Lok Sabha Question No. 3781 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Job Seekers under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3781 ANSWERED ON 21/12/2021

## JOB SEEKERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 3781.   DR. T.R.PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Union Government is faced with a high flow of job seekers in  the  flagship  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of job seekers registered under the MGNREGS across the country as on date, State-wise particularly in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the Union Government is facing any impediments and hindrance to provide employments to all job seekers under the scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a),  (b),  (d)  &(e):          Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide 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.

The  details  of   households  demanding  employment,  households  offered  employment   and households  who  have  turned  up  at  the  worksites  and thus  availed  employment  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  financial  years  2019-20,  2020-21  and  2021-22  (as  on 15.12.2021) is given below :

| Financial Year                            |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 15.12.2021) |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| Households demanded employment (in crore) |      6.17 |      8.55 |                         7.27 |
| Households offered employment (in crore)  |      6.15 |      8.54 |                         7.24 |
| Households availed employment (in crore)  |      5.48 |      7.55 |                         6.35 |

While the work demanded closely matches the work offered, the difference of work availed with the former is on account of lack of utilization of such offering by workers. This could  be  on  account  of  better  employment  opportunities  elsewhere,  illness  or  any  other relevant factor.

(c):  State/UT-wise  (including  State  of  Tamil  Nadu)  detail  of  households  registered  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception is given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3781 dated 21.12.2021

| State/UT-wise details of households registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception   | State/UT-wise details of households registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception   | State/UT-wise details of households registered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                     | State/UT                                                                                    | Households registered (in lakh)                                                             |
| 1                                                                                           | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                              | 97.81                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                           | 2.86                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                           | ASSAM                                                                                       | 60.74                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                           | BIHAR                                                                                       | 228.60                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                           | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                | 42.73                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                           | GOA                                                                                         | 0.38                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                           | GUJARAT                                                                                     | 45.77                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                           | HARYANA                                                                                     | 12.05                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                            | 14.41                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                          | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                           | 13.50                                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                          | JHARKHAND                                                                                   | 68.77                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                          | KARNATAKA                                                                                   | 75.58                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                          | KERALA                                                                                      | 40.63                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                          | LADAKH                                                                                      | 0.38                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                          | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                              | 84.03                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                          | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                 | 122.88                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                          | MANIPUR                                                                                     | 5.94                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                          | MEGHALAYA                                                                                   | 6.36                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                          | MIZORAM                                                                                     | 2.09                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                          | NAGALAND                                                                                    | 4.53                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                          | ODISHA                                                                                      | 81.18                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                          | PUNJAB                                                                                      | 20.97                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                          | RAJASTHAN                                                                                   | 119.84                                                                                      |
| 24                                                                                          | SIKKIM                                                                                      | 0.88                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                          | TAMILNADU                                                                                   | 92.38                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                          | TELANGANA                                                                                   | 56.77                                                                                       |
| 27                                                                                          | TRIPURA                                                                                     | 6.59                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                          | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                               | 236.02                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                          | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                 | 12.41                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                          | WEST BENGAL                                                                                 | 154.51                                                                                      |
| 31                                                                                          | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                         | 0.34                                                                                        |
| 32                                                                                          | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                 | 0.08                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                          | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                  | 0.75                                                                                        |
| 34                                                                                          | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANAND DIU                                                      | 0.21                                                                                        |
|                                                                                             | Total                                                                                       | 1712.99                                                                                     |