Lok Sabha Question No. 2593 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Shortage of Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami, P. Velusamy, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Pramila Bisoyi

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2593

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2021

## SHORTAGE OF FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2593.   SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

SHRIMATI PRAMILA BISOYI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated Rs. 73,000 crores at Budget Estimate stage for the current financial year 2021-22 for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  which  is  an  increase  of  Rs.  11,500  crores  as compared to Budget Estimate for the financial year 2020-21;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  actual  amount  /funds  spent,  released, sanctioned  and  utilized  under  the  scheme  as  on  date  and  the  unspent  balance  not utilized  during  the  last  three  years,  year-wise,  Statewise  particularly  the  States  of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government has any information about the shortage of funds under the scheme  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government will provide additional funds under this scheme in case of any  shortfall  in  completing  the  scheme  for  the  current  financial  year  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  demand  projection  of  funds  under  MGNREGS  for  the  ongoing financial year, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):       Yes, Sir.

(b): State/UT-wise (including for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of funds released for  wage,  material  &  administrative  components  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  in  last  three  financial  years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 is given at Annexure-I.

State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS  in  last  three  finacial  years  2018-19,  2019-20,  2020-21  is given at Annexure-II.

(c) to (e) : Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme and funds  are  released  to  the  States/UTs  on  the  basis  of  "agreed  to"  Labour  Budget  (LB)  and performance  of  the  States/UTs  during  the  financial  year.  Fund  release  to  States/UTs  is  a continuous process and Central Government is committed to making funds available keeping in view, the demand for work.

Further, the funds release under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is based on the provisions of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA)  and  guidelines.  As  per  guidelines,  the  first  installment  of  the  first  tranche  is released in the first half of April after adjusting unspent balance available with the States and considering the pending liabilities, if any. The second tranche is released on submission of proposal in the prescribed format by the State and subject to fulfillment of all the prescribed conditions. The proposal can be submitted after a State has utilized 75 percent of the total available funds. The funds for second tranche on and after 1 st October can only be released after receipt of Audited Utilization Certificate and Audit Report of previous financial year.

There  is  a  budget  allocation  of  Rs.73000  crore  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS during FY 2021-22 at Budget Estimate (BE) stage. Recently, Ministry of Finance allocated additional  funds  of  Rs.10,000  crore   for  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  as  an  interim  measure. Further,  allocation  may  be  made  upon  assessment  of  demand  during  the  Revised  Estimate (RE) stage.

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| Sl. No.   |                                          | 2020-21.              | 2020-21.   | 2020-21.    |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|------------|-------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                                 | Fund released 2018-19 | 2019-20    | 2020-21     |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 6684.54               | 7311.48    | 10365.48    |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 163.25                | 107.57     | 348.95      |
| 3         | ASSAM                                    | 1050.37               | 1476.24    | 2514.55     |
| 4         | BIHAR                                    | 2891.94               | 3283.88    | 6647.01     |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH                             | 3082.94               | 2792.41    | 4144.19     |
| 6         | GOA                                      | 0.49                  | 2.17       | 0.91        |
| 7         | GUJARAT                                  | 1060.80               | 775.84     | 1513.75     |
| 8         | HARYANA                                  | 356.25                | 345.27     | 776.67      |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 778.74                | 615.37     | 963.69      |
| 10        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 620.36                | 825.62     | 1166.63     |
| 11        | JHARKHAND                                | 1538.06               | 1311.15    | 3489.84     |
| 12        | KARNATAKA                                | 3040.25               | 5546.20    | 5605.01     |
| 13        | KERALA                                   | 2354.74               | 3541.12    | 4300.32     |
| 14        | LADAKH                                   | 0.00                  | 0.00       | 22.49       |
| 15        | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 4681.41               | 4825.63    | 9225.40     |
| 16        | MAHARASHTRA                              | 2014.64               | 1723.25    | 1639.78     |
| 17        | MANIPUR                                  | 269.60                | 610.75     | 737.57      |
| 18        | MEGHALAYA                                | 786.14                | 1026.64    | 1286.41     |
| 19        | MIZORAM                                  | 392.37                | 526.74     | 576.81      |
| 20        | NAGALAND                                 | 138.86                | 298.54     | 483.82      |
| 21        | ODISHA                                   | 2218.21               | 2488.22    | 5409.50     |
| 22        | PUNJAB                                   | 598.55                | 776.89     | 1287.86     |
| 23        | RAJASTHAN                                | 5492.31               | 6891.74    | 9129.03     |
| 24        | SIKKIM                                   | 97.43                 | 83.66      | 101.46      |
| 25        | TAMIL NADU                               | 4951.66               | 5447.80    | 8941.26     |
| 26        | TELANGANA                                | 2958.17               | 2246.78    | 4163.57     |
| 27        | TRIPURA                                  | 442.54                | 740.05     | 1199.93     |
| 28        | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 5464.65               | 6240.17    | 12257.35    |
| 29        | UTTARAKHAND                              | 610.05                | 470.61     | 908.89      |
| 30        | WEST BENGAL                              | 7358.38               | 8458.21    | 10993.56    |
| 31        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 7.62                  | 5.84       | 4.86        |
| 32        | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0.16                  | 0.24       | 0.00        |
| 33        | PUDUCHERRY                               | 14.75                 | 17.04      | 27.13       |
| 34        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 4.84                  | 0.00       | 0.00        |
|           | Total                                    | 62,125.07             | 70,813.12  | 1,10,233.65 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2593 dated 14.12.2021.

| State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. (Rs. in crore)   | State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. (Rs. in crore)   | State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. (Rs. in crore)   | State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. (Rs. in crore)   | State/UT-wise (including Bihar and Andhra Pradesh), the details of unspent balance under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21. (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                                                                                                                                                 | State/UT                                                                                                                                                                                | Unspent balance FY 2018-19                                                                                                                                                              | Unspent balance FY 2019-20                                                                                                                                                              | Unspent balance FY 2020-21                                                                                                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                       | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                          | 48.67                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1022.01                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1991.07                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                       | 55.69                                                                                                                                                                                   | 113.92                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.14                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                       | ASSAM                                                                                                                                                                                   | 88.00                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2.84                                                                                                                                                                                    | 72.57                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                       | BIHAR                                                                                                                                                                                   | 50.90                                                                                                                                                                                   | 206.43                                                                                                                                                                                  | 909.93                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                       | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                                                                                            | 95.26                                                                                                                                                                                   | 208.35                                                                                                                                                                                  | 84.43                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                       | GUJARAT                                                                                                                                                                                 | 17.24                                                                                                                                                                                   | 19.35                                                                                                                                                                                   | 81.48                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                       | HARYANA                                                                                                                                                                                 | 35.70                                                                                                                                                                                   | 39.76                                                                                                                                                                                   | 3.49                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.97                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.61                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.25                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                                                                                       | 181.26                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                      | JHARKHAND                                                                                                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 103.41                                                                                                                                                                                  | 118.95                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                      | KARNATAKA                                                                                                                                                                               | 211.28                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 296.74                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                      | KERALA                                                                                                                                                                                  | 14.98                                                                                                                                                                                   | 27.70                                                                                                                                                                                   | 292.04                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                      | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                          | 23.48                                                                                                                                                                                   | 23.39                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                      | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                                                                                             | 226.34                                                                                                                                                                                  | 389.77                                                                                                                                                                                  | 64.38                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                      | MANIPUR                                                                                                                                                                                 | 24.25                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 626.62                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                      | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                                                                                               | 103.42                                                                                                                                                                                  | 262.15                                                                                                                                                                                  | 26.04                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                      | MIZORAM                                                                                                                                                                                 | 10.13                                                                                                                                                                                   | 5.06                                                                                                                                                                                    | 13.70                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                      | NAGALAND                                                                                                                                                                                | 156.93                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 75.53                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                      | ODISHA                                                                                                                                                                                  | 197.39                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                      | PUNJAB                                                                                                                                                                                  | 92.35                                                                                                                                                                                   | 65.51                                                                                                                                                                                   | 67.69                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                      | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                                                                                               | 204.75                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 214.88                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                      | SIKKIM                                                                                                                                                                                  | 6.38                                                                                                                                                                                    | 6.86                                                                                                                                                                                    | 10.09                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                      | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                                                                                              | 42.28                                                                                                                                                                                   | 22.29                                                                                                                                                                                   | 6.72                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                      | TELANGANA                                                                                                                                                                               | 132.16                                                                                                                                                                                  | 217.66                                                                                                                                                                                  | 198.48                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                      | TRIPURA                                                                                                                                                                                 | 4.59                                                                                                                                                                                    | 5.64                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1.02                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                      | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                                                                                           | 99.65                                                                                                                                                                                   | 3.15                                                                                                                                                                                    | 64.59                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                      | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.92                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.24                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                      | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                                                                                             | 472.20                                                                                                                                                                                  | 162.78                                                                                                                                                                                  | 48.65                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                                                                                                                     | 1.53                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2.87                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.02                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                      | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI &DAMAN&DIU                                                                                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                      | GOA                                                                                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1.57                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.30                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                      | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                      | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.15                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                      | LADAKH                                                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Total 2598.85 2913.32                                                                                                                                                                   | Total 2598.85 2913.32                                                                                                                                                                   | Total 2598.85 2913.32                                                                                                                                                                   | Total 2598.85 2913.32                                                                                                                                                                   | 5270.78                                                                                                                                                                                 |