Lok Sabha Question No. 2032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Aadhaar Enabled Payment System under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2032

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 7.0 7.2017

## AADHAAR ENABLED PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER MGNREGS

## 2032. SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the  number  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS)  workers  who  have  shared  their  Aadhaar  details  with  the  Ministry  as today and the number of workers out of them are being paid through the Aadhaar en payment system as of today;
- (b) whether  inadequate  bank  infrastructure  is  preventing  the  linkage  of  Aadhaar  n with bank accounts for MGNREGS workers thus being a setback for the Aadhaar enabled payment system;
- (c) the details of mechanism through which the Government proposes to monitor the s of  Aadhaar  enabled  payment  which  is  crucial  for  preventing  leakages  in  disbur wages and promoting financi al inclusion; and
- (d) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to improve internet connectivi smoother operation of Aadhaar enabled payment system as out of the 6,874 blocks MGNREGS,  2520  blocks  face  connectivity  problems  even  thoug h  6326  blocks  have internet connection?

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

- (a): The  number  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) workers who have shared their Aadhaar details with the Ministry (NREGASoft and the numbers of workers paid through the Aadhaar based payment system (as on 24.07. is giv en at Annexure.
- (b): No, Madam.
- (c): Under MGNREGA, DBT is monitored through MIS called NREGASoft. After Aadhaar is  seeded  in  NREGASoft  then  it  is  sent  to  UIDAI  through  AUA/ASA  for  demographi verification.  The  Ministry  is  performing  NPCI  Mapper check  regularly  to  check  linkage  of Aadhaar number with bank account and converts worker payment mode into Aadhaar paymen system, if consent of the workers is available and Aadhaar is mapped on NPCI mapper.
- (d): The blocks having internet connectivity issues for implementation of MGNREGA has been shared with Department of Telecommunication to improve the connectivity.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2032 dated 27.07.2017.

| S. No.   | State             |   Total Active Worker |   Total No. of Beneficiaries who have shared their Aadhaar and seeded in NREGASoft (As on 23.07.2017) |   Total Number of Workers enabled into Aadhaar Based Payment |   Total No. of Worker paid through ABP FTO in 2017- 2018 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH    |               7936034 |                                                                                               7877548 |                                                      7313724 |                                                  5327851 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                227406 |                                                                                                 95810 |                                                           22 |                                                        0 |
| 3        | ASSAM             |               3365880 |                                                                                                     2 |                                                            0 |                                                        0 |
| 4        | BIHAR             |               4922226 |                                                                                               2823520 |                                                       503704 |                                                   221990 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |               5567421 |                                                                                               5125975 |                                                      2389019 |                                                  1124480 |
| 6        | GOA               |                 10906 |                                                                                                  9915 |                                                         4489 |                                                        0 |
| 7        | GUJARAT           |               2008888 |                                                                                               1832000 |                                                       684952 |                                                   257980 |
| 8        | HARYANA           |                630766 |                                                                                                628900 |                                                       496852 |                                                   150123 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                977895 |                                                                                                964097 |                                                       693188 |                                                   246585 |
| 10       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |               1268960 |                                                                                                718919 |                                                        16361 |                                                        0 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND         |               2663353 |                                                                                               2634420 |                                                      2247793 |                                                   861952 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA         |               6114431 |                                                                                               5640385 |                                                      2608627 |                                                   759575 |
| 13       | KERALA            |               2142039 |                                                                                               2121394 |                                                      1951651 |                                                   437645 |
| 14       | MADHYA PRADESH    |               8452741 |                                                                                               7462561 |                                                      2663790 |                                                  1176959 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA       |               4474997 |                                                                                               4321995 |                                                      1398924 |                                                   508554 |
| 16       | MANIPUR           |                534455 |                                                                                                277904 |                                                        11123 |                                                      244 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA         |                665547 |                                                                                                   693 |                                                          111 |                                                       56 |
| 18       | MIZORAM           |                257708 |                                                                                                 75777 |                                                        36383 |                                                    26170 |
| 19       | NAGALAND          |                584213 |                                                                                                175776 |                                                         5977 |                                                        0 |
| 20       | ODISHA            |               4920763 |                                                                                               4058717 |                                                      1292415 |                                                   433604 |
| 21       | PUNJAB            |                943638 |                                                                                                939080 |                                                       639004 |                                                   285988 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN         |               9348124 |                                                                                               8395795 |                                                      5660055 |                                                  2708027 |
| 23       | SIKKIM            |                 91930 |                                                                                                 91806 |                                                        65576 |                                                    21434 |
| 24       | TAMIL NADU        |               8570612 |                                                                                               8368057 |                                                      5741450 |                                                  4175319 |
| 25       | TELANGANA         |               5849999 |                                                                                               5576235 |                                                      5138031 |                                                        0 |
| 26       | TRIPURA           |               1041061 |                                                                                               1031326 |                                                       667261 |                                                   207874 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH     |               8931324 |                                                                                               8703275 |                                                      5287800 |                                                  1524614 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND       |                905565 |                                                                                                900753 |                                                       508995 |                                                   174355 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL       |              13741857 |                                                                                              10786941 |                                                      5784807 |                                                  2618294 |
| 30       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR |                 23039 |                                                                                                 22012 |                                                            0 |                                                        0 |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP       |                   558 |                                                                                                   555 |                                                          104 |                                                        0 |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY        |                 52319 |                                                                                                 51879 |                                                        44956 |                                                    24943 |
|          | Total             |             107226655 |                                                                                              91714022 |                                                     53857144 |                                                 23274616 |