Lok Sabha Question No. 393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Delay/Non-Release of Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## DELAY/NON-RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 393. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds allocated and released under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to various States specially Chhattisgarh, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether various works could not be completed due to delay/non-release of funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the remedial measures being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) the  total  number  of  man  days  created  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  current  year compared to the last three years; and
- (e) the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  man  days  under  the Scheme?

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

(a): Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  is  a demand driven wage employment programme. Hence no State/UT- wise allocation of fund is made. State/UTs-wise details of Central fund released including Chhattisgarh under MGNREGA during  the  current  financial  year          2018-19  (as  on  11.07.2018)  are  given  at Annexure .

(b) & (c): MGNREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme and fund release to  States/UTs  is  a  continuous  process  and  Central  Government  is  making  funds  available keeping in view the demand for work. The Ministry releases funds to the States based on the basis  of  agreed  to  Labour  Budget  (LB),  opening  balance,  pending  liabilities  of  the  previous financial year, if any, and overall performance.

For timely release of funds, the Ministry has taken various steps to streamline the process of planning  of  realistic  Labour  Budget,  timely  release  of  funds,  Ne-FMS  etc.  The  Ministry  has issued guidelines on Labour Budget planning with three checklists to the States/UTs to ensure that the documents prepared and submitted by the State/UTs are in order. Presently, the fund flow  is  better  in  the  current  financial  year  as  compared  to  corresponding  period  in  previous years to the States/ UTs.

- (d): Persondays generated under MGNREGA during the current year, compared to the last three years are as under:

(In crore)

| Persondays generated   |   FY 2018-19* |   FY 2017-18 |   FY 2016-17 |   FY 2015-16 |
|------------------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Persondays generated   |         77.58 |       234.26 |       235.65 |       235.15 |

*As on 13.07.2018

(e): 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 approve them in the Gram Sabha, and (iv) prepare realistic labour budget by the State.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 393 dated 19.07.2018

FY: 2018-19

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                  |   Central fund released* |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              |                  4664.59 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           |                    88.63 |
| 3         | Assam                       |                   516.93 |
| 4         | Bihar                       |                  1496.69 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                |                  1710.1  |
| 6         | Gujarat                     |                   631.22 |
| 7         | Haryana                     |                   159.87 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh            |                   303.38 |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir           |                   256.35 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                   |                   869.89 |
| 11        | Karnataka                   |                  1618.17 |
| 12        | Kerala                      |                  1060.21 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh              |                  2109.67 |
| 14        | Maharashtra                 |                  1106.13 |
| 15        | Manipur                     |                   115.05 |
| 16        | Meghalaya                   |                   314.23 |
| 17        | Mizoram                     |                   174.68 |
| 18        | Odisha                      |                  1119.94 |
| 19        | Punjab                      |                   266.3  |
| 20        | Rajasthan                   |                  2557.57 |
| 21        | Sikkim                      |                    43.98 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu                  |                  1042.87 |
| 23        | Telangana                   |                  2400.8  |
| 24        | Tripura                     |                   103.55 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh               |                  2604.78 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand                 |                   275.7  |
| 27        | West Bengal                 |                  5023.95 |
| 28        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                     3.85 |
| 29        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                     4.84 |
| 30        | Lakshadweep                 |                     0.16 |
| 31        | Puducherry                  |                     4.35 |
| 32        | Goa                         |                     0.49 |
| Total     | Total                       |                 32648.9  |

(Rs. In crore)