Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Mandatory Apps based Attendance under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 196

ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## MANDATORY APPS BASED ATTENDANCE UNDER MGNREGS

- *196.   SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of women workers who attended Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) work from March to November, 2022, month and State-wise;
- (b) the reasons for making Apps based attendance mandatory for MGNREGS workers;
- (c) whether the Government is aware of many problems such as patchy internet connectivity in rural areas, no technical support, non-availability of smart phones with women workers, etc. being faced by MGNREGS workers particularly women, thereby dropout of women; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering to postpone or provide smart phones to all women MGNREGS workers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (d):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 196 for 20.12.2022

(a): Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women  beneficiaries who  availed the employment  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) from March, 2022 to November, 2022 is given at Annexure.

(b)  to  (d):  To  ensure  more  transparency  in  the  implementation  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the States/UTs, a provision for capturing of attendance at worksite where in e-muster rolls has been issued for 20 or more workers through  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  App  with  geo-tagged,  time stamped photographs of the worker in a day has been started on 21st May 2021. This increases citizen oversight of the Scheme besides enabling faster processing of payments.

For the places where there is no Government or non-Government internet connectivity, the State Government has been authorised to record manual attendance as per requirement.

The  attendance  through  NMMS  App  can  be  taken  offline,  if  no  internet  network  is available at the site and the same may be uploaded once in an area of good quality network.

All States/UTs are using NMMS App for capturing the attendance for eligible worksites. District  Programme  Coordinator  (DPC)  has  been  authorised  to  provide  exemption  in  case attendance could not taken due to poor internet.

All States/UTs are using NMMS App for capturing the attendance for eligible worksites. So far, no specific issue related to non use of NMMS App due to non availability of smart phone has come to the notice of this Ministry.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.196 dated 20.12.2022.

| under the Sl.                               | Number of women during March,   |             |           |            |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
| No.                                         | 2022                            | April, 2022 | May, 2022 | June, 2022 |
| 1Andhra                                     | Pradesh 1050193                 | 2025101     | 3024990   | 2601114    |
| 2Arunachal                                  | Pradesh 53688                   | 17024       | 18707     | 13675      |
|                                             | 3Assam 845693                   | 583192      | 445259    | 236088     |
| 4Bihar                                      | 910220                          | 1009284     | 1367681   | 1396580    |
| 5Chhattisgarh                               | 1015464                         | 76198       | 600944    | 746185     |
| 6Goa                                        |                                 | 521         | 856       | 876        |
| 7Gujarat                                    | 252 100876                      | 270716      | 405251    | 298281     |
| 8Haryana                                    | 69281                           | 26720       | 77970     | 89302      |
| 9Himachal Pradesh                           | 162197                          | 131858      | 159044    | 170126     |
| 10Jammu And Kashmir                         | 134104                          | 4191        | 7397      | 12330      |
| 11Jharkhand                                 | 275699                          | 247932      | 154859    | 238048     |
| 12Karnataka                                 | 589538                          | 604489      | 944564    | 1105987    |
| 13Kerala                                    | 800535                          | 359450      | 630475    | 839559     |
| 14Ladakh                                    | 5034                            | 45          | 945       | 6459       |
| 15Madhya Pradesh                            | 598720                          | 984560      | 1228442   | 1126482    |
| 16Maharashtra                               | 574967                          | 562173      | 659013    | 564539     |
| 17Manipur                                   | 121269                          | 15925       | 2847      | 7334       |
| 18Meghalaya                                 | 179981                          | 15495       | 22634     | 21936      |
| 19Mizoram                                   | 73305                           | 99817       | 100012    | 100241     |
| 20Nagaland                                  | 73625                           | 33995       | 107574    | 111298     |
| 21Odisha                                    | 414160                          | 601925      | 872965    | 981949     |
| 22Punjab                                    | 98610                           | 105179      | 254874    | 270596     |
| 23Rajasthan                                 | 1341563                         | 1469780     | 2029069   | 2599879    |
| 24Sikkim                                    | 9347                            | 6521        | 7388      | 12223      |
| 25Tamil Nadu                                | 2737493                         | 1933520     | 3044150   | 3654479    |
| 26Telangana                                 | 492922                          | 1475040     | 1890532   | 1251840    |
| 27Tripura                                   | 126175                          | 44991       | 74063     | 153671     |
| 28Uttar Pradesh                             | 447084                          | 600443      | 1102166   | 1397360    |
| 29Uttarakhand                               | 77392                           | 89214       | 82967     | 87372      |
| 30West Bengal                               | 772656                          | 455141      | 421810    | 285757     |
| 31Andaman And Nicobar                       | 987                             | 638         | 403       | 501        |
| 32Lakshadweep                               | 2                               |             | 10        | 6          |
| 33Puducherry                                | 7313                            | 1529        | 12118     | 17451      |
| 34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0                               | 0           | 0         | 0          |
| Total                                       | 14160343                        | 13852609    | 19751979  | 203,99,524 |

| Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   | Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   | Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   | Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   | Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   | Month-wise and State/UT-wise details of women beneficiaries who availed the employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from March, 2022 to November, 2022.   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No. State/ UTs                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                             | Number of women                                                                                                                                             | who availed August, 2022 September, 2022                                                                                                                    | employment October, 2022                                                                                                                                    | during the month November, 2022                                                                                                                             |
| 1Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | July, 2022 583953                                                                                                                                           | 344040                                                                                                                                                      | 390479                                                                                                                                                      | 317336                                                                                                                                                      | 401160                                                                                                                                                      |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                          | 14203                                                                                                                                                       | 32268                                                                                                                                                       | 33248                                                                                                                                                       | 50612                                                                                                                                                       | 56292                                                                                                                                                       |
| 3Assam                                                                                                                                                      | 221390                                                                                                                                                      | 282023                                                                                                                                                      | 321779                                                                                                                                                      | 327409                                                                                                                                                      | 413245                                                                                                                                                      |
| 4Bihar                                                                                                                                                      | 769133                                                                                                                                                      | 460663                                                                                                                                                      | 477027                                                                                                                                                      | 378371                                                                                                                                                      | 441363                                                                                                                                                      |
| 5Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                               | 170455                                                                                                                                                      | 113264                                                                                                                                                      | 169065                                                                                                                                                      | 257269                                                                                                                                                      | 439676                                                                                                                                                      |
| 6Goa                                                                                                                                                        | 344                                                                                                                                                         | 252                                                                                                                                                         | 394                                                                                                                                                         | 598                                                                                                                                                         | 936                                                                                                                                                         |
| 7Gujarat                                                                                                                                                    | 13807                                                                                                                                                       | 45195                                                                                                                                                       | 89175                                                                                                                                                       | 72519                                                                                                                                                       | 91325                                                                                                                                                       |
| 8Haryana                                                                                                                                                    | 65805                                                                                                                                                       | 75028                                                                                                                                                       | 66101                                                                                                                                                       | 27532                                                                                                                                                       | 16675                                                                                                                                                       |
| 9Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                           | 133658                                                                                                                                                      | 126134                                                                                                                                                      | 140731                                                                                                                                                      | 107308                                                                                                                                                      | 91379                                                                                                                                                       |
| 10 Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                                                        | 21691                                                                                                                                                       | 32941                                                                                                                                                       | 59476                                                                                                                                                       | 50928                                                                                                                                                       | 66426                                                                                                                                                       |
| 11Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                 | 274614                                                                                                                                                      | 269856                                                                                                                                                      | 348114                                                                                                                                                      | 347915                                                                                                                                                      | 379582                                                                                                                                                      |
| 12Karnataka                                                                                                                                                 | 782955                                                                                                                                                      | 449519                                                                                                                                                      | 466933                                                                                                                                                      | 424890                                                                                                                                                      | 502469                                                                                                                                                      |
| 13Kerala                                                                                                                                                    | 834802                                                                                                                                                      | 807630                                                                                                                                                      | 651330                                                                                                                                                      | 854925                                                                                                                                                      | 905802                                                                                                                                                      |
| 14Ladakh                                                                                                                                                    | 6739                                                                                                                                                        | 5140                                                                                                                                                        | 6884                                                                                                                                                        | 9355                                                                                                                                                        | 12458                                                                                                                                                       |
| 15Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                            | 625121                                                                                                                                                      | 484090                                                                                                                                                      | 592635                                                                                                                                                      | 487964                                                                                                                                                      | 629955                                                                                                                                                      |
| 16Maharashtra                                                                                                                                               | 230530                                                                                                                                                      | 155996                                                                                                                                                      | 197226                                                                                                                                                      | 165360                                                                                                                                                      | 245453                                                                                                                                                      |
| 17Manipur                                                                                                                                                   | 25989                                                                                                                                                       | 20608                                                                                                                                                       | 32698                                                                                                                                                       | 34763                                                                                                                                                       | 37948                                                                                                                                                       |
| 18Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                 | 49716                                                                                                                                                       | 93621                                                                                                                                                       | 99777                                                                                                                                                       | 110854                                                                                                                                                      | 123124                                                                                                                                                      |
| 19Mizoram                                                                                                                                                   | 87456                                                                                                                                                       | 98959                                                                                                                                                       | 99150                                                                                                                                                       | 100542                                                                                                                                                      | 101260                                                                                                                                                      |
| 20Nagaland                                                                                                                                                  | 123954                                                                                                                                                      | 109391                                                                                                                                                      | 116341                                                                                                                                                      | 91489                                                                                                                                                       | 39047                                                                                                                                                       |
| 21Odisha                                                                                                                                                    | 600425                                                                                                                                                      | 406045                                                                                                                                                      | 489513                                                                                                                                                      | 547357                                                                                                                                                      | 651171                                                                                                                                                      |
| 22Punjab                                                                                                                                                    | 204523                                                                                                                                                      | 240980                                                                                                                                                      | 239961                                                                                                                                                      | 175886                                                                                                                                                      | 216444                                                                                                                                                      |
| 23Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                 | 1338967                                                                                                                                                     | 570336                                                                                                                                                      | 612745                                                                                                                                                      | 684593                                                                                                                                                      | 1268648                                                                                                                                                     |
| 24Sikkim                                                                                                                                                    | 18819                                                                                                                                                       | 14134                                                                                                                                                       | 11634                                                                                                                                                       | 3708                                                                                                                                                        | 6502                                                                                                                                                        |
| 25Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                | 3297545                                                                                                                                                     | 3198267                                                                                                                                                     | 3012844                                                                                                                                                     | 2971477                                                                                                                                                     | 2735371                                                                                                                                                     |
| 26Telangana                                                                                                                                                 | 333216                                                                                                                                                      | 189879                                                                                                                                                      | 186382                                                                                                                                                      | 130875                                                                                                                                                      | 117119                                                                                                                                                      |
| 27Tripura                                                                                                                                                   | 153520                                                                                                                                                      | 136597                                                                                                                                                      | 174050                                                                                                                                                      | 105114                                                                                                                                                      | 156788                                                                                                                                                      |
| 28Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 1112377                                                                                                                                                     | 680679                                                                                                                                                      | 623362                                                                                                                                                      | 461466                                                                                                                                                      | 552729                                                                                                                                                      |
| 29Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                               | 82297                                                                                                                                                       | 76033                                                                                                                                                       | 75428                                                                                                                                                       | 57967                                                                                                                                                       | 70631                                                                                                                                                       |
| 30West Bengal                                                                                                                                               | 90203                                                                                                                                                       | 37662                                                                                                                                                       | 37864                                                                                                                                                       | 13817                                                                                                                                                       | 11026                                                                                                                                                       |
| 31 Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                                                                      | 484                                                                                                                                                         | 642                                                                                                                                                         | 732                                                                                                                                                         | 425                                                                                                                                                         | 520                                                                                                                                                         |
| 32Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                                                           |
| 33Puducherry                                                                                                                                                | 20945                                                                                                                                                       | 12769                                                                                                                                                       | 4322                                                                                                                                                        | 3645                                                                                                                                                        | 4725                                                                                                                                                        |
| 34 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                           |
| Grand Total                                                                                                                                                 | 12289641                                                                                                                                                    | 9570645                                                                                                                                                     | 9827404                                                                                                                                                     | 9374273                                                                                                                                                     | 10787256                                                                                                                                                    |