Lok Sabha Question No. 227 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Irregularities under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 227

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## IRREGULARITIES UNDER MGNREGS

## *227.   SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  on  the  spot  visits/tours  are  being  undertaken  at  various  levels  regularly  to monitor and inspect the works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to prevent irregularities thereunder;
- (b) if so, the details regarding such visits /tours undertaken during the last three years;
- (c) the details of irregularities and shortcomings detected during each of such visits/tours;
- (d) the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the total number of State officers found guilty during the said visits and the details of action taken against them along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

*****

(a) & (b): As  per  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005 (MGNREGA), the responsibility for implementation of the Scheme is vested with the States. It is also  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Government  to  make  available  necessary  staff  and  technical support for effective implementation of the Scheme. Regular visits are undertaken by the officers as well  as  the  National  Level  Monitors  (NLMs)  engaged  by  this  Ministry  to  the  States.  NLMs  had carried out 6 rounds of inspection visits to the States during last 3 years. The summary of the NLM visits is as follows:

|   S. No. | Visits           |   NLMs |   States |   Districts |   Blocks |   GPs |
|----------|------------------|--------|----------|-------------|----------|-------|
|        1 | 2015-16 Phase-I  |     51 |       29 |         262 |      907 |  2466 |
|        2 | 2015-16 Phase-II |     45 |       28 |         238 |      831 |  2273 |
|        3 | 2016-17 Phase-I  |     43 |       27 |         249 |      827 |  2435 |
|        4 | 2016-17 Phase-II |     44 |       28 |         327 |     1292 |  3160 |
|        5 | 2017-18 Phase-I  |     52 |       28 |         267 |      967 |  2617 |
|        6 | 2017-18 Phase-II |     52 |       25 |         301 |      909 |  2944 |

(c) to (e): Some of the irregularities/ shortcomings observed during visits include instances of non-participation of all sections of the society in the planning process, non-presentation of Labour Budgets  to  the  Gram  Sabha, lack  of  technical  staff  at  block  level,  job  cards  not  being  updated regularly, delays in payment of wages, information display boards not found at the worksites, use of labour  displacing  machinery,  social  audits  not  being  conducted  in  many  villages.  The  findings/ shortcomings and recommendations are shared with the States for appropriate actions at their end.

Investigation and necessary action against the erring officials, wherever required, is taken by the State Governments.