Lok Sabha Question No. 2000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Household registered under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2000

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

## Household registered under MGNREGS

## 2000. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of households registered for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since 2014, year and State-wise including in Tamil Nadu;
- (b)  the  number  of  households  provided  work  since  2014,  year and  State-wise  including  in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether the Government has ensured timely payment of wages under this scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the details of instances of wages being paid late?

## ANSWER

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

(a):       As  per  information  uploaded  by  the  States/UTs  in  the  Management  Information System (MIS) of MGNREGS, the State/UT-wise details of number of Registered households under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) including  Tamil Nadu, since 2014-15 to 2019-20 (as on 27.02.2020) is at Annexure-I.

(b):        The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme.   As  per  information uploaded  by  the  States/UTs  in  the  Management  Information  System  (MIS),  the  State/UTwise details of households provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) including  Tamil Nadu, since 2014-15 to 2019-20 (as on 27.02.2020) is at Annexure-II.

(c)&(d):           The  Ministry  has  issued  Standard  Operating  Procedure  (SoP)  on  timely payment process for direct payments into the account of beneficiaries. States/ UTs have been advised to generate pay orders in time. This has resulted in considerable improvement in the status of timely generation of pay order leading to improvement in actual time taken to credit wages in the workers account. During the current Financial Year 2019-20 (as on 27.02.2020), around 96.5% pay orders have been generated within 15 days from the date of closure of the Muster Roll at National level.

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2000 dated 03.03.2020

|                       |            | Number of Registered households (in lakh)   | Number of Registered households (in lakh)   | Number of Registered households (in lakh)   | Number of Registered households (in lakh)   | Number of Registered households (in lakh)   |
|-----------------------|------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Sl No                 | States/UTs | 2014-15                                     | 2015-16                                     | 2016-17 2017-18                             | 2018-19                                     | upto 2019-20 (as on 27.02.2020)             |
| 1ANDHRA PRADESH       | 82.82      | 84.42                                       | 85.54                                       | 86.41                                       | 88.16                                       | 89.27                                       |
| 2ARUNACHALPRADESH     | 2.02       | 2.10                                        | 2.19                                        | 2.21                                        | 2.30                                        | 2.41                                        |
| 3ASSAM                | 45.13      | 49.19                                       | 45.95                                       | 46.71                                       | 49.23                                       | 51.74                                       |
| 4BIHAR                | 130.93     | 140.07                                      | 152.17                                      | 158.96                                      | 169.99                                      | 179.59                                      |
| 5CHHATTISGARH         | 40.28      | 39.98                                       | 37.76                                       | 38.33                                       | 39.20                                       | 39.52                                       |
| 6GOA                  | 0.35       | 0.36                                        | 0.36                                        | 0.37                                        | 0.37                                        | 0.37                                        |
| 7GUJARAT              | 34.25      | 34.61                                       | 34.43                                       | 36.49                                       | 38.47                                       | 39.70                                       |
| 8HARYANA              | 7.73       | 7.60                                        | 8.48                                        | 8.87                                        | 9.30                                        | 9.71                                        |
| 9HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 11.78      | 11.87                                       | 12.03                                       | 12.27                                       | 12.61                                       | 12.88                                       |
| 10JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 12.84      | 13.43                                       | 12.69                                       | 12.52                                       | 12.89                                       | 13.24                                       |
| 11JHARKHAND           | 36.68      | 37.75                                       | 43.04                                       | 43.97                                       | 47.16                                       | 49.15                                       |
| 12KARNATAKA           | 55.43      | 56.13                                       | 53.06                                       | 55.62                                       | 60.03                                       | 62.89                                       |
| 13KERALA              | 30.28      | 32.08                                       | 32.24                                       | 33.48                                       | 35.13                                       | 36.33                                       |
| 14MADHYA PRADESH      | 88.64      | 84.07                                       | 68.25                                       | 68.19                                       | 71.07                                       | 70.44                                       |
| 15MAHARASHTRA         | 77.35      | 80.00                                       | 84.36                                       | 89.43                                       | 91.81                                       | 93.59                                       |
| 16MANIPUR             | 5.32       | 5.45                                        | 5.49                                        | 5.50                                        | 5.68                                        | 5.71                                        |
| 17MEGHALAYA           | 4.87       | 4.94                                        | 5.18                                        | 5.38                                        | 5.68                                        | 5.91                                        |
| 18MIZORAM             | 1.82       | 1.87                                        | 1.90                                        | 1.91                                        | 1.94                                        | 2.00                                        |
| 19NAGALAND            | 4.24       | 4.26                                        | 4.30                                        | 4.32                                        | 4.35                                        | 4.36                                        |
| 20ODISHA              | 65.24      | 66.83                                       | 64.33                                       | 63.78                                       | 65.24                                       | 68.23                                       |
| 21PUNJAB              | 11.17      | 12.03                                       | 13.00                                       | 15.29                                       | 16.68                                       | 17.92                                       |
| 22RAJASTHAN           | 99.24      | 100.38                                      | 98.21                                       | 99.30                                       | 103.39                                      | 105.98                                      |
| 23SIKKIM              | 0.86       | 0.86                                        | 0.80                                        | 0.81                                        | 0.83                                        | 0.84                                        |
| 24TAMILNADU           | 83.40      | 86.06                                       | 80.11                                       | 80.82                                       | 83.05                                       | 84.58                                       |
| 25TELANGANA           | 61.76      | 63.32                                       | 57.85                                       | 53.01                                       | 54.44                                       | 55.35                                       |
| 26TRIPURA             | 6.32       | 6.16                                        | 6.09                                        | 6.11                                        | 6.26                                        | 6.30                                        |
| 27UTTAR PRADESH       | 157.44     | 167.76                                      | 158.69                                      | 162.22                                      | 169.47                                      | 173.83                                      |
| 28UTTARAKHAND         | 11.16      | 11.54                                       | 10.80                                       | 10.66                                       | 10.89                                       | 11.13                                       |
| 29WEST BENGAL         | 122.05     | 125.59                                      | 128.54                                      | 119.60                                      | 121.63                                      | 125.40                                      |
| 30ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0.51       | 0.52                                        | 0.36                                        | 0.35                                        | 0.35                                        | 0.35                                        |
| 31DADRA &NAGARHAVELI  | 0.08       | 0.08                                        | 0.08                                        | 0.14                                        | 0.14                                        | 0.14                                        |
| 32DAMAN &DIU          | 0.00       | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
| 33LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.08       | 0.08                                        | 0.08                                        | 0.08                                        | 0.08                                        | 0.08                                        |
| 34PUDUCHERRY          | 0.70       | 0.70                                        | 0.70                                        | 0.66                                        | 0.68                                        | 0.70                                        |
| National              | 1292.77    | 1332.09                                     | 1309.06                                     | 1323.77                                     | 1378.50                                     | 1419.64                                     |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2000 dated 03.03.2020

(Fig. in lakh)

| No States/UTs         | Households provided employment   | Households provided employment   | Households provided employment   | Households provided employment   | Households provided employment   | Households provided employment   |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| No States/UTs         | 2014-15                          | 2015-16                          | 2016-17                          | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20*                         |
| 1ANDHRA PRADESH       | 33.07                            | 36.21                            | 39.91                            | 39.95                            | 42.28                            | 39.22                            |
| 2ARUNACHALPRADESH     | 1.37                             | 1.81                             | 2.03                             | 1.42                             | 1.60                             | 1.61                             |
| 3ASSAM                | 9.65                             | 15.02                            | 15.68                            | 16.85                            | 17.42                            | 17.37                            |
| 4BIHAR                | 9.26                             | 14.80                            | 22.86                            | 22.47                            | 29.24                            | 29.37                            |
| 5CHHATTISGARH         | 17.48                            | 21.74                            | 21.32                            | 23.26                            | 24.42                            | 23.06                            |
| 6GOA                  | 0.07                             | 0.06                             | 0.07                             | 0.06                             | 0.01                             | 0.01                             |
| 7GUJARAT              | 5.13                             | 5.57                             | 7.16                             | 8.61                             | 9.11                             | 7.71                             |
| 8HARYANA              | 2.18                             | 1.69                             | 2.81                             | 2.73                             | 2.31                             | 2.35                             |
| 9HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 4.53                             | 4.23                             | 5.29                             | 5.11                             | 5.54                             | 4.97                             |
| 10JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 3.25                             | 6.38                             | 6.01                             | 6.82                             | 6.52                             | 4.87                             |
| 11JHARKHAND           | 11.11                            | 11.26                            | 17.42                            | 14.45                            | 12.73                            | 13.23                            |
| 12KARNATAKA           | 10.93                            | 12.35                            | 18.18                            | 19.02                            | 21.08                            | 21.47                            |
| 13KERALA              | 13.80                            | 15.06                            | 14.57                            | 13.12                            | 14.78                            | 14.06                            |
| 14MADHYA PRADESH      | 27.93                            | 27.02                            | 28.01                            | 34.81                            | 39.19                            | 34.62                            |
| 15MAHARASHTRA         | 11.60                            | 12.75                            | 14.33                            | 16.98                            | 17.93                            | 14.41                            |
| 16MANIPUR             | 4.69                             | 4.74                             | 5.16                             | 4.91                             | 5.13                             | 5.27                             |
| 17MEGHALAYA           | 3.51                             | 3.68                             | 4.15                             | 4.27                             | 4.75                             | 4.79                             |
| 18MIZORAM             | 1.90                             | 1.90                             | 1.89                             | 1.91                             | 1.96                             | 2.02                             |
| 19NAGALAND            | 4.06                             | 4.17                             | 4.18                             | 4.10                             | 3.86                             | 3.82                             |
| 20ODISHA              | 14.67                            | 19.95                            | 20.31                            | 23.07                            | 21.48                            | 21.48                            |
| 21PUNJAB              | 2.89                             | 4.74                             | 5.36                             | 6.64                             | 6.75                             | 7.17                             |
| 22RAJASTHAN           | 36.87                            | 42.21                            | 46.34                            | 45.14                            | 51.65                            | 53.71                            |
| 23SIKKIM              | 0.57                             | 0.65                             | 0.68                             | 0.64                             | 0.62                             | 0.56                             |
| 24TAMILNADU           | 56.58                            | 60.53                            | 62.62                            | 58.15                            | 55.92                            | 54.75                            |
| 25TELANGANA           | 24.40                            | 25.76                            | 25.61                            | 25.33                            | 25.24                            | 23.47                            |
| 26TRIPURA             | 5.81                             | 5.70                             | 5.77                             | 5.23                             | 5.49                             | 5.62                             |
| 27UTTAR PRADESH       | 38.96                            | 54.21                            | 49.94                            | 48.60                            | 50.45                            | 51.30                            |
| 28UTTARAKHAND         | 4.55                             | 5.44                             | 5.44                             | 5.10                             | 4.89                             | 4.45                             |
| 29WEST BENGAL         | 51.17                            | 61.09                            | 58.23                            | 52.41                            | 43.92                            | 49.01                            |
| 30ANDAMAN &NICOBAR    | 0.14                             | 0.10                             | 0.12                             | 0.07                             | 0.06                             | 0.05                             |
| 31DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| 32DAMAN &DIU          | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| 33LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.0048                           | 0.0013                           | 0.0001                           | 0.0014                           | 0.0025                           | 0.0010                           |
| 34PUDUCHERRY          | 0.30                             | 0.33                             | 0.31                             | 0.38                             | 0.33                             | 0.36                             |
| National              | 412.41                           | 481.16                           | 511.79                           | 511.59                           | 526.68                           | 516.21                           |

*As on 27.02.2020

Source: www.nrega.nic.in