Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 108

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2017

## MGNREGS

## *108. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds provided to various States, including Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gan National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last two years an the current year;
- (b) the number of workers benefited/ likely to be benefited under MGNREGS during the c financial year in various States, State - wise;
- (c) the number of days for which employment is provided under the said scheme at presen alongwith the wages fixed , State - wise; and
- (d) whether some States are paying wages to workers under MGNREGS over and above the wages fixed by the Union Government and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

(a) to (d ) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 108 for 09.02.

(a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a demand driven programme . H enceno State/UT - wise allocation of fund is made. The Central funds are released to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh on the basis of agreed to Labour taking into consideration the performance and t he p ce of utilization of a vailable funds. Details of fund released to States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last two years and the current year on 03.02.2017) is ind icated at Annexure - I.

(b): Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act, 2005 provide sfor the enhancement of livelihood security o the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of wage employment in every financial year to ev ery household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The number of workers provided employment in States/UTs unde MGNREGA during the current year (as on 01.02.2017) is indicated at Annexure - II.

(c): State - wise  details  of  the  num ber  of  days  of  employment  provided  to  households  under MGNREGA are indicated at Annexure - III. Wage rates for workers under the MGNREGA, 2005 are notified and revised annually by the Central Government in accordance with the provi of Section 6(1) of the Act. State/UT - wise details of the notified wage rate w.e.f. 1 st April, 2016 is given at Annexure - IV.

(d): All States except Bihar are paying wages to workers under MGNREGS as per the wa fixed by the Union Government. The wage rate notified by the Central Government for Financial Year 2016 - 17 for Bihar is Rs. 167. However, the State of Bihar is paying Rs 177 to MGN workers.

(Rs. in crore)

| SI. No.   | State             | Central Release   | Central Release   | Central Release   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| SI. No.   | State             | 2014-15           | 2015-16           | 2016-17 *         |
| 1         | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 2903.14           | 3073.80           | 3677.70           |
| 2         | ARUNACHALPRADESH  | 27.04             | 43.95             | 130.76            |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 500.23            | 878.30            | 837.63            |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 959.68            | 1024.12           | 1568.23           |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 1505.70           | 1063.41           | 2046.72           |
| 6         | GUJARAT           | 354.43            | 305.99            | 563.62            |
| 7         | HARYANA           | 167.15            | 124.71            | 199.38            |
| 8         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 355.43            | 396.10            | 321.63            |
| 9         | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   | 521.71            | 558.02            | 756.26            |
| 10        | JHARKHAND         | 724.33            | 978.80            | 1503.40           |
| 11        | KARNATAKA         | 1716.87           | 991.55            | 1821.18           |
| 12        | KERALA            | 1587.58           | 1526.34           | 1579.53           |
| 13        | MADHYAPRADESH     | 2451.63           | 2367.32           | 2888.98           |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA       | 799.52            | 1238.35           | 1540.24           |
| 15        | MANIPUR           | 219.97            | 255.32            | 343.70            |
| 16        | MEGHALAYA         | 277.86            | 221.83            | 860.69            |
| 17        | MIZORAM           | 111.41            | 285.17            | 87.45             |
| 18        | NAGALAND          | 113.05            | 266.66            | 501.53            |
| 19        | ODISHA            | 1035.30           | 1479.41           | 1781.81           |
| 20        | PUNJAB            | 189.48            | 245.33            | 458.47            |
| 21        | RAJASTHAN         | 2976.10           | 2695.83           | 4359.57           |
| 22        | SIKKIM            | 73.86             | 86.23             | 132.63            |
| 23        | TAMILNADU         | 3781.80           | 5470.37           | 4245.65           |
| 24        | Telangana         | 1919.96           | 1824.85           | 1742.99           |
| 25        | TRIPURA           | 636.62            | 1358.94           | 868.58            |
| 26        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 2513.41           | 2695.69           | 3411.80           |
| 27        | UTTARAKHAND       | 286.36            | 450.77            | 492.67            |
| 28        | WEST BENGAL       | 3744.95           | 4711.74           | 4687.76           |
| 29        | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR | 13.02             | 10.36             | 8.01              |
| 30        | GOA               | 1.38              | 2.47              | 4.26              |
| 31        | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0.45              | 0.12              | 0.00              |
| 32        | PUDUCHERRY        | 7.40              | 12.93             | 3.00              |
|           | Total             | 32476.87          | 36644.80          | 43336.62          |

* As on 03/02/2017

Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 108 dated 09.02.2017.

| MGNREGA(FY:2016-17 as on 03/02/2017)   | MGNREGA(FY:2016-17 as on 03/02/2017)   | MGNREGA(FY:2016-17 as on 03/02/2017)   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                | State                                  | number of workers provided employment  |
| 1                                      | ANDHRAPRADESH                          | 6054101                                |
| 2                                      | ARUNACHALPRADESH                       | 196812                                 |
| 3                                      | ASSAM                                  | 1884910                                |
| 4                                      | BIHAR                                  | 2148916                                |
| 5                                      | CHHATTISGARH                           | 3586690                                |
| 6                                      | GOA                                    | 6310                                   |
| 7                                      | GUJARAT                                | 1100477                                |
| 8                                      | HARYANA                                | 363678                                 |
| 9                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 577089                                 |
| 10                                     | JAMMUANDKASHMIR                        | 544978                                 |
| 11                                     | JHARKHAND                              | 2165724                                |
| 12                                     | KARNATAKA                              | 3664414                                |
| 13                                     | KERALA                                 | 1544239                                |
| 14                                     | MADHYAPRADESH                          | 4009167                                |
| 15                                     | MAHARASHTRA                            | 2425752                                |
| 16                                     | MANIPUR                                | 526532                                 |
| 17                                     | MEGHALAYA                              | 465902                                 |
| 18                                     | MIZORAM                                | 213775                                 |
| 19                                     | NAGALAND                               | 491988                                 |
| 20                                     | ODISHA                                 | 2743225                                |
| 21                                     | PUNJAB                                 | 614007                                 |
| 22                                     | RAJASTHAN                              | 5920791                                |
| 23                                     | SIKKIM                                 | 74889                                  |
| 24                                     | TAMILNADU                              | 7284016                                |
| 25                                     | TELANGANA                              | 4047894                                |
| 26                                     | TRIPURA                                | 860335                                 |
| 27                                     | UTTAR PRADESH                          | 5755479                                |
| 28                                     | UTTARAKHAND                            | 631984                                 |
| 29                                     | WEST BENGAL                            | 7097187                                |
| 30                                     | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR                      | 8053                                   |
| 31                                     | LAKSHADWEEP                            | 3                                      |
| 32                                     | PUDUCHERRY                             | 33554                                  |
|                                        | Total                                  | 67042871                               |

(In Nos.)

Annexure-III referred in reply to part (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 108 dated 09.02.2017. (In lakh)

| MGNREGA(2016-17 as on 01/02/2017)   | MGNREGA(2016-17 as on 01/02/2017)   | MGNREGA(2016-17 as on 01/02/2017)   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| SI. No                              | State                               | Persondays generated                |
| 1                                   | ANDHRAPRADESH                       | 1586.73                             |
| 2                                   | ARUNACHALPRADESH                    | 49.14                               |
| 3                                   | ASSAM                               | 345.40                              |
| 4                                   | BIHAR                               | 570.28                              |
| 5                                   | CHHATTISGARH                        | 709.17                              |
| 6                                   | GUJARAT                             | 225.71                              |
| 7                                   | HARYANA                             | 65.38                               |
| 8                                   | HIMACHAL PRADESH                    | 174.64                              |
| 9                                   | JAMMUANDKASHMIR                     | 157.00                              |
| 10                                  | JHARKHAND                           | 567.27                              |
| 11                                  | KARNATAKA                           | 653.43                              |
| 12                                  | KERALA                              | 504.31                              |
| 13                                  | MADHYAPRADESH                       | 751.34                              |
| 14                                  | MAHARASHTRA                         | 576.18                              |
| 15                                  | MANIPUR                             | 98.05                               |
| 16                                  | MEGHALAYA                           | 177.49                              |
| 17                                  | MIZORAM                             | 141.73                              |
| 18                                  | NAGALAND                            | 209.00                              |
| 19                                  | ODISHA                              | 585.26                              |
| 20                                  | PUNJAB                              | 137.62                              |
| 21                                  | RAJASTHAN                           | 2027.98                             |
| 22                                  | SIKKIM                              | 32.15                               |
| 23                                  | TAMILNADU                           | 3001.88                             |
| 24                                  | Telangana                           | 854.83                              |
| 25                                  | TRIPURA                             | 336.46                              |
| 26                                  | UTTAR PRADESH                       | 1342.10                             |
| 27                                  | UTTARAKHAND                         | 178.56                              |
| 28                                  | WEST BENGAL                         | 1639.98                             |
| 29                                  | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR                     | 1.40                                |
| 30                                  | GOA                                 | 0.89                                |
| 31                                  | LAKSHADWEEP                         | 0.00                                |
| 32                                  | PUDUCHERRY                          | 5.35                                |
|                                     | Total                               | 17706.71                            |

Annexure-IV referred  in  reply  to  part (c)  of  Lok  Sabha Starred Question No. 108 dated 09.02.2017.

|       | State-wise wage rate underMGNREGA   | State-wise wage rate underMGNREGA                         |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | Name of State/ Union territory      | Wage rate in Rs. per day w.e.f. 1 st April, 2016          |
| (1) 1 | (2) Andhra Pradesh                  | (3) Rs. 194.00                                            |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                   | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 3     | Assam                               | Rs. 182.00                                                |
| 4     | Bihar                               | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                        | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 6     | Gujarat                             | Rs. 188.00                                                |
| 7     | Goa                                 | Rs. 229.00                                                |
| 8     |                                     | Rs. 259.00                                                |
| 9     | Haryana                             |                                                           |
|       | Himachal Pradesh                    | Non-scheduled Areas-Rs. 170.00 Scheduled Areas-Rs. 213.00 |
| 10    | Jammu and Kashmir                   | Rs. 173.00                                                |
| 11    | Jharkhand                           | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 12    | Karnataka                           | Rs. 224.00                                                |
| 13    | Kerala                              | Rs. 240.00                                                |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh                      | Rs. 167.00                                                |
| 15    | Maharashtra                         | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 16    | Manipur                             | Rs. 197.00                                                |
| 17 18 | Meghalaya Mizoram                   | Rs. 169.00 Rs. 188.00                                     |
| 19    | Nagaland                            | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 20    | Odisha                              | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 21    | Punjab                              | Rs. 218.00                                                |
| 22    | Rajasthan                           | Rs. 181.00                                                |
| 23    | Sikkim                              | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                          | Rs. 203.00                                                |
| 25    | Telangana                           | Rs. 194.00                                                |
| 26    | Tripura                             | Rs. 172.00                                                |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh                       | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                         | Rs. 174.00                                                |
| 29    | West Bengal                         | Rs. 176.00                                                |
| 30    | Andaman and Nicobar                 | Andaman District Rs. 230.00                               |
| 30    |                                     | Nicobar District                                          |
| 30    |                                     | Rs. 243.00                                                |
| 31    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli              | Rs. 208.00                                                |
| 32    | Daman and Diu                       | Rs. 192.00                                                |
| 33    | Lakshadweep                         | Rs. 220.00                                                |
| 34 35 | Puducherry Chandigarh               | Rs. 203.00 Rs. 248.00                                     |