Lok Sabha Question No. 940 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Status of MGNREGS in Assam
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 940

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## STATUS OF MGNREGS IN ASSAM

## 940. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all job card holders registered in Assam were engaged for 100 days per  annum  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2015-16 and 2016-17;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, District-wise;
- (c) whether there have been any delays in payment of wages under MGNREGS during the first two quarters of the financial year 2017-18 and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  any  convergence  of  other  schemes  with  MGNREGS  has  been undertaken; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) & (b): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural  areas  of  the  country  by  providing  at  least  one  hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The demand for work itself is influenced by various factors such as rain-fall  pattern,  availability  of  alternative  and  remunerative  employment  opportunities outside MGNREGA and prevailing unskilled wage rates.

However,  30  average  days  of  employment  was  provided  per  household  in  Assam during the financial year 2016-17 under the MGNREGA and 32 average days of employment in  FY  2015-16.  Total  45.29  lakh  job  cards  issued  and  24.27  lakh  (as  on  18.12.2017)  are active job cards under the MGNREGA in Assam. District-wise average days per household under MGNREGS  during  the  Financial Year 2015-16 and 2016-17 are indicated at Annexure.

(c): Timely payment of wages is one of the priority areas under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). During the current Financial Year 2017-18 (as on 18.12.2017), 85.14% payment is generated within 15 days. The delay in payment of wages are due to implementation issues in the States which include inadequate staffing, nontimely recording and reporting of attendance, measurement, data entry, generation of wage list, Fund Transfer Order (FTO), etc.

(d) & (e): There is provision for convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA works with related works under other programmes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Integrated Water Management Programme, National Rural Livelihood Mission, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana of Ministry of Rural Development, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, etc. The Government has launched Project LIFE-MGNREGA, a convergence initiative with Ajeevika Skills  Mission (NRLM) and Deen Dayal Upadhaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna to skill the youth from families that are solely dependent on MGNREGA works.

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Annexure referred in reply to parts (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 940 dated 21.12.2017.

District-wise a verage days per households in Assam under the MGNREGA

|     |                | Average Days per households   | Average Days per households   |
|-----|----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| No. | District       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                       |
| 1   | BAKSA          | 26                            | 28                            |
| 2   | BARPETA        | 50                            | 39                            |
| 3   | BONGAIGAON     | 32                            | 27                            |
| 4   | CACHAR         | 38                            | 37                            |
| 5   | CHIRANG        | 45                            | 39                            |
| 6   | DARRANG        | 41                            | 38                            |
| 7   | DHEMAJI        | 40                            | 34                            |
| 8   | DHUBRI         | 34                            | 40                            |
| 9   | DIBRUGARH      | 19                            | 21                            |
| 10  | DIMA HASAO     | 26                            | 28                            |
| 11  | GOALPARA       | 25                            | 29                            |
| 12  | GOLAGHAT       | 28                            | 23                            |
| 13  | HAILAKANDI     | 24                            | 25                            |
| 14  | JORHAT         | 25                            | 22                            |
| 15  | KAMRUP         | 33                            | 29                            |
| 16  | KAMRUP (METRO) | 13                            | 14                            |
| 17  | KARBI ANGLONG  | 15                            | 13                            |
| 18  | KARIMGANJ      | 27                            | 29                            |
| 19  | KOKRAJHAR      | 48                            | 43                            |
| 20  | LAKHIMPUR      | 35                            | 35                            |
| 21  | MORIGAON       | 34                            | 24                            |
| 22  | NAGAON         | 44                            | 34                            |
| 23  | NALBARI        | 25                            | 24                            |
| 24  | SIVASAGAR      | 22                            | 20                            |
| 25  | SONITPUR       | 18                            | 20                            |
| 26  | TINSUKIA       | 23                            | 25                            |
| 27  | UDALGURI       | 34                            | 40                            |
|     | Total          | 32                            | 30                            |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

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