Lok Sabha Question No. 860 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Workers Registered under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 860 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.2017

## WORKERS REGISTERED UNDER MGNREGS

## 860. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a) the details of number of workers registered under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State/UT - wise;
- (b) the details of workers who were provided employment along with the number of day which employment was provided to them during the last two years and the current State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether some States are lagging behind in the implementation of the said scheme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise; and
- (e) the corrective steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this rega

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

- (a): State/UT - wise  details  of  number  of  registered  workers under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is given at Annexure - I.
- (b): State/UT - wise  details  of  number  of  workers  provided  employment  and  personday generated  under  t he Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last two year and current year (as on 17.07.2017) is given at Annexure II.
- (c)&(d): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural ar country  by  providing  at  least  one  hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage  employment  in fina ncial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual The demand for work itself is influenced by various factors such as rain - fall pattern, availability of alternative and remunerative employment opportunities outside MG NREGA and prevailing unskilled wage rates.
- (e): The Government is actively engaged with the State Government in establishing sy that ensure provision of work as per demand. To generate awareness about the provision Scheme and to provide adequ ate employment opportunities to rural households underMGNREGS, all States/UTs have been requested for the following:
- (i) to  initiate  appropriate  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  campai including wall paintings for wide dissemination of th e provisions of the Act.
- (ii) to expand scope and coverage of demand registration system to ensure that deman work under MGNREGA does not go unregistered.
- (iii) to prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha.
- (iv) t o focus on creation of durable assets with quality.
- (v) to prepare realistic labour budget by the State.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 860 dated 20.07.2017.

(In lakh)

| S. No.   | States             |   Number of registered workers* |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH      |                         176.48  |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                           4.71  |
| 3        | ASSAM              |                          73.28  |
| 4        | BIHAR              |                         226.13  |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH       |                          90.25  |
| 6        | GOA                |                           0.47  |
| 7        | GUJARAT            |                          83.61  |
| 8        | HARYANA            |                          15.88  |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                          22.41  |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   |                          20.63  |
| 11       | JHARKHAND          |                          79.41  |
| 12       | KARNATAKA          |                         138.24  |
| 13       | KERALA             |                          50.34  |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH      |                         165.39  |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA        |                         205.98  |
| 16       | MANIPUR            |                          10.09  |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA          |                          10.64  |
| 18       | MIZORAM            |                           3.84  |
| 19       | NAGALAND           |                           7.22  |
| 20       | ODISHA             |                         164     |
| 21       | PUNJAB             |                          21.72  |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN          |                         230.6   |
| 23       | SIKKIM             |                           1.3   |
| 24       | TAMILNADU          |                         116.52  |
| 25       | TELANGANA          |                         129.64  |
| 26       | TRIPURA            |                          11.16  |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH      |                         220.49  |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND        |                          18.35  |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL        |                         287.22  |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    |                           0.56  |
| 31       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                           0.127 |
| 32       | DAMAN&DIU          |                           0     |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP        |                           0.163 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY         |                           1.4   |
|          | Total              |                        2588.23  |

*Till 17/07/2017

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 860 dated 20.07.2017

|        |                    | 2015-16                               | 2015-16              | 2016-17                               | 2016-17              | 2017-18*                              | 2017-18*             |
|--------|--------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
| S. No. | States             | Number of workers provided employment | Persondays generated | Number of workers provided employment | Persondays generated | Number of workers provided employment | Persondays generated |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 60.63                                 | 1992.10              | 65.20                                 | 2052.90              | 52.86                                 | 1328.14              |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 1.88                                  | 50.46                | 2.22                                  | 85.98                | 0.22                                  | 3.32                 |
| 3      | ASSAM              | 21.73                                 | 486.33               | 23.36                                 | 467.52               | 10.79                                 | 137.40               |
| 4      | BIHAR              | 18.39                                 | 670.92               | 28.51                                 | 874.86               | 19.97                                 | 463.67               |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH       | 41.17                                 | 1013.96              | 39.98                                 | 885.95               | 27.11                                 | 505.94               |
| 6      | GOA                | 0.06                                  | 1.07                 | 0.07                                  | 1.26                 | 0.03                                  | 0.31                 |
| 7      | GUJARAT            | 10.00                                 | 225.45               | 12.80                                 | 271.07               | 8.23                                  | 154.82               |
| 8      | HARYANA            | 2.60                                  | 48.48                | 4.18                                  | 84.92                | 2.02                                  | 25.83                |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 5.42                                  | 177.71               | 6.90                                  | 236.31               | 3.30                                  | 58.51                |
| 10     | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 9.43                                  | 316.32               | 9.11                                  | 320.35               | 1.13                                  | 23.02                |
| 11     | JHARKHAND          | 15.68                                 | 585.67               | 24.71                                 | 707.66               | 11.27                                 | 238.72               |
| 12     | KARNATAKA          | 30.27                                 | 598.38               | 44.22                                 | 915.05               | 20.06                                 | 291.59               |
| 13     | KERALA             | 16.93                                 | 741.74               | 16.44                                 | 684.62               | 3.89                                  | 40.71                |
| 14     | MADHYAPRADESH      | 51.79                                 | 1237.42              | 52.06                                 | 1130.63              | 36.29                                 | 628.95               |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA        | 23.95                                 | 763.45               | 27.27                                 | 709.16               | 16.92                                 | 322.10               |
| 16     | MANIPUR            | 4.85                                  | 75.33                | 5.48                                  | 119.03               | 0.58                                  | 2.69                 |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA          | 5.00                                  | 199.71               | 5.46                                  | 282.61               | 0.96                                  | 16.08                |
| 18     | MIZORAM            | 2.38                                  | 131.26               | 2.14                                  | 168.23               | 1.91                                  | 62.08                |
| 19     | NAGALAND           | 5.33                                  | 212.07               | 5.16                                  | 291.16               | 0.02                                  | 0.12                 |
| 20     | ODISHA             | 31.48                                 | 894.46               | 32.94                                 | 776.04               | 17.01                                 | 276.87               |
| 21     | PUNJAB             | 5.76                                  | 144.34               | 6.51                                  | 157.74               | 4.35                                  | 65.77                |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN          | 60.23                                 | 2341.25              | 66.53                                 | 2596.82              | 44.16                                 | 1095.47              |
| 23     | SIKKIM             | 0.81                                  | 43.84                | 0.83                                  | 46.12                | 0.25                                  | 5.32                 |
| 24     | TAMILNADU          | 74.13                                 | 3686.75              | 76.16                                 | 3999.36              | 51.64                                 | 986.35               |
| 25     | TELANGANA          | 45.76                                 | 1417.76              | 43.70                                 | 1074.90              | 37.45                                 | 823.44               |
| 26     | TRIPURA            | 9.56                                  | 538.75               | 9.31                                  | 461.18               | 3.00                                  | 29.76                |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH      | 68.54                                 | 1822.39              | 62.62                                 | 1579.45              | 29.67                                 | 540.17               |
| 28     | UTTARAKHAND        | 6.78                                  | 223.95               | 7.06                                  | 236.96               | 2.86                                  | 51.90                |
| 29     | WEST BENGAL        | 91.58                                 | 2864.97              | 85.38                                 | 2357.09              | 46.71                                 | 943.71               |
| 30     | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | 0.11                                  | 2.68                 | 0.11                                  | 2.71                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 |
| 31     | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 |
| 32     | DAMAN&DIU          | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 |
| 33     | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0.00                                  | 0.03                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                                  | 0.00                 |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY         | 0.36                                  | 5.62                 | 0.34                                  | 5.37                 | 0.31                                  | 3.89                 |
|        | Total              | 722.61                                | 23514.63             | 766.77                                | 23583.00             | 454.98                                | 9126.65              |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

*till 17/07/2017

(In lakh)