Lok Sabha Question No. 4214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: 100 Days Work under MGNREGS in Assam
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4214

ANSWERED ON 29/03/2022

## 100 DAYS WORK UNDER MGNREGS IN ASSAM

## 4214.   SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  100  days  work  has  been  provided  to  all  the  registered  workers  under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  if so, the State-wise details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of workers who got 100 days'' work under MGNREGS during the last three years, State-wise including Assam; and
- (c) the  number  of  workers  who  have  been  provided  work  under  MGNREGS  in  the districts of  Barpeta and Bongaigaon since 2019 to till date, year, State and districtwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)    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. It provides livelihood  security,  i.e.  fall  back  option  for  livelihood  for  the  rural  households, when  no better employment opportunity is available.

State/UT-wise (including Assam) number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 is given at Annexure-I.

- (c)    District-wise  (including  Barpeta  and  Bongaigaon  districts)  number  of  workers  availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 202021 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022) is given at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4214 dated 29.03.2022.

| State/UT-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | State/UT-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | State/UT-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | State/UT-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | State/UT-wise number of households completed 100 days of employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                 | States/UTs                                                                                                                                              | Households completed 100 days of employment                                                                                                             | Households completed 100 days of employment                                                                                                             | Households completed 100 days of employment                                                                                                             |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                 | States/UTs                                                                                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                 | (in lakh) 2019-20                                                                                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                          | 8.67                                                                                                                                                    | 5.82                                                                                                                                                    | 8.65                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0.04                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                                                                       | Assam                                                                                                                                                   | 0.18                                                                                                                                                    | 0.3                                                                                                                                                     | 0.72                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                       | Bihar                                                                                                                                                   | 0.25                                                                                                                                                    | 0.2                                                                                                                                                     | 0.35                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                            | 4.28                                                                                                                                                    | 4.18                                                                                                                                                    | 6.12                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                 | 0.34                                                                                                                                                    | 0.13                                                                                                                                                    | 0.17                                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                                       | Haryana                                                                                                                                                 | 0.04                                                                                                                                                    | 0.05                                                                                                                                                    | 0.14                                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                        | 0.7                                                                                                                                                     | 0.61                                                                                                                                                    | 0.89                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                                      | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                                                       | 0.38                                                                                                                                                    | 0.13                                                                                                                                                    | 0.23                                                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                               | 0.26                                                                                                                                                    | 0.31                                                                                                                                                    | 1.14                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                                                                                               | 2.11                                                                                                                                                    | 1.87                                                                                                                                                    | 2.41                                                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                                                      | Kerala                                                                                                                                                  | 4.42                                                                                                                                                    | 2.51                                                                                                                                                    | 4.7                                                                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                                                                                      | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0.01                                                                                                                                                    | 0.01                                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                          | 0.77                                                                                                                                                    | 0.91                                                                                                                                                    | 3.23                                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                             | 1.92                                                                                                                                                    | 1.24                                                                                                                                                    | 1.37                                                                                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                                                                                      | Manipur                                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0.01                                                                                                                                                    | 0.04                                                                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                               | 1.61                                                                                                                                                    | 1.81                                                                                                                                                    | 1.74                                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                 | 0.82                                                                                                                                                    | 1.58                                                                                                                                                    | 1.79                                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                                                                      | Odisha                                                                                                                                                  | 0.47                                                                                                                                                    | 1.61                                                                                                                                                    | 4.18                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                                                      | Punjab                                                                                                                                                  | 0.07                                                                                                                                                    | 0.08                                                                                                                                                    | 0.28                                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                               | 5.88                                                                                                                                                    | 8.49                                                                                                                                                    | 12.31                                                                                                                                                   |
| 24                                                                                                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                  | 0.05                                                                                                                                                    | 0.04                                                                                                                                                    | 0.06                                                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                              | 2.6                                                                                                                                                     | 1.21                                                                                                                                                    | 1.79                                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                                      | Telangana                                                                                                                                               | 2.27                                                                                                                                                    | 1.76                                                                                                                                                    | 3.42                                                                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                                                                      | Tripura                                                                                                                                                 | 0.15                                                                                                                                                    | 0.55                                                                                                                                                    | 1.16                                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                           | 0.72                                                                                                                                                    | 1.33                                                                                                                                                    | 7.79                                                                                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                             | 0.26                                                                                                                                                    | 0.22                                                                                                                                                    | 0.48                                                                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                                                                      | West Bengal                                                                                                                                             | 13.37                                                                                                                                                   | 3.66                                                                                                                                                    | 6.79                                                                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                                                                      | Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
| 32                                                                                                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                                                                                      | Puducherry                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                                                                                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                                                                   | 52.6                                                                                                                                                    | 40.61                                                                                                                                                   | 72                                                                                                                                                      |

Annexure-II Annexure-II referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4214 dated 29.03.2022.

| District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   | District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   | District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   | District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   | District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   | District-wise (including Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts) number of workers availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 24.03.2022)   |
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| S. No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| S. No.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Districts                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2021-22 (as on 24.03.22)                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Baksa                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1.14                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.94                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.03                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Barpeta                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1.90                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.62                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.01                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.85                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Biswanath                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.44                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.77                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.08                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.12                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Bongaigaon                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 0.55                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.46                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.81                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.67                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Cachar                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.63                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.18                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.50                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.14                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Charaideo                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.27                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.20                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.40                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.37                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Chirang                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.87                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.86                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.77                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.85                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Darrang                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.55                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.61                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.32                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.78                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Dhemaji                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.48                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.94                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.25                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Dhubri                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1.26                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.63                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.40                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.13                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Dibrugarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1.06                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.11                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.60                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.43                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Dima Hasao                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 0.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.15                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.26                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.20                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Goalpara                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.58                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.46                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.97                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.15                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Golaghat                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.88                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.95                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.20                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.26                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Hailakandi                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | 0.35                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.41                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.03                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Hojai                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.42                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.68                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.73                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.82                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Jorhat                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.49                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.50                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.68                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.66                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Kamrup                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.95                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.05                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.62                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.59                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Kamrup (Metro)                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.07                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.06                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.08                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.09                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Karbi Anglong                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0.69                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.84                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.22                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.04                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Karimganj                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.86                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.03                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.40                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.41                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Kokrajhar                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1.20                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.16                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.02                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.13                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Lakhimpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1.51                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.95                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.07                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Majuli                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.31                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.39                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.40                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.36                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Morigaon                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1.47                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.99                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.40                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.51                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Nagaon                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.33                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.75                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2.11                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Nalbari                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.66                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.85                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.17                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.97                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Sivasagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.47                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.44                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.61                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.78                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Sonitpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.50                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.27                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.14                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.09                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | South Salmara-Mankachar                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.14                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.36                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.60                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.63                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Tinsukia                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0.59                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.55                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.96                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.88                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Udalguri                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1.23                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.27                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.63                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1.31                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 24.59                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 27.71                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 35.73                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 37.95                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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