Lok Sabha Question No. 3610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Unpaid Labour Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NINONG ERING

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3610

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03 .2017

## UNPAID LABOUR WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 3610. SHRI NINONG ERING:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  huge  liability  of  unpaid  labour  wages  and  other under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and if so, the details of liabilities and reasons therefor, State/UT
- (b) the details of effective budget estimate for rural job creation under MGNRE 2016- 17;
- (c) whether the Government has released/proposes to release funds against its l over and above its budget estimate for MGNREGS in 2016 - 17 and if so, t he details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of MGNREGS workers, who have not been paid their wages in 2015 - 16 and workers whose wages of 2015 - 16 are due for more than one month?

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

(a): Based on the data entry by States/ UTs in the Programme Management Informatio System (MIS), the State /UT - wise details of the unpaid liability on Unskilled wage, material Administrative under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) fo r the year 2016 - 17 (As on 20 th March, 2017) is given in Annexure - I.

However, after completion of the data entry for the FY 2016 - 17, the liability amount can be squared up. The payment to MGNREGA workers are usually done in a cycle of 15 days after the cl osure of the muster roll. The liability accrued at the end of the fina are paid in the month of April. ll wage liabilities for FY 2016 - 17 will be released in the first half of April, 2017.

(b)to(d): Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guar antee  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 on the basis of agreed to Labour Budget and ta consideration  the  performance  and  the  pace  of  util ization  of  available  funds. The  fund release  to  States/UTs  is  a  continuous  process  and  Central  Government  is  committ making funds available keeping in view the demand for work.

Ministry  has  released  Rs.  47167.23  crore  (as  on  20.03.2017)  to  the  States /UTs  during Financial  Year  2016 - 7.  There  was  pending  liability  of        Rs.  13163  crore  at  the  e financial  year  2015 - 16  uploaded  by  States  due  to  shortage  of  funds.  The  Ministry released  funds  during  2016 - 17  to  liquidate  pending  wage  liability  of  St ates/UTs  for  the financial year 2015 - 16. Details of fund released to States/UTs under MGNREGS during the current year (as on 20.03.2017) is indicated at Annexure - II.

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Annexure-I referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3610 dated 23.03.2017.

FY: 2016-17 till 20/03/2017

| S. No.   |                      | Unpaid liability (Rs in lakh)   | Unpaid liability (Rs in lakh)   | Unpaid liability (Rs in lakh)   | Unpaid liability (Rs in lakh)   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   |                      | Unskilled Wage                  | Material                        | Admin                           | Total                           |
| 1        | States ANDHRAPRADESH | 23620.76                        | 16862.84                        | 0.00                            | 40483.60                        |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 10615.77                        | 4493.61                         | 0.00                            | 15109.38                        |
| 3        | ASSAM                | 7092.12                         | 35744.07                        | 763.96                          | 43600.15                        |
| 4        | BIHAR                | 32671.72                        | 17892.95                        | 1046.79                         | 51611.46                        |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH         | 4674.92                         | 37735.39                        | 284.68                          | 42694.99                        |
| 6        | GOA                  | 19.02                           | 0.61                            | 0.00                            | 19.63                           |
| 7        | GUJARAT              | 2246.47                         | 1554.12                         | 38.11                           | 3838.70                         |
| 8        | HARYANA              | 803.35                          | 757.60                          | 57.42                           | 1618.37                         |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 1995.31                         | 3156.15                         | 65.83                           | 5217.29                         |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR     | 30371.75                        | 10784.25                        | 37.38                           | 41193.38                        |
| 11       | JHARKHAND            | 7247.19                         | 1361.85                         | 202.75                          | 8811.79                         |
| 12       | KARNATAKA            | 6613.99                         | 23934.38                        | 1078.68                         | 31627.05                        |
| 13       | KERALA               | 7450.53                         | 2086.29                         | 193.84                          | 9730.66                         |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH        | 5469.58                         | 10737.45                        | 5.18                            | 16212.21                        |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA          | 3433.61                         | 8950.00                         | 1020.04                         | 13403.65                        |
| 16       | MANIPUR              | 685.28                          | 48.65                           | 0.25                            | 734.18                          |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA            | 16871.88                        | 11410.44                        | 2.72                            | 28285.04                        |
| 18       | MIZORAM              | 23568.97                        | 3.21                            | 0.00                            | 23572.18                        |
| 19       | NAGALAND             | 34516.53                        | 13777.06                        | 0.00                            | 48293.59                        |
| 20       | ODISHA               | 10834.99                        | 1970.91                         | 351.78                          | 13157.68                        |
| 21       | PUNJAB               | 1329.40                         | 6379.97                         | 15.14                           | 7724.51                         |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN            | 6370.12                         | 38999.26                        | 771.31                          | 46140.69                        |
| 23       | SIKKIM               | 1568.09                         | 1136.75                         | 0.50                            | 2705.34                         |
| 24       | TAMILNADU            | 115952.61                       | 1914.95                         | 109.77                          | 117977.33                       |
| 25       | TELANGANA            | 224.17                          | -1.73                           | 5046.35                         | 5268.79                         |
| 26       | TRIPURA              | 4001.37                         | 3431.83                         | 102.84                          | 7536.04                         |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH        | 21442.12                        | 18405.09                        | 687.96                          | 40535.17                        |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND          | 1896.87                         | 5069.66                         | 172.99                          | 7139.52                         |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL          | 69804.39                        | 83174.37                        | 1417.78                         | 154396.54                       |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR      | 498.74                          | 5.46                            | 6.19                            | 510.39                          |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0.24                            | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.24                            |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY           | 3.02                            | 16.61                           | 39.91                           | 59.54                           |
|          | Total                | 453894.88                       | 361794.05                       | 13520.15                        | 829209.08                       |

Annexure-II referred  in  reply  to  parts  (b)&(c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3610 dated 23.03.2017.

| S. No.   | States           |   Central fund released 2016-17 (as on 20.03.2017) |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH    |                                            3822.38 |
| 2        | ARUNACHALPRADESH |                                             156.76 |
| 3        | ASSAM            |                                            1082.49 |
| 4        | BIHAR            |                                            1569.14 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH     |                                            2229.03 |
| 6        | GOA              |                                               4.26 |
| 7        | GUJARAT          |                                             642.68 |
| 8        | HARYANA          |                                             287.71 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                                             388.61 |
| 10       | JAMMUANDKASHMIR  |                                             804.09 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND        |                                            1657.83 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA        |                                            2258.65 |
| 13       | KERALA           |                                            1582.49 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH    |                                            3248.92 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA      |                                            1655.53 |
| 16       | MANIPUR          |                                             343.7  |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA        |                                             860.69 |
| 18       | MIZORAM          |                                             144.51 |
| 19       | NAGALAND         |                                             501.53 |
| 20       | ODISHA           |                                            1895.27 |
| 21       | PUNJAB           |                                             490.73 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN        |                                            4786.32 |
| 23       | SIKKIM           |                                             132.63 |
| 24       | TAMILNADU        |                                            4552.33 |
| 25       | TELANGANA        |                                            1806.85 |
| 26       | TRIPURA          |                                            1016.29 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH    |                                            3910.72 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND      |                                             514.35 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL      |                                            4809.26 |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR  |                                               8.01 |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP      |                                               0    |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY       |                                               3.47 |
|          | Total            |                                           47167.2  |

(Rs. In crore)