Lok Sabha Question No. 4773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Families Covered under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4773

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03 .2017

## FAMILIES COVERED UNDER MGNREGS

## 4773. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of families covered under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State/UT - wise;
- (b) thedetails of the average number of days for which employment has been provide each household per month during the last year, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  increase  the  employm opportunity under MGNREGS; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State/UT - wise  households  provided  employment  under Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the Financial Year 2016 - 17 (as on 27.03.2017) is indicated at Annexure - I .
- (b): The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA), 2005 provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural area the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in financial  year  to  every  household  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  m work.  State/UT - wise average  days  per  household  under  MGNREGS  during  the  Financial Year 2015 - 16 is indicated at Annexure - II.
- (c)& (d): The  Government  is actively engaged  with State  Governments/UTs  in establishing  systems  that  ensure  provision  of  work  as  per  demand,  transpar ency  and accountability. To  generate  awareness  about  the  provisions  of  the  Scheme  and  to  prov adequate  employment  opportunities  to  rural  households  under Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), all States/UTs have been reque sted for the following:
- (i) to  initiate  appropriate  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  campai including wall paintings for wide dissemination of the provisions of the Act.
- (ii) to expand scope and coverage of demand registration syst em to ensure that demand for work under MGNREGA does not go unregistered.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4773 dated 30.03.2017.

## 2016-17 till 27/03/2017

| S. No   | States           |   Households provided employment |
|---------|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH    |                            38.56 |
| 2       | ARUNACHALPRADESH |                             1.96 |
| 3       | ASSAM            |                            14.66 |
| 4       | BIHAR            |                            22.1  |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH     |                            20.68 |
| 6       | GOA              |                             0.07 |
| 7       | GUJARAT          |                             6.86 |
| 8       | HARYANA          |                             2.71 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                             5.09 |
| 10      | JAMMUANDKASHMIR  |                             5.39 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND        |                            17.05 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA        |                            17.71 |
| 13      | KERALA           |                            14.44 |
| 14      | MADHYAPRADESH    |                            26.96 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA      |                            13.88 |
| 16      | MANIPUR          |                             5.04 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA        |                             4.02 |
| 18      | MIZORAM          |                             1.89 |
| 19      | NAGALAND         |                             4.19 |
| 20      | ODISHA           |                            18.79 |
| 21      | PUNJAB           |                             5.24 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN        |                            45.6  |
| 23      | SIKKIM           |                             0.67 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU        |                            62.02 |
| 25      | TELANGANA        |                            24.42 |
| 26      | TRIPURA          |                             5.77 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH    |                            48.73 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND      |                             5.29 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL      |                            55.86 |
| 30      | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR  |                             0.09 |
| 31      | LAKSHADWEEP      |                             0    |
| 32      | PUDUCHERRY       |                             0.31 |
|         | Total            |                           496.08 |

(In lakh)

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4773 dated 30.03.2017.

| S. No.   | States            |   Average days per household (2015-16) |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                                     55 |
| 2        | ARUNACHALPRADESH  |                                     28 |
| 3        | ASSAM             |                                     32 |
| 4        | BIHAR             |                                     45 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |                                     47 |
| 6        | GOA               |                                     18 |
| 7        | GUJARAT           |                                     40 |
| 8        | HARYANA           |                                     29 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                     42 |
| 10       | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   |                                     48 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND         |                                     52 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA         |                                     48 |
| 13       | KERALA            |                                     49 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH     |                                     46 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA       |                                     60 |
| 16       | MANIPUR           |                                     16 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA         |                                     54 |
| 18       | MIZORAM           |                                     69 |
| 19       | NAGALAND          |                                     51 |
| 20       | ODISHA            |                                     45 |
| 21       | PUNJAB            |                                     30 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN         |                                     55 |
| 23       | SIKKIM            |                                     67 |
| 24       | TAMILNADU         |                                     61 |
| 25       | TELANGANA         |                                     55 |
| 26       | TRIPURA           |                                     94 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH     |                                     34 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND       |                                     41 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL       |                                     47 |
| 30       | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR |                                     28 |
| 31       | LAKSHADWEEP       |                                     24 |
| 32       | PUDUCHERRY        |                                     17 |
| National | Average           |                                     49 |