Lok Sabha Question No. 699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Women Participation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nayab Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## WOMEN PARTICIPATION UNDER MGNREGS

## 699. SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the participation of women  in  the Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) has come down to its five  year low level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether as per the provisions of MGNREGS the women should be given priority in a way that one third of its beneficiaries should be women; and
- (d) if so, whether the said provision has been complied by the States and if so, the details of such States?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b):  No, Sir.

The rate  of  participation  of  women  (women  person-days  out  of  total  in  percentage)  in Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the last five financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 02.02.2023) is given below:

| Financial Year               |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Women participation rate (%) |     53.53 |     54.59 |     54.78 |     53.19 |     54.78 |     56.62 |

(As per NREGASoft)

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

State/UT-wise  details  of  women  participation  rate  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS   in  the financial  year  2021-22  and  current  financial  year  2022-23  (as  on  02.02.2023)  is  given  at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (c)&(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 699 dated 07.02.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of women participation rate (%) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in   | State/UT-wise details of women participation rate (%) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in   | State/UT-wise details of women participation rate (%) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in   | State/UT-wise details of women participation rate (%) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in   |
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| Sl No                                                                                 | State/UT                                                                              | Women participation rate (%age) 2021-22 2022-23                                       | Women participation rate (%age) 2021-22 2022-23                                       |
| 1                                                                                     | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                        | 57.79                                                                                 | 59.83                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                     | 44.64                                                                                 | 45.59                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                     | ASSAM                                                                                 | 47.56                                                                                 | 47.35                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                     | BIHAR                                                                                 | 53.18                                                                                 | 56.72                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                     | CHHATTISGARH                                                                          | 51.52                                                                                 | 52.37                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                     | GOA                                                                                   | 78.50                                                                                 | 79.45                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                     | GUJARAT                                                                               | 46.57                                                                                 | 47.52                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                     | HARYANA                                                                               | 52.63                                                                                 | 59.21                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                      | 62.51                                                                                 | 64.66                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                     | 33.31                                                                                 | 28.86                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                    | JHARKHAND                                                                             | 45.59                                                                                 | 47.33                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                    | KARNATAKA                                                                             | 50.05                                                                                 | 51.63                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                    | KERALA                                                                                | 89.60                                                                                 | 89.54                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                    | LADAKH                                                                                | 62.22                                                                                 | 61.99                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                    | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                        | 41.03                                                                                 | 41.67                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                    | MAHARASHTRA                                                                           | 43.64                                                                                 | 45.00                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                    | MANIPUR                                                                               | 52.56                                                                                 | 49.97                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                    | MEGHALAYA                                                                             | 50.57                                                                                 | 51.57                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                    | MIZORAM                                                                               | 47.81                                                                                 | 48.49                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                    | NAGALAND                                                                              | 38.15                                                                                 | 42.76                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                    | ODISHA                                                                                | 46.14                                                                                 | 47.84                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                    | PUNJAB                                                                                | 60.37                                                                                 | 66.09                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                    | RAJASTHAN                                                                             | 66.56                                                                                 | 67.56                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                    | SIKKIM                                                                                | 52.63                                                                                 | 54.44                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                    | TAMILNADU                                                                             | 85.70                                                                                 | 86.01                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                    | TELANGANA                                                                             | 59.06                                                                                 | 60.98                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                    | TRIPURA                                                                               | 47.49                                                                                 | 48.20                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                    | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                         | 37.24                                                                                 | 37.28                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                    | UTTARAKHAND                                                                           | 55.40                                                                                 | 55.95                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                    | WEST BENGAL                                                                           | 46.72                                                                                 | 47.94                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                           | 53.83                                                                                 | 56.26                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                    | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                  | 32.35                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                    | PUDUCHERRY                                                                            | 87.59                                                                                 | 87.28                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                    | DN HAVELI AND DD                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  |

(As per NREGASoft)

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