Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Employment Guarantee Schem
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 236

ANSWERED ON 15/09/2020

## EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME

## 236. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government is aware of the demand for continuing the Employment Guarantee Scheme;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether the people in rural areas are getting one hundred days of assured employment;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): The  mandate  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act, 2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) is to provide for not less than 100 days of wage employment in  a  financial  year  to  every  rural  household  whose  adult  member  volunteers  to  do  unskilled manual work.

(c) to (e):  Mahatma Gandhi  NREGA  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  Scheme which provides livelihood security, i.e., fall back option for livelihood for the rural households. The demand for work is influenced by various factors such as rain-fall, availability of alternative and remunerative employment opportunities outside Mahatma Gandhi NREGS etc. During the current FY 2020-21 as on 12.09.2020, a total of 7.93 lakh households is various States/UTs, as per annexed details, completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as per their demand.

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Annexure referred in reply to parts (c) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.236 dated 15.09.2020

No.  of  Families  Completed  100  days  FY  2020-21  as  on  12.09.2020  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA

| S No.   | States              |   No. of Families Completed 100 days |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                               262521 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                   25 |
| 3       | ASSAM               |                                 1704 |
| 4       | BIHAR               |                                 2462 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH        |                                84455 |
| 6       | GOA                 |                                    0 |
| 7       | GUJARAT             |                                 4362 |
| 8       | HARYANA             |                                 1169 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                 3328 |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                 1058 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           |                                 4115 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           |                                10696 |
| 13      | KERALA              |                                 1586 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                39314 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA         |                                39758 |
| 16      | MANIPUR             |                                    0 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           |                                 2195 |
| 18      | MIZORAM             |                                    0 |
| 19      | NAGALAND            |                                    0 |
| 20      | ODISHA              |                                53578 |
| 21      | PUNJAB              |                                  650 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN           |                                41428 |
| 23      | SIKKIM              |                                  531 |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU          |                                 1421 |
| 25      | TELANGANA           |                               118573 |
| 26      | TRIPURA             |                                 3110 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                29479 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND         |                                 2950 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL         |                                82560 |
| 30      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                    8 |
| 31      | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI  |                                    0 |
| 32      | DAMAN &DIU          |                                    0 |
| 33      | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                    0 |
| 34      | PUDUCHERRY          |                                   14 |
|         | Total               |                               793050 |