Lok Sabha Question No. 1442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Implementation of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1442

ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## IMPLEMENTATION OF MGNREGS

## 1442.   DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised during the last two years and the current  year  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS), State-wise including Bihar;
- (b) the number of migrant workers/people registered under the scheme, State-wise including Bihar in the current year including Kishanganj Parliamentary Constituency;
- (c ) whether the Government is planning to expand the scope and coverage of the scheme and increase the amount provided presently and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the Government has made any provision for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## 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. Hence no State/UT-wise allocation of  funds  is  made.   States/UTs-wise  including  Bihar  details  of  central  funds  released  and  total expenditure  during  the  last  two  years  and  the  current  FY  2020-21,  as  on  16.09.2020  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is given at Annexure-I.
- (b):    Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment scheme.  Every  adult member of a household in a rural area, having job card (as per Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act), is eligible for a demand for a job under the scheme.  There is no provision to register a Job card holder categorised as migrant labourers/ family in the job card in the scheme.  A job card can be issued to a migrant labour/family as per the provision of the Act against a demand by the migrant labour/family. A total of 86,81,928 new job card during the current FY so far, has been issued as compared to 36,64,368 new job card issued during the same period of the FY 2019-20.

Number of persons registered in Kishanganj, Bihar in FY 2020-21 (till 16th September 2020) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is 4,81,698.

Details, State/UT-wise including Bihar, of total Number of Registered Persons under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 till 16 September 2020 are given at AnnexureII.

- (c):      Recently  on  2.7.2020,  the permissible  works  under  the  Scheme have been enhanced by adding unskilled wage component of 230 persondays for construction of Community Sanitary Complexes in convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) and Dragon fruit plantation.

The  Ministry  also  issues  convergence  guidelines  with  other  Ministries/  Departments from  time  to  time  for  creating  more  employment  opportunities  in  rural  areas.  Recently  such convergence  guidelines  have  been  issued,  in  the  area of  water  conservation  and  water management,  for  promoting  Nutri-  Garden  for  individual  beneficiaries  and  community  in convergence  with  State  Schemes  and  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission,  for  construction  of Gram  Panchayat  Bhawan  in  convergence  with  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  and  Finance Commission  Funds  for  FY  2020-21,  to  promote  fodder  farms  with  Department  of  Animal Husbandry and to promote medicinal plants with Ministry of Ayush. Also for effective planning through technical expertise, involvement of people at grass root level and execution of works, Cluster Facilitation Project (CFP) has been launched in 250 blocks in 117 Aspirational districts and 50 blocks in other backward areas of the country for enhancing absorbing capacity of the Scheme through improvised implementation planning.

(d):    The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA), 2005 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  rural  household  including  SCs/STs  households  whose  adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. An additional 50 days of wage employment beyond the stipulated 100 days has been permitted for title holders under the Forest Rights Act, provided that these households have no other private property except for the land rights provided under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Works creating individual assets shall be prioritised on land or homestead owned by households belonging to the:

- (a)      Scheduled Castes
- (b)     Scheduled Tribes
- (c)      nomadic tribes
- (d)     denotified tribes
- (e)      other families below the poverty line
- (f)      women-headed households
- (g)     physically handicapped headed households
- (h)     beneficiaries of land reforms
- (i)      the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin

(j) beneficiaries under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007), and

(k)     after exhausting the eligible beneficiaries under the above categories, on lands of the small or marginal farmers as defined in the Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 subject  to  the  condition  that  such  households  shall  have  a  job  card  with  at  least  one  member willing to work on the project undertaken on their land or homestead.

In the current FY 2020-21, so far, 124.40 lakh person-days for SCs (20.5%) and 92.49 lakh person-days for STs (18%) have been generated.

Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1442 dated 20.09.2020.

Central  funds  released  and  expenditure  by  the  States/UTs  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS during last two years and current FY 2020-21 (as on 17.09.2020)

(Rs. in lakh)

|                             |                             | 2018-19                     | 2018-19                     | 2019-20                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21   | 2020-21      |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|--------------|
| No.                         | States/UTs                  | Released                    | Expenditure*Released        |                                 | Expenditure*                    | Released  | Expenditure* |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 657110.67                   | 829316.33                   | 720472.46                       | 545473.87                       | 708880.74 | 692881.51    |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 19800.64                    | 21338.60                    | 21020.01                        | 15877.67                        | 20641.62  | 28167.73     |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 103097.37                   | 133846.99                   | 168752.49                       | 148816.28                       | 111569.31 | 73435.00     |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 281936.01                   | 320454.98                   | 325093.78                       | 337484.51                       | 419596.66 | 375380.49    |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 289476.07                   | 305416.95                   | 264031.92                       | 301120.41                       | 248528.28 | 224334.67    |
| 6                           | Gujarat                     | 102449.67                   | 109854.81                   | 74758.23                        | 96578.77                        | 107382.86 | 80697.99     |
| 7                           | Haryana                     | 34829.10                    | 36789.31                    | 33812.58                        | 38796.16                        | 34590.31  | 26845.26     |
| 8                           | Himachal Pradesh            | 75090.72                    | 84952.54                    | 59748.12                        | 70900.13                        | 57450.72  | 50593.67     |
| 9                           | Jammu and Kashmir           | 79334.12                    | 86132.75                    | 118370.31                       | 100564.52                       | 47291.58  | 62859.25     |
| 10                          | Jharkhand                   | 149989.63                   | 152136.21                   | 127292.89                       | 170071.48                       | 174655.10 | 100040.35    |
| 11 Karnataka                | 11 Karnataka                | 297813.10                   | 362096.58                   | 546271.17                       | 474980.11                       | 342767.76 | 283804.42    |
| 12                          | Kerala                      | 234048.78                   | 298394.84                   | 352016.95                       | 270284.57                       | 187236.79 | 146641.35    |
| 13                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 452909.74                   | 540481.27                   | 471894.15                       | 495020.77                       | 434099.54 | 397759.38    |
| 14                          | Maharashtra                 | 194892.31                   | 238920.30                   | 167066.42                       | 182584.58                       | 100211.54 | 83498.62     |
| 15                          | Manipur                     | 28698.66                    | 29481.15                    | 61074.66                        | 45547.82                        | 73756.92  | 62352.92     |
| 16                          | Meghalaya                   | 78903.38                    | 91334.18                    | 102443.59                       | 109838.95                       | 69924.09  | 68218.55     |
| 17                          | Mizoram                     | 39783.58                    | 49303.81                    | 52507.57                        | 51525.15                        | 32072.15  | 30426.18     |
| 18                          | Nagaland                    | 19322.98                    | 24431.46                    | 33044.70                        | 39373.97                        | 32758.62  | 20207.44     |
| 19                          | Odisha                      | 216328.30                   | 232302.18                   | 243278.38                       | 284077.96                       | 288639.63 | 254016.39    |
| 20                          | Punjab                      | 57826.49                    | 66980.28                    | 74886.26                        | 76736.55                        | 57175.57  | 51457.09     |
| 21                          | Rajasthan                   | 524471.10                   | 569814.45                   | 726747.87                       | 670532.97                       | 534556.12 | 574564.96    |
| 22 Sikkim                   |                             | 9586.17                     | 9453.56                     | 8269.34                         | 9111.50                         | 5131.82   | 4991.15      |
| 23                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 488286.16                   | 576856.80                   | 555969.31                       | 562446.80                       | 400698.73 | 380286.88    |
| 24 Telangana                |                             | 295817.48                   | 318512.83                   | 222132.13                       | 200163.31                       | 240642.71 | 257137.81    |
| 25                          | Tripura                     | 43543.49                    | 55659.65                    | 73113.77                        | 85782.56                        | 66695.44  | 51792.90     |
| 26 Uttar                    | Pradesh                     | 530494.79                   | 584560.02                   | 601701.90                       | 606013.59                       | 643199.89 | 642808.90    |
| 27                          | Uttarakhand                 | 59004.61                    | 63320.35                    | 45580.30                        | 55700.83                        | 47101.20  | 33124.60     |
| 28                          | West Bengal                 | 718525.61                   | 805737.40                   | 850761.08                       | 750101.00                       | 620541.43 | 578940.68    |
| 29                          | Andaman& Nicobar            | 761.93                      | 572.86                      | 583.78                          | 458.69                          | 348.89    | 532.49       |
| 30                          | Dadra& Nagar Haveli         | 484.00                      | 0.00                        | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00      | 0.00         |
| 31 Diu                      | Daman&                      | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                            | 0.00                            | 0.00      | 0.00         |
| 32                          | Lakshadweep                 | 15.97                       | 26.19                       | 23.82                           | 10.56                           | 0.00      | 2.06         |
| 33                          | Puducherry                  | 1461.29                     | 1573.91                     | 1691.87                         | 1711.29                         | 2213.47   | 1926.09      |
| 34 Goa                      |                             | 48.83                       | 33.13                       | 216.76                          | 134.01                          | 91.34     | 109.30       |
| Total 6086142.75 7000086.67 | Total 6086142.75 7000086.67 | Total 6086142.75 7000086.67 | Total 6086142.75 7000086.67 | 7104628.56 6797821.346110450.81 | 7104628.56 6797821.346110450.81 |           | 5639836.08   |

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| Total Persons registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (till 16 Sep 2020)   | Total Persons registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (till 16 Sep 2020)   | Total Persons registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in FY 2020-21 (till 16 Sep 2020)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                 | State/ UT                                                                              | Number of Registered Persons                                                           |
| 1                                                                                      | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                         | 18785509                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                      | 469475                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                      | ASSAM                                                                                  | 9183634                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                      | BIHAR                                                                                  | 27241241                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                      | CHHATTISGARH                                                                           | 9567302                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                      | GOA                                                                                    | 48179                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                      | GUJARAT                                                                                | 9283373                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                      | HARYANA                                                                                | 1893236                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                       | 2499865                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                      | 2308126                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                     | JHARKHAND                                                                              | 9297027                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                     | KARNATAKA                                                                              | 15905259                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                     | KERALA                                                                                 | 5783730                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                     | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                         | 17103863                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                     | MAHARASHTRA                                                                            | 22566412                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                     | MANIPUR                                                                                | 1063218                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                     | MEGHALAYA                                                                              | 1199350                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                     | MIZORAM                                                                                | 218237                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                     | NAGALAND                                                                               | 731930                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                     | ODISHA                                                                                 | 17953643                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                     | PUNJAB                                                                                 | 2973890                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                     | RAJASTHAN                                                                              | 25582863                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                     | SIKKIM                                                                                 | 139846                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                     | TAMIL NADU                                                                             | 12727768                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                     | TELANGANA                                                                              | 11542783                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                     | TRIPURA                                                                                | 1105792                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                     | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                          | 28376656                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                     | UTTARAKHAND                                                                            | 1981882                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                     | WEST BENGAL                                                                            | 30049864                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                     | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                                                                       | 49265                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                     | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI                                                                    | 26058                                                                                  |
| 32                                                                                     | DAMAN & DIU                                                                            | 0                                                                                      |
| 33                                                                                     | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                            | 16093                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                     | PUDUCHERRY                                                                             | 153023                                                                                 |