Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Allocation of Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2822

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2822.   DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  half  of  the  fund  allocation  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  goes  to  five  States,  but  only two of them, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal ranks high on the poverty list and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Sumit Bose committee has suggested that the scheme should focus on poor regions and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether an earlier attempt to focus only on 2500 backward blocks kicked up a controversy during 2015 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  launched  a  concerted  effort  to  target  those families  which  have  reported  deprivation  under  Socio  Economic  and  Caste Census (SECC); and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry  releases  funds  to  the  States  on  the  basis  of  agreed  to  Labour  Budget (LB), opening balance, pending liabilities of the previous year for the financial year, if any, and  overall  performance.  The  fund  release  to  States/UTs  for  implementation  of  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a continuous process and Central Government is making funds available keeping in view the demand. State/UTwise details of Central fund released under the MGNREGS during the current financial year (as on 01.01.2018) are given at Annexure.

(b): Sumit Bose Committee made recommendations about the use of Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data for various programs of the Ministry of Rural Development. For MGNREGS,  the  Committee  suggested  that  the  implementation  of  the  Scheme  should  be strengthened  in  Gram  Panchayats  with  a  higher  concentration  of  deprived  households  and landless manual labour.

(c): No,  Madam.    In  fact,  efforts  were  made  to  make  the  planning  process  more convergent  by  including  resources  from  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (NRLM). Accordingly, intensive NRLM Blocks, Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)

Blocks  and  Cluster  Facilitation  Team  implementation  Blocks,  were  also  included,  thereby taking the tally of Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise (IPPE) Blocks to 2569.

(d) & (e): Though MGNREGS is a self selection scheme, concerted efforts are made to survey all the  landless SECC Households (HHs) dependent upon manual casual labour for their livelihood. HHs which are not working under MGNREGS are provided with Job Card depending upon their willingness. As on 02.01.2018, 3.87 crore out of 5.4 crore HHs have been surveyed.  Around 21.84 lakh HHs have shown willingness to work under MGNREGA and 5.34 lakh HHs have been provided with Job Cards as on 02.01.2018.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2822 dated 04.01.2018. MGNREGA (FY:2017-18 as on 01/01/2018)

| S. No.   | STATES                   |   Central fund release (In lakh) |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                  479921          |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                   16810          |
| 3        | ASSAM                    |                  102132          |
| 4        | BIHAR                    |                  207832          |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH             |                  235328          |
| 6        | GUJARAT                  |                   71660.2        |
| 7        | HARYANA                  |                   21117.7        |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                   47464.9        |
| 9        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR        |                   99377.7        |
| 10       | JHARKHAND                |                  104399          |
| 11       | KARNATAKA                |                  267727          |
| 12       | KERALA                   |                  144196          |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH           |                  304031          |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA              |                  143561          |
| 15       | MANIPUR                  |                    9893.01       |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA                |                   68100.4        |
| 17       | MIZORAM                  |                   16800          |
| 18       | NAGALAND                 |                   81941.9        |
| 19       | ODISHA                   |                  161328          |
| 20       | PUNJAB                   |                   50031.1        |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN                |                  410500          |
| 22       | SIKKIM                   |                    9330.75       |
| 23       | TAMIL NADU               |                  502082          |
| 24       | TELANGANA                |                  231319          |
| 25       | TRIPURA                  |                   36850.7        |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH            |                  316207          |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND              |                   55653.9        |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL              |                  505413          |
| 29       | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                     473.88       |
| 30       | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI   |                       0          |
| 31       | DAMAN & DIU              |                       0          |
| 32       | LAKSHADWEEP              |                      26.71       |
| 33       | PUDUCHERRY               |                    1236.67       |
| 34       | GOA                      |                      56.05       |
| Total    | Total                    |                       4.7028e+06 |