Lok Sabha Question No. 4834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Implementation of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4834

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## IMPLEMENTATION OF MGNREGS

## 4834. SHRI A. RAJA:

|     | Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:                                                                                                      |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a) | the salient features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);                                                                 |
| (b) | the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this scheme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Tamil Nadu; |
| (c) | the details of the States/districts, specially rural areas covered under this scheme so far across the country including Tamil Nadu;                             |
| (d) | whether the Government has issued any guidelines to appoint SC/ST people residing in rural areas under this scheme;                                              |
| (e) | if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;                                                                                                     |
| (f) | whether the Government is planning to issue such guidelines in the near future and if so, the details thereof;                                                   |
| (g) | whether cases of delay of payment specially to SC/ST of rural areas have come to the notice of the Government; and                                               |
| (h) | if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu and the reasons therefor along with the action taken by the Government in this regard?            |

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The main salient features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are given as under: -
- i. Adult members of a rural household, willing to do unskilled manual work, may apply for registration in writing or orally to the local Gram Panchayat.
- ii. The Gram Panchayat after due verification will issue a Job Card free of cost within 15 days.
- iii. The worker has a right to demand and receive work within 15 days of the receipt of the application or the date of the demand in case of advance application, whichever is later, as mandated by the Act.
- iv. In case employment is not provided within fifteen days from the date of registration of the demand for work or the date from which work has been demanded in case of advance applications, whichever is later, the worker is legally entitled to a daily  unemployment allowance.
- v. Preparation of Labour Budget (LB) is an essential annual work plan document that entails planning, approval, funding and project execution modalities.
- vi. The shelf of projects for a village will be recommended by the gram sabha and approved by the zilla panchayat. At least 50% of works will be allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution.
- vii. Permissible works predominantly include water and soil conservation, afforestation and land development works.
- viii. A 60:40 wage and material ratio has to be maintained at the district level. No contractors and labour displacing machinery is allowed.
- ix. The Central Government bears 100 percent wage cost of unskilled manual labour and 75 percent of the material cost including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers.
- x. Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha.
- xi. Grievance  redressal  mechanisms  have  to  be  put  in  place  for  ensuring  a  responsive implementation process.
- xii. All accounts and records relating to the Scheme should be available for public scrutiny.

(b): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) is a demand driven wage employment programme. Hence, no State/UT- wise allocation of fund is made. Fund release to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed in  making  funds  available  keeping  in  view  the  demand  for  work.  States/UT-wise  details  of central fund released and expenditure reported by State Governments in  Management Information  System  (MIS)  including  Tamil  Nadu  under  the  MGNREGA  during  the  last  three years and current financial year 2019-20 (as on 19.07.2019) are given at Annexure-I.

## (c): The Act covers all rural areas of the country. The details are as under:

| States/UTs                      | 34       |
|---------------------------------|----------|
| Total number of districts       | 691      |
| Total number of blocks          | 6,921    |
| Total number of Gram Panchayats | 2,62,652 |

As per the information shared by Tamil Nadu, all village Panchayats except Balamore village Panchayat in Kanniyakumari district are covered under this Scheme.

(d) & (e): No, Sir. MGNREGS is implemented in rural areas of the country. No caste based instruction is made under the Scheme.

(f): No, Sir.

(g) & (h): The  Ministry  along  with  the  States/UTs  has  been  making  concerted  efforts  for improving the timely payment of wages. States/UTs have been advised to generate pay orders in time.  This  has  resulted  in  considerable  improvement  in  the  status  of  timely  generation  of  pay order and leading to improvement in actual time taken to credit wages in the workers account. During  the  current  financial  Year  2019-20  (as  on  19.07.2019),  98%  pay  orders  have  been generated within the stipulated 15 days. The  delay in payment  of wages  are due to implementation issues in the States which include inadequate staffing, non-timely recording and reporting of attendance, measurement, data entry, generation of wage list, Fund Transfer Order (FTO), etc.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4834 dated 23.07.2019

|       |                          | Central fund released (Rs. in lakh)   | Central fund released (Rs. in lakh)   | Central fund released (Rs. in lakh)   | Central fund released (Rs. in lakh)   |
|-------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl No | States                   | 2016-17 *                             | 2017-18 #                             | 2018-19 $                             | 2019-20 (as on 18.07.2019)            |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh           | 394021.19                             | 512763.00                             | 671458.36                             | 389252.46                             |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 15675.99                              | 20679.65                              | 19800.64                              | 10756.62                              |
| 3     | Assam                    | 125459.79                             | 112366.54                             | 105037.23                             | 73864.67                              |
| 4     | Bihar                    | 166740.56                             | 246888.44                             | 289194.25                             | 155310.07                             |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh             | 223193.55                             | 289885.21                             | 308997.05                             | 138163.24                             |
| 6     | Gujarat                  | 64323.81                              | 82505.07                              | 106079.98                             | 43300.66                              |
| 7     | Haryana                  | 28771.33                              | 30140.64                              | 35625.15                              | 10226.27                              |
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh         | 38860.83                              | 58684.46                              | 78034.36                              | 19653.35                              |
| 9     | Jammu and Kashmir        | 80408.52                              | 125417.69                             | 79334.12                              | 75829.87                              |
| 10    | Jharkhand                | 167914.17                             | 135264.57                             | 154629.50                             | 44259.91                              |
| 11    | Karnataka                | 225864.88                             | 295632.54                             | 304975.56                             | 213708.18                             |
| 12    | Kerala                   | 158248.96                             | 185406.40                             | 235473.91                             | 177335.00                             |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh           | 344891.62                             | 376889.92                             | 470364.71                             | 203987.11                             |
| 14    | Maharashtra              | 165708.93                             | 185828.74                             | 201918.84                             | 75057.16                              |
| 15    | Manipur                  | 34370.41                              | 15778.89                              | 28698.66                              | 18142.18                              |
| 16    | Meghalaya                | 86069.23                              | 87060.44                              | 79654.70                              | 23480.49                              |
| 17    | Mizoram                  | 14451.26                              | 20081.04                              | 40288.92                              | 25711.37                              |
| 18    | Nagaland                 | 50152.80                              | 110492.88                             | 19560.20                              | 24275.77                              |
| 19    | Odisha                   | 189526.84                             | 219834.66                             | 222418.39                             | 54231.96                              |
| 20    | Punjab                   | 49073.46                              | 61895.86                              | 60000.32                              | 35886.37                              |
| 21    | Rajasthan                | 481816.86                             | 472828.41                             | 549230.58                             | 342622.35                             |
| 22    | Sikkim                   | 13262.56                              | 10571.15                              | 9762.58                               | 1773.68                               |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu               | 455277.91                             | 583166.13                             | 498193.66                             | 253619.05                             |
| 24    | Telangana                | 180684.74                             | 253920.33                             | 297094.62                             | 140464.36                             |
| 25    | Tripura                  | 101629.14                             | 40440.50                              | 44462.89                              | 21139.48                              |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh            | 391584.94                             | 369177.65                             | 547575.02                             | 189189.70                             |
| 27    | Uttarakhand              | 51435.08                              | 71685.06                              | 61194.75                              | 14669.12                              |
| 28    | West Bengal              | 537722.79                             | 592702.95                             | 737344.61                             | 402178.42                             |
| 29    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 801.40                                | 966.07                                | 761.93                                | 186.98                                |
| 30    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 0.00                                  | 0.00                                  | 484.00                                | 0.00                                  |
| 31    | Lakshadweep              | 0.00                                  | 26.71                                 | 15.97                                 | 11.91                                 |
| 32    | Puducherry               | 346.92                                | 1569.03                               | 1475.36                               | 321.19                                |
| 33    | Goa                      | 425.85                                | 56.05                                 | 48.83                                 | 144.28                                |
| Total | Total                    | 4838716.30 5570606.67 6259189.67      | 4838716.30 5570606.67 6259189.67      | 4838716.30 5570606.67 6259189.67      | 3178753.23                            |

|       |                     | Expenditure* (Rs. in lakh)   | Expenditure* (Rs. in lakh)   | Expenditure* (Rs. in lakh)   | Expenditure* (Rs. in lakh)   |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Sl No | States              | 2016-17 **                   | 2017-18 #                    | 2018-19 $                    | 2019-20 (as on 19.07.2019)   |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 459814.95                    | 643111.68                    | 831402.60                    | 291505.13                    |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 15626.21                     | 22597.85                     | 21350.08                     | 442.57                       |
| 3     | ASSAM               | 150108.55                    | 153079.29                    | 133845.69                    | 55269.61                     |
| 4     | BIHAR               | 219256.77                    | 293103.81                    | 320454.63                    | 107507.43                    |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH        | 275259.88                    | 331079.81                    | 305092.00                    | 123189.34                    |
| 6     | GOA                 | 400.32                       | 287.41                       | 27.67                        | 0.67                         |
| 7     | GUJARAT             | 74207.11                     | 89320.16                     | 109577.07                    | 38590.79                     |
| 8     | HARYANA             | 32462.04                     | 31906.33                     | 36544.86                     | 9315.59                      |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 56272.24                     | 56795.80                     | 84946.96                     | 16673.71                     |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 83342.41                     | 116980.71                    | 86201.95                     | 38453.31                     |
| 11    | JHARKHAND           | 184027.79                    | 152924.99                    | 152134.96                    | 49573.06                     |
| 12    | KARNATAKA           | 330836.79                    | 300029.19                    | 360459.91                    | 204049.97                    |
| 13    | KERALA              | 242287.90                    | 190188.85                    | 298313.80                    | 57819.13                     |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH      | 364828.01                    | 425413.18                    | 540400.80                    | 167289.01                    |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA         | 209425.53                    | 230809.44                    | 238921.09                    | 72547.76                     |
| 16    | MANIPUR             | 36979.65                     | 19507.03                     | 29483.93                     | 9925.92                      |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA           | 79436.83                     | 113470.95                    | 91334.18                     | 16415.29                     |
| 18    | MIZORAM             | 14983.11                     | 21227.89                     | 49303.81                     | 15832.44                     |
| 19    | NAGALAND            | 61872.72                     | 96963.81                     | 24405.43                     | 8416.41                      |
| 20    | ODISHA              | 213571.12                    | 250406.48                    | 231565.67                    | 67934.44                     |
| 21    | PUNJAB              | 53358.51                     | 63817.59                     | 66980.30                     | 23348.80                     |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN           | 515296.07                    | 513821.14                    | 568183.62                    | 270698.33                    |
| 23    | SIKKIM              | 13747.11                     | 12460.87                     | 9453.49                      | 2029.59                      |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU          | 567400.22                    | 635476.90                    | 576646.36                    | 178355.71                    |
| 25    | TELANGANA           | 210900.43                    | 278485.31                    | 318504.04                    | 127015.18                    |
| 26    | TRIPURA             | 120027.62                    | 46645.36                     | 55521.87                     | 23227.63                     |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH       | 425262.36                    | 450298.24                    | 293702.52                    | 124158.35                    |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND         | 72023.97                     | 69243.73                     | 63322.31                     | 9566.92                      |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL         | 724581.68                    | 791314.60                    | 772944.73                    | 121508.98                    |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 267.60                       | 417.31                       | 566.43                       | 121.06                       |
| 31    | LAKSHADWEEP         | 20.37                        | 21.22                        | 24.22                        | 0.35                         |
| 32    | PUDUCHERRY          | 1100.51                      | 1450.35                      | 1573.15                      | 311.36                       |
|       | Total               | 5808986.38                   | 6402657.28                   | 6673190.13                   | 2231093.84                   |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

*Include State Share

** Including Rs.56268.00 lakh of failed FTOs of all NeFMS State/UT during financial year 2016-17. # including Rs.136890.498 lakh deducted against wage expenditure on account of rejected transaction amount

credited back during financial year 2017-18.

$ Including Rs.156046.92 lakh of failed transactions during financial year 2018-19.