Lok Sabha Question No. 3601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: MGNREGS during Second Wave of Corona
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3601

ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## MGNREGS DURING SECOND WAVE OF CORONA

## 3601.   SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  during  the  second  wave  of  Corona  many  migrant  workers  migrated  to  their  native places, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  demand  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) increased many fold during the second wave, if so, the details therof;
- (c) whether  MGNREGS  generated  thirty  crore  mandays  of  work  in  May  2021,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (d) whether speed of corona in rural areas affected the demand of rural jobs in villages; and
- (e) if so, the steps taken by the Government to provide help to those people who lost their livelihood in rural areas due to disease and the further steps taken or being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  information  provided  by  Ministry  of  Labour  and  employment,  an  all  India  survey  on migrant workers has been launched during the first week of April, 2021 by the Ministry Labour and Employment. This survey will provide estimates of migrant workers in the country. The survey will also capture/generate  estimates  on  the  movements  of  migrant  workers  due  to  the  nationwide  lockdown announced on 25 th March, 2020. The report of this survey is expected within one year of the start of field work on 15.07.2021, subject to the condition that no further disruptions in field work are caused due to the pandemic.

(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.

The  details  of  employment  demanded  by  households  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the financial year (FY) 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 is given below:

(In crore)

| Indicators                       |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021) |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| Employment demanded by household |      6.17 |      8.55 |                         5.99 |

Source: NREGASoft

(c): Total  of  37.18  crore  person-day  have  been  generated  in  the  month  of  May,  2021  under  the Mahatma Gandhi NREG Scheme. In this regard, the State-wise detail of persondays generated in the month of May, 2021 is given at Annexure .

(d) & (e): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven scheme. It provides livelihood security i.e., fall back option for livelihood for the rural households. During the financial year (FY) 2020-21, a total of 1.89 crore new job cards were issued and 56.47 lakh job cards have been issued so far in current FY 2021-22.

During the FY 2020-21, a total of 389 crore persondays were generated which is 47 % more than the previous FY 2019-20. During the FY 2020-21, a total of 7.55 crore households have been provided employment which 38% more the previous financial year. During current FY 2021-22, a total of 5.96 crore households have been offered employment and 148.19 crore persondays have been generated so far.

The financial allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi NREG Scheme is Rs.73,000 crore at Budget Estimate  stage  in  the  current  financial  year  2021-22.  The  Ministry  has  released  Rs.  46,705.24  crore during the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021) to States/UTs for the implementation of the Scheme.

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(Figure in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | State/UTs                                    |   Persondays generated during May, 2021 |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | ANDHRA PRADESH                               |                                  696.7  |
|         2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            |                                    4.01 |
|         3 | ASSAM                                        |                                   74.55 |
|         4 | BIHAR                                        |                                  291.62 |
|         5 | CHHATTISGARH                                 |                                  298.53 |
|         6 | GOA                                          |                                    0.01 |
|         7 | GUJARAT                                      |                                  114.78 |
|         8 | HARYANA                                      |                                   15.37 |
|         9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             |                                   20.68 |
|        10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            |                                    5.62 |
|        11 | JHARKHAND                                    |                                  147.08 |
|        12 | KARNATAKA                                    |                                  122.83 |
|        13 | KERALA                                       |                                    6.87 |
|        14 | LADAKH                                       |                                    0.01 |
|        15 | MADHYA PRADESH                               |                                  438.91 |
|        16 | MAHARASHTRA                                  |                                   73.32 |
|        17 | MANIPUR                                      |                                    0.31 |
|        18 | MEGHALAYA                                    |                                    7.8  |
|        19 | MIZORAM                                      |                                   24.16 |
|        20 | NAGALAND                                     |                                   14.77 |
|        21 | ODISHA                                       |                                  285.63 |
|        22 | PUNJAB                                       |                                   42.97 |
|        23 | RAJASTHAN                                    |                                   96.39 |
|        24 | SIKKIM                                       |                                    1.38 |
|        25 | TAMIL NADU                                   |                                  124.02 |
|        26 | TELANGANA                                    |                                  427.72 |
|        27 | TRIPURA                                      |                                   44.85 |
|        28 | UTTAR PRADESH                                |                                  131.74 |
|        29 | UTTARAKHAND                                  |                                   10.21 |
|        30 | WEST BENGAL                                  |                                  194.71 |
|        31 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                          |                                    0.06 |
|        32 | LAKSHADWEEP                                  |                                    0    |
|        33 | PUDUCHERRY                                   |                                    0.01 |
|        34 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU |                                    0    |

Source: NREGASoft