Lok Sabha Question No. 3843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Job Card Holders under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3843

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## JOB CARD HOLDERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 3843.   SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  job  card  is  provided  to  each  person  seeking  employment  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and if so, the details thereof along with the number of job card holders, State-wise;
- (b) whether the social audit has been conducted thereto and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM) is being implemented in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  works  scrutinized  and  sanctioned  by  National  Rural  Road  Development Agency (NRRDA) during the last two years and the current year?

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

(a): The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  2005 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. As per the Programme  Management  Information  System  (MIS),  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  cumulative number  of  job  card  issued  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are given in Annexure-I.

(b): Section 17(1) of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA mandates conduct of Social Audit for all Gram Panchayats. As of now 26 States have established Independent Social Audit units (SAU). A SAU  is  primarily  responsible  for  conduct  of  social  audits  in  all  States/UTs.  During  the  audit, coverage of all the households and all the works taken-up is ensured. In the current FY, a total of 57440 audits have been reported to be conducted in 21 States.

(c): Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  is being implemented in 4 blocks of Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. The details of the activities of the Mission in the district are given below:

|   No. of Blocks under DAY- NRLM |   No. of Self Help Groups (SHGs) formed |   No. of SHGs received Revolving Fund |   Amount of Revolving Fund disbursed (in Crore) |   No. of SHGs received Community Investment Fund |   Amount of Community Investment Fund disbursed (in Crore) |   No. of Village Organisations promoted |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|                               4 |                                    3586 |                                  2827 |                                            1.57 |                                             2668 |                                                      15.96 |                                     123 |

(d): State/UT-wise  details  of  works  scrutinized  and  sanctioned  under  National  Rural  Road Development Agency  (NRRDA) during the last  two  financial  years  and  the  current  year  as  on 13.12.2018 are given in Annexure-II.

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| S No.   | States              |   Cumulative No. of HHissued jobcards |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                               8775646 |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                219196 |
| 3       | ASSAM               |                               4362844 |
| 4       | BIHAR               |                              14943412 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH        |                               3682131 |
| 6       | GOA                 |                                 33054 |
| 7       | GUJARAT             |                               3594830 |
| 8       | HARYANA             |                                892884 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                               1223311 |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                               1176287 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           |                               4138911 |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           |                               5746292 |
| 13      | KERALA              |                               3453716 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH      |                               6714412 |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA         |                               8364191 |
| 16      | MANIPUR             |                                553213 |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           |                                542434 |
| 18      | MIZORAM             |                                192953 |
| 19      | NAGALAND            |                                431938 |
| 20      | ODISHA              |                               6366027 |
| 21      | PUNJAB              |                               1509392 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN           |                               9751671 |
| 23      | SIKKIM              |                                 81462 |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU          |                               8012435 |
| 25      | TELANGANA           |                               5394144 |
| 26      | TRIPURA             |                                620464 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH       |                              15533523 |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND         |                               1041430 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL         |                              11681097 |
| 30      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                 34237 |
| 31      | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI  |                                  3549 |
| 32      | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                  7994 |
| 33      | PUDUCHERRY          |                                 64404 |
|         | Total               |                             129143484 |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3843 dated 03.01.2019

## Year-wise details of proposals received

| Financial Year                                                                                                                 | Total number of works proposed                                                                                                 | Cleared number of works                                                                                                        | Pending number of works                                                                                                        | Returned number of works                                                                                                       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17*                                                                                                                       | 11365                                                                                                                          | 13433                                                                                                                          | 1194                                                                                                                           | 480                                                                                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                                                                                        | 17240                                                                                                                          | 12861                                                                                                                          | 4068                                                                                                                           | 1350                                                                                                                           |
| 2018-19 (As on 13.12.2018)                                                                                                     | 3618                                                                                                                           | 4952                                                                                                                           | 2197                                                                                                                           | 70                                                                                                                             |
| Details of Road Connectivity Plan in LWEAffetected Areas (RCPLWE) Proposals received in 2017-18 and cleared (as on 31.03.2018) | Details of Road Connectivity Plan in LWEAffetected Areas (RCPLWE) Proposals received in 2017-18 and cleared (as on 31.03.2018) | Details of Road Connectivity Plan in LWEAffetected Areas (RCPLWE) Proposals received in 2017-18 and cleared (as on 31.03.2018) | Details of Road Connectivity Plan in LWEAffetected Areas (RCPLWE) Proposals received in 2017-18 and cleared (as on 31.03.2018) | Details of Road Connectivity Plan in LWEAffetected Areas (RCPLWE) Proposals received in 2017-18 and cleared (as on 31.03.2018) |
| 2017-18                                                                                                                        | 486                                                                                                                            | 449                                                                                                                            | 18                                                                                                                             | 16                                                                                                                             |
| 2018-19 (As on 13.12.2018)                                                                                                     | 56                                                                                                                             | 74                                                                                                                             | -                                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                                              |

*Some of the proposals received in 2016-17 cleared in 2017-18