Lok Sabha Question No. 3164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Participation of Rural Women in MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3164

ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN MGNREGS

## 3164.   SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any positive result is felt on the rural women after enhanced amount under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) by the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the economic burden of the rural women has been decreased as a result of their participation in MGNREGS during COVID-19;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the work of dam construction in fields have been incorporated under MGNREGS in rural areas; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)    Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide for the enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the  households  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

As  per  the  Para  15  of  Schedule-II  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act, 'Priority shall be given to women in such a way that at least one-third of the beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested for work. Efforts to increase participation of single women and the disabled shall be made'.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a gender positive programme which promotes participation of women by providing wage parity with men, provision of separate schedule of rates of wages for  women,  facilities  for  crèche,  work-side  sheds  for  children  and  child  care  services.  In convergence with Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM), women mates have also been introduced, which again facilitate the participation of women. The Scheme also endeavors to provide works near the residence of the beneficiaries. These measures enhance participation of women.

The rate of participation of women and the computed women persondays in Mahatma Gandhi NREGS  during  the  last  three  financial  years  and  current  financial  year  2021-22  (as  on 19.03.2022) is given below:

| Financial Year                        |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Women participation rate (%)          |     54.59 |     54.78 |     53.19 |     54.54 |
| computed women person-days (in crore) |    125.12 |    145.36 |    206.96 |    187.38 |

(As per MIS)

(e) & (f)   As per the Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, construction of check dams are  permissible  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS.   The  details  of  completed  and  ongoing works of check dams along with expenditure incurred under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception as on 19.03.2022 is given below:

| The details of completed and ongoing works of check dams constructed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception as on 19.03.2022   | The details of completed and ongoing works of check dams constructed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception as on 19.03.2022   | The details of completed and ongoing works of check dams constructed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception as on 19.03.2022   | The details of completed and ongoing works of check dams constructed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception as on 19.03.2022   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Number of check dams                                                                                                               | completed Expenditure (Rs. in crore)                                                                                               | Number of ongoing works of check dams                                                                                              | Expenditure (Rs. in crore)                                                                                                         |
| 11,10,862                                                                                                                          | 23093.82                                                                                                                           | 2,31,810                                                                                                                           | 6991.84                                                                                                                            |

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