Lok Sabha Question No. 1530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Wage Rates under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE, GANESH SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1530

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## WAGE RATES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1530.   SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE: SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether minimum wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are same across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred under the said scheme during the last five years in the country, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) whether the provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act are being violated in  the  States  where  the  wages  are  lower  than  minimum  rates  prescribed  under MGNREGS;
- (e) the reasons for differential rates of wages in Madhya Pradesh and its border areas despite having similar geographical conditions; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to implement uniform wages in these States and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a),(b), (d) & (e): As  per  section  6(1)  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  2005, the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  notifies  MGNREGA wage  rates  every  year  for  all  States/UTs.  To  compensate  the  MGNREGA  workers  against inflation, the Ministry of Rural Development revises the wage rates based on Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) every year for all States/UTs. The revised wage rates are made  applicable from 1 st April of the year. MGNREGA  wages  are  paid  based  on measurement of work done i.e. piece rate basis. Every State has its defined Schedule of Rates on the basis of which the work output is defined and used to calculate the wages for MGNREGA beneficiaries. The actual wage payable is calculated based on the output of the worker. Statewise  prevailing  minimum  wage  rates  under  MGNREGA  during  the  current  FY  2018-19  are given at Annexure-I.

- (c): MGNREGA is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme.  Hence  no  State/UTwise allocation of fund is made. State/UTs-wise details of central fund released and expenditure including Madhya Pradesh under MGNREGS during the last five years are given at AnnexureII .

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State/UT-wise wage rate under MGNREGA

|   No. | State/ Union territory   | Wage rate in Rs. per day w.e.f 1 st April, 2018           |
|-------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Andhra Pradesh           | Rs. 205.00                                                |
|     2 | Arunachal Pradesh        | Rs.177.00                                                 |
|     3 | Assam                    | Rs.189.00                                                 |
|     4 | Bihar                    | Rs.168.00                                                 |
|     5 | Chhattisgarh             | Rs.174.00                                                 |
|     6 | Gujarat                  | Rs.194.00                                                 |
|     7 | Goa                      | Rs.254.00                                                 |
|     8 | Haryana                  | Rs.281.00                                                 |
|     9 | Himachal Pradesh         | Non-scheduled Areas-Rs. 184.00 Scheduled Areas-Rs. 230.00 |
|    10 | Jammu and Kashmir        | Rs.186.00                                                 |
|    11 | Jharkhand                | Rs.168.00                                                 |
|    12 | Karnataka                | Rs.249.00                                                 |
|    13 | Kerala                   | Rs.271.00                                                 |
|    14 | Madhya Pradesh           | Rs.174.00                                                 |
|    15 | Maharashtra              | Rs.203.00                                                 |
|    16 | Manipur                  | Rs.209.00                                                 |
|    17 | Meghalaya                | Rs.181.00                                                 |
|    18 | Mizoram                  | Rs.194.00                                                 |
|    19 | Nagaland                 | Rs.177.00                                                 |
|    20 | Odisha                   | Rs.182.00                                                 |
|    21 | Punjab                   | Rs.240.00                                                 |
|    22 | Rajasthan                | Rs.192.00                                                 |
|    23 | Sikkim                   | Rs.177.00                                                 |
|    24 | Tamil Nadu               | Rs.224.00                                                 |
|    25 | Telangana                | Rs.205.00                                                 |
|    26 | Tripura                  | Rs.177.00                                                 |
|    27 | Uttar Pradesh            | Rs.175.00                                                 |
|    28 | Uttarakhand              | Rs.175.00                                                 |
|    29 | West Bengal              | Rs.191.00                                                 |
|    30 | Andaman and Nicobar      | Andaman District Rs. 250.00 Nicobar District              |
|    31 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | Rs.220.00                                                 |
|    32 | Daman and Diu            | Rs.197.00                                                 |
|    33 | Lakshadweep              | Rs.248.00                                                 |
|    34 | Puducherry               | Rs.224.00                                                 |
|    35 | Chandigarh               | Rs.273.00                                                 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1530 dated 26.07.2018

(Rs. in crore)

| SI.   |                     | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Central Fund Release   | Expenditure         | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| No.   | State               | 2017-18*               | 2016-17*               | 2015-16                | 2014-15                | 2013-14                | 2017-18 Provisional | 2016-17       | 2015-16       | 2014-15       | 2013-14       |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 5139.48                | 3940.21                | 3073.80                | 2903.14                | 4750.49                | 6432.36             | 4568.71       | 4706.49       | 2881.23       | 5340.32       |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 207.17                 | 156.76                 | 43.95                  | 27.04                  | 138.5267               | 225.70              | 156.25        | 66.24         | 35.09         | 95.82         |
| 3     | ASSAM               | 1127.35                | 1254.60                | 878.30                 | 500.23                 | 573.4995               | 1531.37             | 1501.09       | 620.50        | 497.31        | 699.59        |
| 4     | BIHAR               | 2474.32                | 1667.41                | 1024.12                | 959.68                 | 1580.7067              | 2931.96             | 2192.51       | 1625.84       | 1060.85       | 2030.71       |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH        | 2911.54                | 2231.94                | 1063.41                | 1505.70                | 1446.0231              | 3311.51             | 2752.90       | 1282.95       | 1751.54       | 2023.64       |
| 6     | GUJARAT             | 826.88                 | 643.24                 | 305.99                 | 354.43                 | 335.3002               | 894.77              | 742.14        | 428.61        | 470.19        | 488.50        |
| 7     | HARYANA             | 301.41                 | 287.71                 | 124.71                 | 167.15                 | 376.8781               | 319.07              | 324.63        | 142.36        | 215.75        | 381.27        |
| 8     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 588.24                 | 388.61                 | 396.10                 | 355.43                 | 477.9709               | 568.08              | 563.00        | 392.01        | 405.96        | 568.03        |
| 9     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 1254.18                | 804.09                 | 558.02                 | 521.71                 | 603.1573               | 1169.93             | 837.70        | 767.39        | 390.53        | 764.38        |
| 10    | JHARKHAND           | 1360.76                | 1679.14                | 978.80                 | 724.33                 | 621.4328               | 1530.05             | 1841.65       | 1331.43       | 1016.53       | 911.75        |
| 11    | KARNATAKA           | 2964.49                | 2258.65                | 991.55                 | 1716.87                | 1596.0681              | 3001.45             | 3309.59       | 1821.95       | 1663.53       | 2062.97       |
| 12    | KERALA              | 1858.25                | 1582.49                | 1526.34                | 1587.58                | 1277.1093              | 1903.26             | 2422.90       | 1483.40       | 1616.77       | 1300.41       |
| 13    | MADHYAPRADESH       | 3777.70                | 3448.92                | 2367.32                | 2451.63                | 1839.8244              | 4254.59             | 3648.28       | 2500.69       | 2808.41       | 2580.69       |
| 14    | MAHARASHTRA         | 1863.50                | 1657.09                | 1238.35                | 799.52                 | 1152.9202              | 2309.22             | 2094.76       | 1857.43       | 1608.90       | 1266.48       |
| 15    | MANIPUR             | 158.53                 | 343.70                 | 255.32                 | 219.97                 | 231                    | 195.08              | 369.80        | 231.22        | 267.13        | 254.76        |
| 16    | MEGHALAYA           | 874.25                 | 860.69                 | 221.83                 | 277.86                 | 271.0621               | 1134.71             | 794.37        | 272.31        | 309.11        | 317.48        |
| 17    | MIZORAM             | 201.55                 | 144.51                 | 285.17                 | 111.41                 | 244.7427               | 212.35              | 149.83        | 298.59        | 114.20        | 257.72        |
| 18    | NAGALAND            | 1107.39                | 501.53                 | 266.66                 | 113.05                 | 292.148                | 965.17              | 618.73        | 194.85        | 157.82        | 294.80        |
| 19    | ODISHA              | 2203.67                | 1895.27                | 1479.41                | 1035.30                | 757.5284               | 2506.20             | 2136.09       | 2051.51       | 1059.86       | 1281.68       |
| 20    | PUNJAB              | 621.41                 | 490.73                 | 245.33                 | 189.48                 | 226.1548               | 638.47              | 533.74        | 300.27        | 212.45        | 258.85        |
| 21    | RAJASTHAN           | 4728.28                | 4818.17                | 2695.83                | 2976.10                | 2059.4332              | 5145.18             | 5154.87       | 3267.39       | 3251.30       | 2624.73       |
| 22    | SIKKIM              | 106.36                 | 132.63                 | 86.23                  | 73.86                  | 106.8417               | 124.64              | 137.56        | 95.22         | 76.43         | 108.89        |
| 23    | TAMIL NADU          | 5856.44                | 4552.78                | 5470.37                | 3781.80                | 4690.2112              | 6358.69             | 5677.92       | 6027.54       | 3623.99       | 3903.44       |
| 24    | TELANGANA           | 2548.07                | 1806.85                | 1824.85                | 1919.96                | -                      | 2788.21             | 2112.56       | 2407.34       | 1929.98       | -             |
| 25    | TRIPURA             | 407.41                 | 1016.29                | 1358.94                | 636.62                 | 943.6649               | 466.50              | 1200.34       | 1371.40       | 816.97        | 1074.76       |
| 26    | UTTAR PRADESH       | 3702.24                | 3915.85                | 2695.69                | 2513.41                | 2896.3901              | 4503.79             | 4254.95       | 2976.13       | 3128.03       | 3446.18       |
| 27    | UTTARAKHAND         | 718.65                 | 514.35                 | 450.77                 | 286.36                 | 330.005                | 692.57              | 720.29        | 492.56        | 322.66        | 380.63        |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL         | 5960.36                | 5377.23                | 4711.74                | 3744.95                | 2894.3819              | 7917.77             | 7246.04       | 4846.00       | 3995.64       | 3724.04       |
| 29    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 9.66                   | 8.01                   | 10.36                  | 13.02                  | 19.18096               | 4.17                | 2.68          | 3.99          | 9.75          | 17.56         |
| 30    | GOA                 | 0.56                   | 4.26                   | 2.47                   | 1.38                   | 2.0586                 | 2.87                | 4.00          | 3.01          | 4.57          | 2.97          |
| 31    | LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.27                   | 0.00                   | 0.12                   | 0.45                   | 0.1693                 | 0.20                | 0.20          | 0.30          | 0.71          | 0.74          |
| 32    | PUDUCHERRY          | 15.69                  | 3.47                   | 12.93                  | 7.40                   | 8.7998                 | 14.56               | 11.01         | 9.18          | 6.50          | 11.37         |
|       | Total               | 55876.07               | 48387.16               | 36644.80               | 32476.87               | 32743.68               | 64054.44            | 58081.07      | 43876.09      | 35709.68      | 38475.15      |