Lok Sabha Question No. 183 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Average Days of Employment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kavitha Malothu, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 183

ANSWERED ON 14/03/2023

## AVERAGE DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## *183.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of average days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during each of the last ten years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether it is true that the average days of employment for 2022-23 (as of January, 2023) is just 42 days which is lowest in the last five years;
- (c) if so, the reasons for providing less number of days of employment during the current year;
- (d) whether it is not true that reduction in days of employment is due to systemic problems and disincentivising participation; and
- (e) if so, the manner in which the Government is planning to address the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

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

## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 183 for 14.03.2023

- (a): State/UT-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the last ten financial years from 2012-13 to 2021-22 and the current financial year 2022-23 (as on 07.03.2023) are given at Annexure.
- (b): The  average  days  of  employment  provided  per  household  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS as of 31.01.2023 in the current financial year 2022-23 is 42.69.
- (c)  to  (e):    Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand-driven  wage  employment  Scheme  which provides  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 rural households when no better employment opportunity is available.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  183  to  be answered on 14.03.2023.

State/UT-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last ten financial years from 2012-13 to 2021-22 and the current financial year 2022-23 (as on 07.03.2023)

| Sl. No.   |                                          | Average days of employment per households   | Average days of employment per households   | Average days of employment per households   | Average days of employment per households   | Average days of employment per households   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                                 | 2012-13                                     | 2013-14                                     | 2014-15                                     | 2015-16                                     | 2016-17                                     |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 55.92                                       | 49.58                                       | 47.25                                       | 55.23                                       | 51.49                                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 33.71                                       | 26.10                                       | 14.15                                       | 27.84                                       | 42.08                                       |
| 3         | Assam                                    | 25.43                                       | 23.65                                       | 21.81                                       | 32.37                                       | 29.59                                       |
| 4         | Bihar                                    | 45.12                                       | 41.88                                       | 34.03                                       | 45.11                                       | 37.38                                       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                             | 45.29                                       | 51.71                                       | 31.80                                       | 46.64                                       | 41.55                                       |
| 6         | Goa                                      | 13.55                                       | 22.96                                       | 23.87                                       | 18.16                                       | 18.69                                       |
| 7         | Gujarat                                  | 41.39                                       | 39.80                                       | 35.38                                       | 40.49                                       | 37.86                                       |
| 8         | Haryana                                  | 43.81                                       | 36.28                                       | 28.29                                       | 28.74                                       | 30.21                                       |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                         | 50.92                                       | 52.38                                       | 42.15                                       | 41.97                                       | 44.74                                       |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 56.54                                       | 51.40                                       | 36.44                                       | 48.45                                       | 50.33                                       |
| 11        | Jharkhand                                | 39.93                                       | 38.30                                       | 40.80                                       | 52.01                                       | 40.60                                       |
| 12        | Karnataka                                | 46.38                                       | 49.56                                       | 39.61                                       | 48.43                                       | 50.27                                       |
| 13        | Kerala                                   | 54.89                                       | 56.83                                       | 42.65                                       | 49.26                                       | 46.97                                       |
| 14        | Ladakh                                   | *                                           | *                                           | *                                           | *                                           | *                                           |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 39.77                                       | 42.27                                       | 42.07                                       | 45.80                                       | 40.34                                       |
| 16        | Maharashtra                              | 53.70                                       | 45.23                                       | 52.93                                       | 59.87                                       | 49.47                                       |
| 17        | Manipur                                  | 62.40                                       | 24.86                                       | 21.58                                       | 15.90                                       | 23.08                                       |
| 18        | Meghalaya                                | 52.43                                       | 59.31                                       | 47.65                                       | 54.21                                       | 68.15                                       |
| 19        | Mizoram                                  | 87.68                                       | 75.80                                       | 22.42                                       | 68.95                                       | 88.82                                       |
| 20        | Nagaland                                 | 63.46                                       | 45.08                                       | 22.18                                       | 50.81                                       | 69.49                                       |
| 21        | Odisha                                   | 34.14                                       | 41.62                                       | 36.44                                       | 44.78                                       | 38.08                                       |
| 22        | Punjab                                   | 27.27                                       | 32.68                                       | 22.35                                       | 30.45                                       | 29.41                                       |
| 23        | Rajasthan                                | 52.25                                       | 50.86                                       | 45.74                                       | 55.47                                       | 56.03                                       |
| 24        | Sikkim                                   | 63.90                                       | 69.57                                       | 42.51                                       | 66.98                                       | 67.72                                       |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                               | 57.80                                       | 58.67                                       | 47.36                                       | 60.90                                       | 63.87                                       |
| 26        | Telangana                                | **                                          | **                                          | 42.42                                       | 55.27                                       | 42.23                                       |
| 27        | Tripura                                  | 86.92                                       | 87.67                                       | 87.96                                       | 94.46                                       | 79.78                                       |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 28.54                                       | 35.11                                       | 33.52                                       | 33.53                                       | 31.43                                       |
| 29        | Uttarakhand                              | 43.66                                       | 41.68                                       | 32.36                                       | 41.13                                       | 43.48                                       |
| 30        | West Bengal                              | 34.70                                       | 37.44                                       | 33.14                                       | 46.88                                       | 40.43                                       |
| 31        | Andaman And Nicobar                      | 52.48                                       | 48.31                                       | 39.19                                       | 27.87                                       | 34.30                                       |
| 32        | Lakshadweep                              | 26.34                                       | 23.51                                       | 26.26                                       | 24.19                                       | 13.75                                       |
| 33        | Puducherry                               | 21.00                                       | 21.49                                       | 12.77                                       | 17.16                                       | 17.32                                       |
| 34        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        | 0.00                                        |
|           | National                                 | 46.20                                       | 45.97                                       | 40.17                                       | 48.85                                       | 45.98                                       |

| Sl No State/UTs                             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (as on 07.03.2023) |
|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1Andhra Pradesh                             | 53.09     | 58.32     |     49.59 |     54.35 |     51.64 |                        48.47 |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh                          | 30.19     | 42.93     |     48.64 |     56.75 |     61.18 |                        47.38 |
| 3Assam                                      | 28.54     | 30.58     |     32.31 |     36.31 |     33.48 |                        33.02 |
| 4Bihar                                      | 36.37     | 42.20     |     42.03 |     44.66 |     37.75 |                        46.08 |
| 5Chhattisgarh                               | 51.55     | 56.75     |     55.69 |     60.15 |     59.29 |                        44.97 |
| 6Goa                                        | 15.29     | 13.64     |     20    |     26.28 |     28.56 |                        24.47 |
| 7Gujarat                                    | 41.00     | 46.05     |     43.19 |     42.52 |     49.67 |                        44.43 |
| 8Haryana                                    | 33.12     | 33.72     |     35.37 |     39.31 |     36.26 |                        29.51 |
| 9Himachal Pradesh                           | 43.03     | 51.52     |     48.41 |     52.81 |     52.48 |                        44.88 |
| 10Jammu And Kashmir                         | 54.36     | 56.55     |     49.52 |     54.32 |     56.07 |                        37.86 |
| 11Jharkhand                                 | 41.03     | 42.17     |     46.36 |     46.35 |     45.27 |                        41.91 |
| 12Karnataka                                 | 45.05     | 49.56     |     49.99 |     49.09 |     48.22 |                        41.25 |
| 13Kerala                                    | 47.24     | 65.97     |     55.75 |     63.25 |     64.41 |                        57.06 |
| 14Ladakh                                    | *         | *         |     61.2  |     65.7  |     59.78 |                        55.95 |
| 15Madhya Pradesh                            | 46.62     | 51.79     |     53.3  |     61.84 |     57.95 |                        49.31 |
| 16Maharashtra                               | 48.62     | 47.18     |     40.96 |     40.34 |     40.54 |                        35.88 |
| 17Manipur                                   | 12.47     | 22.88     |     43.23 |     60.4  |     54.72 |                        18.39 |
| 18Meghalaya                                 | 68.37     | 71.97     |     73.22 |     71.53 |     73.72 |                        52.32 |
| 19Mizoram                                   | 75.73     | 92.43     |     94.63 |     92.94 |     94.65 |                        79.83 |
| 20Nagaland                                  | 48.83     | 34.40     |     35.47 |     45.91 |     46.48 |                        43.82 |
| 21Odisha                                    | 39.98     | 38.64     |     47.9  |     55.51 |     56.91 |                        53.45 |
| 22Punjab                                    | 33.62     | 30.30     |     31.23 |     39.52 |     37.88 |                        36.32 |
| 23Rajasthan                                 | 53.11     | 56.97     |     58.95 |     61.06 |     59.92 |                        53.15 |
| 24Sikkim                                    | 54.32     | 54.29     |     50.98 |     57.6  |     54.09 |                        49.39 |
| 25Tamil Nadu                                | 41.08     | 46.08     |     43.99 |     50.22 |     50.95 |                        46.16 |
| 26Telangana                                 | 45.32     | 46.65     |     43.21 |     50.77 |     50.31 |                        42.06 |
| 27Tripura                                   | 33.67     | 46.07     |     60.78 |     74.66 |     71.85 |                        57.59 |
| 28Uttar Pradesh                             | 37.35     | 42.05     |     46    |     41.83 |     41.95 |                        43.72 |
| 29Uttarakhand                               | 43.76     | 45.35     |     40.9  |     46.42 |     42.42 |                        39.27 |
| 30West Bengal                               | 59.63     | 77.03     |     49.89 |     51.98 |     47.94 |                        23.22 |
| 31Andaman And Nicobar                       | 26.44     | 31.79     |     38.03 |     33.77 |     23.57 |                        24.81 |
| 32Lakshadweep                               | 59.00     | 34.00     |     43    |     32.15 |     29.96 |                        42.25 |
| 33Puducherry                                | 19.26     | 20.02     |     19.32 |     22.06 |     16.02 |                        18.4  |
| 34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| National                                    | 45.69     | 50.88     |     48.4  |     51.53 |     50.07 |                        45.34 |

(As per NREGASoft)