Lok Sabha Question No. 3219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Households Covered under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, MAUSAM NOOR, MANSHANKAR NINAMA, NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3219

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08 .2017

## HOUSEHOLDS COVERED UNDER MGNREGS

## 3219. SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) the  number  of  households  covered  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as on January, 2017 State/ UT - wise;
- (b) the number of rural families in the country during each of the last three years current year, State/UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  number  of  people  who  are  provided  job  cards  under  MG NREGS  along  with  the mandays specified therein, State/ UT - wise;
- (d) the average number of days guaranteed to each household per month during the last y State/UT - wise;
- (e) the number of workers who were provided employment for 100 days under MGNRE GS during the period, State/UTwise;
- (f) the number of workers provided unemployment allowance who were not allotted 100 days of employment under the said scheme, during the period, State/ UT -wise and year -wise; and
- (g) whetherthe Government propose to take any steps to enhance employment opportunities under MGNREGS and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a): State/UT - wise details of cumulative number of household issued job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) as on 28 July, 2017 is  given at Annexure - I.

(b): The Ministry of Rural Development got conducted the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC 2011) across the country, through the States/UTs to collect information on socio an status of rural households to allows ranking of households based on their socio economic the  SECC  2011 , state/UT - wise  details  of  rural  house hold including  Uttar  Pradesh  are given  in Annexure - II.

(c): State/UT - wise number  of  registered  workers under  the MGNREGS since  inception (as  on 28.07.2017) is given at Annexure - III .

(d): State/UT - wise number  of average  days  of  employment  provided  per  household under theMGNREGS during the last financial year 2016 - 17 is given at Annexure - IV.

(e): State/UT - wise number of households completed 100 days of employment theMGNREGS during the last financial year 20 16- 17 is given at Annexure - V.

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(f): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a demand driven programme which provides for at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every F Year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual, on demand.

(g): The Government is actively engaged with the State Government in establishing syst ensure provision of work as per demand. To generate awareness about the provisions of t and  to  pro vide  adequate  employment  opportunities  to  rural  households  under  MGNREGS, States/UTs have been requested for the following:

- ( i ) to initiate appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns i wall paintings for wide dissemination of theprovisions of the Act.
- ( ii ) to expand scope and coverage of demand registration system to ensure that demand under MGNREGA does not go unregistered.
- ( iii ) to organise Rozgar Divas periodically to capture latent demand under the program disseminate awareness about other provisions of the Act.
- ( iv ) to prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha.
- ( v) to prepare realistic labour budget by the State.

Annexure-I referred  in reply  to  part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3219 dated 03.08.2017.

*as on 28/07/2017

| S. No   | States             |   Cumulative number of household issued jobcards* |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH      |                                             86.01 |
| 2       | ARUNACHALPRADESH   |                                              2.11 |
| 3       | ASSAM              |                                             41.43 |
| 4       | BIHAR              |                                            143.86 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH       |                                             36.55 |
| 6       | GOA                |                                              0.33 |
| 7       | GUJARAT            |                                             34.32 |
| 8       | HARYANA            |                                              8.5  |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                                             11.84 |
| 10      | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   |                                             10.88 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND          |                                             38.85 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA          |                                             53.18 |
| 13      | KERALA             |                                             32.33 |
| 14      | MADHYAPRADESH      |                                             63.26 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA        |                                             81.04 |
| 16      | MANIPUR            |                                              5.4  |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA          |                                              5.02 |
| 18      | MIZORAM            |                                              1.9  |
| 19      | NAGALAND           |                                              4.28 |
| 20      | ODISHA             |                                             61.47 |
| 21      | PUNJAB             |                                             12.81 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN          |                                             95.05 |
| 23      | SIKKIM             |                                              0.79 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU          |                                             77.98 |
| 25      | TELANGANA          |                                             57.5  |
| 26      | TRIPURA            |                                              6.04 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH      |                                            145.71 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND        |                                             10.43 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL        |                                            123.36 |
| 30      | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR  |                                              0.36 |
| 31      | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                                              0.04 |
| 32      | DAMAN&DIU          |                                              0    |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP        |                                              0.08 |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY         |                                              0.62 |
|         | Total              |                                           1253.33 |

Annexure-II referred  in  reply  to  part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3219 dated 03.08.2017.

## As per the SECC 2011, Number of rural households

| S. No.   | States/ UTs Name       |   Rural Households |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN&NICOBARISLANDS |              68481 |
| 2        | ANDHRAPRADESH          |            9344180 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      |             201842 |
| 4        | ASSAM                  |            5743835 |
| 5        | BIHAR                  |           17829066 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH             |              15657 |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH           |            4540999 |
| 8        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI     |              45352 |
| 9        | DAMANANDDIU            |              31795 |
| 10       | GOA                    |             220731 |
| 11       | GUJARAT                |            6920473 |
| 12       | HARYANA                |            2969509 |
| 13       | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |            1263756 |
| 14       | JAMMU &KASHMIR         |            1601606 |
| 15       | JHARKHAND              |            5044234 |
| 16       | KARNATAKA              |            8048664 |
| 17       | KERALA                 |            6319215 |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP            |              10929 |
| 19       | MADHYAPRADESH          |           11288946 |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA            |           13841960 |
| 21       | MANIPUR                |             448163 |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA              |             485897 |
| 23       | MIZORAM                |             111626 |
| 24       | NAGALAND               |             284310 |
| 25       | NCT OF DELHI           |            1051097 |
| 26       | ODISHA                 |            8677551 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY             |             115249 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                 |            3269467 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN              |           10223073 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                 |              88723 |
| 31       | TAMILNADU              |           10088119 |
| 32       | TELANGANA              |            5643739 |
| 33       | TRIPURA                |             697062 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH          |           26015544 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND            |            1479742 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL            |           15756750 |
|          | ALL INDIA              |          179787342 |

Annexure-III referred  in  reply  to  part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3219 dated 03.08.2017.

*as on 28/07/2017

| Sl No   | States             |   Number of registered workers* |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH      |                          176.55 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                            4.7  |
| 3       | ASSAM              |                           73.31 |
| 4       | BIHAR              |                          226.37 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH       |                           90.16 |
| 6       | GOA                |                            0.47 |
| 7       | GUJARAT            |                           83.45 |
| 8       | HARYANA            |                           15.91 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                           22.41 |
| 10      | JAMMUANDKASHMIR    |                           20.51 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND          |                           78.45 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA          |                          138.15 |
| 13      | KERALA             |                           50.39 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH     |                          164.68 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA        |                          206.11 |
| 16      | MANIPUR            |                           10.11 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA          |                           10.66 |
| 18      | MIZORAM            |                            3.85 |
| 19      | NAGALAND           |                            7.22 |
| 20      | ODISHA             |                          163.57 |
| 21      | PUNJAB             |                           21.85 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN          |                          230.26 |
| 23      | SIKKIM             |                            1.31 |
| 24      | TAMILNADU          |                          116.77 |
| 25      | TELANGANA          |                          129.82 |
| 26      | TRIPURA            |                           11.16 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH      |                          220.82 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND        |                           18.32 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL        |                          285.24 |
| 30      | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR  |                            0.54 |
| 31      | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                            0.14 |
| 32      | DAMAN&DIU          |                            0    |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP        |                            0.16 |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY         |                            1.4  |
|         | Total              |                         2584.78 |

## Annexure-IV referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3219 dated 03.08.2017.

| S. No.   | States             |   Average days of employment provided per household (FY: 2016-17) |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH      |                                                                52 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                                                                42 |
| 3        | ASSAM              |                                                                30 |
| 4        | BIHAR              |                                                                38 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH       |                                                                42 |
| 6        | GOA                |                                                                19 |
| 7        | GUJARAT            |                                                                38 |
| 8        | HARYANA            |                                                                30 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |                                                                45 |
| 10       | JAMMUANDKASHMIR    |                                                                51 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND          |                                                                41 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA          |                                                                50 |
| 13       | KERALA             |                                                                47 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH      |                                                                40 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA        |                                                                49 |
| 16       | MANIPUR            |                                                                23 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA          |                                                                68 |
| 18       | MIZORAM            |                                                                89 |
| 19       | NAGALAND           |                                                                70 |
| 20       | ODISHA             |                                                                38 |
| 21       | PUNJAB             |                                                                29 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN          |                                                                56 |
| 23       | SIKKIM             |                                                                68 |
| 24       | TAMILNADU          |                                                                64 |
| 25       | TELANGANA          |                                                                42 |
| 26       | TRIPURA            |                                                                80 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH      |                                                                31 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND        |                                                                43 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL        |                                                                40 |
| 30       | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR   |                                                                30 |
| 31       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                                                                 0 |
| 32       | DAMAN&DIU          |                                                                 0 |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP        |                                                                14 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY         |                                                                17 |
|          | National average   |                                                                46 |

Annexure-V referred  in  reply  to  part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3219 dated 03.08.2017.

| S. No.   | States             |   100 days 2016-17 |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH      |             580446 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |                 46 |
| 3        | ASSAM              |              11507 |
| 4        | BIHAR              |              14815 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH       |             172906 |
| 6        | GOA                |                 33 |
| 7        | GUJARAT            |               8244 |
| 8        | HARYANA            |               2460 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |              11087 |
| 10       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   |              35805 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND          |              37163 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA          |             196782 |
| 13       | KERALA             |             113188 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH      |             141055 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA        |             167855 |
| 16       | MANIPUR            |                  3 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA          |              86492 |
| 18       | MIZORAM            |              56528 |
| 19       | NAGALAND           |                182 |
| 20       | ODISHA             |              35854 |
| 21       | PUNJAB             |               3511 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN          |             427308 |
| 23       | SIKKIM             |               8442 |
| 24       | TAMILNADU          |            1320602 |
| 25       | TELANGANA          |             173987 |
| 26       | TRIPURA            |             116620 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH      |              41590 |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND        |              25573 |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL        |             199734 |
| 30       | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    |                225 |
| 31       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |                  0 |
| 32       | DAMAN&DIU          |                  0 |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP        |                  0 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY         |                  0 |
|          | Total              |            3990043 |