Lok Sabha Question No. 5417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: MGNREGS in Jharkhand
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5417 ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## MGNREGS IN JHARKHAND

## 5417.   SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds allocated and utilized by the State Government of Jharkhand under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three years;
- (b) the status of compliance of set instructions regarding the work place of MGNREGS in Jharkhand;
- (c) whether there are such MGNREGS labourers in Jharkhand who have not been provided 100 days of employment;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, district-wise; and
- (e) the status of the payment of MGNREGS workers in Jharkhand along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):    Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme.  There  is  no  State/UT-wise allocation of funds under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. The details of fund released to State of Jharkhand under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 is given below:

| Financial Year               | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Fund released (Rs. in crore) | 1,538.05  | 1,311.14  | 3,489.83  |

(b):     As  per  the  information  shared  by  the  State  Government  of  Jharkhand,  the  State  is complying with the provision mentioned in the Schedule II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act regarding work site management. Necessary training and sensitization of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS functionaries/ PRIs/ Mates/ workers are done from time  to  time.  Random  visits/inspections  are  performed  by  block,  district  and  State  level officials to ensure the compliance. Social audits also inquire into this aspect.

(c)&(d):        Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme which provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial  year  to  every  household  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual work. It  provides  livelihood  security,  i.e.  fall  back  options  for  livelihood  for  the  rural households, when no better employment opportunity is available. District-wise  number  of  households  completed  100  days  of  employment  under   Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in Jharkhand  in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022) is given at Annexure. (e):     In the financial year 2021-22, 100% Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) are generated within

15 days from the closure of muster roll in Jharkhand under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (c)&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5417 dated 05.04.2022.

| District-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment in Jharkhand under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022)   | District-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment in Jharkhand under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022)   | District-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment in Jharkhand under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                            | Districts                                                                                                                                                          | Households completed 100 days of employment (FY 2021-22)                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                  | Bokaro                                                                                                                                                             | 3370                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                  | Chatra                                                                                                                                                             | 3741                                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                  | Deoghar                                                                                                                                                            | 2379                                                                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                  | Dhanbad                                                                                                                                                            | 999                                                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                  | Dumka                                                                                                                                                              | 8472                                                                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                  | East Singhbum                                                                                                                                                      | 3205                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                  | Garhwa                                                                                                                                                             | 5512                                                                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                  | Giridih                                                                                                                                                            | 2998                                                                                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                  | Godda                                                                                                                                                              | 3494                                                                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                 | Gumla                                                                                                                                                              | 4719                                                                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                 | Hazaribagh                                                                                                                                                         | 4233                                                                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                 | Jamtara                                                                                                                                                            | 3315                                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                 | Khunti                                                                                                                                                             | 2911                                                                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                 | Koderma                                                                                                                                                            | 967                                                                                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                 | Latehar                                                                                                                                                            | 2363                                                                                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                 | Lohardaga                                                                                                                                                          | 2360                                                                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                 | Pakur                                                                                                                                                              | 2903                                                                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                 | Palamu                                                                                                                                                             | 3411                                                                                                                                                               |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                 | Ramgarh                                                                                                                                                            | 4938                                                                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                 | Ranchi                                                                                                                                                             | 5172                                                                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                 | Sahebganj                                                                                                                                                          | 3031                                                                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                 | Saraikela Kharsawan                                                                                                                                                | 2977                                                                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                 | Simdega                                                                                                                                                            | 4825                                                                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                 | West Singhbhum                                                                                                                                                     | 6036                                                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                                              | 88,331                                                                                                                                                             |

(As per MIS)