with  the funds provided for implementation of the scheme during each of the last three years current y ear, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  ensure  that  the  beneficiaries actually enjoying the benefits of welfare measures as provided under the scheme at places and if so, the details and outcome thereof and if n ot, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  cases  of  denial  of  registration  to  eligible  households  and  registr ineligible households underthe said scheme have come to the notice of the Governm during the said period;
- (d) if so, the details the reof and the reasons therefor along with the action taken/ being take the Government in such cases so far, State/UT - wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government for effective implementation o said scheme across the country?

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

- (a): State/UT - wise details of the number of household registered (as on 21.11.20126) u Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are given in the An nexure- I. Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA) is  a  demand driven programme hence no State/UT - wise allocation of fund is made. The Central funds are released to the States/UTs for implementation of programme on the basis of agreed to Labour Budgets and taking into consideration the performance and the pace of utilization of funds. State/UT - wise  details  of  amount  released  under  the MGNREGS during the last three years and the current year (till 16.11. 2016) is indicated in Annexure - II.
- (b): Several  Studies  have  been  conducted  by  independent  research  institutions  on implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). These studies have been published by the Ministry of Rural Development and United Nations Development Programme (India). The results of the studies show that:
- (i) MGNREGA  appears  to  be  largely  successful  in  its  targeting.  Studies  show  t MGNREGA due to its self - selecting demand driven design is able to engage with the most vulnerable and marginalized.
- (ii) Several Studies also suggest that beneficiaries find the works useful; works in the land productivity, helped multi - cropping, helped to manage risks and reduced vulnerability
- (iii) The evidenc e on MGNREGA and its impact on rural labour markets are mixed.
- (iv) The evidence that MGNREGA mitigates distress migration is limited to the west and the eastern contexts, is yet compelling. While women's participation rates in MGNREGA are satisfactory at the aggregate national level much higher than the mandatory 33%, seve states need to address low women participation rates in their contexts.

(c)&(d): The Ministry, under MGNREGA receives complaints of irregularities includin denial of registr ation to eligible households and registration of ineligible households etc. in many State/UTs. Since the responsibility of implementation of MGNREGA is vested with th State Governments,  all  complaints received in the Ministry  are forwarded to the  con rned State Governments for taking appropriate action including investigation, as per law. instructions by way of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for dealing with complaints also been issued to all States/UTs.

- (e): The major steps taken b y the Government to improve the programme implementation under MGNREGA are given in the Annexure - III.

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(In Nos)

| Sl.no.   | State              | No. of Registered Household   |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 8483811                       |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 211153                        |
| 3        | ASSAM              | 4780317                       |
| 4        | BIHAR              | 14074841                      |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH       | 3700883                       |
| 6        | GUJARAT            | 3570803                       |
| 7        | HARYANA            | 840657                        |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 1191899                       |
| 9        | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 1317800                       |
| 10       | JHARKHAND          | 3933383                       |
| 11       | KARNATAKA          | 5416664                       |
| 12       | KERALA             | 3188595                       |
| 13       | MADHYAPRADESH      | 6207356                       |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA        | 8057009                       |
| 15       | MANIPUR            | 547008                        |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA          | 513126                        |
| 17       | MIZORAM            | 187043                        |
| 18       | NAGALAND           | 425893                        |
| 19       | ODISHA             | 6690497                       |
| 20       | PUNJAB             | 1273103                       |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN          | 10126508                      |
| 22       | SIKKIM             | 78755                         |
| 23       | TAMILNADU          | 8440751                       |
| 24       | Telangana          | 5587788                       |
| 25       | TRIPURA            | 607788                        |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH      | 16311272                      |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND        | 1124562                       |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL        | 12587726                      |
| 29       | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR  | 35362                         |
| 30       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 8157                          |
| 31       | DAMAN&DIU          | NR                            |
| 32       | GOA                | 36076                         |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP        | 8277                          |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY         | 70998                         |
|          | Total              | 129635861                     |

NR=Not Reported

(Rs. In lakh)

|        |                   | Central Release   | Central Release   | Central Release   | Central Release         |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl.no. | State             | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17 till 16/11/2016 |
| 1      | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 475049.00         | 290314.10         | 307380.33         | 355592.02               |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 13852.67          | 2704.16           | 4395.10           | 13076.40                |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 57349.95          | 50023.46          | 87830.06          | 76599.04                |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 158070.67         | 95968.24          | 102412.26         | 133038.45               |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 144602.31         | 150570.49         | 106341.30         | 183272.13               |
| 6      | GUJARAT           | 33530.02          | 35442.93          | 30598.72          | 52126.32                |
| 7      | HARYANA           | 37687.81          | 16715.29          | 12470.72          | 15007.75                |
| 8      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 47797.09          | 35542.86          | 39610.32          | 26172.66                |
| 9      | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR  | 60315.73          | 52171.08          | 55801.83          | 73611.03                |
| 10     | JHARKHAND         | 62143.28          | 72433.41          | 97879.90          | 135645.56               |
| 11     | KARNATAKA         | 159606.81         | 171687.07         | 99155.27          | 149754.84               |
| 12     | KERALA            | 127710.93         | 158758.02         | 152633.88         | 123754.82               |
| 13     | MADHYAPRADESH     | 183982.44         | 245163.12         | 236732.20         | 252252.95               |
| 14     | MAHARASHTRA       | 115292.02         | 79951.77          | 123834.73         | 143949.27               |
| 15     | MANIPUR           | 23100.00          | 21997.13          | 25532.29          | 27723.41                |
| 16     | MEGHALAYA         | 27106.21          | 27785.90          | 22182.56          | 55560.99                |
| 17     | MIZORAM           | 24474.27          | 11141.23          | 28517.36          | 6534.33                 |
| 18     | NAGALAND          | 29214.80          | 11305.27          | 26665.95          | 50152.80                |
| 19     | ODISHA            | 75752.84          | 103530.34         | 147941.05         | 137306.28               |
| 20     | PUNJAB            | 22615.48          | 18948.18          | 24533.37          | 39318.16                |
| 21     | RAJASTHAN         | 205943.32         | 297609.87         | 269583.23         | 357159.15               |
| 22     | SIKKIM            | 10684.17          | 7386.41           | 8623.44           | 9011.21                 |
| 23     | TAMILNADU         | 469021.12         | 378180.33         | 547037.47         | 330298.08               |
| 24     | Telangana         |                   | 191996.00         | 182484.92         | 149993.87               |
| 25     | TRIPURA           | 94366.49          | 63662.48          | 135894.19         | 79541.43                |
| 26     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 289639.01         | 251341.40         | 269569.44         | 274195.21               |
| 27     | UTTARAKHAND       | 33000.50          | 28636.22          | 45076.65          | 41170.23                |
| 28     | WEST BENGAL       | 289438.19         | 374495.29         | 471174.20         | 394528.98               |
| 29     | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   | 1918.10           | 1301.94           | 1035.72           | 636.97                  |
| 30     | DADRA&NAGARHAVELI | NR                | NR                | NR                | NR                      |
| 31     | DAMAN&DIU         | NR                | NR                | NR                | NR                      |
| 32     | GOA               | 205.86            | 137.95            | 246.82            | 111.27                  |
| 33     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 16.93             | 45.06             | 11.85             | 0.00                    |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY        | 879.98            | 739.69            | 1292.57           | 300.15                  |
|        | Total             | 3274368.00        | 3247686.69        | 3664479.70        | 3687395.74              |

## Annexure-III referred in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1600 dated 24.11.2016.

## Major steps taken by the Government to improve the  programme implementation under MGNREGA

## Better planning and asset identification

- An Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise (IPPE) /Mission Antyodaya has been launched in 2569 most backward blocks. This exercise has helped in identifying better quality assets that need to be created.
- For improving convergence with the line departments, and thereby to improve the quality of assets, the State Convergence Plans have been formulated.

## Improving the quality of works

- The  associated  outcomes  of  each  work  are  being  recorded  before taking up  the work, and  the same  is being measured  after completion of the work-thereby bringing in more focus  on outcomes.
- The States/UTs have been asked to deploy State Quality Monitors to inspect the quality of assets created under the Scheme.
- Ministry  has  conducted  training  of  Technical  Resource  Persons from the States/UTs on different technical aspects of works which can be taken up under the scheme. States have been asked to train Block  resource  persons  and  district  resource  persons  to  from technical teams.
- States  have  been  advised  to  engage  technical  assistants/barefoot engineers  for  better technical  planning  and  supervision  of works under MGNREG.

## Better transparency, accountability and grievance redressal

- States/UTs have been asked to strengthen Social audits of MGNREGS works in accordance with the provisions of the Audit of Schemes  Rules  2011  issued  in  consultation  with  the Comptroller and  Auditor  General  of  India. Social  Audit  Action  Plan  has  been formulated and shared with States.
- The Ministry has established a comprehensive system of monitoring and  review  mechanism  for  MGNREGA,  which,  inter  alia,  include visits of the Officers of the Ministry and National Level Monitors.
- All  States  have  been  requested  to  set  up  an  independent  Social Audit Unit (SAU) and appoint Ombudsman at the district level for grievance redressal.
- With a view to avoid bogus attendance and to check instances of tempering and misuse of muster rolls, the e-Muster system has been introduced.

## Fund management and avoiding delays in payment

For  ensuring  timely  payment  of  wages,  the  Central  Government  has started National  Electronic  Fund  Management  System (NeFMS) in  20  States and 1  UT.  Other  states  and  UTs  will  be  brought  in  to  the  fold  in  course  of time. The system is likely to reduce unnecessary parking of funds in the states and promote greater transparency in fund management.

## Monitoring and Review Mechanism

- The Scheme is regularly reviewed in the Performance Review Committee meetings, Video conferences and Regional Review meetings. State specific reviews are also undertaken from time to time. Officers of the Ministry and National Level Monitors also visit various districts to oversee the performance of MGNREGA.