Lok Sabha Question No. 881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Insufficient Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 881 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## INSUFFICIENT FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 881. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  insufficient  funds  are  being  provided  to  States  under  the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) head and due to which MGNREGS labours are not getting their dues in time and getting less job opportunities thereunder;
- (b) the details of the funds demanded and sanctioned/released under MGNREGS during the last three years till December, 2022; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government to release all the payments along with the Statewise demand thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment scheme and funds are released to the States/UTs  on  the  basis  of  "agreed  to"  Labour  Budget  (LB)  and  performance  of  the States/UTs during the financial year. Fund release to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed to making funds available keeping in view the demand for work on the ground.

No State/UT-wise financial allocation is made under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

State/UT-wise  details  of  fund  released  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022) is given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) to(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 881 dated 07.02.2023.

(Rs. in lakh)

| State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   | State/UT-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022).   |
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| S.No                                                                                                                                                         | State/UT                                                                                                                                                     | 2019- 20                                                                                                                                                     | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                      | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                      | 2022-23 (as on 31.12.2022)                                                                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 720472.46                                                                                                                                                    | 1030509.79                                                                                                                                                   | 718267.16                                                                                                                                                    | 626167.37                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                            | 21020.01                                                                                                                                                     | 34027.69                                                                                                                                                     | 45374.43                                                                                                                                                     | 36014.06                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                                                                        | 168752.49                                                                                                                                                    | 260233.46                                                                                                                                                    | 222026.01                                                                                                                                                    | 150361.62                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                                                                                        | 325093.78                                                                                                                                                    | 728423.57                                                                                                                                                    | 540736.96                                                                                                                                                    | 477659.06                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                                            | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                 | 264031.92                                                                                                                                                    | 394347.98                                                                                                                                                    | 389433.98                                                                                                                                                    | 163954.01                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                                            | Goa                                                                                                                                                          | 216.76                                                                                                                                                       | 356.91                                                                                                                                                       | 3.81                                                                                                                                                         | 418.92                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                                                            | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                      | 74758.23                                                                                                                                                     | 147812.01                                                                                                                                                    | 161524.32                                                                                                                                                    | 142129.85                                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                                            | Haryana                                                                                                                                                      | 33812.58                                                                                                                                                     | 76355.62                                                                                                                                                     | 72267.99                                                                                                                                                     | 28602.62                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                                                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 59748.12                                                                                                                                                     | 94833.37                                                                                                                                                     | 97575.08                                                                                                                                                     | 99962.28                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                                                                                           | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                            | 118370.31                                                                                                                                                    | 115231.99                                                                                                                                                    | 95013.74                                                                                                                                                     | 53458.13                                                                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                    | 127292.89                                                                                                                                                    | 342408.42                                                                                                                                                    | 306382.91                                                                                                                                                    | 166756.08                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                    | 546271.17                                                                                                                                                    | 550099.46                                                                                                                                                    | 602807.73                                                                                                                                                    | 477270.07                                                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                                                                                       | 352016.95                                                                                                                                                    | 428677.68                                                                                                                                                    | 355193.00                                                                                                                                                    | 240266.18                                                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 471894.15                                                                                                                                                    | 908672.51                                                                                                                                                    | 847908.76                                                                                                                                                    | 440697.52                                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                  | 167066.42                                                                                                                                                    | 160025.70                                                                                                                                                    | 205645.71                                                                                                                                                    | 209373.6                                                                                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                                                                                      | 61074.66                                                                                                                                                     | 130673.85                                                                                                                                                    | 56310.74                                                                                                                                                     | 75649.62                                                                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                    | 102443.59                                                                                                                                                    | 128416.59                                                                                                                                                    | 112166.07                                                                                                                                                    | 74551.25                                                                                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                      | 52507.57                                                                                                                                                     | 59045.38                                                                                                                                                     | 54891.55                                                                                                                                                     | 39322.13                                                                                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                                                                                           | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                     | 33044.70                                                                                                                                                     | 48382.14                                                                                                                                                     | 56945.51                                                                                                                                                     | 54559.96                                                                                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                                                                                           | Odisha                                                                                                                                                       | 243278.38                                                                                                                                                    | 521529.26                                                                                                                                                    | 568015.17                                                                                                                                                    | 376185.08                                                                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                                                                                       | 74886.26                                                                                                                                                     | 123913.55                                                                                                                                                    | 125759.36                                                                                                                                                    | 99559.52                                                                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                    | 726747.87                                                                                                                                                    | 892076.25                                                                                                                                                    | 986774.85                                                                                                                                                    | 715042.27                                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                       | 8269.34                                                                                                                                                      | 11016.55                                                                                                                                                     | 11241.97                                                                                                                                                     | 6698.53                                                                                                                                                      |
| 24                                                                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                   | 555969.31                                                                                                                                                    | 878881.54                                                                                                                                                    | 963813.22                                                                                                                                                    | 661885.23                                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                                                                                    | 222132.13                                                                                                                                                    | 411121.10                                                                                                                                                    | 410519.85                                                                                                                                                    | 241024.52                                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                                                                                      | 73113.77                                                                                                                                                     | 119498.53                                                                                                                                                    | 98888.29                                                                                                                                                     | 79569.43                                                                                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                | 601701.90                                                                                                                                                    | 1201410.42                                                                                                                                                   | 850956.51                                                                                                                                                    | 770692.84                                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                  | 45580.30                                                                                                                                                     | 88626.63                                                                                                                                                     | 64203.24                                                                                                                                                     | 59587.19                                                                                                                                                     |
| 29                                                                                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                  | 850761.08                                                                                                                                                    | 1145405.21                                                                                                                                                   | 750780.15                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                                                                                           | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                  | 583.78                                                                                                                                                       | 485.89                                                                                                                                                       | 763.16                                                                                                                                                       | 461.41                                                                                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                                                                                           | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                  | 23.82                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 30.05                                                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                                                                                           | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                   | 1691.87                                                                                                                                                      | 2683.69                                                                                                                                                      | 1307.28                                                                                                                                                      | 1982                                                                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                                                                           | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 5904.39                                                                                                                                                      | 4970.6                                                                                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                                                                                           | Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman &Diu                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 80.93                                                                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                                                              | Total                                                                                                                                                        | 71,04,628.56                                                                                                                                                 | 1,10,35,182.74                                                                                                                                               | 97,79,432.94                                                                                                                                                 | 65,74,913.86                                                                                                                                                 |

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