Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Central Teams to Examine Work and Expenditure under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu, Navneet Ravi Rana

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 70 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## CENTRAL TEAMS TO EXAMINE WORK AND EXPENDITURE UNDER MGNREGS

- *70.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has appointed central teams in various districts of the country to examine the expenditure incurred by the States and the actual works done by them under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the details of the teams sent particularly to Sitamarhi, Aurangabad and Bhagalpur of Bihar, Amravatri of Maharashtra, Hugli of West Bengal and Sonipat of Haryana; and
- (c) the details of the report submitted by the said teams particularly related to Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana, State and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (c):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 70 for 07.02.2023

- (a):     In  order  to  monitor  the  progress  of  implementation  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act, (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), independent agencies empanelled as National  Level  Monitors  (NLMs)  with  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  were  deputed  to conduct a Special Monitoring of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. NLM Agencies were required to visit the selected districts to observe and monitor the progress made under the programme and assess the quality of implementation therein. The Special monitoring visit has been conducted in three phases. The Phase-I was conducted in the month of January 2022 and covered 90 districts of  11  States.  The  Phase-II  visit  was  conducted  in  the  month  of  May,  2022  and  covered  115 districts  of  26  States.  The  Phase  III  visit  was  conducted  in  the  month  of  August-  September, 2022. It covered 114 districts of 25 States.
- (b)  &  (c)  :  During  the  NLM  team's  visit  to  the  districts,  each  NLM  teams  comprised  of  two members  from  the  agencies  empanelled  by  the  NLM  Division.  Observations  of  the  Special Monitoring team for the aforementioned districts are as under:

| State       | District   | Comments                                                                                                                         |
|-------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bihar       | Bhagalpur  | District not covered during the Special monitoring visit                                                                         |
| Bihar       | Sitamarhi  | Majority of the Job Cards checked were found not updated. Job Card entries were not matching with the corresponding Muster Roll. |
| Bihar       | Aurangabad | 7 Registers not maintained in majority of the visited worksites                                                                  |
| Haryana     | Sonipat    | District not covered during the Special monitoring visit                                                                         |
| Maharashtra | Amravati   | Citizen Information Boards were not found on Majority of the worksites inspected                                                 |
| West Bengal | Hooghly    | No specific observation by the team.                                                                                             |

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