Lok Sabha Question No. 1157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Budget Allocation for MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan, M. Selvaraj, S. Ramalingam

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1157 ANSWERED ON 27/07/2021

## BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR MGNREGS

1157.   SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.: SHRI M. SELVARAJ: SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reduced the budget allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) across the country during the year 2021-22, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the reasons for allocation of low budget for this scheme during the year;
- (c) the total number of workers presently working under MGNREGS across the country, State-wise;
- (d) the impact on the employment of workers under MGNREGS; and
- (e) the total budget earmarked and released to the State of Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &(b):No, Sir. The Government of India has allocated Rs. 73,000 crore at Budget Estimate stage  for  current  financial  year  2021-22  for  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  which  is  an  increase  of  Rs.  11,500  crore  as compared to Budget Estimate for the financial year 2020-21.

- (c): In  the  current  FY  2021-22 (as on 23.07.2021),  a total of 6.51 crore persons have been provided employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. In this regard, State/UT-wise details is given at Annexure-I.

(d): Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme,  which  provides  for  livelihood security  by  providing  at  least  one  hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage  employment  in  every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. During previous financial year 2020-21, 11.19 crore persons were provided employment and more than 389.23 crore person-days were generated. In current financial year 2021-22 (as on 23.07.2021),  6.51  crore  persons  have  been  provided  employment  and  more  than  130.9  crore person-days  have  been  generated  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS.  During  the  financial  year 2020-21, an amount Rs. 1, 11, 170.86 crore has been released and an amount of Rs. 41,187.06 crore has been released in current financial year 2021-22  (as on 20.07.2021) for the implementation of programme.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGS aims to strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural households while  creating  productive  assets.  So  far,  more  than  25  lakh  assets  have  been  created  in  the current FY 2021-22. The Act also mandates expenditure of 60% for creation of assets directly related to agriculture and allied activities through development of land, water and trees. In the current FY 2021-22, so far, 73% of the expenditure is incurred on agriculture and allied works.

(e): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme. Hence, no State/UT-wise (including Tamil Nadu) financial allocation is made. During the current FY 2021-22 (as on 22.07.2021), an amount of  Rs.  3322.73  crore  has  been  released  by  Central  Government  to  the  state  of  Tamil Nadu under Mahatma Gandhi NREG Scheme.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1157 dated 27.07.2021

## Number of persons provided Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA FY 2021-22 (as on 23.07.2021)

(Figure in lakh)

| S No.   | States/ UTs                                  |   Number of persons |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                               |               71.46 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                0.73 |
| 3       | Assam                                        |               21.32 |
| 4       | Bihar                                        |               31.33 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                                 |               39.91 |
| 6       | Goa                                          |                0.01 |
| 7       | Gujarat                                      |               12.81 |
| 8       | Haryana                                      |                3.29 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                             |                4.72 |
| 10      | Jammu and Kashmir                            |                1.81 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                                    |               19.33 |
| 12      | Karnataka                                    |               41.51 |
| 13      | Kerala                                       |                8.02 |
| 14      | Ladakh                                       |                0.02 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh                               |               65.37 |
| 16      | Maharashtra                                  |               17.65 |
| 17      | Manipur                                      |                0.5  |
| 18      | Meghalaya                                    |                2.01 |
| 19      | Mizoram                                      |                2.06 |
| 20      | Nagaland                                     |                2.98 |
| 21      | Odisha                                       |               35.31 |
| 22      | Punjab                                       |                6.96 |
| 23      | Rajasthan                                    |               52.55 |
| 24      | Sikkim                                       |                0.45 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                                   |               54.99 |
| 26      | Telangana                                    |               42.27 |
| 27      | Tripura                                      |                6.03 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh                                |               45.78 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                                  |                3.34 |
| 30      | West Bengal                                  |               57.08 |
| 31      | Andaman and Nicobar                          |                0.02 |
| 32      | Lakshadweep                                  |                0    |
| 33      | Puducherry                                   |                0.16 |
| 34      | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                0    |
|         | Total                                        |              651.79 |

Source: Management Information System