Lok Sabha Question No. 444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: MGNREGS in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. Velusamy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 444

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## MGNREGS IN TAMIL NADU

## 444. SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  percentage  of  work  done  in  various  categories  in  Tamil  Nadu  State  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS);
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to make it mandatory that 60 per cent of works in a district under the job guarantee scheme, MGNREGS should be linked to agriculture;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  monitoring  mechanism  to  be  adopted  for  supervision  of  the  guidelines  and safeguarding the asset creation; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  ensure  that  the  stress  on  60%  minimum expenditure on farm related activity will not discourage other work?

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

(a):  As per the information uploaded by the State Government of Tamil Nadu in Management Information System (MIS), the Percentage of completed and ongoing works in various categories under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS) is as below:

Tamil Nadu 2019-20 (as on 29.01.2020)

| Work Category                 |   Public works relating to natural resources management |   Individual assets for vulnerable sections |   Common infrastructure for NRLM compliant self help groups |   Rural Infrastruc ture |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Percentage of completed works |                                                   35.71 |                                       24.85 |                                                        0.38 |                   39.07 |
| Percentage of ongoing works   |                                                   34.07 |                                       25.15 |                                                        0.46 |                   40.31 |

(b)  &  (c):  Para  4  (2)  of  the  Schedule  1  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  provides  that  '  The District  Coordinator shall ensure that at least 60% of the works to be taken up in a district in terms  of  cost  shall  be  creation  of  productive  assets  directly  linked  to  agriculture  and  allied activities  through  development  of  land,  water  and  trees.'  In  the  current  FY  2019-20  (as  on 31.01.2020), the expenditure on Agriculture and Allied Activities is 70.32% at national level.

(d)  & (e):  The Ministry  regularly monitors the execution of the Scheme through Management Information System (MIS), monitoring visits to the fields, review meeting at the central level, video  conferencing,  Empowered  Committee  meeting,  Mid-term  review  meetings  and  geotagging of assets, etc.