Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Beneficiaries under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 330

ANSWERED ON 15/09/2020

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER MGNREGS

## 330. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether as many as 145 million households had applied for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between April to July, compared to 90 million households during the same period last year, signifying a rise of 60 per cent;
- (b) if so, the number of beneficiaries and/or people employed upto 31.08.2020; and
- (c) the proposal of the Government to provide employment to all applicants along with time frame thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &(b)     The details of demand of work by households under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Act  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA)  during  current  FY  2020-21  is  given below:

| No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   | No. of Household demanded Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| FY                                                                | April                                                             | May                                                               | June                                                              | July                                                              | Total Demand of 4 months                                          |
| 2020-21                                                           | 1,28,48,220                                                       | 3,61,79,489                                                       | 4,39,76,638                                                       | 3,17,72,015                                                       | 12,47,76,362                                                      |
| 2019-20                                                           | 2,11,51,702                                                       | 2,49,00,970                                                       | 2,55,74,404                                                       | 1,83,15,006                                                       | 8,99,42,082                                                       |
| %Increase                                                         | %Increase                                                         | %Increase                                                         | %Increase                                                         | %Increase                                                         | 38.73%                                                            |

Number  of beneficiaries provided employment under Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) during the current FY 2020-21 upto 31.08.2020 is 8,13,67,966.

(c)      The  mandate  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Act, 2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) is to assure up to 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. Before the commencement of new financial year, a shelf of works is prepared by the sates/UTs keeping the  anticipated  demand  for  jobs  under  the  scheme  and  the  shelf  of  works  is  revised  upwards, depending upon the demand of jobs in the field.

The beneficiaries are entitled for unemployment allowance from the concerned State, if they are not provided employment within stipulated time of 15 days of receipt of their application seeking employment  or  from  the  date  on  which  employment  has  been  sought  in  case  of  an  advance application, whichever is later.

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