Lok Sabha Question No. 1808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Budgetary Allocation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): The  details  of  achievement  made  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as per Management Information System (MIS) are as under:
- (c): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  regular  interaction  with  all  the  Stakeholders including Banks on the issues related to delay in wage payments to workers and suggested several measures like (i) standardization of rejection codes for transaction (ii) preparation of dashboard for tracking transactions (iii) timely generation and sharing of payments scroll with PFMS. All these measures help to remove most of the banking issues in wage payments.

| ACTIVITY                            | Since inception till 18.12.2018   |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Persondays generated (No. in crore) | 2707.56                           |
| Works completed (No. in crore)      | 4.03                              |
| Expenditure (Rs. In crore)          | 4,95,889.83                       |

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1808

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION UNDER MGNREGS

## 1808.   KM. SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the budget allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been increased during the current financial year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the achievements made under MGNREGS;
- (c) the  measures  taken  to  remove  most  of  the  banking  issues  that  act  as  a  hindrance  for MGNREGS wage payment;
- (d) whether 20th Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) meeting was held recently and if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereof;
- (e) whether MGNREGS has become more encompassing and 260 types of works have been covered under it and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to provide insurance to the workers under MGNREGS and  link  MGNREGS to  'Pradhan Mantri  Suraksha Bima  Yojana' and if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (d): Yes Madam. 20 th Central  Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) meeting was held at Bhopal  on  14 th September,  2018.  The  members  of  the  CEGC  made  several  suggestions  for effective implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
- (e): As per Schedule-1 of the Act, the following works are categorized as below:

- I.

- Category: A : Public works relating to Natural Resource Management

- II.

- Category: B : (Community assets or Individual assets) for vulnerable sections

- III. Category: C : Common Infrastructure (including for NRLM) Compliant Self Help Groups

- IV.

- Category:  D : Rural Infrastructure

260  combinations  of  works/activities  have  been  identified  as  permissible  works.  181 works  relate  to  Natural  Resource  Management (NRM)  and  out  of  these  works,  84  are  water related. 164 of the total works are related to Agriculture & Agriculture Allied Works.

- (f): Advisory  has  been  issued  to  the  States/  UTs  for  opening  of  account  of  MGNREGA workers  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Dhan  Yojna  and  their  enrolment  under  the  various  pension schemes of the Government.

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