Lok Sabha Question No. 2690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Direct Transfer of Wages to Bank Accounts under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATIMA MONDAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2690

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.1 2.2016

## DIRECT TRANSFER OF WAGES TO BANK ACCOUNTS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2690. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  transfer  wages  directly  to  the bank accounts  of  the  beneficiaries  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employme Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of workers covered under the scheme in each State, so far?

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

(a)&(b): In order to strengthen wage transfer system, the Electronic Fund Management System  (e - FMS)  has  been  rolled  out  for  all  types  of  payments  like  wage,  material administrative  expenses  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

The e - FMS directly credits the wages directl y into the respective beneficiary's accounts. As of now, the e -FMS has been implemented in 92% of the Gram Panchayats and more than 95% of the wage payments are done using e - FMS.

- (c): State/UT - wise  details  of  the  number  of  workers  registered  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2690 dated 01.12.2016.

(Figures in lakh)

| SI. No.   | State             | No. of registered workers underMGNREGA   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 178.20                                   |
| 2         | ARUNACHALPRADESH  | 4.68                                     |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 75.54                                    |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 217.03                                   |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 89.95                                    |
| 6         | GOA               | 0.47                                     |
| 7         | GUJARAT           | 86.14                                    |
| 8         | HARYANA           | 15.77                                    |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 22.28                                    |
| 10        | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   | 23.26                                    |
| 11        | JHARKHAND         | 78.60                                    |
| 12        | KARNATAKA         | 141.75                                   |
| 13        | KERALA            | 49.38                                    |
| 14        | MADHYAPRADESH     | 162.44                                   |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA       | 197.06                                   |
| 16        | MANIPUR           | 10.31                                    |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA         | 10.44                                    |
| 18        | MIZORAM           | 3.85                                     |
| 19        | NAGALAND          | 7.18                                     |
| 20        | ODISHA            | 179.30                                   |
| 21        | PUNJAB            | 20.96                                    |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN         | 240.09                                   |
| 23        | SIKKIM            | 1.33                                     |
| 24        | TAMILNADU         | 123.34                                   |
| 25        | TELANGANA         | 126.64                                   |
| 26        | TRIPURA           | 11.36                                    |
| 27        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 235.14                                   |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND       | 19.02                                    |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL       | 282.54                                   |
| 30        | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   | 0.54                                     |
| 31        | DADRA&NAGARHAVELI | 0.12                                     |
| 32        | DAMAN&DIU         | NR                                       |
| 33        | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0.17                                     |
| 34        | PUDUCHERRY        | 1.57                                     |
|           | Total             | 2616.45                                  |

NR=Not Reported

Source: As per MIS (NREGASoft)