Lok Sabha Question No. 762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Job Cards Denied under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 762 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## JOB CARDS DENIED UNDER MGNREGS

## 762. MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the allocations made towards Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wages from 2019 onwards, Statewise;
- (b) the number of man-days generated from 2019 onwards, State-wise;
- (c) the amount of dues related to material components not yet paid by the Government and the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (d) the number of job card requests denied, particularly for those belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes (STs) and for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), for the last ten years; and
- (e) the number of beneficiaries that received wages after 15 days from the completion of work, especially those belonging to SCs/STs and for PwDs, for the last ten years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):      Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  scheme. There  is  no  State/UT-wise allocation of funds under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

State/UT-wise details of fund released for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and current financial year 202223 (as on 03.02.2023) is given at Annexure-I.

- (b):     State/UT-wise  details  of  the  employment  provided  (in  person-days  generated)  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 02.02.2023) is given at Annexure-II.
- (c):      State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material  components under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2022-23 (as on 03.02.2023) are given at Annexure-III.

Under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS,  States/UTs  furnish  funds  release  proposals  to Government  of  India.  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.

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 as per the demand for work on the ground.

(d):     Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  scheme  and  the responsibility of implementation of scheme is vested with the State/UT Governments. Under the scheme, there is no such issue related to denied job card requests particularly for those belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes (STs) and for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) which has come to the notice of this Ministry. (e):     The Central Government is making wage payments directly into the Bank/Post office accounts  of  the  beneficiaries  including  SCs/STs  and  for  PwDs  as  per  the  Direct  Benefit Transfer  (DBT)  protocol  through  a  National  Electronic  Fund  Management  System  (NeFMS). There is no provision for separation of wage demand on the basis of category SCs/STs and for PwDs etc. Every beneficiary across any category who works on the same worksite in a muster roll, gets wage payment through single Fund Transfer Order (FTOs). There is provision for delay compensation if wage payment is not made within 15 days from the  date  it  becomes  payable.  As  per  record  available  at  NREGASoft,  the  details   of  delay compensation  paid  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  financial  year  2014-15,  2015-16, 2016-2017,  2017-2018,  2018-2019,  2019-20,  2020-21,  2021-22  and  2022-23  is  given  at

Annexure-IV.

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State/UT-wise details of fund released for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and current financial year 202223 (as on 03.02.2023) (Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States/UT                        | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                   | 4510.63   | 6273.13   | 5270.54   | 3892.76   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                | 84.81     | 224.89    | 326.09    | 182.61    |
| 3         | Assam                            | 1222.02   | 2154.95   | 2126.41   | 1670.54   |
| 4         | Bihar                            | 2305.56   | 4756.87   | 3539.93   | 4448.78   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                     | 2033.52   | 3362.94   | 2849.06   | 1657.36   |
| 6         | Goa                              | 0.85      | 2.34      | 0.24      | 3.19      |
| 7         | Gujarat                          | 565.32    | 1066.02   | 1159.92   | 897.08    |
| 8         | Haryana                          | 242.58    | 600.89    | 461.95    | 256.12    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                 | 423.71    | 736.75    | 743.40    | 537.54    |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 691.02    | 810.49    | 867.93    | 499.99    |
| 11        | Jharkhand                        | 945.79    | 2399.42   | 2238.73   | 1786.07   |
| 12        | Karnataka                        | 2690.96   | 4251.44   | 4680.81   | 3426.19   |
| 13        | Kerala                           | 3173.83   | 3356.22   | 3030.03   | 2391.12   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                   | 3495.46   | 6419.71   | 5569.66   | 3657.59   |
| 15        | Maharashtra                      | 1098.01   | 1351.62   | 1670.90   | 1491.40   |
| 16        | Manipur                          | 252.08    | 596.26    | 553.65    | 756.49    |
| 17        | Meghalaya                        | 602.69    | 974.97    | 897.76    | 496.64    |
| 18        | Mizoram                          | 469.54    | 501.75    | 464.11    | 333.62    |
| 19        | Nagaland                         | 414.50    | 263.61    | 311.26    | 332.52    |
| 20        | Odisha                           | 1604.74   | 4219.20   | 4321.90   | 2909.34   |
| 21        | Punjab                           | 603.02    | 1021.25   | 913.08    | 767.20    |
| 22        | Rajasthan                        | 5158.53   | 8097.76   | 7793.29   | 4678.54   |
| 23        | Sikkim                           | 56.56     | 80.75     | 74.38     | 59.76     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                       | 4503.88   | 6958.79   | 7358.88   | 5927.00   |
| 25        | Telangana                        | 1693.05   | 2634.34   | 2680.23   | 1733.28   |
| 26        | Tripura                          | 579.41    | 904.40    | 822.16    | 580.92    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                    | 4337.60   | 7817.58   | 6644.45   | 5964.72   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                      | 306.85    | 713.17    | 503.45    | 370.02    |
| 29        | West Bengal                      | 6215.73   | 9397.68   | 5645.91   | 0.00      |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar                 | 3.09      | 5.81      | 5.62      | 3.38      |
| 31        | Lakshadweep                      | 0.90      | 0.50      | 0.10      | 0.00      |
| 32        | Puducherry                       | 13.55     | 24.44     | 14.11     | 17.80     |
| 33        | Ladakh                           | -         | 22.49     | 42.48     | 23.01     |
| 34        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli & Daman &Diu | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.45      |
|           | Total                            | 50,299.81 | 82,002.45 | 73,582.42 | 51,753.03 |

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  762 dated 07.02.2023.

State/UT-wise details of the employment  provided  (in person-days generated) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial  years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 02.02.2023)

| Sl. No.   | State /UT                                | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State /UT                                | 2019-20                          | 2020-21                          | 2021-22                          | 2022-23                          |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 2002.25                          | 2593.24                          | 2417.19                          | 1960.02                          |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 85.99                            | 128.14                           | 158.73                           | 102.05                           |
| 3         | ASSAM                                    | 623.08                           | 911.53                           | 916.61                           | 691.47                           |
| 4         | BIHAR                                    | 1416.23                          | 2276.27                          | 1811.79                          | 2018.75                          |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH                             | 1361.75                          | 1840.90                          | 1692.36                          | 843.25                           |
| 6         | GOA                                      | 0.34                             | 1.10                             | 0.95                             | 0.76                             |
| 7         | GUJARAT                                  | 353.70                           | 482.29                           | 568.02                           | 412.78                           |
| 8         | HARYANA                                  | 91.19                            | 179.62                           | 146.40                           | 77.33                            |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 259.19                           | 336.19                           | 370.94                           | 257.10                           |
| 10        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 313.41                           | 407.01                           | 406.33                           | 205.43                           |
| 11        | JHARKHAND                                | 641.95                           | 1176.08                          | 1132.47                          | 721.62                           |
| 12        | KARNATAKA                                | 1118.63                          | 1480.32                          | 1634.93                          | 1123.33                          |
| 13        | KERALA                                   | 802.30                           | 1023.00                          | 1059.66                          | 772.46                           |
| 14        | LADAKH                                   | 19.03                            | 21.30                            | 19.27                            | 17.70                            |
| 15        | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 1930.17                          | 3420.21                          | 3000.13                          | 2101.30                          |
| 16        | MAHARASHTRA                              | 629.60                           | 679.36                           | 825.42                           | 680.30                           |
| 17        | MANIPUR                                  | 234.07                           | 330.52                           | 305.59                           | 40.62                            |
| 18        | MEGHALAYA                                | 370.22                           | 383.70                           | 393.63                           | 198.54                           |
| 19        | MIZORAM                                  | 192.59                           | 198.66                           | 200.77                           | 159.57                           |
| 20        | NAGALAND                                 | 138.48                           | 180.12                           | 192.58                           | 181.38                           |
| 21        | ODISHA                                   | 1113.89                          | 2080.75                          | 1977.94                          | 1623.55                          |
| 22        | PUNJAB                                   | 235.25                           | 376.75                           | 331.52                           | 276.23                           |
| 23        | RAJASTHAN                                | 3286.55                          | 4605.35                          | 4242.97                          | 2837.79                          |
| 24        | SIKKIM                                   | 29.47                            | 37.34                            | 34.34                            | 26.31                            |
| 25        | TAMILNADU                                | 2485.10                          | 3339.46                          | 3457.26                          | 2680.26                          |
| 26        | TELANGANA                                | 1071.14                          | 1579.53                          | 1457.94                          | 1063.98                          |
| 27        | TRIPURA                                  | 344.02                           | 437.22                           | 426.18                           | 307.67                           |
| 28        | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 2444.30                          | 3945.41                          | 3257.96                          | 2793.53                          |
| 29        | UTTARAKHAND                              | 206.16                           | 303.61                           | 243.18                           | 170.20                           |
| 30        | WEST BENGAL                              | 2723.05                          | 4140.17                          | 3642.28                          | 376.69                           |
| 31        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 2.21                             | 2.61                             | 1.14                             | 0.85                             |
| 32        | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0.04                             | 0.02                             | 0.01                             | 0.03                             |
| 33        | PUDUCHERRY                               | 7.65                             | 10.57                            | 6.15                             | 7.12                             |
| 34        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             | 0.00                             |
|           | Total                                    | 26533.02                         | 38908.33                         | 36332.63                         | 24729.98                         |

## Annexure-III referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 762 dated 07.02.2023.

| State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material components under Mahatma Gandhi   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material components under Mahatma Gandhi   | State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material components under Mahatma Gandhi   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NREGS in Sl. No.                                                                            | the financial year 2022-23 (as on State/UT                                                  | 03.02.2022). Material liabilities (Rs. in crore)                                            |
| 1                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 836                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                           | 24                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                       | 112                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                       | 471                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 0                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                         | 0                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           |
| 9                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 29                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                          | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                           | 24                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                   | 0                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                   | 638                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                      | 137                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                          | Ladakh                                                                                      | 2                                                                                           |
| 15                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 362                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                 | 200                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                     | 89                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                   | 102                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                     | 0                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                    | 92                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                      | 187                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                      | 32                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                   | 97                                                                                          |
| 24                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                      | 4                                                                                           |
| 25                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                  | 0                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                   | 0                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                     | 7                                                                                           |
| 28                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 0                                                                                           |
| 29                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                 | 0                                                                                           |
| 30                                                                                          | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                            | 0                                                                                           |
| 31                                                                                          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman &Diu                                                             | 0                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                                                 | 0                                                                                           |
| 33                                                                                          | Puducherry                                                                                  | 0                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                 | 2712                                                                                        |
|                                                                                             | Total                                                                                       | 6,157                                                                                       |

Annexure-IV referred in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 762 dated 07.02.2023.

| Year-wise details of delay compensation paid under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.   | Year-wise details of delay compensation paid under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                                                             | Delay compensation paid (Rs. in lakh)                                      |
| 2014-15                                                                    | 779.8                                                                      |
| 2015-16                                                                    | 376.87                                                                     |
| 2016-17                                                                    | 2237.57                                                                    |
| 2017-18                                                                    | 2612.73                                                                    |
| 2018-19                                                                    | 729.08                                                                     |
| 2019-20                                                                    | 289.33                                                                     |
| 2020-21                                                                    | 160.63                                                                     |
| 2021-22                                                                    | 431.73                                                                     |
| 2022-23 (as on 02.02.23)                                                   | 158.51                                                                     |

(As per NREGASoft)