Lok Sabha Question No. 4328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Employment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4328

ANSWERED ON 29/03/2022

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 4328.   SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  and  spent  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since April, 2021, State and year-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  registered  migrant  labourers/families  provided  employment  under MGNREGS during the said period, State and year-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  days  from  100  days under  MGNREGS  in  view  of  the  loss  of  livelihood  due  to  COVID-19  global pandemic and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State/UT-wise  details of  fund  released  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 23.03.2022) is given at Annexure I.
- (b)      State/UT-wise  number  of  households  who  have  been  offered  employment  under  the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 23.03.2022) is given at Annexure-II. No separate date of migrant workers is maintained under the programme.
- (c)    Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act   (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA) is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to  each  household  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  whose  adult  members  volunteers  to  do unskilled manual work. In addition to this, there is a provision for upto 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  Act,  the  State  Governments  may  make  provision  for providing additional days of employment beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds.

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Annexure-I Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4328

dated 29.03.2022.

| State/UT-wise current financial   | details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   |
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                           | State/UT                                                         | (Rs. in crore)                                                   |
| 2                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                | 356.69                                                           |
| 3                                 | Assam                                                            | 1924.20                                                          |
| 4                                 | Bihar                                                            | 5203.00                                                          |
| 5                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                     | 3596.35                                                          |
| 6                                 | Goa                                                              | 0.00                                                             |
| 7                                 | Gujarat                                                          | 1547.14                                                          |
| 8                                 | Haryana                                                          | 602.16                                                           |
| 9                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 860.56                                                           |
| 10                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                   | 815.71                                                           |
| 11                                | Jharkhand                                                        | 2906.93                                                          |
| 12                                | Karnataka                                                        | 5377.60                                                          |
| 13                                | Kerala                                                           | 2913.84                                                          |
| 14                                | Ladakh                                                           | 56.27                                                            |
| 15 16                             | Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra                                       | 8415.42 1968.15                                                  |
| 17                                | Manipur                                                          | 333.09                                                           |
| 18                                | Meghalaya                                                        | 988.76                                                           |
| 19                                | Mizoram                                                          | 547.72                                                           |
| 20                                | Nagaland                                                         | 425.75                                                           |
| 21                                | Odisha                                                           | 5022.48                                                          |
| 22                                | Punjab                                                           | 1145.21                                                          |
| 23                                | Rajasthan                                                        | 9173.84                                                          |
| 24                                | Sikkim                                                           | 111.77                                                           |
| 25                                | Tamil Nadu                                                       | 8487.55                                                          |
| 26                                | Telangana                                                        | 4073.53                                                          |
| 27                                | Tripura                                                          | 952.43                                                           |
| 28                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                    | 8181.26                                                          |
| 29                                | Uttarakhand                                                      | 504.17                                                           |
| 30                                | West Bengal                                                      | 7545.91                                                          |
| 31                                | Andaman &Nicobar                                                 | 7.63                                                             |
| 32                                | Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman & Diu                                 | 0.00                                                             |
| 33                                | Lakshadweep                                                      | 0.30                                                             |
| 34                                | Puducherry                                                       | 10.74                                                            |
|                                   | Total                                                            | 90,936.40                                                        |

Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4328 dated 29.03.2022.

| State/UT-wise Mahatma   | Gandhi NREGS in the State/UTs            |        |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------|
| 1                       | Andhra Pradesh                           |  54.6  |
| 2                       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |   2.66 |
| 3                       | Assam                                    |  29.05 |
| 4                       | Bihar                                    |  57.76 |
| 5                       | Chhattisgarh                             |  31.84 |
| 6                       | Goa                                      |   0.03 |
| 7                       | Gujarat                                  |  15.3  |
| 8                       | Haryana                                  |   4.72 |
| 9                       | Himachal Pradesh                         |   7.42 |
| 10                      | Jammu And Kashmir                        |   7.61 |
| 11                      | Jharkhand                                |  28.33 |
| 12                      | Karnataka                                |  36.13 |
| 13                      | Kerala                                   |  17.44 |
| 14                      | Ladakh                                   |   0.32 |
| 15                      | Madhya Pradesh                           |  61.47 |
| 16                      | Maharashtra                              |  22.17 |
| 17                      | Manipur                                  |   5.59 |
| 18                      | Meghalaya                                |   5.42 |
| 19                      | Mizoram                                  |   2.12 |
| 20                      | Nagaland                                 |   4.18 |
| 21                      | Odisha                                   |  40.2  |
| 22                      | Punjab                                   |   9.76 |
| 23                      | Rajasthan                                |  76.03 |
| 24                      | Sikkim                                   |   0.66 |
| 25                      | Tamil Nadu                               |  69.82 |
| 26                      | Telangana                                |  26.05 |
| 27                      | Tripura                                  |   6    |
| 28                      | Uttar Pradesh                            |  88.91 |
| 29                      | Uttarakhand                              |   6.08 |
| 30                      | West Bengal                              |  80.18 |
| 31                      | Andaman And Nicobar                      |   0.06 |
| 32                      | Lakshadweep                              |   0    |
| 33                      | Puducherry                               |   0.45 |
| 34                      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |   0    |
|                         | Total                                    | 798.35 |

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