Lok Sabha Question No. 3698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Assessment of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. GOPAL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3698

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## ASSESSMENT OF MGNREGS

## 3698.   DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether currently out of the 260 permissible works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), 164 are related to agriculture and allied works;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether in 2017-18, out of the Rs. 64,000 crore which were spent on MGNREGS by both the Union and the States, more than half, that is Rs. 39,000 crore was spent on such works; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)&(b): Yes, Madam.  Details of 164 works are given at Annexure .

(c)&(d): To strengthen the Scheme's synergy with agriculture and sustainable livelihoods, it is now mandatory that at least 60% of the works taken up in a district in terms of cost shall be for  creation  of  productive  assets  directly  linked  to  agriculture  and  allied  activities  through development  of  land,  water  and  trees.  The  percentage  of  expenditure  on  works  related  to agriculture & allied works has been consistently above 60% and it was around 67% during the FY 2017-18.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3698 dated 09.08.2018

|   S. No. | Agriculture &Agriculture Allied Works                               |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Construction of Food grain Storage Building for Community           |
|        2 | Repair and Maintenance of Food grain Storage Building for Community |
|        3 | Construction of Agricultural produce storage Building for Groups    |
|        4 | Construction of Earthen peripheral/farm/field Bund for Individuals  |
|        5 | Construction of Pebble peripheral/farm/field Bund for Individuals   |
|        6 | Construction of Stone peripheral/farm/field Bund for Individuals    |
|        7 | Construction of Earthen peripheral/farm/field Bund for Community    |
|        8 | Construction of Pebble peripheral/farm/field Bund for Community     |
|        9 | Construction of Stone peripheral/farm/field Bund for Community      |
|       10 | Construction of Feeder Canal for Community                          |
|       11 | Construction of distributary Canal for Community                    |
|       12 | Construction of minor Canal for Community                           |
|       13 | Construction of sub-minor Canal for Community                       |
|       14 | Construction of water courses for Community                         |
|       15 | Lining of Feeder Canal for Community                                |
|       16 | Lining of distributary Canal for Community                          |
|       17 | Lining of minor Canal for Community                                 |
|       18 | Lining of sub-minor Canal for Community                             |
|       19 | Lining of water courses Canal for Community                         |
|       20 | Renovation of Feeder Canal for Community                            |
|       21 | Renovation of distributary Canal for Community                      |
|       22 | Renovation of minor Canal for Community                             |
|       23 | Renovation of sub-minor Canal for Community                         |
|       24 | Repair and Maintenance of Feeder Canal for Community                |
|       25 | Repair and Maintenance of distributary Canal for Community          |
|       26 | Repair and Maintenance of minor Canal for Community                 |
|       27 | Repair and Maintenance of sub-minor Canal for Community             |
|       28 | Repair and Maintenance of water course Canal for Community          |
|       29 | Development of Silvipasture Grassslands for Community               |
|       30 | Development of Silvipasture Grassslands for Individuals             |
|       31 | Levelling/shaping of Wasteland / Fallow land for Individuals        |
|       32 | Drainage of chaur or waterlogged areas Land for Individuals         |
|       33 | Levelling/shaping of Wasteland Land for Community                   |
|       34 | Development of chaur Land for Community                             |
|       35 | Development of Fallow Land for Community                            |
|       36 | Reclamation of Community Waterlogged Land                           |
|       37 | Drainage of Community Waterlogged Land                              |
|       38 | Construction of Brushwood Check Dam for Individuals                 |
|       39 | Construction of Earthen Anicut Check Dam for Individuals            |

|   S. No. | Agriculture &Agriculture Allied Works                                             |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       40 | Construction of Boulder Check Dam for Individuals                                 |
|       41 | Construction of Masonry/CC Check Dam for Individuals                              |
|       42 | Construction of Gabion Check Dam for Individuals                                  |
|       43 | Construction of Brushwood Check Dam for Community                                 |
|       44 | Construction of Earthen Check Dam for Community                                   |
|       45 | Construction of Boulder Check Dam for Community                                   |
|       46 | Construction of Masonry/CC Check Dam for Community                                |
|       47 | Construction of Gabion Check Dam for Community                                    |
|       48 | Repair and Maintenance of Earthen Check Dam for Community                         |
|       49 | Repair and Maintenance of Boulder Check Dam for Community                         |
|       50 | Repair and Maintenance of Masonry/CC Check Dam for Community                      |
|       51 | Repair and Maintenance of Gabion Check Dam for Community                          |
|       52 | Construction of Compost Pit for Individual                                        |
|       53 | Construction of Vermi Compost structure for Individual                            |
|       54 | Construction of NADEP Compost structure for Individual                            |
|       55 | Construction of Berkeley Compost Pit for Individual                               |
|       56 | Construction of Vermi Compost structure for Community                             |
|       57 | Construction of NADEP Compost structure for Community                             |
|       58 | Construction of Berkeley Compost Pit for Community                                |
|       59 | Construction of Compost Pit structure for Community                               |
|       60 | Repair and Maintenance of Vermi Compost structure for Community                   |
|       61 | Repair and Maintenance of NADEP Compost structure for Community                   |
|       62 | Repair and Maintenance of Berkeley Compost Pit for Community                      |
|       63 | Repair and Maintenance of Compost Pit for Community                               |
|       64 | Construction of Vermi Compost structure for Groups                                |
|       65 | Construction of NADEP Compost structure for Groups                                |
|       66 | Construction of Berkeley Compost Pit for Groups                                   |
|       67 | Construction of Compost Pit for Groups                                            |
|       68 | Construction of Diversion Storm Water Drain for Community                         |
|       69 | Repair and maintenance of Diversion Storm Water Drain for Community               |
|       70 | Construction of Irrigation Open Well for Individuals                              |
|       71 | Construction of Irrigation Open Well for Community                                |
|       72 | Repair and maintenance of parapet &platform of Irrigation Open Well for Community |
|       73 | Construction of Irrigation Open Well for Groups                                   |
|       74 | Construction of Fish Drying Yards for Individual                                  |
|       75 | Construction of Fish Drying Yards for Community                                   |
|       76 | Repair and Maintenance of Fish Drying Yards for Community                         |
|       77 | Boundary Line Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Individuals                    |
|       78 | Along the coast Line Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Individuals             |
|       79 | Boundary Line Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Individuals                   |
|       80 | Along the coast Line Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Individuals            |
|       81 | Wasteland Line Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Individuals                  |
|       82 | Boundary Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Individuals                        |

| S. No.   | Agriculture &Agriculture Allied Works                                                                                                                  |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 83       | Along the coast Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Individuals                                                                                      |
| 84       | Wasteland Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Individuals                                                                                            |
| 85       | Line Plantation of Shelter Belt Trees for Individuals                                                                                                  |
| 86       | Line Plantation of Coastal Shelter Belt Trees for Individuals                                                                                          |
| 87       | Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees in fields for Individuals                                                                                       |
| 88       | Wasteland Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Individuals                                                                                       |
| 89       | Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees in Fields for Individuals                                                                                      |
| 90       | Wastelands Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Individuals                                                                                     |
| 91       | Block Plantation of Forestry Trees in Fields for Individuals                                                                                           |
| 92       | Wastelands Block Plantation of Forestry Trees for Individuals                                                                                          |
| 93       | Block Plantation of Sericulture Trees in fields for Individuals                                                                                        |
| 94       | Wastelands Block Plantation of Sericulture Trees for Individuals                                                                                       |
| 95       | Block Plantation of Biodrainage Trees in Fields for Individuals                                                                                        |
| 96       | Wasteland Block Plantation of Biodrainage Trees for Individuals                                                                                        |
| 97       | Block Plantation of Shelter Belt Trees for Individuals                                                                                                 |
| 98       | Boundary Block Plantation of Coastal Shelter Belt Trees for Individuals                                                                                |
| 99       | Canal Line Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community                                                                                              |
| 100      | Boundary Line Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community                                                                                           |
| 101      | Along the coast Line Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community                                                                                    |
| 102      | Boundary Line Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                          |
| 103      | Canal Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                                  |
| 104      | Boundary Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                               |
| 105      | Road side line plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                              |
| 106      | Along the coast Line Plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                        |
| 107      | Boundary Line Plantation of Shelter Belt Trees for Community                                                                                           |
| 108      | Road Line Plantation of Shelter Belt Trees for Community                                                                                               |
| 109      | Along the coast Line Plantation of Coastal Shelter Belt Trees for Community Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees in Government building premises for |
| 110      | Community                                                                                                                                              |
| 111      | Along the coast Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community                                                                                   |
| 112      | Fields Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community                                                                                            |
| 113 114  | Wasteland Block Plantation of Horticulture Trees for Community Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees in Government building premises for Community   |
| 115      | Along the coast Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                  |
| 116      | Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees in fields for Community                                                                                        |
| 117      | Wasteland Block Plantation of Farm Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                        |
| 118      | Block Plantation of Forestry Trees in Government building premises for Community                                                                       |
| 119      | Along the coast Block Plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                       |
| 120      | Block Plantation of Forestry Trees in Fields for Community                                                                                             |
| 121      | Wasteland Block Plantation of Forestry Trees for Community                                                                                             |
| 122      | Block Plantation of Sericulture Trees in Fields for Community                                                                                          |
| 123      | Wasteland Block Plantation of Sericulture Trees for Community                                                                                          |
| 124      | Block Plantation of Biodrainage Trees in Government building premises for Community                                                                    |

|   S. No. | Agriculture &Agriculture Allied Works                                        |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      125 | Block Plantation of Biodrainage Trees in fields for Community                |
|      126 | Block Plantation of Biodrainage trees in Wastelands for community            |
|      127 | Along the coast Afforestation using forestry Trees for Community             |
|      128 | Afforestation of wastelands using Forestry trees for individuals             |
|      129 | Construction of Earthen Gully Plugs for Individuals                          |
|      130 | Construction of Stone boulder Gully Plugs for Individuals                    |
|      131 | Construction of Earthen Gully Plugs for Community                            |
|      132 | Construction of Stone boulder Gully Plugs for Community                      |
|      133 | Repair and maintenance of Earthen Gully Plugs for Community                  |
|      134 | Repair and maintenance of Stone boulder Gully Plugs for Community            |
|      135 | Raising of Nursery for Individuals                                           |
|      136 | Raising of Nursery for Community                                             |
|      137 | Raising of Nursery for Groups                                                |
|      138 | Construction of Farm Ponds for Individuals                                   |
|      139 | Construction of Fisheries Ponds for Community                                |
|      140 | Repair and maintenance of Fisheries Ponds for Community                      |
|      141 | Renovation of Fisheries Ponds for Community                                  |
|      142 | Construction of Cattle Shelter for Individuals                               |
|      143 | Construction of Goat Shelter for Individuals                                 |
|      144 | Construction of Piggery Shelter for Individuals                              |
|      145 | Construction of Poultry Livestock_Shelter for Individuals                    |
|      146 | Construction of Cattle Shelter for Community                                 |
|      147 | Construction of Goat Shelter for Community                                   |
|      148 | Construction of Piggery Shelter for Community                                |
|      149 | Construction of Poultry Shelter for Community                                |
|      150 | Repair and maintenance of Cattle Shelter for Community                       |
|      151 | Repair and maintenance of Goat Shelter for Community                         |
|      152 | Repair and maintenance of Piggery Shelter for Community                      |
|      153 | Repair and maintenance of Poultry Shelter for Community                      |
|      154 | Construction of Level Bench Terrace Terrace for Individual                   |
|      155 | Construction of Upland Bench Terrace Terrace for Individual                  |
|      156 | Construction of Level Bench Terrace Terrace for Community                    |
|      157 | Construction of Upland Bench Terrace Terrace for Community                   |
|      158 | Construction of Infrastructure for Azola cultivation for Individual          |
|      159 | Construction of Infrastructure for Azola cultivation for Community           |
|      160 | Repair and Maintenance of Infrastructure for Azola cultivation for Community |
|      161 | Construction of Infrastructure for Liquid Biomanure for Individuals          |
|      162 | Construction of Infrastructure for Liquid Biomanure for Groups               |
|      163 | Construction of Infrastructure for Liquid Biomanure for Community            |
|      164 | Repair and Maintenance of Infrastructure for Liquid Biomanure for Community  |