Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Appraisal of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, REKHA ARUN VERMA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .94 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.0 2.2017

## APPRAISAL OF MGNREGS

## 94. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  demand  for  work  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employm Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  has  increased  due  to  conditions  of  drought  and  f during the current fiscal year;
- (b) if so, the details ther eof, State/ UT - wise;
- (c) the details of funds allocated, released and utilised under the said scheme year;
- (d) whether the Union Government has sent whatsapp messages to the State Governments in a unofficial manner to inform them that more funds are not likely to be released them to make judicial use of the funds available with them which is against the the said scheme; and
- (e) ifso, the details thereof and 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 country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in ever year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. States/UT wise details of number of per son days generated during the year 2016 - 17 (upto 24.01.2017) is given at Annexure - I.
- (c): MGNREGA is a demand driven programme hence no State/UT - wise allocation of fund i made. The Central funds are released to the States/UTs on the basis of agreed to Labour Budget and taking into consideration the performance and the pace of utilization of available fu States/UTs -wise  details  of  amount  released  and  expenditure  under  the Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  during  the current  year  (as  on  24.01.2017) indicated at Annexure - II.
- (d): That Government has sent unofficial messages to inform States that no more fund released is not true. However, States are always advised to ensure gainful utilizat t are available with them.
- (e): Does not arise.

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(in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   Persondays generated (as on 24.01.2017) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                                 1575.54   |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                   43.33   |
| 3        | ASSAM             |                                  326.61   |
| 4        | BIHAR             |                                  506.71   |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |                                  686.33   |
| 6        | GOA               |                                    0.86   |
| 7        | GUJARAT           |                                  219.84   |
| 8        | HARYANA           |                                   63.22   |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                  163.65   |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR  |                                  139.12   |
| 11       | JHARKHAND         |                                  534.03   |
| 12       | KARNATAKA         |                                  626.7    |
| 13       | KERALA            |                                  463.07   |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH     |                                  695.47   |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA       |                                  557.15   |
| 16       | MANIPUR           |                                   97.7    |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA         |                                  169.99   |
| 18       | MIZORAM           |                                  113.01   |
| 19       | NAGALAND          |                                  200.39   |
| 20       | ODISHA            |                                  565.02   |
| 21       | PUNJAB            |                                  132.65   |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN         |                                 1936.93   |
| 23       | SIKKIM            |                                   29.56   |
| 24       | TAMILNADU         |                                 2918.08   |
| 25       | TELANGANA         |                                  847.03   |
| 26       | TRIPURA           |                                  325.09   |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH     |                                 1322.71   |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND       |                                  169.64   |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL       |                                 1559.36   |
| 30       | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR |                                    1.4    |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP       |                                    0.0004 |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY        |                                    5.35   |
|          | Total             |                                16995.6    |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 94 dated 02.02.2017

(Rs. In lakh)

| S. No.   | States/UTs        |   Central fund release* |   Total Expenditure* |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH     |        363378           |     338762           |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |         13076.4         |       9729.71        |
| 3        | ASSAM             |         83252.3         |     133399           |
| 4        | BIHAR             |        156823           |     188634           |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |        202564           |     235418           |
| 6        | GUJARAT           |         55810.4         |      57967.4         |
| 7        | HARYANA           |         19937.4         |      22619.3         |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |         27172.7         |      35877.7         |
| 9        | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR  |         75626.1         |      56085.7         |
| 10       | JHARKHAND         |        147804           |     132346           |
| 11       | KARNATAKA         |        174778           |     243569           |
| 12       | KERALA            |        157953           |     182622           |
| 13       | MADHYAPRADESH     |        283498           |     276904           |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA       |        149190           |     179851           |
| 15       | MANIPUR           |         34370.4         |      29108.4         |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA         |         86069.2         |      61205.8         |
| 17       | MIZORAM           |          8744.61        |       6905.5         |
| 18       | NAGALAND          |         50152.8         |      44135.2         |
| 19       | ODISHA            |        175863           |     180794           |
| 20       | PUNJAB            |         45846.7         |      48713.7         |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN         |        425597           |     391418           |
| 22       | SIKKIM            |         13262.6         |      10727.8         |
| 23       | TAMILNADU         |        424565           |     480784           |
| 24       | Telangana         |        174134           |     158928           |
| 25       | TRIPURA           |         85444.4         |      94261.5         |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH     |        341180           |     369303           |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND       |         46110.7         |      60149.5         |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL       |        464422           |     562285           |
| 29       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   |           801.4         |         66.3         |
| 30       | GOA               |           425.85        |        228.71        |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP       |             0           |         22.46        |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY        |           300.15        |        898.15        |
|          | Total             |             4.28815e+06 |          4.59372e+06 |