Lok Sabha Question No. 3702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Employment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3702 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.07.2019

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 3702.   SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  poor  people  who  got  employment  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since its inception, State-wise and gender-wise;
- (b) the details of the minimum wage given to a person under the said scheme;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  devised  or  proposes  to  devise  any  system  to  create awareness amongst the rural masses regarding the scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): State/UT-wise details of Persondays  generated  and Women persondays since inception (FY 2006-07 to 2019-20) to till 12.07.2019 under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is given at Annexure-I.

- (b): State/UT-wise  notified  wage  rate  under  MGNREGS  during  the  current  financial  year 2019-20 is given at Annexure-II .

(c) & (d): The Government is actively engaged with the State Government in establishing systems  that  ensure  provision  of  work  as  per  demand.  To  generate  awareness  about  the provisions of the Scheme and to provide adequate employment opportunities to rural households under  MGNREGS,  all  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  (i)  initiate  appropriate  Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for wide dissemination of  the  provisions  of  the Act,  (ii)  expand  scope  and  coverage  of  demand  registration  system to ensure that demand for work under MGNREGA does not go unregistered, (iii) prepare plans in a participatory mode and get them approved in the Gram Sabha, and (iv) prepare realistic labour for the State.

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FY: 2006-07 to FY 2019-20 (as on 12.07.2019)

| Sl No   | States              |   Total Persondays generated (in lakh) |   Women Persondays (in lakh) |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                               33486.2  |                     19509.9  |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                 445.19 |                       144.88 |
| 3       | ASSAM               |                                6397.22 |                      2004.36 |
| 4       | BIHAR               |                               12096.2  |                      4289.68 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH        |                               14780.8  |                      7047.12 |
| 6       | GOA                 |                                  15.71 |                        11.44 |
| 7       | GUJARAT             |                                3925.75 |                      1765.99 |
| 8       | HARYANA             |                                1004.67 |                       407.91 |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                2832.63 |                      1580.45 |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                2927.73 |                       640.51 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           |                                8415.99 |                      2824.3  |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           |                               10110.2  |                      4578.84 |
| 13      | KERALA              |                                7147.95 |                      6514.57 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH      |                               24716.1  |                     10394.9  |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA         |                                7421.32 |                      3302.84 |
| 16      | MANIPUR             |                                2057.07 |                       822.4  |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           |                                2363.76 |                      1046.56 |
| 18      | MIZORAM             |                                1653.11 |                       552.29 |
| 19      | NAGALAND            |                                2521.77 |                       807.24 |
| 20      | ODISHA              |                                9066.68 |                      3456.83 |
| 21      | PUNJAB              |                                1350.86 |                       713.66 |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN           |                               34754.2  |                     23484.8  |
| 23      | SIKKIM              |                                 429.98 |                       199.94 |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU          |                               34064.2  |                     28018.9  |
| 25      | TELANGANA           |                                6668.82 |                      4094.56 |
| 26      | TRIPURA             |                                4972.35 |                      2267.11 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH       |                               26477.7  |                      6359.4  |
| 28      | UTTARAKHAND         |                                2290.47 |                      1089.38 |
| 29      | WEST BENGAL         |                               24964.3  |                      9932.05 |
| 30      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                  50.06 |                        24.44 |
| 31      | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI  |                                   1.65 |                         1.39 |
| 32      | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                   7.17 |                         2.67 |
| 33      | PUDUCHERRY          |                                  79.95 |                        65.11 |
|         | Total               |                              289498    |                    147956    |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

|   Sl No | States/UTs          | Notified wage rate (FY: 2019-20) (in Rs.)     |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 211                                           |
|       2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 192                                           |
|       3 | ASSAM               | 193                                           |
|       4 | BIHAR               | 171                                           |
|       5 | CHHATTISGARH        | 176                                           |
|       6 | GOA                 | 254                                           |
|       7 | GUJARAT             | 199                                           |
|       8 | HARYANA             | 284                                           |
|       9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | Non-scheduled Areas-185 Scheduled Areas - 231 |
|      10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 189                                           |
|      11 | JHARKHAND           | 171                                           |
|      12 | KARNATAKA           | 249                                           |
|      13 | KERALA              | 271                                           |
|      14 | MADHYA PRADESH      | 176                                           |
|      15 | MAHARASHTRA         | 206                                           |
|      16 | MANIPUR             | 219                                           |
|      17 | MEGHALAYA           | 187                                           |
|      18 | MIZORAM             | 211                                           |
|      19 | NAGALAND            | 192                                           |
|      20 | ODISHA              | 188                                           |
|      21 | PUNJAB              | 241                                           |
|      22 | RAJASTHAN           | 199                                           |
|      23 | SIKKIM              | 192                                           |
|      24 | TAMIL NADU          | 229                                           |
|      25 | TELANGANA           | 211                                           |
|      26 | TRIPURA             | 192                                           |
|      27 | UTTAR PRADESH       | 182                                           |
|      28 | UTTRAKHAND          | 182                                           |
|      29 | WEST BENGAL         | 191                                           |
|      30 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | Andaman district-250 Nicobar district-264     |
|      31 | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI  | 224                                           |
|      32 | DAMAN &DIU          | 202                                           |
|      33 | LAKSHADWEEP         | 248                                           |