Lok Sabha Question No. 5423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Amount Due under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5423

ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## AMOUNT DUE UNDER MGNREGS

## 5423.   SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount due to the States under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State-wise;
- (b) whether there is any proposal to increase the wages under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has received any letter from the Government of Maharashtra regarding increase in wages under MGNREGS, if so, the details thereof and the wages recently paid under the said scheme in Maharashtra; and
- (d) whether the State Government has also requested for release of central assistance to the State for increased pay days and if so, the reaction of the Union Government in this regard?

## 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. There  is  no  State/UT  wise financial allocation under the Scheme.

State/UT-wise  details  of  pending  liabilities  for  wage  component  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS as on 02.04.2022 are given at Annexure-I.

State/UT wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022) are given at Annexure-II.

Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, States/UTs submit funds release proposals to Government of India. Fund  release to the States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed in making funds available to States/UTs for the implementation of the Scheme. The Ministry release funds periodically in two tranches with each tranche consisting of one or more installments, keeping in view the 'agreed to' Labour Budget, demand for works, opening balance, pace of utilization of funds, pending liabilities, overall performance and subject to submission of relevant documents by the State/UT.

(b):      As per Section 6 (1) of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005, the Central Government may by notification specify the wage  rate  for  unskilled  work  for  its  beneficiaries.  Accordingly,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development  notifies  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  wage  rate  for  every  financial  year  for States/UTs.  To  compensate  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  workers  against  inflation,  the Ministry  of  Rural  Development  revises  the  wage  rate  every  year  based  on  change  in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL). If the calculated wage rate of any

State is coming lower than the wage rate of previous financial year, it is being protected by maintaining the previous financial year wage rate. The revised wage rate is made applicable from 1 st April  of  each  financial  year.  However,  State  Governments can  provide wage over and  above  the  wage  rate  notified  by  the  Central  Government  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS.

(c)&(d):         As per the information shared by the State Government of Maharashtra no such proposal has been sent to Central Government.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5423 dated 05.04.2022.

| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities   | for wage component            | under   |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
| Sl. No.                                        | State/UT                                       | Wage liability (Rs. in crore) |         |
| 1                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                 |                               | 53.79   |
| 2                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                              |                               | 5.89    |
| 3                                              | Assam                                          |                               | 52.68   |
| 4                                              | Bihar                                          |                               | 48.13   |
| 5                                              | Chhattisgarh                                   |                               | 6.42    |
| 6                                              | Gujarat                                        |                               | 4.88    |
| 7                                              | Haryana                                        |                               | 4.10    |
| 8                                              | Himachal Pradesh                               |                               | 4.27    |
| 9                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                              |                               | 21.82   |
| 10                                             | Jharkhand                                      |                               | 40.00   |
| 11                                             | Karnataka                                      |                               | 33.30   |
| 12                                             | Kerala                                         |                               | 19.86   |
| 13                                             | Ladakh                                         |                               | 0.36    |
| 14                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                 |                               | 21.58   |
| 15                                             | Maharashtra                                    |                               | 22.22   |
| 16                                             | Meghalaya                                      |                               | 7.19    |
| 17                                             | Mizoram                                        |                               | 0.60    |
| 18                                             | Nagaland                                       |                               | 67.55   |
| 19                                             | Odisha                                         |                               | 19.09   |
| 20                                             | Punjab                                         |                               | 2.06    |
| 21                                             | Rajasthan                                      |                               | 9.57    |
| 22                                             | Sikkim                                         |                               | 0.21    |
| 23                                             | Tamil Nadu                                     |                               | 3.05    |
| 24                                             | Telangana                                      |                               | 13.50   |
| 25                                             | Tripura                                        |                               | 0.27    |
| 26                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                  |                               | 30.65   |
| 27                                             | Uttarakhand                                    |                               | 0.20    |
| 28                                             | West Bengal                                    |                               | 1935.17 |
|                                                | Total                                          |                               | 2428.41 |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5423 dated 05.04.2022.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022).

| SI.No.   | State/UT                             |   Material liability (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |                             1358.87 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                               81.8  |
| 3        | Assam                                |                              165.33 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |                              628.61 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |                               62.78 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |                                0.01 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |                              188.37 |
| 8        | haryana                              |                                0    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                              121.95 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                              151.66 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |                               33.27 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |                              747.33 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |                              285.63 |
| 14       | Ladakh                               |                                6.68 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh                       |                              151.33 |
| 16       | Maharashtra                          |                               96.87 |
| 17       | Manipur                              |                                0    |
| 18       | Meghalaya                            |                              284    |
| 19       | Mizoram                              |                                0.89 |
| 20       | Nagaland                             |                               31.92 |
| 21       | Odisha                               |                                0    |
| 22       | Punjab                               |                              110.1  |
| 23       | Rajasthan                            |                             1244.25 |
| 24       | Sikkim                               |                                5.63 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu                           |                               29.12 |
| 26       | Telangana                            |                              616.89 |
| 27       | Tripura                              |                               33.77 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh                        |                             1050.37 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand                          |                              114.56 |
| 30       | Andaman and Nicobar                  |                                0.08 |
| 31       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu |                                0    |
| 32       | Lakshadweep                          |                                0    |
| 33       | puducherry                           |                                0.15 |
| 34       | West Bengal                          |                             2204.35 |
|          | Total                                |                             9806.57 |