Lok Sabha Question No. 2113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Tremendous Leakages in MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subrata Pathak, Sudheer Gupta, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Prataprao  Jadhav

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2113

ANSWERED ON 15/03/2022

## TREMENDOUS LEAKAGES IN MGNREGS

## 2113.   SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is 'tremendous leakages' in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme's (MGNREGS) flagship rural jobs programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  total  funds  sanctioned  released  and  utilized  for  the  said  programme  during  the current fiscal year;
- (c) the jobs provided/likely to be provided under the above said programme during the current year and next three years;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  the  complaints  that  middlemen  are  taking money for enrolling names of beneficiaries under the scheme ;
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  against  such middlemen; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to strengthen the Direct Benefit Transfer system to provide benefit to real beneficiaries and minimise the role of middlemen in the system and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      No, Sir.
- (b)    In the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 09.03.2022), an amount of Rs. 87,648.39 crore has been released and Rs. 99,053.50 crore expenditure (including State share) has been incurred by the States/UTs under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

(c)      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.  In  the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 09.03.2022), 7.86 crore households have been offered employment  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  and  336.75  Cr.  Persondays  of  work  has been provided so far.

The labour budget estimates are drawn up by each state every  year through a consultative process starting from the Gram Sabhas  and concluded at Zila Parishad. These estimates are further  discussed  and  agreed  to.  The  estimates  are  revised  depending  upon  demand  for employment by enrolled households. It will therefore not be possible to provide estimates for the next three years.

(d)    No such complaints have been received on Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) Portal under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS).

- (e)    Does not arise.

(f)    Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  system  in  wage  payment  has  been  adopted  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. The Government has started payment of wage to the bank/ post office  accounts  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  workers  through  National  Electronic  Fund Management System (NeFMS)/Electronic Fund Management System (eFMS).

NeFMS has been implemented in the 27 States and 3 UTs. All the DBT payments of wages under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  are  routed  through  Public  Financial  Management  System (PFMS). So far 99.69% Mahatma Gandhi NREGS workers are receiving their wages directly into their accounts. It is a big step towards transparency.

States/UTs  have  been  directed  to  enrolled  100%  Aadhaar  seeding  to  job  card  holder. Currently, 11.99 crore Aadhaar seeded in Management Information System (MIS) which is 77.68% of total Active workers ( 15.44 crore).

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