Lok Sabha Question No. 2284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Rate of Daily Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2284 ANSWERED ON 15/03/2022

## RATE OF DAILY WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 2284.   SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the work done under the Mahatma Gandhi National, Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in the districts of Uttar Pradesh during the last one year;
- (b) the details of wages given to labourers working under MGNREGS in western Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether said wages are less than Punjab and Haryana, if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the State Government of Uttar Pradesh has recommended to the Government to increase the rate of daily wages to the labourers working under MGNREGS in Western Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be increased?

## ANSWER

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

(a)     District-wise details of works completed in Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  in  the  last financial year 2020-21 is given at Annexure-I.

(b) to (d)  As per Section 6 (1) of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005, the Central Government may by notification specify the  wage  rate  for  unskilled  work  for  its  beneficiaries.  Accordingly,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development  notifies  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  wage  rate  for  every  financial  year  for States/UTs.  To  compensate  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  workers  against  inflation,  the Ministry  of  Rural  Development  revises  the  wage  rate  every  year  based  on  change  in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL). The index is different for different States/UTs as notified by Labour Bureau Shimla. If the calculated wage rate of any State/UT is coming lower than the wage rate of previous year, it is being protected by maintaining the previous year wage rate. The wage rate is made applicable from 1st April of each financial year. However State Governments can provide wage over and above the wage rate notified by  the  Central  Government.  State/UT-wise  notified  wage  rates  for  unskilled  worker  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the financial years 2021-22 is given at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2284 dated 15.03.2022

| District-wise details of works completed in Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi   | District-wise details of works completed in Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi   | District-wise details of works completed in Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                                              | States/UTs                                                                           | Number of works                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                    | Agra                                                                                 | 4,033                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                    | Aligarh                                                                              | 2,659                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                    | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                       | 3,562                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                    | Amethi                                                                               | 12,471                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                    | Amroha                                                                               | 6,321                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                    | Auraiya                                                                              | 2,290                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                    | Ayodhya                                                                              | 9,743                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                    | Azamgarh                                                                             | 18,920                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                    | Baghpat                                                                              | 185                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                   | Bahraich                                                                             | 12,423                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                   | Ballia                                                                               | 9,009                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                   | Balrampur                                                                            | 4,277                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                   | Banda                                                                                | 8,726                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                   | Barabanki                                                                            | 9,284                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                   | Bareilly                                                                             | 10,498                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                   | Basti                                                                                | 19,022                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                   | Bijnor                                                                               | 6,876                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                   | Budaun                                                                               | 7,557                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                   | Bulandshahr                                                                          | 2,262                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                   | Chandauli                                                                            | 12,141                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                   | Chitrakoot                                                                           | 7,371                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                   | Deoria                                                                               | 6,578                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                   | Etah                                                                                 | 3,724                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                   | Etawah                                                                               | 7,763                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                   | Farrukhabad                                                                          | 7,143                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                   | Fatehpur                                                                             | 10,486                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                   | Firozabad                                                                            | 1,761                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                   | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                  | 86                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                   | Ghaziabad                                                                            | -                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                   | Ghazipur                                                                             | 12,466                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                   | Gonda                                                                                | 12,444                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                   | Gorakhpur                                                                            | 4,827                                                                                |
| 33                                                                                   | Hamirpur                                                                             | 4,126                                                                                |
| 34                                                                                   | Hapur                                                                                | 971                                                                                  |
| 35                                                                                   | Hardoi                                                                               | 11,631                                                                               |
| 36                                                                                   | Hathras                                                                              | 2,101                                                                                |
| 37                                                                                   | Jalaun                                                                               | 8,557                                                                                |
| 38                                                                                   | Jaunpur                                                                              | 20,026                                                                               |
| 39                                                                                   | Jhansi                                                                               | 8,008                                                                                |
| 40                                                                                   | Kannauj                                                                              | 7,128                                                                                |

| 41   | Kanpur Dehat       | 5,609    |
|------|--------------------|----------|
| 42   | Kanpur Nagar       | 1,528    |
| 43   | Kashganj           | 6,188    |
| 44   | Kaushambi          | 5,938    |
| 45   | Kheri              | 19,914   |
| 46   | Kushi Nagar        | 20,204   |
| 47   | Lalitpur           | 2,540    |
| 48   | Lucknow            | 8,778    |
| 49   | Maharajganj        | 6,088    |
| 50   | Mahoba             | 2,697    |
| 51   | Mainpuri           | 3,207    |
| 52   | Mathura            | 4,166    |
| 53   | Mau                | 4,876    |
| 54   | Meerut             | 2,946    |
| 55   | Mirzapur           | 10,329   |
| 56   | Moradabad          | 4,940    |
| 57   | Muzaffarnagar      | 4,262    |
| 58   | Pilibhit           | 9,771    |
| 59   | Pratapgarh         | 6,315    |
| 60   | Prayagraj          | 12,635   |
| 61   | Rae Bareli         | 14,359   |
| 62   | Rampur             | 5,333    |
| 63   | Saharanpur         | 2,531    |
| 64   | Sambhal            | 6,021    |
| 65   | Sant Kabeer Nagar  | 10,809   |
| 66   | Sant Ravidas Nagar | 3,359    |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur       | 7,695    |
| 68   | Shamli             | 319      |
| 69   | Shravasti          | 9,703    |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar    | 7,253    |
| 71   | Sitapur            | 25,798   |
| 72   | Sonbhadra          | 10,443   |
| 73   | Sultanpur          | 15,081   |
| 74   | Unnao              | 15,410   |
| 75   | Varanasi           | 6,603    |
|      | Total              | 5,83,104 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to parts (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2284 dated 15.03.2022

| State/UT-wise notified wage rates for unskilled worker under   | State/UT-wise notified wage rates for unskilled worker under   | Mahatma Gandhi   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| S. No.                                                         | Name of the State                                              | FY 2021-22       |
| 1                                                              | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                 | 245              |
| 2                                                              | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                              | 212              |
| 3                                                              | ASSAM                                                          | 224              |
| 4                                                              | BIHAR                                                          | 198              |
| 5                                                              | CHHATTISGARH                                                   | 193              |
| 6                                                              | GUJARAT                                                        | 229              |
| 7                                                              | HARYANA                                                        | 315              |
| 8                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH - NON SCHEDULED AREA                          | 203              |
| 8a                                                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH - SCHEDULED AREA                              | 254              |
| 9                                                              | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                                 | 214              |
| 10                                                             | Ladakh                                                         | 214              |
| 11                                                             | JHARKHAND                                                      | 198              |
| 12                                                             | KARNATAKA                                                      | 289              |
| 13                                                             | KERALA                                                         | 291              |
| 14                                                             | MADHYA PRADESH                                                 | 193              |
| 15                                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                                    | 248              |
| 16                                                             | MANIPUR                                                        | 251              |
| 17                                                             | MEGHALAYA                                                      | 226              |
| 18                                                             | MIZORAM                                                        | 233              |
| 19                                                             | NAGALAND                                                       | 212              |
| 20                                                             | ODISHA                                                         | 215              |
| 21                                                             | PUNJAB                                                         | 269              |
| 22                                                             | RAJASTHAN                                                      | 221              |
| 23                                                             | SIKKIM                                                         | 212              |
| 23a                                                            | SIKKIM(3 Gram Panchayat namely Gnathang, Lachung, Lachen)      | 318              |
| 24                                                             | TAMILNADU                                                      | 273              |
| 25                                                             | TRIPURA                                                        | 212              |
| 26                                                             | UTTAR PRADESH                                                  | 204              |
| 27                                                             | UTTARAKHAND                                                    | 204              |
| 28                                                             | WEST BENGAL                                                    | 213              |
| 29                                                             | GOA                                                            | 294              |
| 30                                                             | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                                               |                  |
| 30a                                                            | ANDAMAN                                                        | 279              |
| 30b                                                            | NICOBAR                                                        | 294              |
| 31                                                             | D&N HAVELI                                                     | 269              |
| 32                                                             | D&DIU                                                          | 269              |
| 33                                                             | LAKSHADWEEP                                                    | 266              |
| 34                                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                                     | 273              |
| 35                                                             | TELANGANA                                                      | 245              |

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