Lok Sabha Question No. 3063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: 100 Days of Guraranteed Wage Employment
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3063

ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## 100 DAYS OF GURARANTEED WAGE EMPLOYMENT

## 3063.   SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that in the 100 days of guaranteed wage employment per head programme of the country, an average of only 53 days job has been provided during the last ten months till January 2022;
- (b) if so, the reason therefor and the detailed report including applications received and employment given therein, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to fulfill the target and generation of employment in rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (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. It provides livelihood  security,  i.e.  fall  back  options  for  livelihood  for  the  rural  households, when  no better employment opportunity is available. 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 is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 3063 dated 22.03.2022

| State/UT-wise Mahatma S. No.   | States/UTs                               | 100 days of employment under the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | 100 days of employment under the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   | 100 days of employment under the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT-wise Mahatma S. No.   | States/UTs                               | 2018-19                                                         | 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                                                              |