Lok Sabha Question No. 3484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Impact of Lockdown and COVID surge during Second Wave on MGNREGA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3484 ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## IMPACT OF LOCKDOWN AND COVID SURGE DURING SECOND WAVE ON MGNREGA

## 3484.   SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that the nationwide lockdown and surge in COVID cases during the second wave has impacted rural areas badly and work generated under the flagship scheme has been low in the current financial year as compared to the previous year, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  necessary  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  create  more  work demand in the rural areas of the country; and
- (c) the  budget  allocated  and  released  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  during  the  last  three years and the current financial year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b): The  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  scheme  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 option for livelihood for the rural households when no better employment opportunity is available.

Detail  of  persondays  generated  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  during  April-  July,  2020  and April- July, 2021 is given below:

|                                 |   April- July, 2020 |   April- July, 2021 |
|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Persondays generated (In crore) |              174.31 |               146.7 |

Source: Management Information System

To  generate  awareness  about  the  provisions  of  the  Scheme  and  to  provide  adequate employment opportunities to rural households under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, all States/UTs have been  requested  to  (i)  initiate  appropriate  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for wide dissemination of the provisions of the Act, (ii) expand scope and coverage of demand registration system to ensure that demand for work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA does not go unregistered, (iii) prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha. (iv) Organization of 'Rozgar Diwas'.

- (c): Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, no State/UT-wise financial allocation is made. The detail of State/UT-wise central fund released in the last three financial year and current financial year (as on 05.08.2021) is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3484 dated 10.08.2021

|        |                                          | Central Release (Rs. in crore)   | Central Release (Rs. in crore)   | Central Release (Rs. in crore)   | Central Release (Rs. in crore)   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No | States/UTs                               | 2018-19                          | 2019-20                          | 2020-21                          | 2021-22 (as on 05.08.2021)       |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 6684.54                          | 7311.48                          | 10365.48                         | 4328.66                          |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 163.25                           | 107.57                           | 348.95                           | 195.31                           |
| 3      | ASSAM                                    | 1050.37                          | 1476.24                          | 2635.91                          | 854.62                           |
| 4      | BIHAR                                    | 2891.94                          | 3283.88                          | 6647.26                          | 3745.82                          |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH                             | 3082.94                          | 2792.41                          | 4144.19                          | 1914.12                          |
| 6      | GOA                                      | 0.49                             | 2.17                             | 0.91                             | 0.00                             |
| 7      | GUJARAT                                  | 1060.80                          | 775.84                           | 1513.90                          | 869.78                           |
| 8      | HARYANA                                  | 356.25                           | 345.27                           | 776.67                           | 349.17                           |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 778.74                           | 615.37                           | 964.98                           | 387.96                           |
| 10     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 620.36                           | 825.62                           | 1166.63                          | 129.33                           |
| 11     | JHARKHAND                                | 1538.06                          | 1311.15                          | 3490.25                          | 1300.97                          |
| 12     | KARNATAKA                                | 3040.25                          | 5546.20                          | 5605.01                          | 3069.43                          |
| 13     | KERALA                                   | 2354.74                          | 3541.12                          | 4300.32                          | 798.83                           |
| 14     | LADAKH                                   | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 22.49                            | 8.02                             |
| 15     | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 4681.41                          | 4825.63                          | 9225.40                          | 4542.66                          |
| 16     | MAHARASHTRA                              | 2014.64                          | 1723.25                          | 1639.78                          | 944.10                           |
| 17     | MANIPUR                                  | 269.60                           | 610.75                           | 737.57                           | 0.00                             |
| 18     | MEGHALAYA                                | 786.14                           | 1026.64                          | 1286.63                          | 309.93                           |
| 19     | MIZORAM                                  | 392.37                           | 526.74                           | 576.81                           | 276.65                           |
| 20     | NAGALAND                                 | 138.86                           | 298.54                           | 483.82                           | 4.74                             |
| 21     | ODISHA                                   | 2218.21                          | 2488.22                          | 5409.50                          | 2527.15                          |
| 22     | PUNJAB                                   | 598.55                           | 776.89                           | 1287.86                          | 612.41                           |
| 23     | RAJASTHAN                                | 5492.31                          | 6891.74                          | 9129.03                          | 4516.08                          |
| 24     | SIKKIM                                   | 97.43                            | 83.66                            | 101.46                           | 34.46                            |
| 25     | TAMIL NADU                               | 4951.66                          | 5447.80                          | 8941.26                          | 3758.22                          |
|        | TELANGANA                                | 2958.17                          | 2246.78                          | 4163.57                          | 3350.71                          |
| 27     | TRIPURA                                  | 442.54                           | 740.05                           | 1199.93                          | 431.19                           |
| 28     | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 5464.65                          | 6240.17                          | 12257.35                         | 2751.97                          |
| 29     | UTTARAKHAND                              | 610.05                           | 470.61                           | 908.89                           | 239.03                           |
| 30     | WEST BENGAL                              | 7358.38                          | 8458.21                          | 10993.56                         | 4217.07                          |
| 31     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 7.62                             | 5.84                             | 4.86                             | 7.63                             |
| 32     | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0.16                             | 0.24                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
| 33     | PUDUCHERRY                               | 14.75                            | 17.04                            | 27.13                            | 3.49                             |
| 34     | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 4.84                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
|        | Total                                    | 62,125.07                        | 70,813.12                        | 1,10,357.35                      | 46,479.54                        |