Lok Sabha Question No. 2378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Timely Payment to Workers under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378

ANSWERED ON 03/08/2021

## TIMELY PAYMENT TO WORKERS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2378.   SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  or  people  provided  employment  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by the Government, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  payment  to  MGNREGA  workers  of  Mainpur  under  Gariaband  district  of Chhattisgarh have been paid on time like other places in 2021, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  there  is  any  case  of  negligence  in  payment  has  come  to  the  sight  of  the Government, if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 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 31.07.2021), 6.78 crore persons were provided employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA). In this regard, States/UTs-wise detail of the employment provided to persons under programme is given at Annexure.
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment guarantee programme. During the current Financial Year 2021-22 (as on 31.07.2021), around 99.96 % Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) have been generated within 15 days from the date of closure of the Muster Roll in the State of Chhattisgarh.

The details of payment Fund Transfer order (FTO) generation for workers of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA of Mainpur under Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh   have been provided by the State Government of Chhatisgarh as under:

| Months         | T +8 days   | T+15 days   | More then15 days   |
|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
| January, 2021  | 98.73%      | 0.92%       | 0.35               |
| February, 2021 | 97.66%      | 0.81%       | 1.53               |
| March, 2021    | 95.59%      | 2.39%       | 2.03%              |
| April, 2021    | 99.84%      | 0.16%       | 0                  |
| May, 2021      | 99.64%      | 0.04%       | 0                  |
| June, 2021     | 99.73%      | 0.27%       | 0                  |
| July, 2021     | 99.75%      | 0.25%       | 0                  |

Here 'T' is the date of closure of muster roll.

- (c) State Government of Chhatisgarh has informed that no case of negligence in payment has come to the sight of the Government .

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2378 dated 03.08.2021

States/UTs-wise  details  of  employment  provide  to  persons  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS during the current financial year 2021-22 (as on 30.07.2021)

(Figure in lakh)

| SI. No.   | States/UTs                                 |   Employment Provided to persons |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH                             |                            71.9  |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                          |                             0.78 |
| 3         | ASSAM                                      |                            21.76 |
| 4         | BIHAR                                      |                            31.93 |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH                               |                            40.03 |
| 6         | GOA                                        |                             0.01 |
| 7         | GUJARAT                                    |                            13.06 |
| 8         | HARYANA                                    |                             3.42 |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH                           |                             4.94 |
| 10        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                          |                             2.1  |
| 11        | JHARKHAND                                  |                            19.56 |
| 12        | KARNATAKA                                  |                            43.37 |
| 13        | KERALA                                     |                             8.92 |
| 14        | LADAKH                                     |                             0.03 |
| 15        | MADHYA PRADESH                             |                            65.53 |
| 16        | MAHARASHTRA                                |                            18.17 |
| 17        | MANIPUR                                    |                             0.58 |
| 18        | MEGHALAYA                                  |                             2.27 |
| 19        | MIZORAM                                    |                             2.06 |
| 20        | NAGALAND                                   |                             3.11 |
| 21        | ODISHA                                     |                            36.19 |
| 22        | PUNJAB                                     |                             6.99 |
| 23        | RAJASTHAN                                  |                            58.21 |
| 24        | SIKKIM                                     |                             0.47 |
| 25        | TAMIL NADU                                 |                            58.17 |
| 26        | TELANGANA                                  |                            42.45 |
| 27        | TRIPURA                                    |                             6.21 |
| 28        | UTTAR PRADESH                              |                            50.15 |
| 29        | UTTARAKHAND                                |                             3.58 |
| 30        | WEST BENGAL                                |                            62.29 |
| 31        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                        |                             0.02 |
| 32        | LAKSHADWEEP                                |                             0    |
| 33        | PUDUCHERRY                                 |                             0.19 |
| 34        | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI ANDDAMANAND DIU |                             0    |
|           | Total                                      |                           678.44 |

Source: Management Information System

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