Lok Sabha Question No. 3560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Daily Wages under MGNREGS in Punjab and Rajasthan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhagwant Mann

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3560 ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## DAILY WAGES UNDER MGNREGS IN PUNJAB AND RAJASTHAN

## 3560.   SHRI BHAGWANT MANN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that according to the 'Gazette of India' in the year 2020 and  2021,  the  daily  wages  given  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme have reached every person;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor;
- (c) the details of daily wages allotted and spent in Sangrur, Barnala districts of Punjab and Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts of Rajasthan along with the details of work done so far in the years 2020 and 2021 and its cost, location-wise; and
- (d) whether there is any special provision under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for farmers having less than 5 bighas of land, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the provision of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), the State Government shall link the wages, without any gender bias, with  the  quantity  of  work  done.  State/UT-wise  details  of  expenditure  on  wage  for  unskilled component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021) is given at Annexure.

(c): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is  a  demand    driven  wage  employment  programme under which Central funds  are  released  to  the States/UTs on the basis of 'agreed to' Labour Budget. Wage payment is released into the accounts of beneficiaries directly. Material payment is released to the State Government. No fund is released to District/Gram Panchayat.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven scheme with bottom up planning. The works are identified, approved & prioritized, out of shelf of works by the Gram Panchayat, recommended by Gram Sabha in each States/UTs (including States of Rajasthan and Punjab) as per the provision of the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Act.  Accordingly,  the  works  are  approved  and  taken  up  by  Gram Panchayat as per the demand. The details of works undertaken by Gram Panchayat are uploaded / updated in NREGAsoft on regular basis.

The details of expenditure on wage for unskilled component in the Sangrur and Barnala Districts of Punjab and Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh Districts of Rajasthan under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years (FY) 2020-21 and 2021-22 (as on 7 th August 2021) is as under:

| District       | Expenditure on wage for unskilled component   | Expenditure on wage for unskilled component   |
|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| District       | FY 2020-21 (Rs. in lakh)                      | FY 2021-22 (Rs. in lakh) (as on 07.08.2021)   |
| Sangrur        | 4,808.44                                      | 1,838.37                                      |
| Barnala        | 1,887.1                                       | 962.02                                        |
| Sri Ganganagar | 19,047.02                                     | 5,818.45                                      |
| Hanumangarh    | 18,989.29                                     | 3,347.32                                      |

Source: NREGASoft

The details of number of works taken up and expenditure incurred in Sangrur and Barnala Districts of Punjab  and  Sri  Ganganagar  and  Hanumangarh  Districts  of  Rajasthan  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA in financial years 2021-22 & 2020-21 (as on 7 th August 2021) is as under:

|                | FY 2020-21               | FY 2020-21                | FY 2021-22               | FY 2021-22                |
|----------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| District       | Number of works taken up | Expenditure (Rs. in lakh) | Number of works taken up | Expenditure (Rs. in lakh) |
| Sangrur        | 9,130                    | 6,099.84                  | 7,328                    | 2,267.06                  |
| Barnala        | 2,740                    | 2,275.94                  | 2,727                    | 1,449.00                  |
| Sri Ganganagar | 30,365                   | 22,029.5                  | 15,808                   | 7,118.2                   |
| Hanumangarh    | 20,943                   | 21,541.3                  | 14,109                   | 5,424.9                   |

Source: NREGASoft

- (d)    As per Para 5 of Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA ,works creating individual assets shall be prioritized on land or homestead owned by households belonging to the:
- (a) Scheduled Castes
- (b) Scheduled Tribes
- (c) Nomadic tribes
- (d) denotified  tribes
- (e) other families below the poverty line
- (f) women-headed households
- (g) physically handicapped headed households
- (h) beneficiaries of land reforms
- (i)        the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awass Yojana- Gramin]
- (j)       beneficiaries under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (2 of 2007), and

After exhausting the eligible beneficiaries under the above categories, on lands of the small or marginal farmers as defined in the Agriculture Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 subject to the condition that such households shall have a job card with at least one member willing to work on the project undertaken on their land or homestead.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.3560  dated 10.08.2021

State/UT-wise details of expenditure on wage under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   |                                          | Expenditure on wage   | Expenditure on wage        |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                                | 2020-21               | 2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021) |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 5952.81               | 4450.29                    |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 355.05                | 55.88                      |
| 3         | ASSAM                                    | 1916.93               | 699.65                     |
| 4         | BIHAR                                    | 4397.10               | 1791.32                    |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH                             | 3189.22               | 1414.90                    |
| 6         | GOA                                      | 2.34                  | 1.15                       |
| 7         | GUJARAT                                  | 955.78                | 670.40                     |
| 8         | HARYANA                                  | 549.07                | 194.10                     |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 658.21                | 224.93                     |
| 10        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                        | 1186.98               | 112.34                     |
| 11        | JHARKHAND                                | 2268.35               | 1099.91                    |
| 12        | KARNATAKA                                | 3993.81               | 2123.46                    |
| 13        | KERALA                                   | 3000.38               | 370.93                     |
| 14        | LADAKH                                   | 44.59                 | 1.28                       |
| 15        | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 6079.96               | 2755.55                    |
| 16        | MAHARASHTRA                              | 1498.88               | 632.04                     |
| 17        | MANIPUR                                  | 596.44                | 254.88                     |
| 18        | MEGHALAYA                                | 777.35                | 118.06                     |
| 19        | MIZORAM                                  | 450.79                | 195.66                     |
| 20        | NAGALAND                                 | 263.66                | 34.69                      |
| 21        | ODISHA                                   | 4683.69               | 1913.57                    |
| 22        | PUNJAB                                   | 950.50                | 350.66                     |
| 23        | RAJASTHAN                                | 7711.14               | 2573.58                    |
| 24        | SIKKIM                                   | 76.44                 | 27.52                      |
| 25        | TAMIL NADU                               | 6317.64               | 2163.27                    |
| 26        | TELANGANA                                | 2668.07               | 1739.78                    |
| 27        | TRIPURA                                  | 819.50                | 257.53                     |
| 28        | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 7862.97               | 2000.16                    |
| 29        | UTTARAKHAND                              | 611.30                | 139.82                     |
| 30        | WEST BENGAL                              | 8159.86               | 2496.20                    |
| 31        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 5.81                  | 4.12                       |
| 32        | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0.06                  | 0.00                       |
| 33        | PUDUCHERRY                               | 22.77                 | 4.47                       |
| 34        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 0.00                  | 0.00                       |

Source: NREGASoft