Lok Sabha Question No. 270 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Wages to Labourers under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 270

ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## WAGES TO LABOURERS UNDER MGNREGS

## *270.   DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the wages paid to the labourers working under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three years;
- (b) the number of months for which the said payment is due till date in Madhya Pradesh, district-wise;
- (c) whether wages are paid to the labourers working under MGNREGS category-wise in the order of the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes and then to unreserved classes respectively and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has issued any guidelines in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the said practice is not discriminatory; and
- (f) the number of labourers who have been paid wages in Madhya Pradesh, including Seoni and Balaghat districts of Balaghat Parliamentary Constituency till date along with the amount of wages paid to them, category-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

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

## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 270 for 22.03.2022

- (a):      State/UT-wise  details  of  fund  release  on  wage  component  under  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is given at Annexure.
- (b):       Fund  release  to  the  States/UTs  is  a  continuous  process  and  Central  Government  is committed in making funds available keeping in view the demand for work on the ground. There is no pending liability for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS for State of Madhya Pradesh as on 17.03.2022.
- (c):       No, Sir.
- (d):      No guidelines have been issued as per the part (c) of question.
- (e):       Does not arise as per the reply of Part (d) of question.
- (f):       In the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 16.03.2022), an amount of Rs. 5,372.68 crore has been released for wage component and total of 28.91 crore persondays have been generated in the State of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

In  the  current  financial  year  2021-22  (as  on  16.03.2022),  the  details  of  persondays generated and expenditure on wage in the districts of Seoni and Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are given below:

| Districts of Madhya Pradesh       |   Seoni |   Balaghat |
|-----------------------------------|---------|------------|
| Persondays generated (in lakh)    |   94.03 |     134.05 |
| Expenditure on wage (Rs.in crore) |  169.12 |     255.05 |

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 270 dated 22.03.2022.

| during the last three SI. No.   | financial years 2018-19, States   | 2019-20 and 2018-19   | 2020-21 (Rs. In crore) 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|-----------|
| 1                               | Andhra Pradesh                    | 4429.91               | 4510.63                          | 6273.13   |
| 2                               | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 127.37                | 84.81                            | 224.89    |
| 3                               | Assam                             | 926.18                | 1222.02                          | 2154.95   |
| 4                               | Bihar                             | 2100.94               | 2305.56                          | 4756.87   |
| 5                               | Chhattisgarh                      | 2412.78               | 2033.52                          | 3362.94   |
| 6                               | Gujarat                           | 736.03                | 565.32                           | 1066.02   |
| 7                               | Haryana                           | 216.75                | 242.58                           | 600.89    |
| 8                               | Himachal Pradesh                  | 529.15                | 423.71                           | 736.75    |
| 9                               | Jammu and Kashmir                 | 521.11                | 691.02                           | 810.49    |
| 10                              | Jharkhand                         | 970.75                | 945.79                           | 2399.42   |
| 11                              | Karnataka                         | 1807.27               | 2690.96                          | 4251.44   |
| 12                              | Kerala                            | 2037.31               | 3173.83                          | 3356.22   |
| 13                              | Madhya Pradesh                    | 2997.72               | 3495.46                          | 6419.71   |
| 14                              | Maharashtra                       | 1455.58               | 1098.01                          | 1351.62   |
| 15                              | Manipur                           | 178.34                | 252.08                           | 596.26    |
| 16                              | Meghalaya                         | 568.27                | 602.69                           | 974.97    |
| 17                              | Mizoram                           | 345.49                | 469.54                           | 501.75    |
| 18                              | Nagaland                          | 150.16                | 414.50                           | 263.61    |
| 19                              | Odisha                            | 1569.93               | 1604.74                          | 4219.20   |
| 20                              | Punjab                            | 460.47                | 603.02                           | 1021.25   |
| 21                              | Rajasthan                         | 3787.24               | 5158.53                          | 8097.76   |
| 22                              | Sikkim                            | 69.41                 | 56.56                            | 80.75     |
| 23                              | Tamil Nadu                        | 3746.82               | 4503.88                          | 6958.79   |
| 24                              | Telangana                         | 1832.59               | 1693.05                          | 2634.34   |
| 25                              | Tripura                           | 394.17                | 579.41                           | 904.40    |
| 26                              | Uttar Pradesh                     | 4093.08               | 4337.60                          | 7817.58   |
| 27                              | Uttarakhand                       | 414.40                | 306.85                           | 713.17    |
| 28                              | West Bengal                       | 5477.14               | 6215.73                          | 9397.68   |
| 29                              | Andaman &Nicobar                  | 4.34                  | 3.09                             | 5.81      |
| 30                              | Dadra &Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu  | 0.00                  | 0.00                             | 0.00      |
| 31                              | Lakshadweep                       | 0.22                  | 0.90                             | 0.50      |
| 32                              | Puducherry                        | 13.91                 | 13.55                            | 24.44     |
| 33                              | Ladakh*                           | -                     | -                                | 22.49     |
| 34                              | Goa                               | 0.26                  | 0.85                             | 2.34      |
| Total                           |                                   | 44,375.10             | 50,299.81                        | 82,002.45 |