Lok Sabha Question No. 332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 332 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## MGNREGS

## 332. SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of households which availed 100 days of work during the last three years under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the country, yearwise and State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the percentage of households who were provided/availed 100 days work is very low/marginal;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  ensure  that  all  the  households  are provided 100 days of work in the drought affected areas of the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  made  additional  provision  of  the  funds  and  if  so,  the details thereof and the response of State Governments thereto?

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

(a)to(c): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 provides 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.  The  demand  for  work  itself  is  influenced  by  various  factors  such  as  rain-fall  pattern, availability of alternative and remunerative employment opportunities outside MGNREGA and prevailing unskilled wage rates. State/UT-wise details of percentage of households availed 100 days of employment during the last three years under the MGNREGS are given at Annexure .

(d)&(e): The MGNREGA provides for at least 100 days of wage employment to every rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. An additional 50 days of wage employment are provided over and above 100 days in the notified drought affected areas of the States/UTs on recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.  The  Government  is  actively  engaged  with  the  State  Government  in  establishing systems  that  ensure  provision  of  work  as  per  demand.  To  generate  awareness  about  the provisions of the Scheme and to provide adequate employment opportunities to rural households  under  MGNREGS,  all  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  (i)  initiate  appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for wide dissemination  of  the  provisions  of  the  Act,  (ii)  prepare  plans  in  a  participatory  mode  and approve  them  in  the  Gram  Sabha,  and  (iii)  prepare  realistic  labour  budget  by  the  State. MGNREGA is a demand driven wage employment programme and fund release to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is making funds available keeping in view the demand for work.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a)to(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 332 dated 19.07.2018

| SI. No.   | State               | %age of households availed 100 days of employment   | %age of households availed 100 days of employment   | %age of households availed 100 days of employment   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.   | State               | 2017-18                                             | 2016-17                                             | 2015-16                                             |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 14.99                                               | 14.63                                               | 16.33                                               |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 0.00                                                | 0.02                                                | 1.06                                                |
| 3         | ASSAM               | 0.65                                                | 0.73                                                | 2.81                                                |
| 4         | BIHAR               | 0.69                                                | 0.62                                                | 3.90                                                |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH        | 13.91                                               | 8.11                                                | 11.16                                               |
| 6         | GOA                 | 0.09                                                | 0.49                                                | 0.36                                                |
| 7         | GUJARAT             | 1.30                                                | 1.15                                                | 3.46                                                |
| 8         | HARYANA             | 1.44                                                | 0.88                                                | 2.13                                                |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 2.76                                                | 2.10                                                | 4.82                                                |
| 10        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 5.41                                                | 5.57                                                | 5.32                                                |
| 11        | JHARKHAND           | 3.98                                                | 2.13                                                | 15.48                                               |
| 12        | KARNATAKA           | 1.58                                                | 10.80                                               | 10.76                                               |
| 13        | KERALA              | 8.95                                                | 7.77                                                | 11.02                                               |
| 14        | MADHYA PRADESH      | 3.87                                                | 5.03                                                | 8.35                                                |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA         | 11.87                                               | 11.71                                               | 17.13                                               |
| 16        | MANIPUR             | 0.00                                                | 0.00                                                | 0.00                                                |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA           | 26.94                                               | 20.86                                               | 13.24                                               |
| 18        | MIZORAM             | 0.00                                                | 29.87                                               | 0.00                                                |
| 19        | NAGALAND            | 0.05                                                | 0.04                                                | 0.35                                                |
| 20        | ODISHA              | 2.95                                                | 1.76                                                | 9.89                                                |
| 21        | PUNJAB              | 1.43                                                | 0.65                                                | 1.58                                                |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN           | 5.05                                                | 9.22                                                | 11.10                                               |
| 23        | SIKKIM              | 5.48                                                | 12.40                                               | 14.87                                               |
| 24        | TAMIL NADU          | 2.58                                                | 21.09                                               | 13.98                                               |
| 25        | TELANGANA           | 8.01                                                | 6.86                                                | 16.29                                               |
| 26        | TRIPURA             | 0.85                                                | 20.13                                               | 53.45                                               |
| 27        | UTTAR PRADESH       | 0.87                                                | 0.83                                                | 3.42                                                |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND         | 4.27                                                | 4.69                                                | 3.66                                                |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL         | 10.64                                               | 3.43                                                | 6.72                                                |
| 30        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0.38                                                | 4.05                                                | 2.12                                                |
| 31        | LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.71                                                | 0.00                                                | 2.26                                                |
| 32        | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.05                                                | 0.00                                                | 0.02                                                |