Lok Sabha Question No. 3340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Reduction in MGNREGS Funds
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, K. Muraleedharan

## 3340.   SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA: SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  average  monthly  employment  hours  provided  per  household  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS), since March, 2020, month-wise, as compared to previous years, disaggregated by State and gender of worker;
- (b) whether the Government has found MGNREGS to be an effective reliever of rural economic distress, particularly due to rural job losses during the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent migration to rural areas; and
- (c) if so, the reasons why the Government has reduced the allocation for MGNREGS from Rs 1,11,500 crore Revised Estimates in 2020-21 to Rs. 73,000 crore in the Budget Estimate for 2021-22?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is monitored in terms of person-days. State-wise and month-wise number of days of employment provided per household since March 2020 is given at Annexure.

(b)&(c): Mahatma Gandhi NREG Scheme is a demand driven wage employment programme which provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. During FY 2020-21, more than 363 crore person-days have been generated as on 12.03.2021 which is approximately 40% more than the employment generated during the same period in FY

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3340 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2021

## REDUCTION IN MGNREGS FUNDS

2019-20. During FY 2020-21, more than 1.75 crore new job cards have been issued so far which is 153% more than the total number of new job card issued during FY 2019-20. Government has enhanced the financial allocation under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for financial year 2020-21 from Rs.61,500 crore at BE to Rs.1,11,500 crore at RE and so far about Rs.97,057 crore has been released in the current financial year.

An amount of Rs.73,000 crore has been allocated for FY 2021-22 as BE which is 18.69% more than B.E. of FY 2020-21. Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is a demand driven wage employment programme. Fund release to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed to making funds available keeping in view the demand for work. The Ministry seeks additional funds from Ministry of Finance as and when required for meeting the demand for work on the ground.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3340 dated 16.03.2021

| days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                 | State/ UT                                                              | March, 2020                                                            | March, 2021                                                            | April, 2019                                                            | April, 2020                                                            | May, 2019                                                              | May, 2020                                                              | June, 2019                                                             | June, 2020                                                             | July, 2019                                                             | July, 2020                                                             | August, 2019                                                           | August, 2020                                                           |
| 1                                                                      | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                         | 10.2                                                                   | 4.8                                                                    | 14.1                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 18.6                                                                   | 18.0                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 19.6                                                                   | 8.5                                                                    | 10.5                                                                   | 8.5                                                                    | 8.8                                                                    |
| 2                                                                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                      | 13.9                                                                   | 5.1                                                                    | 14.2                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 17.1                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 13.6                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 17.0                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   |
| 3                                                                      | ASSAM                                                                  | 10.7                                                                   | 7.3                                                                    | 12.0                                                                   | 6.5                                                                    | 13.7                                                                   | 11.1                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 11.2                                                                   | 12.1                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 11.7                                                                   |
| 4                                                                      | BIHAR                                                                  | 13.7                                                                   | 5.3                                                                    | 18.4                                                                   | 16.8                                                                   | 18.7                                                                   | 18.7                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 17.4                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 16.9                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   |
| 5                                                                      | CHHATTISGARH                                                           | 12.5                                                                   | 8.3                                                                    | 20.0                                                                   | 13.8                                                                   | 20.3                                                                   | 21.5                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 11.0                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 12.2                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | GOA                                                                    | 8.0                                                                    | 4.6                                                                    | 6.4                                                                    | 5.7                                                                    | 6.7                                                                    | 10.8                                                                   | 7.6                                                                    | 9.4                                                                    | 10.6                                                                   | 9.5                                                                    | 8.6                                                                    | 7.8                                                                    |
| 7                                                                      | GUJARAT                                                                | 11.9                                                                   | 7.0                                                                    | 20.0                                                                   | 11.9                                                                   | 22.0                                                                   | 21.4                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 19.9                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 14.3                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   |
| 8                                                                      | HARYANA                                                                | 9.2                                                                    | 4.5                                                                    | 15.1                                                                   | 8.8                                                                    | 13.0                                                                   | 11.3                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 13.0                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 12.3                                                                   |
| 9                                                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                       | 11.3                                                                   | 4.2                                                                    | 15.5                                                                   | 13.6                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 16.6                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 18.1                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 17.8                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   |
| 10                                                                     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                      | 18.8                                                                   | 9.0                                                                    | 22.9                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 21.9                                                                   | 19.3                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 19.6                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 21.6                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 19.9                                                                   |
| 11                                                                     | JHARKHAND                                                              | 10.5                                                                   | 6.1                                                                    | 16.5                                                                   | 11.2                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 12.2                                                                   |
| 12                                                                     | KARNATAKA                                                              | 14.4                                                                   | 9.5                                                                    | 18.7                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 20.0                                                                   | 18.8                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 18.5                                                                   | 18.5                                                                   | 17.7                                                                   | 18.0                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   |
| 13                                                                     | KERALA                                                                 | 9.5                                                                    | 4.8                                                                    | 9.3                                                                    | 6.0                                                                    | 10.7                                                                   | 9.2                                                                    | 9.8                                                                    | 11.8                                                                   | 10.9                                                                   | 11.1                                                                   | 9.5                                                                    | 9.1                                                                    |
| 14                                                                     | LADAKH                                                                 | 17.0                                                                   | 7.6                                                                    | 15.1                                                                   | 11.2                                                                   | 17.6                                                                   | 17.1                                                                   | 12.9                                                                   | 19.0                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 20.2                                                                   | 17.0                                                                   | 19.7                                                                   |
| 15                                                                     | MADHYAPRADESH                                                          | 12.5                                                                   | 8.3                                                                    | 19.5                                                                   | 10.8                                                                   | 19.0                                                                   | 20.1                                                                   | 17.9                                                                   | 19.8                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 16.8                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | MAHARASHTRA                                                            | 13.1                                                                   | 9.5                                                                    | 17.2                                                                   | 13.5                                                                   | 18.4                                                                   | 17.5                                                                   | 17.1                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 14.3                                                                   |
| 17                                                                     | MANIPUR                                                                | 12.8                                                                   | 3.9                                                                    | 8.8                                                                    | 8.0                                                                    | 8.9                                                                    | 10.8                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 11.9                                                                   | 9.4                                                                    | 14.4                                                                   | 12.0                                                                   | 13.7                                                                   |
| 18                                                                     | MEGHALAYA                                                              | 15.4                                                                   | 4.5                                                                    | 15.3                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 17.5                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 17.7                                                                   |
| 19                                                                     | MIZORAM                                                                | 4.2                                                                    | 3.9                                                                    | 11.9                                                                   | 5.0                                                                    | 13.8                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 13.5                                                                   | 6.1                                                                    | 14.0                                                                   | 8.3                                                                    | 12.4                                                                   |
| 20                                                                     | NAGALAND                                                               | 8.0                                                                    | 3.5                                                                    | 5.2                                                                    | 2.8                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 10.6                                                                   | 8.1                                                                    | 8.4                                                                    | 9.8                                                                    | 8.3                                                                    | 8.6                                                                    | 7.7                                                                    |
| 21                                                                     | ODISHA                                                                 | 16.3                                                                   | 7.4                                                                    | 15.4                                                                   | 14.5                                                                   | 16.9                                                                   | 19.3                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 18.8                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 17.4                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 16.9                                                                   |
| 22                                                                     | PUNJAB                                                                 | 7.6                                                                    | 5.5                                                                    | 10.9                                                                   | 9.3                                                                    | 10.1                                                                   | 9.0                                                                    | 10.6                                                                   | 9.9                                                                    | 10.7                                                                   | 12.1                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 11.7                                                                   |
| 23                                                                     | RAJASTHAN                                                              | 10.5                                                                   | 3.0                                                                    | 19.4                                                                   | 12.9                                                                   | 21.0                                                                   | 18.7                                                                   | 19.2                                                                   | 20.5                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 17.8                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   |
| 24                                                                     | SIKKIM                                                                 | 12.4                                                                   | 4.9                                                                    | 14.2                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 17.0                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   |
| 25                                                                     | TAMIL NADU                                                             | 7.2                                                                    | 5.0                                                                    | 8.8                                                                    | 4.6                                                                    | 11.0                                                                   | 7.6                                                                    | 9.8                                                                    | 9.7                                                                    | 9.7                                                                    | 10.4                                                                   | 9.3                                                                    | 8.4                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | TELANGANA                                                              | 8.3                                                                    | 6.5                                                                    | 18.3                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 20.7                                                                   | 23.7                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   | 13.7                                                                   | 9.7                                                                    | 9.3                                                                    | 9.1                                                                    | 9.1                                                                    |
| 27                                                                     | TRIPURA                                                                | 11.0                                                                   | 6.1                                                                    | 8.5                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 9.7                                                                    | 11.1                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 11.9                                                                   | 12.5                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 12.3                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   |
| 28                                                                     | UTTAR PRADESH                                                          | 10.4                                                                   | 4.3                                                                    | 17.8                                                                   | 10.3                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 13.5                                                                   | 12.7                                                                   |
| 29                                                                     | UTTARAKHAND                                                            | 12.8                                                                   | 5.8                                                                    | 17.3                                                                   | 13.0                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   |
| 30                                                                     | WEST BENGAL                                                            | 14.4                                                                   | 6.1                                                                    | 21.3                                                                   | 17.5                                                                   | 19.7                                                                   | 17.7                                                                   | 19.0                                                                   | 17.7                                                                   | 18.4                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 18.6                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   |
| 31                                                                     | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                                                       | 8.7                                                                    | 5.2                                                                    | 8.0                                                                    | 8.2                                                                    | 15.0                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 10.9                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 11.7                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 8.8                                                                    | 11.0                                                                   |
| 32                                                                     | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI                                                     | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    |
| 33                                                                     | DAMAN &DIU                                                             | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    |
| 34                                                                     | LAKSHADWEEP                                                            | 14.1                                                                   | 0.0                                                                    | 12.0                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 0.0                                                                    | 21.1                                                                   | 26.0                                                                   | 17.6                                                                   | 21.1                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   |
|                                                                        |                                                                        | 6.9                                                                    |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        | 6.3                                                                    |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        | 7.7                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 7.4                                                                    | 7.4                                                                    |
| 35                                                                     | PUDUCHERRY Total                                                       | 11.5                                                                   | 2.1 6.8                                                                | 4.6 16.1                                                               | 5.0 12.8                                                               | 17.4                                                                   | 6.3 17.2                                                               | 6.9 14.9                                                               | 8.9 16.5                                                               | 12.9                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 13.0                                                                   |

| Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | Days of Employment Provided per Household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   |
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| S. No.                                                                 | State/ UT                                                              | September, 2019                                                        | September, 2020                                                        | October, 2019                                                          | October, 2020                                                          | November, 2019                                                         | November, 2020                                                         | December, 2019                                                         | December, 2020                                                         | January, 2020                                                          | January, 2021                                                          | February, 2020                                                         | February, 2021                                                         |
| 1                                                                      | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                         | 9.4                                                                    | 8.2                                                                    | 9.9                                                                    | 8.0                                                                    | 9.4                                                                    | 7.6                                                                    | 9.0                                                                    | 8.5                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 6.5                                                                    | 10.7                                                                   | 8.7                                                                    |
| 2                                                                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                      | 15.6                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 13.6                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 13.9                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 14.3                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 16.6                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   |
| 3                                                                      | ASSAM                                                                  | 11.9                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 10.5                                                                   | 11.7                                                                   | 12.1                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 12.0                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 12.5                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   |
| 4                                                                      | BIHAR                                                                  | 15.9                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 16.6                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 16.8                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 17.1                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   |
| 5                                                                      | CHHATTISGARH                                                           | 12.3                                                                   | 12.3                                                                   | 14.5                                                                   | 12.9                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 18.0                                                                   | 11.1                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 18.3                                                                   |
| 6                                                                      | GOA                                                                    | 6.2                                                                    | 7.6                                                                    | 11.7                                                                   | 8.6                                                                    | 7.9                                                                    | 11.3                                                                   | 11.9                                                                   | 9.3                                                                    | 10.3                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 8.5                                                                    |
| 7                                                                      | GUJARAT                                                                | 15.1                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   |
| 8                                                                      | HARYANA                                                                | 12.6                                                                   | 12.9                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 13.8                                                                   | 14.1                                                                   | 14.3                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 13.8                                                                   | 11.0                                                                   |
| 9                                                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                       | 16.1                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   | 13.7                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   |
| 10                                                                     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                      | 17.9                                                                   | 18.3                                                                   | 20.0                                                                   | 21.4                                                                   | 21.1                                                                   | 21.6                                                                   | 21.1                                                                   | 20.1                                                                   | 22.2                                                                   | 20.3                                                                   | 23.0                                                                   | 19.9                                                                   |
| 11                                                                     | JHARKHAND                                                              | 12.6                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 12.2                                                                   | 14.1                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   | 12.4                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 12.0                                                                   |
| 12                                                                     | KARNATAKA                                                              | 17.0                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 16.8                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 16.8                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 17.5                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   |
| 13                                                                     | KERALA                                                                 | 7.6                                                                    | 10.7                                                                   | 10.8                                                                   | 11.6                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 11.4                                                                   | 10.3                                                                   | 10.4                                                                   | 10.7                                                                   | 10.9                                                                   | 11.1                                                                   | 10.8                                                                   |
| 14                                                                     | LADAKH                                                                 | 19.1                                                                   | 18.8                                                                   | 21.5                                                                   | 22.1                                                                   | 18.7                                                                   | 17.4                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 17.4                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 19.4                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   |
| 15                                                                     | MADHYAPRADESH                                                          | 15.2                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 17.8                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 17.3                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   |
| 16                                                                     | MAHARASHTRA                                                            | 14.5                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 14.6                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.3                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 18.2                                                                   | 16.0                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 16.6                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   |
| 17                                                                     | MANIPUR                                                                | 14.6                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 12.7                                                                   | 16.6                                                                   | 9.2                                                                    | 13.2                                                                   | 7.4                                                                    | 13.6                                                                   | 9.1                                                                    | 12.2                                                                   | 10.1                                                                   | 10.5                                                                   |
| 18                                                                     | MEGHALAYA                                                              | 18.4                                                                   | 18.6                                                                   | 18.4                                                                   | 18.8                                                                   | 17.8                                                                   | 17.2                                                                   | 17.4                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 19.6                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 20.4                                                                   | 16.3                                                                   |
| 19                                                                     | MIZORAM                                                                | 8.2                                                                    | 10.7                                                                   | 8.5                                                                    | 5.3                                                                    | 9.6                                                                    | 8.1                                                                    | 7.3                                                                    | 6.7                                                                    | 8.3                                                                    | 6.7                                                                    | 6.3                                                                    | 4.2                                                                    |
| 20                                                                     | NAGALAND                                                               | 8.9                                                                    | 7.0                                                                    | 9.6                                                                    | 8.0                                                                    | 8.9                                                                    | 6.8                                                                    | 8.1                                                                    | 7.1                                                                    | 9.6                                                                    | 6.4                                                                    | 8.2                                                                    | 7.9                                                                    |
| 21                                                                     | ODISHA                                                                 | 15.5                                                                   | 17.1                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 18.4                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 18.8                                                                   | 16.7                                                                   | 18.3                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   |
| 22                                                                     | PUNJAB                                                                 | 6.6                                                                    | 11.4                                                                   | 11.2                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 10.6                                                                   | 10.7                                                                   | 9.9                                                                    | 11.2                                                                   | 9.4                                                                    | 11.0                                                                   | 9.7                                                                    | 10.5                                                                   |
| 23                                                                     | RAJASTHAN                                                              | 15.2                                                                   | 15.5                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 15.7                                                                   | 13.8                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 14.4                                                                   | 14.5                                                                   | 15.2                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   |
| 24                                                                     | SIKKIM                                                                 | 14.3                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 15.6                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 14.6                                                                   | 13.8                                                                   | 15.4                                                                   | 13.9                                                                   |
| 25                                                                     | TAMIL NADU                                                             | 8.1                                                                    | 9.4                                                                    | 7.9                                                                    | 9.8                                                                    | 7.9                                                                    | 7.6                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 8.4                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    | 6.6                                                                    | 8.2                                                                    | 8.7                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | TELANGANA                                                              | 8.9                                                                    | 9.3                                                                    | 8.6                                                                    | 9.9                                                                    | 8.5                                                                    | 10.5                                                                   | 8.4                                                                    | 10.6                                                                   | 8.1                                                                    | 11.2                                                                   | 8.8                                                                    | 11.2                                                                   |
| 27                                                                     | TRIPURA                                                                | 11.4                                                                   | 13.4                                                                   | 10.1                                                                   | 10.2                                                                   | 10.5                                                                   | 11.3                                                                   | 10.6                                                                   | 12.5                                                                   | 10.6                                                                   | 12.0                                                                   | 12.0                                                                   | 11.8                                                                   |
| 28                                                                     | UTTAR PRADESH                                                          | 13.9                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   | 13.9                                                                   | 12.9                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 13.5                                                                   | 14.6                                                                   | 12.6                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 13.9                                                                   |
| 29                                                                     | UTTARAKHAND                                                            | 15.8                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 14.9                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 14.0                                                                   | 14.8                                                                   | 14.2                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.0                                                                   | 14.7                                                                   | 15.8                                                                   | 14.1                                                                   |
| 30                                                                     | WEST BENGAL                                                            | 15.4                                                                   | 15.1                                                                   | 16.5                                                                   | 14.9                                                                   | 17.0                                                                   | 15.9                                                                   | 18.0                                                                   | 16.4                                                                   | 18.6                                                                   | 16.1                                                                   | 18.7                                                                   | 14.1                                                                   |
| 31                                                                     | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                                                       | 11.1 0.0                                                               | 11.7 0.0                                                               | 13.7 0.0                                                               | 11.8 0.0                                                               | 12.8 0.0                                                               | 10.5                                                                   | 13.0                                                                   | 13.2 0.0                                                               | 13.2 0.0                                                               | 12.2 0.0                                                               | 11.9 0.0                                                               | 10.2 0.0                                                               |
| 33                                                                     | DAMAN &DIU                                                             |                                                                        | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    |                                                                        |                                                                        | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    |
| 32                                                                     | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI                                                     | 0.0                                                                    |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    | 0.0                                                                    |                                                                        |                                                                        |                                                                        |
| 34 35                                                                  | LAKSHADWEEP                                                            | 13.4                                                                   | 11.5                                                                   | 16.2                                                                   | 11.1                                                                   | 18.6 6.9                                                               | 22.9                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 28.7                                                                   | 16.3                                                                   | 18.6                                                                   | 14.1                                                                   | 9.5                                                                    |
|                                                                        | PUDUCHERRY                                                             | 6.0                                                                    | 7.5                                                                    | 6.2                                                                    | 7.2                                                                    |                                                                        | 4.6                                                                    | 7.6                                                                    | 4.6                                                                    | 5.8                                                                    | 4.0                                                                    | 8.5                                                                    | 3.5                                                                    |
|                                                                        | Total                                                                  | 12.1                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 12.7                                                                   | 13.2                                                                   | 13.6                                                                   | 12.8                                                                   | 14.4                                                                   | 13.7                                                                   | 14.6                                                                   | 13.3                                                                   | 14.3                                                                   | 13.1                                                                   |