Lok Sabha Question No. 2992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Age Demographics under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2992 ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## AGE DEMOGRAPHICS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2992.   DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has kept a record of age demographics of the number of people employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the number of people employed under MGNREGS during the last three years;
- (c) the details of percentage increase in the number of the people in the age group of 1830 in MGNREGS registrations in 2020-21 compared to 2019-20 and the reasons for the substantial increase in the registration;
- (d) whether the Ministry has recorded the Statewise and national average number of days of employment given to registered households and people during the last five years; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)   Yes,  Sir.  The  details  of  age-wise  number  of  person  availed  employment  under Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS) in the last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 are given below:
- (c)     Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Scheme  is  a  demand  driven  scheme  and  the  registered households may apply for work as per the provision of the Scheme.
- A total of 2.75 crore persons were registered up to financial year 2019-20 in the age group of 18  years  -30  years  which  increased  to 2.94  crore  persons (7%) up  to  FY  2020-21  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
- (d)  &  (e)     Details  of  State/UT-wise  and  National  level  average  days  of  employment provided per households under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is given at Annexure.

| Financial   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   | Age-wise (in year) number of persons availed employment (in lakh)   |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year        | 18-30                                                               | 31-40                                                               | 41-50                                                               | 51-60                                                               | 61-80                                                               | Greater than 80                                                     |
| 2018-19     | 56.75                                                               | 227.51                                                              | 233.53                                                              | 161.05                                                              | 93.85                                                               | 4.11                                                                |
| 2019-20     | 56.24                                                               | 221.32                                                              | 238.39                                                              | 167.23                                                              | 100.08                                                              | 4.77                                                                |
| 2020-21     | 101.88                                                              | 309.19                                                              | 329.96                                                              | 230.77                                                              | 138.54                                                              | 7.44                                                                |

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2992 dated 22.03.2022.

Details of State/UT-wise and National level average days of employment provided per households  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  last  five  financial  years 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21

| S. No.   |                              |         |         |         |         |         |
|----------|------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| S. No.   | States                       | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh               | 51.49   | 53.09   | 58.32   | 49.59   | 54.35   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh            | 42.08   | 30.19   | 42.95   | 48.63   | 56.75   |
| 3        | Assam                        | 29.59   | 28.54   | 30.58   | 32.31   | 36.34   |
| 4        | Bihar                        | 37.37   | 36.37   | 42.19   | 42.03   | 44.65   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                 | 41.55   | 51.55   | 56.75   | 55.69   | 60.15   |
| 6        | Goa                          | 18.57   | 15.29   | 13.11   | 20.01   | 26.28   |
| 7        | Gujarat                      | 37.86   | 41.00   | 46.05   | 43.19   | 42.52   |
| 8        | Haryana                      | 30.21   | 33.12   | 33.73   | 35.37   | 39.31   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh             | 44.74   | 43.03   | 51.51   | 48.41   | 52.81   |
| 10       | Jammu And Kashmir            | 50.33   | 54.36   | 56.55   | 49.52   | 54.33   |
| 11       | Jharkhand                    | 40.60   | 41.03   | 42.17   | 46.36   | 46.35   |
| 12       | Karnataka                    | 50.27   | 45.05   | 49.56   | 49.99   | 49.15   |
| 13       | Kerala                       | 46.98   | 47.24   | 65.97   | 55.75   | 63.25   |
| 14       | Ladakh                       | *       | *       | *       | 61.25   | 65.70   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh               | 40.34   | 46.62   | 51.79   | 53.30   | 61.84   |
| 16       | Maharashtra                  | 49.47   | 48.62   | 47.18   | 40.96   | 40.34   |
| 17       | Manipur                      | 23.08   | 12.47   | 22.88   | 43.23   | 60.43   |
| 18       | Meghalaya                    | 68.14   | 68.37   | 71.97   | 73.23   | 71.53   |
| 19       | Mizoram                      | 88.92   | 75.71   | 92.45   | 94.63   | 92.94   |
| 20       | Nagaland                     | 69.48   | 48.83   | 34.40   | 35.47   | 45.91   |
| 21       | Odisha                       | 38.08   | 39.98   | 38.64   | 47.90   | 55.51   |
| 22       | Punjab                       | 29.41   | 33.62   | 30.30   | 31.22   | 39.52   |
| 23       | Rajasthan                    | 56.03   | 53.11   | 56.97   | 58.95   | 61.06   |
| 24       | Sikkim                       | 67.72   | 54.32   | 54.29   | 50.97   | 57.60   |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu                   | 63.87   | 41.08   | 46.08   | 43.99   | 50.22   |
| 26       | Telangana                    | 42.23   | 45.32   | 46.65   | 43.20   | 50.78   |
| 27       | Tripura                      | 79.79   | 33.67   | 46.07   | 60.78   | 74.66   |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh                | 31.43   | 37.35   | 42.05   | 46.00   | 41.82   |
| 29       | Uttarakhand                  | 43.49   | 43.76   | 45.36   | 40.90   | 46.42   |
| 30       | West Bengal                  | 40.43   | 59.63   | 77.03   | 49.89   | 51.98   |
| 31       | Andaman and Nicobar          | 34.33   | 26.44   | 31.72   | 37.76   | 33.77   |
| 32       | Lakshadweep                  | 0.00    | 59.00   | 40.00   | 35.84   | 32.15   |
| 33       | Puducherry                   | 17.34   | 19.26   | 20.01   | 19.32   | 22.06   |
| 34       | D&N Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    |
|          | National                     | 45.98   | 45.69   | 50.88   | 48.40   | 51.52   |