Lok Sabha Question No. 446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Misuse and diversion of MGNREGS Funds
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Arvind Dharmapuri, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 446

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## MISUSE AND DIVERSION OF MGNREGS FUNDS

## 446. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI: SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  the  State  Governments  have  been indulging in misuse and diversion of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the funds released;
- (c) whether the Government has assessed the details of the amount of funds diverted and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  High  Court  has  also  directed  to  submit  the  details  of  the  diversion  of funds and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action being taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) to (e): No specific matter of diversion of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) has come to the notice of the Ministry. Instances of misuse of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS funds reported from States are promptly inquired into by the Ministry through local inspections, internal audits, social audits etc. and necessary corrective measures are initiated.

State/UT-wise  details  of  central  fund  released  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the current financial year 2019-20 (as on 30.01.2020) are at Annexure .

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b) of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.446 dated 04.02.2020

Central funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS

(FY 2019-20 as on 30.01.20)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No   | States/UTs        |   Central fund released |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                 6242.46 |
| 2        | Karnataka         |                 4905.07 |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh    |                 4118.79 |
| 4        | Odisha            |                 2222.19 |
| 5        | Rajasthan         |                 5613.92 |
| 6        | Telangana         |                 1973.13 |
| 7        | Puducherry        |                   15.26 |
| 8        | Punjab            |                  703.5  |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     |                 4828.37 |
| 10       | Assam             |                 1370.53 |
| 11       | Haryana           |                  286.61 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |                 1130.36 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                 2509.12 |
| 14       | Mizoram           |                  481.43 |
| 15       | Sikkim            |                   60.55 |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu        |                 5114.35 |
| 17       | Gujarat           |                  707.9  |
| 18       | Himachal Pradesh  |                  507.66 |
| 19       | Uttarakhand       |                  396.27 |
| 20       | Tripura           |                  652.33 |
| 21       | Meghalaya         |                  838.27 |
| 22       | Bihar             |                 2955.95 |
| 23       | Chhattisgarh      |                 2307.64 |
| 24       | Maharashtra       |                 1620.32 |
| 25       | West Bengal       |                 7088.83 |
| 26       | J&K               |                  825.62 |
| 27       | Manipur           |                  396    |
| 28       | Nagaland          |                  298.54 |
| 29       | Goa               |                    2.17 |
| 30       | Lakshadweep       |                    0.24 |
| 31       | Arunachal Pradesh |                  107.57 |
| 32       | A &NIslands       |                    1.87 |
|          | Total             |                60282.8  |