Lok Sabha Question No. 1229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Employment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mala Roy, Adoor Prakash, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Sougata Ray

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1229

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 1229.   SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons employed each month under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since January 2020;
- (b) the rate of wages under the scheme in each State, State-wise along with the details of pending wages, if any, in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to increase the number of working days under the scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the other steps/action taken/being planned by the Government under the Scheme to mitigate the economic stress of the migrant workers caused by the corona pandemic; and
- (e) whether the Government has proposed extension of the scheme to cover workers in cities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The State/UT-wise details of number of persons employed each month since January 2020 under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS) are given at annexure-I.
- (b): As per section 6(1) of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA)  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  notifies  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA wage rate  every  year  for  States/Union  Territories  (UTs).  The  State/UT-wise  notified wage rates under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the current FY 2020-21 are given at AnnexureII .  During  the  financial  year  2020-21  States/UTs-wise  details  of  pending  Fund  Transfer  Order (FTOs) (as on 05.02.2021) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is at Annexure-III.
- (c): No  Sir.  So  far  as  enhancement  of  guaranteed  days  of  employment  is  concerned,  the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to each household in rural areas whose adult members volunteers to do unskilled manual work. In addition to this, there is a provision for additional 50 days of unskilled wage employment in a financial year in drought/natural calamity notified rural areas. As per Section 3(4) of the Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act, 2005, the State Governments may make provisions for
- providing additional days of employment beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds.
- (d): Government of India launched Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) of 125 days on 20th  June,  2020  with  a  resource  envelope  of  Rs.50,000  crores  to  boost  employment  and livelihood  opportunities  for  returnee  migrant  workers  and  similarly  affected  citizens  in  rural areas,  in  the  wake  of  COVID-19  pandemic.  The  objectives  of  the  Abhiyaan  were  to  provide immediate employment & livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities by  giving  focus on 25 works in 116 selected districts  across  6  States  of  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar Pradesh. A total of 12 Ministries/Departments of Government of India has participated in the Abhiyaan.  A  total  of  50.78  Crore  Persondays  employment  has  been  generated  during  the Abhiyaan.

(e): No Sir.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1229 dated 09.02.2021

| Number   | Number            | Number        | Number         | Number      | Number      | Number      | Number      | Number      | Number       | Number          | Number        | Number         | Number         | Number        |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
| S. NO.   | State             | January, 2020 | February, 2020 | March, 2020 | April, 2020 | May, 2020   | June, 2020  | July, 2020  | August, 2020 | September, 2020 | October, 2020 | November, 2020 | December, 2020 | January, 2021 |
| 1        | Andaman& Nicobar  | 2,284         | 1,967          | 1,238       | 829         | 2,617       | 3,291       | 2,896       | 751          | 2,638           | 2,240         | 1,777          | 2,445          | 1,972         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 10,72,284     | 18,43,596      | 20,42,494   | 32,45,119   | 57,21,424   | 62,89,902   | 39,61,242   | 14,60,380    | 9,23,916        | 6,73,719      | 4,51,115       | 9,49,983       | 6,47,754      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 75,100        | 72,431         | 40,117      | 40,085      | 1,03,203    | 98,126      | 63,695      | 50,582       | 69,541          | 55,234        | 56,525         | 50,422         | 46,484        |
| 4        | Assam             | 6,47,449      | 8,35,815       | 7,04,717    | 27,060      | 6,53,098    | 7,89,580    | 5,73,502    | 5,38,098     | 5,51,980        | 6,43,133      | 10,86,346      | 12,74,554      | 10,97,623     |
| 5        | Bihar             | 9,66,592      | 11,46,069      | 8,09,290    | 7,82,778    | 19,82,641   | 23,82,216   | 11,07,742   | 7,85,986     | 9,22,700        | 8,41,685      | 8,29,432       | 11,57,537      | 10,84,118     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 16,32,213     | 15,08,235      | 14,74,581   | 23,01,141   | 38,55,687   | 28,53,829   | 3,64,907    | 3,03,364     | 2,87,034        | 3,73,612      | 5,33,907       | 13,83,959      | 8,22,764      |
| 7        | Goa               | 883           | 903            | 445         | 409         | 813         | 693         | 266         | 287          | 485             | 1,526         | 2,343          | 1,940          | 1,421         |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 3,10,156      | 3,31,213       | 1,96,578    | 1,04,723    | 10,46,670   | 10,34,082   | 2,66,770    | 1,51,216     | 1,39,418        | 1,28,590      | 89,188         | 2,12,553       | 2,58,474      |
| 9        | Haryana           | 1,08,767      | 1,11,713       | 72,079      | 43,905      | 2,30,350    | 2,43,470    | 1,89,335    | 1,59,793     | 1,43,034        | 1,34,462      | 1,29,935       | 1,71,027       | 1,07,939      |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,60,858      | 2,09,896       | 1,86,564    | 35,247      | 2,03,701    | 3,10,136    | 3,07,695    | 2,60,395     | 2,61,762        | 2,59,374      | 2,48,774       | 2,12,235       | 21,105        |
| 11       | Jammu and Kashmir | 2,99,942      | 4,46,913       | 4,40,577    | 23,128      | 1,09,079    | 1,61,189    | 1,98,784    | 1,31,057     | 1,51,320        | 2,23,959      | 2,62,118       | 2,57,764       | 2,21,775      |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 4,24,233      | 4,44,429       | 3,23,066    | 2,51,368    | 7,16,807    | 10,84,364   | 8,97,095    | 5,66,579     | 8,87,764        | 11,81,885     | 10,41,566      | 10,97,668      | 7,95,887      |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 6,81,541      | 7,87,594       | 6,76,969    | 6,32,646    | 19,54,789   | 23,09,916   | 18,33,031   | 11,79,107    | 10,74,379       | 10,12,428     | 9,13,305       | 5,69,063       | 8,03,915      |
| 14       | Kerala            | 7,96,345      | 8,22,203       | 7,63,941    | 47,532      | 5,52,336    | 9,34,541    | 8,92,153    | 7,49,115     | 9,09,344        | 10,05,626     | 11,58,326      | 9,69,310       | 10,09,575     |
| 15       | Ladakh            | 10,970        | 9,223          | 8,090       | 251         | 5,728       | 13,513      | 14,165      | 13,106       | 13,343          | 16,537        | 12,849         | 10,174         | 8,453         |
| 16       | Lakshadweep       | 32            | 27             | 37          | 4           | 31          | 17          | 12          | 10           | 4               | 10            | 14             | 6              | 7             |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh    | 15,44,216     | 15,03,733      | 10,27,292   | 9,00,448    | 34,99,667   | 39,95,181   | 28,57,262   | 22,29,868    | 23,60,087       | 22,38,460     | 21,26,999      | 29,87,945      | 26,01,178     |
| 18       | Maharashtra       | 6,01,221      | 6,55,580       | 5,19,333    | 3,38,825    | 12,18,682   | 9,49,329    | 4,82,855    | 3,21,658     | 3,62,904        | 3,62,630      | 3,20,994       | 5,45,565       | 5,00,904      |
| 19       | Manipur           | 30,983        | 1,93,354       | 4,20,497    | 10,228      | 1,16,286    | 1,41,767    | 2,44,487    | 2,82,724     | 3,22,295        | 3,98,328      | 2,39,353       | 1,72,608       | 1,13,595      |
| 20       | Meghalaya         | 3,32,073      | 3,72,007       | 2,99,373    | 25,809      | 1,26,656    | 2,48,572    | 2,47,502    | 2,71,647     | 3,05,418        | 2,67,181      | 2,07,058       | 1,80,496       | 1,75,414      |
| 21       | Mizoram           | 1,94,887      | 1,70,110       | 1,74,226    | 1,96,795    | 1,97,383    | 1,98,446    | 1,98,546    | 1,99,088     | 1,99,674        | 2,00,351      | 2,01,019       | 1,81,037       | 1,92,828      |
| 22       | Nagaland          | 1,60,319      | 2,21,475       | 1,59,713    | 38,952      | 3,55,707    | 3,13,462    | 2,75,796    | 2,52,304     | 2,15,293        | 1,95,842      | 1,34,654       | 99,512         | 61,439        |
| 23       | Odisha            | 9,55,898      | 10,86,195      | 10,45,975   | 6,61,631    | 17,92,345   | 23,21,421   | 14,78,889   | 13,49,302    | 14,49,123       | 14,20,591     | 14,88,893      | 15,60,468      | 14,52,724     |
| 24       | Puducherry        | 1,125         | 10,119         | 9,917       | 12,041      | 26,963      | 34,825      | 30,193      | 22,963       | 12,612          | 9,815         | 4,264          | 709            | 442           |
| 25       | Punjab            | 1,81,257      | 2,24,320       | 1,94,680    | 30,356      | 2,66,008    | 3,42,901    | 4,12,615    | 4,49,265     | 4,08,210        | 3,16,760      | 2,78,095       | 3,35,761       | 3,08,592      |
| 26       | Rajasthan         | 15,57,696     | 20,79,412      | 14,71,613   | 9,01,425    | 45,46,352   | 63,23,578   | 42,51,896   | 23,91,650    | 16,46,163       | 14,22,693     | 14,42,041      | 22,95,824      | 24,16,649     |
| 27       | Sikkim            | 20,617        | 25,299         | 15,996      | 5,003       | 15,023      | 43,231      | 33,461      | 24,507       | 26,166          | 21,603        | 16,948         | 17,586         | 17,587        |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu        | 11,65,165     | 22,29,543      | 23,72,202   | 3,22,978    | 26,38,989   | 42,72,168   | 45,54,740   | 42,32,146    | 44,35,525       | 46,42,967     | 35,94,330      | 31,46,122      | 24,01,773     |
| 29       | Telangana         | 6,69,581      | 6,60,951       | 4,08,806    | 25,64,513   | 43,59,066   | 31,30,196   | 11,69,478   | 6,62,699     | 5,26,760        | 3,96,399      | 4,24,162       | 4,64,770       | 2,07,801      |
| 30       | Tripura           | 2,63,928      | 2,97,351       | 2,46,580    | 86,208      | 4,38,705    | 4,06,693    | 4,22,246    | 4,07,297     | 4,50,389        | 3,66,781      | 3,15,043       | 3,69,519       | 2,98,891      |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh     | 17,92,724     | 15,14,653      | 10,19,133   | 9,95,966    | 55,15,391   | 63,07,576   | 35,30,186   | 23,32,629    | 21,66,152       | 21,79,178     | 19,35,788      | 20,48,415      | 16,75,018     |
| 32       | Uttarakhand       | 1,95,411      | 2,61,339       | 2,13,572    | 77,237      | 2,08,044    | 2,49,346    | 2,70,234    | 2,41,715     | 2,50,777        | 1,99,975      | 1,59,258       | 1,82,066       | 1,58,719      |
| 33       | West Bengal       | 30,91,305     | 34,45,257      | 26,40,423   | 8,72,399    | 32,60,554   | 48,68,079   | 39,81,175   | 26,21,987    | 28,20,130       | 27,62,027     | 24,33,657      | 25,80,643      | 21,78,864     |
|          | Total             | 1,99,48,055   | 2,35,22,925    | 1,99,80,114 | 1,55,77,039 | 4,57,20,795 | 5,26,55,636 | 3,51,14,851 | 2,46,43,275  | 2,42,96,340     | 2,39,55,601   | 2,21,40,076    | 2,54,89,686    | 2,16,91,684   |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1229 dated 09.02.2021

## State wise wage rates as per Gazette Notification 2020

| S. No.   | States/UTs                                                 |   2020-21 |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH                                             |       237 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                          |       205 |
| 3        | ASSAM                                                      |       213 |
| 4        | BIHAR                                                      |       194 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH                                               |       190 |
| 6        | GUJARAT                                                    |       224 |
| 7        | HARYANA                                                    |       309 |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH - NON SCHEDULED AREA                      |       198 |
| 8a       | HIMACHAL PRADESH - SCHEDULED AREA                          |       248 |
| 9        | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                             |       204 |
| 10       | Ladakh                                                     |       204 |
| 11       | JHARKHAND                                                  |       194 |
| 12       | KARNATAKA                                                  |       275 |
| 13       | KERALA                                                     |       291 |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH                                              |       190 |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA                                                |       238 |
| 16       | MANIPUR                                                    |       238 |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA                                                  |       203 |
| 18       | MIZORAM                                                    |       225 |
| 19       | NAGALAND                                                   |       205 |
| 20       | ODISHA                                                     |       207 |
| 21       | PUNJAB                                                     |       263 |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN                                                  |       220 |
| 23       | SIKKIM                                                     |       205 |
| 23a      | SIKKIM (3 Gram Panchayat namely Gnathang, Lachung, Lachen) |       308 |
| 24       | TAMIL NADU                                                 |       256 |
| 25       | TRIPURA                                                    |       205 |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH                                              |       201 |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND                                                |       201 |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL                                                |       204 |
| 29       | GOA                                                        |       280 |
| 30a      | ANDAMAN                                                    |       267 |
| 30b      | NICOBAR                                                    |       282 |
| 31       | D&N HAVELI                                                 |       258 |
| 32       | Daman &DIU                                                 |       227 |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP                                                |       266 |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY                                                 |       256 |
| 35       | TELANGANA                                                  |       237 |

## Annexure-III  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.1229 dated 09.02.2021

(as on 05.02.2021)

| No.   | States/UT      |   Pending FTO (In crore) |
|-------|----------------|--------------------------|
| 1     | Assam          |                   184.62 |
| 2     | Bihar          |                   197.94 |
| 3     | Chhattisgarh   |                    66.82 |
| 4     | Gujarat        |                    30.16 |
| 5     | Haryana        |                    32.56 |
| 6     | Jharkhand      |                   263.72 |
| 7     | Kerala         |                   121.92 |
| 8     | Madhya Pradesh |                   116.44 |
| 9     | Maharashtra    |                   106.47 |
| 10    | Odisha         |                   486.72 |
| 11    | Punjab         |                    56.53 |
| 12    | Tamil Nadu     |                    71.42 |
| 13    | Telangana      |                    24.32 |
| 14    | Uttar Pradesh  |                    18.36 |
| 15    | West Bengal    |                   110.1  |
| Total | Total          |                  1888.18 |