Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Increase in Additional Days of Work under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S.

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2730 ANSWERED ON 02/08/2022

## INCREASE IN ADDITIONAL DAYS OF WORK UNDER MGNREGS

## 2730.   DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  days  for  which  employment  has  been  generated  during  the  last  five years in rural area, State and gender-wise;
- (b) the number of States which have seen a increase in additional days of work under the provision of  drought/natural calamity during the last five years;
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated  during  the  last  five  years  in  Union  budget  for  the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) and horizontal allocation to States;
- (d) the measures taken by the Government for delay in payments to workers under the act and  the  details  of  delay  in  payments  Caste  Category-wise  [Scheduled  Castes(SCs)/ Scheduled Tribes(STs)/ non SC/ST];
- (e) whether the Government is aware that in some States payment under MGNREGS is less than statutory minimum wages for agriculture; and
- (f) if so, the details for the same and funds granted, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):   State/UT-wise  and  gender-wise  details  of  employment  provided  (in  person-days generated) under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in last five financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is given at Annexure-I.
- (b): The  details of drought and natural calamity affected States, where additional employment of upto 50 days over and above 100 days per household in a financial year, was given  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  five  financial  years  2017-18,  2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is given at Annexure-II.
- (c):    Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment scheme. There is no State/UT-wise allocation of funds under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

The  detail  of  Budget  Estimate,  Revised  Estimate  and  fund  released  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last five financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is given below:

## (Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | Year    | Budget Estimate   | Revised Estimate   | Fund released   |
|----------|---------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | 2017-18 | 48,000.00         | 55,167.06          | 55,166.06       |
|        2 | 2018-19 | 55,000.00         | 61,830.09          | 61,829.55       |
|        3 | 2019-20 | 60,000.00         | 71,001.81          | 71,687.71       |
|        4 | 2020-21 | 61,500.00         | 1,11,500.00        | 1,11,170.86     |
|        5 | 2021-22 | 73,000.00         | 98,000.00          | 98,467.85       |

(d):     As per the provisions mentioned in Schedule-II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), wage seekers shall be entitled to receive payment of compensation for the delay, at the rate of 0.05% of the unpaid wages per day of delay beyond the sixteenth day of closure of muster roll.  The State Government shall pay the compensation upfront after due verification within the time limits as specified above and recover the compensation amount from the functionaries or agencies who are responsible for the delay in payment.

In  the  current  financial  year  2022-23,  single   Fund  Transfer  Orders  (FTOs) for  the release  of  wage  component  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  are  generated  for  all  the categories (SC, ST and Other).

(e)  &  (f):         As  per  Section  6  (1)  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA, the Central Government may  by  notification specify the wage  rate for unskilled work  for its beneficiaries. Accordingly,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  notifies  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  wage rate  for  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 index is different for different States/UTs as notified by Labour Bureau, Shimla. If the calculated wage rate of any State/UT is coming lower than the wage rate of previous financial year, it is being protected by maintaining the previous financial year wage rate. The wage rate is  made  applicable  from  1st  April  of  each  financial  year.  Centrally,  this  Ministry  does  not maintain minimum wage rates in respect of States/UTs, agricultural or otherwise.  However each  State/UT  can  provide  wage  over  and  above  the  wage  rate  notified  by  the  Central Government.

State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the current financial year 2022-23 (as on 27.07.2022) are given at Annexure-III.

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| N o                 | generated lakh)   | 2017-18 Persondays (in   | 2017-18 Persondays (in   |                | 2019-20 Persondays generated   | 2019-20 Persondays generated   | 2020-21 Persondays generated (in   | 2020-21 Persondays generated (in   | 2021-22 Persondays generated (in lakh)   | 2021-22 Persondays generated (in lakh)   |
|---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| State               | generated lakh)   | Men Women                | Men                      | Women          | Men                            | Women                          | Men                                | Women                              | Men                                      | Women                                    |
| 1                   | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 855.74 1264.51           | 988.64                   | 1477.00        | 799.54                         | 1202.71                        | 1108.35                            | 1484.89                            | 1026.16                                  | 1391.37                                  |
| 2 PRADESH           | ARUNACHAL         | 27.26 15.52              | 42.09                    | 26.56          | 51.19                          | 34.80                          | 75.18                              | 52.96                              | 88.64                                    | 70.11                                    |
| 3ASSAM              | 295.59            | 185.09                   | 313.71                   | 218.76         | 362.79                         | 260.27                         | 509.69                             | 401.85                             | 481.73                                   | 436.67                                   |
| 4BIHAR              | 436.67            | 380.53                   | 595.08                   | 638.50         | 625.25                         | 790.98                         | 1032.47                            | 1243.80                            | 849.07                                   | 964.36                                   |
| 5 CHHATTISGAR H     | 603.18            | 596.12                   | 692.30                   | 693.72         | 671.31                         | 690.44                         | 911.30                             | 929.60                             | 826.49                                   | 865.99                                   |
| 6GOA                | 0.21              | 0.78                     | 0.04                     | 0.11           | 0.08                           | 0.26                           | 0.26                               | 0.84                               | 0.20                                     | 0.75                                     |
| 7GUJARAT            | 205.71            | 147.38                   | 232.76                   | 186.86         | 194.07                         | 159.63                         | 257.95                             | 224.34                             | 303.62                                   | 264.41                                   |
| 8HARYANA            | 46.42             | 43.95                    | 38.91                    | 38.99          | 45.05                          | 46.14                          | 91.97                              | 87.65                              | 69.44                                    | 76.96                                    |
| 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 84.54             | 135.51                   | 104.78                   | 180.42         | 96.56                          | 162.63                         | 130.94                             | 205.26                             | 139.67                                   | 231.28                                   |
| 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR  | 266.80            | 104.10                   | 257.78                   | 110.37         | 210.21                         | 103.20                         | 278.10                             | 128.91                             | 271.42                                   | 134.97                                   |
| 11JHARKHAND         | 371.45            | 221.30                   | 326.17                   | 210.43         | 376.74                         | 265.21                         | 675.51                             | 500.57                             | 616.46                                   | 516.03                                   |
| 12KARNATAKA         | 453.08            | 403.92                   | 537.21                   | 507.71         | 569.14                         | 549.50                         | 747.99                             | 732.32                             | 819.47                                   | 820.44                                   |
| 13KERALA            | 57.23             | 562.36                   | 93.56                    | 881.70         | 81.82                          | 720.48                         | 97.29                              | 925.70                             | 111.92                                   | 947.74                                   |
| 14LADAKH            | 0.00              | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 7.49                           | 11.54                          | 8.21                               | 13.09                              | 7.30                                     | 11.98                                    |
| 15 MADHYA PRADESH   | 1016.03           | 606.32                   | 1287.73                  | 741.54         | 1194.56                        | 735.62                         | 2035.33                            | 1384.88                            | 1769.91                                  | 1231.03                                  |
| 16 MAHARASHTR A     | 449.86            | 375.34                   | 466.38                   | 379.54         | 356.27                         | 273.33                         | 387.75                             | 291.63                             | 465.39                                   | 360.05                                   |
| 17MANIPUR           | 33.80             | 27.45                    | 61.73                    | 55.66          | 119.41                         | 114.66                         | 158.57                             | 171.95                             | 145.30                                   | 160.92                                   |
| 18MEGHALAYA         | 155.27            | 136.61                   | 170.55                   | 171.61         | 183.21                         | 187.01                         | 186.60                             | 197.10                             | 194.69                                   | 198.94                                   |
| 19MIZORAM           | 94.03             | 48.64                    | 110.50                   | 68.17          | 94.40                          | 97.70                          | 85.77                              | 112.89                             | 98.33                                    | 102.44                                   |
| 20NAGALAND          | 142.36            | 57.45                    | 90.82                    | 41.87          | 89.14                          | 49.34                          | 114.72                             | 65.40                              | 119.11                                   | 73.47                                    |
| 21ODISHA            | 536.11            | 386.00                   | 481.41                   | 348.48         | 631.55                         | 482.34                         | 1149.73                            | 931.02                             | 1065.40                                  | 912.77                                   |
| 22PUNJAB            | 83.31             | 139.80                   | 80.30                    | 124.18         | 96.95                          | 138.31                         | 162.32                             | 214.43                             | 132.23                                   | 199.32                                   |
| 23RAJASTHAN         | 831.15            | 1566.60                  | 998.31                   | 1944.15        | 1073.84                        | 2212.71                        | 1580.55                            | 3024.79                            | 1422.71                                  | 2820.31                                  |
| 24SIKKIM            | 17.98             | 16.63                    | 16.47                    | 17.09          | 14.42                          | 15.05                          | 18.23                              | 19.11                              | 16.29                                    | 18.05                                    |
| 25TAMIL NADU        | 342.13            | 2046.68                  | 376.31                   | 2200.65        | 340.35                         | 2144.75                        | 488.62                             | 2850.84                            | 505.03                                   | 2952.23                                  |
| 26TELANGANA         | 442.39            | 705.34                   | 437.99                   | 739.30         | 412.36                         | 658.78                         | 662.47                             | 917.07                             | 606.03                                   | 852.01                                   |
| 27TRIPURA           | 93.21             | 82.83                    | 136.18                   | 116.90         | 182.21                         | 161.81                         | 229.01                             | 208.21                             | 224.08                                   | 202.10                                   |
| 28 UTTAR PRADESH    | 1177.75           | 637.34                   | 1372.80                  | 748.44 1606.43 |                                | 837.86                         | 2620.16                            | 1325.25                            | 2046.43                                  | 1212.44                                  |
| 29 UTTARAKHAN D     | 101.50            | 121.40                   | 99.39                    | 122.22         | 89.41                          | 116.71                         | 136.21                             | 167.40                             | 108.76                                   | 134.44                                   |
| 30WEST BENGAL       | 1637.97           | 1487.59                  | 1754.89                  | 1627.64        | 1419.67                        | 1303.38                        | 2268.65                            | 1871.52                            | 1941.68                                  | 1700.71                                  |
| 31 ANDAMAN NICOBAR  | & 0.77            | 1.14                     | 0.71                     | 1.23           | 0.90                           | 1.31                           | 1.18                               | 1.43                               | 0.53                                     | 0.61                                     |
| 32 DN HAVELI AND DD | 0.00              | 0.00                     | 0.00                     | 0.00           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                               | 0.00                               | 0.00                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 33 LAKSHADWEE P     | 0.05              | 0.01                     | 0.06                     | 0.04           | 0.04                           | 0.01                           | 0.02                               | 0.00                               | 0.01                                     | 0.00                                     |
| 34PUDUCHERRY        | 0.99              | 6.27                     | 0.82                     | 5.82           | 1.01                           |                                | 1.39                               | 9.18                               |                                          | 5.38                                     |
|                     |                   | 10860.5 12510.4          | 12166.3                  | 14625.6        | 11997.3                        | 6.64 14535.0                   | 18212.4                            | 20695.8                            | 0.76 16474.2                             | 19870.2                                  |

(As per NREGASoft)

The details of drought and natural calamity affected States, where additional employment of upto 50 days over and above 100 days per household in a financial year, was given under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last five financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 202021 and 2021-22

| 2017-2018      | 2018-2019      | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022   |
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Chhattisgarh   | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka   | Karnataka   | Karnataka   |
| Karnataka      | Gujarat        | Kerala      |             | Rajasthan   |
| Kerala         | Jharkhand      | Manipur     |             |             |
| Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka      | Odisha      |             |             |
| Odisha         | Kerala         | Rajasthan   |             |             |
| Puducherry     | Maharashtra    |             |             |             |
| Rajasthan      | Odisha         |             |             |             |
|                | Rajasthan      |             |             |             |
|                | Tamil Nadu     |             |             |             |

| State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the current   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the current   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the current   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                             | State/UT                                                                           | Fund released (Rs. in crore)                                                       |
| 1                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     | 4586.91                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                  | 122.12                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                  | Assam                                                                              | 893.26                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                              | 2468.59                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                       | 584.61                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                | 1.73                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                            | 809.26                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                            | 109.57                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                   | 565.97                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                     | 91.33                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                          | 638.81                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                          | 2903.12                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                             | 1301.86                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | 2020.00                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                        | 1045.21                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                            | 756.50                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                          | 475.85                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                            | 151.83                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                           | 156.46                                                                             |
| 20                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                             | 2018.81                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                             | 267.33                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                          | 4427.71                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                             | 22.45                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                         | 3470.36                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                          | 1926.73                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                            | 330.40                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                      | 4151.06                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                        | 343.71                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                        | 0.00                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                 | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                   | 4.61                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                        | 0.00                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                         | 13.59                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                 | Ladakh                                                                             | 17.23                                                                              |
| 34                                                                                 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu                                                   | 0.81                                                                               |
|                                                                                    | Total                                                                              | 36,677.79                                                                          |