Lok Sabha Question No. 4593 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Implementation of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4593 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF MGNREGS

## 4593.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has made any assessment of the works done under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in providing employment to rural people during COVID-19 pandemic in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof, Statewise;
- (c) whether the Government has released any additional assistance to the States to meet the increased financial requirement as a result of the increased employment generated under MGNREGS;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has emphasized on GIS based planning, strengthening of Social Audit, recruitment of Ombudsman, geo-tagging of assets and monitoring of works; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a)  &  (b)  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  369  crore  person-days  have  been  generated  as  on  18.03.2021 which is approximately 40% more than the employment generated during the same period in FY 2019-20. During FY 2020-21, more than 1.77 crore new job cards have been issued so far which is  154%  more  than  the  total  number  of  new  job  cards  issued  during  FY  2019-20.  During  the current FY 2020-21, more than 10.98 Crore persons were provided employment so far which is

39% more than the persons provided employment during FY 2019-20 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

These are the indications of the fact that more and more workers have availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA owing to the distress arising out on accounts of COVID-19 pandemic across the county.

The State/UTs wise details of works completed and ongoing along with expenditure is given at Annexure I

- (c) & (d) 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 Rs.99,001 crore  (as  on  18.03.2021)  has  been  released  to  States/UTs  in  the  current  financial  year  202021. Fund release to the States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed to making funds available keeping in view the demand for work as per the Scheme guidelines. The  States/UTs-wise  release  of  fund  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  current financial year 2020-21 (as on 18.03.2021) is given at Annexure II .

(e) & (f) The implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is the responsibility of Government of States/UTs. During various review meetings like Mid Term Review, Labour Budget Meetings, Labour  Budget  Review  Meetings  and  other  review  meetings  Government  has  emphasized  on GIS  based  planning,  strengthening  of  Social  Audit,  recruitment  of  Ombudspersons  in  all districts, geo-tagging of assets and monitoring of works.

The Ministry  has  initiated  an  integrated  holistic  planning  of  the  Gram  Panchayats  based  on watershed development using Geographical Information System (GIS) approach. The Government of India has decided to saturate all Gram Panchayats with GIS plan. So far, GIS plans for 43,592 GPs have been designed.

The  Central  Government,  in  consultation  with  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  of  India (C&AG)  has  notified  The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Audit  of Schemes Rules, 2011, and the Auditing Standards for Social Audit, to strengthen the process of social  audits.  Ministry  has  advised  all  States  /  UTs  to  adopt  the  Auditing  Standards  for  the functioning of social audit units and conduct social audits in all Gram Panchayats atleast once in every year.

The Ministry rolled out Geo-MGNREGA phase I and Phase II for geo-tagging of assets created under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. So far more than 4.33 crore assets have been geo-tagged and made available in the public domain .

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Annexure I Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.4593 dated 23.03.2021

| Number of works completed and ongoing under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (as on 19.03.2021)   | Number of works completed and ongoing under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (as on 19.03.2021)   | Number of works completed and ongoing under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (as on 19.03.2021)   | Number of works completed and ongoing under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (as on 19.03.2021)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                              | State/ UT                                                                                           | Number of Completed Works                                                                           | Number of Ongoing Works                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                                   | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                                 | 228                                                                                                 | 1,172                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                   | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                      | 7,63,123                                                                                            | 7,53,858                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                   | 972                                                                                                 | 6,395                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                   | ASSAM                                                                                               | 1,20,219                                                                                            | 3,07,739                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                   | BIHAR                                                                                               | 9,26,471                                                                                            | 20,92,830                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                                   | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                        | 2,22,974                                                                                            | 3,22,431                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                   | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                   | DAMAN &DIU                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                   | GOA                                                                                                 | 89                                                                                                  | 645                                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                                  | GUJARAT                                                                                             | 1,39,922                                                                                            | 1,58,101                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                                  | HARYANA                                                                                             | 13,076                                                                                              | 35,651                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                    | 58,790                                                                                              | 1,36,428                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                                  | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                   | 44,803                                                                                              | 2,71,164                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                                  | JHARKHAND                                                                                           | 4,63,269                                                                                            | 9,61,915                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                  | KARNATAKA                                                                                           | 3,46,979                                                                                            | 14,39,942                                                                                           |
| 16                                                                                                  | KERALA                                                                                              | 1,53,912                                                                                            | 3,97,594                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                                  | LADAKH                                                                                              | 246                                                                                                 | 9,109                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                  | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                   | 176                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                      | 6,81,642                                                                                            | 7,54,661                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                  | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                         | 2,42,055                                                                                            | 6,07,675                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                                  | MANIPUR                                                                                             | 8,461                                                                                               | 20,247                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                  | MEGHALAYA                                                                                           | 14,282                                                                                              | 53,923                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                                  | MIZORAM                                                                                             | 23,237                                                                                              | 2,279                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                  | NAGALAND                                                                                            | 1,268                                                                                               | 6,795                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                  | ODISHA                                                                                              | 3,58,923                                                                                            | 9,78,434                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                  | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                          | 724                                                                                                 | 198                                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                                  | PUNJAB                                                                                              | 26,748                                                                                              | 1,40,044                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                  | RAJASTHAN                                                                                           | 3,55,443                                                                                            | 8,47,738                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                                  | SIKKIM                                                                                              | 4,588                                                                                               | 9,446                                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                                  | TAMIL NADU                                                                                          | 4,00,189                                                                                            | 5,04,424                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                                  | TELANGANA                                                                                           | 6,42,803                                                                                            | 8,24,498                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                                  | TRIPURA                                                                                             | 61,529                                                                                              | 63,721                                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                                  | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                       | 4,79,598                                                                                            | 22,56,905                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                                  | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                         | 54,005                                                                                              | 1,15,579                                                                                            |
| 35                                                                                                  | WEST BENGAL                                                                                         | 12,80,350                                                                                           | 20,92,913                                                                                           |

Annexure II Annexure referred in reply to parts (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4593 dated 23.03.2021

(Rs. in crore)

| State/UT wise central funds release under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2020-21   | State/UT wise central funds release under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2020-21   | State/UT wise central funds release under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in FY 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                         | States/UTs                                                                     |                                                                                |
| 1                                                                              | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                            | 4.86                                                                           |
| 2                                                                              | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                 | 8412.52                                                                        |
| 3                                                                              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                              | 291.03                                                                         |
| 4                                                                              | ASSAM                                                                          | 2246.98                                                                        |
| 5                                                                              | BIHAR                                                                          | 5872.08                                                                        |
| 6                                                                              | CHHATTISGARH                                                                   | 3259.08                                                                        |
| 7                                                                              | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI                                                             | 0.00                                                                           |
| 8                                                                              | DAMAN &DIU                                                                     | 0.00                                                                           |
| 9                                                                              | GOA                                                                            | 0.91                                                                           |
| 10                                                                             | GUJARAT                                                                        | 1431.96                                                                        |
| 11                                                                             | HARYANA                                                                        | 744.52                                                                         |
| 12                                                                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                               | 936.92                                                                         |
| 13                                                                             | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                              | 991.70                                                                         |
| 14                                                                             | JHARKHAND                                                                      | 2978.07                                                                        |
| 15                                                                             | KARNATAKA                                                                      | 5402.29                                                                        |
| 16                                                                             | KERALA                                                                         | 3867.19                                                                        |
| 17                                                                             | LADAKH                                                                         | 0.00                                                                           |
| 18                                                                             | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                    | 0.00                                                                           |
| 19                                                                             | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                 | 8510.37                                                                        |
| 20                                                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                                                    | 1550.53                                                                        |
| 21                                                                             | MANIPUR                                                                        | 821.23                                                                         |
| 22                                                                             | MEGHALAYA                                                                      | 1217.38                                                                        |
| 23                                                                             | MIZORAM                                                                        | 594.98                                                                         |
| 24                                                                             | NAGALAND                                                                       | 483.82                                                                         |
| 25                                                                             | ODISHA                                                                         | 5099.38                                                                        |
| 26                                                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                                                     | 27.08                                                                          |
| 27                                                                             | PUNJAB                                                                         | 1214.75                                                                        |
| 28                                                                             | RAJASTHAN                                                                      | 7916.33                                                                        |
| 29                                                                             | SIKKIM                                                                         | 98.04                                                                          |
| 30                                                                             | TAMIL NADU                                                                     | 8280.88                                                                        |
| 31                                                                             | TELANGANA                                                                      | 3748.30                                                                        |
| 32                                                                             | TRIPURA                                                                        | 1164.23                                                                        |
| 33                                                                             | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                  | 10813.23                                                                       |
| 34                                                                             | UTTARAKHAND                                                                    | 858.68                                                                         |
| 35                                                                             | WEST BENGAL                                                                    | 10162.24                                                                       |
|                                                                                | Total                                                                          | 99001.54                                                                       |