Lok Sabha Question No. 2219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Social Audit conducted in Gram Pandhayat
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2219 ANSWERED ON 14/03/2023

## SOCIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED IN GRAM PANCHAYAT

## 2219.   SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of the Gram Panchayats where at least once a Social Audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been conducted during the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the percentage of the Gram Panchayats where Action Taken Report (ATR) have been submitted and issues closed on the grievances received under the social audit, Statewise;
- (c) the names of the successful districts which have completed both the 100 percent of its social audit of MGNREGS along with 100 percent of the issues closed, raised under the social audit; and
- (d) whether the Government is taking any steps to speed up the process of social audit and closure of the issues raised under it with ATR, wherever delayed as being social audit a crucial part of the rural development schemes to fix the accountability, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):  States/UTs-wise details of the Gram Panchayats where at least once Social Audit of  the  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS)  has  been  conducted  during  the  current  financial year  2022-23  is given  at Annexure-I.

States/UTs-wise details  of social  audit  conducted  in  the  current  financial  year  2022-23  are given at Annexure-II.

The names of districts where  100% social audit has been conducted in the current financial year 2022-23 are given at Annexure III. In no district, all issues raised by Social Audit Unit (SAU) in the current financial year 2022-23 are closed.

Ministry has taken various steps in this regard such as:

- (i)  MoRD has conducted a State-wise Training Program on Social Audit and MIS process for States/UTs.  The  Issues  of  action  taken  reports  (ATR)  uploading  and  closing  and  other procedural issues were discussed in detail with feasible solutions to support the States/UTs and  strengthen  the  current  social  audit  system  &  MIS  process.  All  supporting  training materials were shared with States/UTs for reference purposes.
- (ii) Regular follow-up and monitoring are done by the Ministry on matters such as uploading of social audit calendar, completion of social audit as per target, disposal of issues raised by SAU and subsequent actions of recovery and other needful actions.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2219 to be answered on 14.03.2023.

State/UT-wise details of the Gram Panchayats (GP) where at least one Social Audit of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS has been conducted during the current financial year 2022-23.

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                             | Total number of GPs   | Number of GPs, where social audit conducted at least once in 2022-23   | Percentage of GPs where social audit conducted at least once in 2022-23   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 13,476                | 7,953                                                                  | 59.02%                                                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 2,114                 | 1                                                                      | 0.05%                                                                     |
| 3         | Assam                                | 2,660                 | 2,143                                                                  | 80.56%                                                                    |
| 4         | Bihar                                | 8,421                 | 6,734                                                                  | 79.97%                                                                    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         | 11,666                | 3,210                                                                  | 27.52%                                                                    |
| 6         | Goa                                  | 191                   | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 7         | Gujarat                              | 14,230                | 12,015                                                                 | 84.43%                                                                    |
| 8         | Haryana                              | 6,264                 | 33                                                                     | 0.53%                                                                     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                     | 3,619                 | 1,794                                                                  | 49.57%                                                                    |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir                       | 4,319                 | 3,262                                                                  | 75.53%                                                                    |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            | 4,388                 | 266                                                                    | 6.06%                                                                     |
| 12        | Karnataka                            | 6,013                 | 5,858                                                                  | 97.42%                                                                    |
| 13        | Kerala                               | 941                   | 826                                                                    | 87.78%                                                                    |
| 14        | Ladakh                               | 193                   | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 23,139                | 22,745                                                                 | 98.30%                                                                    |
| 16        | Maharashtra                          | 28,366                | 8                                                                      | 0.03%                                                                     |
| 17        | Manipur                              | 3,151                 | 1,112                                                                  | 35.29%                                                                    |
| 18        | Meghalaya                            | 6,396                 | 49                                                                     | 0.77%                                                                     |
| 19        | Mizoram                              | 867                   | 511                                                                    | 58.94%                                                                    |
| 20        | Nagaland                             | 1,275                 | 390                                                                    | 30.59%                                                                    |
| 21        | Odisha                               | 6,794                 | 4,692                                                                  | 69.06%                                                                    |
| 22        | Punjab                               | 13,326                | 4,177                                                                  | 31.34%                                                                    |
| 23        | Rajasthan                            | 11,337                | 6,533                                                                  | 57.63%                                                                    |
| 24        | Sikkim                               | 186                   | 62                                                                     | 33.33%                                                                    |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                           | 12,525                | 9,889                                                                  | 78.95%                                                                    |
| 26        | Telangana                            | 12,771                | 1,124                                                                  | 8.80%                                                                     |
| 27        | Tripura                              | 1,176                 | 840                                                                    | 71.43%                                                                    |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 58,668                | 51,702                                                                 | 88.13%                                                                    |
| 29        | Uttarakhand                          | 7,815                 | 1,334                                                                  | 17.07%                                                                    |
| 30        | West Bengal                          | 3,339                 | 3,225                                                                  | 96.59%                                                                    |
| 31        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 77                    | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 32 Diu    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and | 20                    | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 33        | Lakshadweep                          | 10                    | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
| 34        | Puducherry                           | 108                   | 0                                                                      | 0.00%                                                                     |
|           | Total                                | 2,69,841              | 1,52,488                                                               | 56.51%                                                                    |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2219 to be answered on 14.03.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   | State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   | State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   | State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   | State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   | State/UT-wise details of social audit conducted in the current financial year 2022-23.   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                          |                                                                                          | 2022-23                                                                                  | 2022-23                                                                                  | 2022-23                                                                                  | 2022-23                                                                                  |
| SI. No.                                                                                  | State/UT                                                                                 | Number of issues raised by SAU                                                           | Number of issues closed                                                                  | Number of issues pending                                                                 | Action taken reports uploaded                                                            |
| 1                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                           | 1081                                                                                     | 52                                                                                       | 1029                                                                                     | 96                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                    | 877                                                                                      | 137                                                                                      | 740                                                                                      | 229                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                    | 12260                                                                                    | 14                                                                                       | 12246                                                                                    | 472                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                             | 1193                                                                                     | 105                                                                                      | 1088                                                                                     | 106                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                  | 401                                                                                      | 274                                                                                      | 127                                                                                      | 284                                                                                      |
| 6                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                  | 79                                                                                       | 0                                                                                        | 79                                                                                       | 0                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                                                         | 571                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        | 571                                                                                      | 199                                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                        | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                        | 12011                                                                                    | 288                                                                                      | 913                                                                                      | 371                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                                | 454                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        | 454                                                                                      | 12                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                           | 1302                                                                                     | 72                                                                                       | 1230                                                                                     | 221                                                                                      |
| 11                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                 | 834                                                                                      | 538                                                                                      | 296                                                                                      | 661                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                       | Odisha                                                                                   | 567                                                                                      | 299                                                                                      | 268                                                                                      | 402                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                   | 417                                                                                      | 0                                                                                        | 417                                                                                      | 3                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                | 173                                                                                      | 1                                                                                        | 172                                                                                      | 10                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                   | 1                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 1                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                               | 9987                                                                                     | 60                                                                                       | 9927                                                                                     | 114                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                | 4178                                                                                     | 0                                                                                        | 4178                                                                                     | 19                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                  | 82                                                                                       | 0                                                                                        | 82                                                                                       | 8                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                            | 37957                                                                                    | 809                                                                                      | 37148                                                                                    | 4610                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                              | 1198                                                                                     | 59                                                                                       | 1139                                                                                     | 190                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                              | 9108                                                                                     | 1611                                                                                     | 7497                                                                                     | 2732                                                                                     |
| Total                                                                                    | Total                                                                                    | 94731                                                                                    | 4319                                                                                     | 79602                                                                                    | 10739                                                                                    |

(as per NREGASoft)

## Annexure-III  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2219 to be answered on 14.03.2023.

| Names of districts where where 100% social audit has been conducted in the   | Names of districts where where 100% social audit has been conducted in the   | Names of districts where where 100% social audit has been conducted in the   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. State/UT                                                              | District                                                                     |                                                                              |
| 1ASSAM                                                                       | KAMRUP (METRO)                                                               |                                                                              |
| 2ASSAM                                                                       | DIBRUGARH                                                                    |                                                                              |
| 3ASSAM                                                                       | HOJAI                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 4ASSAM                                                                       | Biswanath                                                                    |                                                                              |
| 5ASSAM                                                                       | SONITPUR                                                                     |                                                                              |
| 6ASSAM                                                                       | DHEMAJI                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 7ASSAM                                                                       | JORHAT                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 8BIHAR                                                                       | SHEOHAR                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 9KARNATAKA                                                                   | BIDAR                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 10KARNATAKA                                                                  | VIJAYANAGARA                                                                 |                                                                              |
| 11KARNATAKA                                                                  | KOPPAL                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 12KARNATAKA                                                                  | CHIKKAMAGALURU                                                               |                                                                              |
| 13MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | BETUL                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 14MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | BHOPAL                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 15MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | GUNA                                                                         |                                                                              |
| 16MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | RATLAM                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 17MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | INDORE                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 18MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | DINDORI                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 19MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | TIKAMGARH                                                                    |                                                                              |
| 20MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | MANDSAUR                                                                     |                                                                              |
| 21MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | JHABUA                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 22MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | RAISEN                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 23MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | KATNI                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 24MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | BHIND                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 25MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | CHHATARPUR                                                                   |                                                                              |
| 26MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | DHAR                                                                         |                                                                              |
| 27MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | AGAR-MALWA                                                                   |                                                                              |
| 28MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | ASHOK NAGAR                                                                  |                                                                              |
| 29MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | ANUPPUR                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 30MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | DATIA                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 31MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | NIWARI                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 32MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | DEWAS                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 33MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | SEONI                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 34MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | VIDISHA                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 35MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | DAMOH                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 36MIZORAM                                                                    | KOLASIB                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 37ODISHA                                                                     | DHENKANAL                                                                    |                                                                              |
| 38ODISHA                                                                     | JAGATSINGHAPUR                                                               |                                                                              |
| 39ODISHA                                                                     | MALKANGIRI                                                                   |                                                                              |
| 40ODISHA                                                                     | NUAPADA                                                                      |                                                                              |
| 41UTTAR PRADESH                                                              | MAHOBA                                                                       |                                                                              |
| 42UTTAR PRADESH                                                              | HAPUR                                                                        |                                                                              |
| 43UTTAR PRADESH 44UTTAR PRADESH                                              | MUZAFFARNAGAR AURAIYA                                                        |                                                                              |
| 45UTTAR PRADESH                                                              | SHAHJAHANPUR                                                                 |                                                                              |

| 46UTTAR PRADESH   | UNNAO                                 |
|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 47UTTAR PRADESH   | SHRAVASTI                             |
| 48UTTAR PRADESH   | KANPUR NAGAR                          |
| 49UTTAR PRADESH   | VARANASI                              |
| 50WEST BENGAL     | HOOGHLY                               |
| 51WEST BENGAL     | DINAJPUR DAKSHIN                      |
| 52WEST BENGAL     | PASCHIM MEDINIPUR                     |
| 53WEST BENGAL     | BIRBHUM                               |
| 54WEST BENGAL     | Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) |
| 55WEST BENGAL     | ALIPURDUAR                            |
| 56WEST BENGAL     | JHARGRAM                              |
| 57WEST BENGAL     | DINAJPUR UTTAR                        |
| 58WEST BENGAL     | 24 PARGANAS (NORTH)                   |
| 59WEST BENGAL     | PASCHIM BARDHAMAN                     |
| 60WEST BENGAL     | COOCHBEHAR                            |
| 61WEST BENGAL     | PURBA BARDHAMAN                       |
| 62WEST BENGAL     | BANKURA                               |
| 63WEST BENGAL     | HOWRAH                                |
| 64WEST BENGAL     | PURULIA                               |
| 65WEST BENGAL     | 24 PARGANAS SOUTH                     |
| 66WEST BENGAL     | SILIGURI MAHAKUMAPARISAD              |
| 67WEST BENGAL     | PURBA MEDINIPUR                       |
| 68WEST BENGAL     | KALIMPONG                             |
| 69WEST BENGAL     | JALPAIGURI                            |

(as per NREGASoft)