Lok Sabha Question No. 1475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Huge Pendency of Material Cost Expenditure under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1475

ANSWERED ON 26/07/2022

## HUGE PENDENCY OF MATERIAL COST EXPENDITURE UNDER MGNREGS

## 1475.   ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has noticed the huge pendency of the amount to be released towards  the  material  cost  expenditure  of  projects  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if so, the details of the amount pending thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  huge  amount  pending  towards  paying  the wages of workers under MGNREGS;
- (d) if so, the details of the total amount pending to be paid to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe workers for work done, State-wise;
- (e) whether the Government will pay this pending amount in the current financial year; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)to(f): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment scheme. Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, States/UTs  furnish  funds  release  proposals  to  Government  of  India.  Fund  release  to  the States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed in making funds available to States/UTs for the implementation of the Scheme. The Ministry releases funds periodically  in  two  tranches  with  each  tranche  consisting  of  one  or  more  installments, keeping in view the 'agreed to' Labour Budget, demand for works, opening balance, pace of utilization  of  funds,  pending  liabilities,  overall  performance  and  subject  to   submission  of relevant documents by the States/UTs.

In  the  previous  financial  year  2021-22,  category-wise  (SC,  ST  and  Others)  Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) for the release of  wage  component were generated. The same has been revised to the earlier system of single FTO for all categories in the current financial year 2022-23.

State/UT-wise  details  of  pending  liabilities  for  wage  component  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 20.07.2022 are given at Annexure-I.

State/UT wise details  of  pending  liabilities  for  material  component  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 (as on 20.07.2022) are given at Annexure-II.

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| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 20.07.2022.   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 20.07.2022.   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 20.07.2022.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                        | State/UT                                                                                                       | Wages liabilities (Rs. in crore)                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                          | 3.89                                                                                                           |
| 2                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                          | 1045.88                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                        | 107.36                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                                        | 8.05                                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                                      | 110.82                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                              | Ladakh                                                                                                         | 0.73                                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                                    | 93.51                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                                                       | 110.36                                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                                              | Odisha                                                                                                         | 42.46                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                      | 72.31                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                  | 375.59                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                    | 2616.88                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                                     | 0.34                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                | Total                                                                                                          | 4,588.17                                                                                                       |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1475 dated 26.07.2022.

| State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 (as on 20.07.2022).   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 (as on 20.07.2022).   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 (as on 20.07.2022).   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                            | State/UT                                                                                                                                           | Material liabilities (Rs. in crore)                                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 141.25                                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                  | 9.05                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                                              | 32.91                                                                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                                              | 28.59                                                                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                       | 47.93                                                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                                                                | 0.04                                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                                                                            | 48.37                                                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                                            | 8.02                                                                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   | 48.22                                                                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                                                                 | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                  | 1.42                                                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                          | 34.47                                                                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                          | 477.62                                                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                                             | 65.06                                                                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                                                                 | Ladakh                                                                                                                                             | 0.01                                                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 273.65                                                                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                        | 91.03                                                                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                                            | 7.91                                                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                          | 21.19                                                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                                                            | 0.04                                                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                                                           | 21.25                                                                                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                                             | 186.34                                                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                                                             | 13.30                                                                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                          | 100.35                                                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                             | 5.32                                                                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                         | 87.56                                                                                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                                                          | 98.15                                                                                                                                              |
| 27                                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                                            | 17.66                                                                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 291.95                                                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                        | 22.74                                                                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                                        | 340.98                                                                                                                                             |
| 31                                                                                                                                                 | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                                                | 0.47                                                                                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                                                                                 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu                                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                         | 0.18                                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                              | 2,523.03                                                                                                                                           |

(As per NREGASoft)