Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Dues pending under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mala Roy

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1002 ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## DUES PENDING UNDER MGNREGS

## 1002.   SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of dues pending to the State Governments under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as on November 30, 2022; and
- (b) whether there is any proposal to increase the wage rate for the above said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a)     State/UT  wise  details  of  pending  liabilities  for  material  component  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the current financial year 2022-23 (as on 30.11.2022) is given at Annexure-I.

State/UT-wise  details  of  pending  liabilities  for  wage  component  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS (as on 30.11.2022) are given at Annexure-II.

- (b) As  per  Section  6(1)  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), the Central Government may by notification specify the wage rate for its beneficiaries. Accordingly, the Ministry of Rural Development notifies Mahatma Gandhi NREGA wage rate every financial year for States/UTs. To compensate the Mahatma Gandhi  NREGA workers against inflation,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  revises  the wage rate  every  financial  year  based  on  change  in  Consumer  Price  Index  for  Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL). The wage rate is made applicable  from 1 st April  of  each  financial  year. However  each  State/UT  can  provide  wage  over  and  above  the  wage  rate  notified  by  the Central Government.

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## Annexure-I referred in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1002 dated 13.12.2022.

| State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                             | State/UT                                                                            |                                                                                     |                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                      | 653.38                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                   | Assam                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 4                                                                                   | Bihar                                                                               | 184.27                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 5                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                   | Goa                                                                                 | 0.03                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                             | 25.67                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                  | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                   | 15.52                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                           | 58.91                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                  | Karnataka                                                                           | 540.66                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                              | 101.19                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | 304.83                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                         | 175.72                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                  | Manipur                                                                             | 55.70                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                           | 56.47                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                            | 69.62                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                  | Odisha                                                                              | 112.26                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 21                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                           | 184.61                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                  | Sikkim                                                                              | 2.34                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 25                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                           | 174.71                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                  | Tripura                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                         | 30.87                                                                               |                                                                                     |
| 29                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                         | 457.06                                                                              |                                                                                     |
| 30                                                                                  | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                    | 3.61                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                  | Lakshadweep                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 32                                                                                  | Puducherry                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 33                                                                                  | Ladakh                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| 34                                                                                  | Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman & Diu                                                    | 0.00                                                                                |                                                                                     |
| Total                                                                               | Total                                                                               | 3,207.43                                                                            |                                                                                     |

Annexure-II

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1002 dated 13.12.2022.

| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS (as on 30.11.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS (as on 30.11.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS (as on 30.11.2022).   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                           | State/UT                                                                                                         | Wage liabilities (Rs. In crore)                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                | 7.84                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                | Assam                                                                                                            | 196.11                                                                                                           |
| 3                                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                                          | 8.80                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                                        | 162.52                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                                        | 45.08                                                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                                           | 456.20                                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                                           | 4.72                                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                   | 83.32                                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                                          | 42.89                                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                                                         | 183.55                                                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                                                        | 108.80                                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                       | 210.74                                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                                               | Telangana                                                                                                        | 139.77                                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                    | 52.48                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                                                       | 0.34                                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                                                      | 2744.76                                                                                                          |
| Total                                                                                                            | Total                                                                                                            | 4,447.92                                                                                                         |

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