Lok Sabha Question No. 2094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Work Days under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2094

ANSWERED ON 15/03/2022

## WORK DAYS UNDER MGNREGS

## 2094.   SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of beneficiaries for whom payments have been delayed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last three years along with the details of amount thereto;
- (b) the estimated failed payments during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries who have not received 100 days of work;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to make the scheme individual-specific instead of family-centric and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the proposal to increase workdays up to 200 days is under consideration, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)   The Ministry along with the States/UTs has been making concerted efforts for improving the timely payment of wages. States/UTs have been advised to generate pay orders in time. This has resulted in considerable improvement in the status of timely generation of pay order and leading to improvement in the actual time taken to credit wages in the workers accounts. Status of the percentage of payment generated within 15 days:

| Financial Year   | %payments generated within 15 days   |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          | 96.24%                               |
| 2019-20          | 93.76%                               |
| 2018-19          | 89.61%                               |

(b)   State-wise details of total rejected transactions and transactions pending for regeneration under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  financial  year  2018-19,  2019-20  and  2020-21  are given  at Annexure .  Regeneration  of  rejected  transactions  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State Governments, for which they have been reminded earlier on multiple occasions.

(c)    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  FY  2021-22  (as  on  08.03.2022),  99.47%  of  households  are  offered  employment against their demand for work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

(d)     No, Sir. (e)      Mahatma  Gandhi  NREG  Act  is  to  provide  at  least  100  days  of  guaranteed  wage employment in a financial year to each household in rural areas of the country whose adult members volunteers to do unskilled manual work. In addition to this, there is a provision for upto additional 50 days of unskilled wage employment in a financial year in drought/natural calamity notified rural areas. As per Section 3 (4) of the Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act, 2005, the State Governments may make provision for providing additional days beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2094 dated 15.03.2022

| FY 2020-21   | FY 2020-21          | FY 2020-21                  | FY 2020-21                            |
|--------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S No.        | States              | Total Rejected Transactions | Transactions pending for Regeneration |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh      | 150796                      | 1010                                  |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh   | 24483                       | 1469                                  |
| 3            | Assam               | 164985                      | 129                                   |
| 4            | Bihar               | 312296                      | 7056                                  |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh        | 596846                      | 213                                   |
| 6            | Gujarat             | 95752                       | 52                                    |
| 7            | Haryana             | 30914                       | 9                                     |
| 8            | Himachal Pradesh    | 25443                       | 11                                    |
| 9            | Jammu And Kashmir   | 72758                       | 5244                                  |
| 10           | Jharkhand           | 266126                      | 496                                   |
| 11           | Karnataka           | 182158                      | 81                                    |
| 12           | Kerala              | 34478                       | 1                                     |
| 13           | Ladakh              | 2459                        | 27                                    |
| 14           | Madhya Pradesh      | 683557                      | 895                                   |
| 15           | Maharashtra         | 155399                      | 1698                                  |
| 16           | Manipur             | 72868                       | 1609                                  |
| 17           | Meghalaya           | 5161                        | 199                                   |
| 18           | Mizoram             | 12699                       | 0                                     |
| 19           | Nagaland            | 1104342                     | 4330                                  |
| 20           | Odisha              | 526045                      | 938                                   |
| 21           | Punjab              | 81689                       | 621                                   |
| 22           | Rajasthan           | 483993                      | 721                                   |
| 23           | Sikkim              | 1622                        | 4                                     |
| 24           | Tamil Nadu          | 324447                      | 13                                    |
| 25           | Telangana           | 305067                      | 2025                                  |
| 26           | Tripura             | 12417                       | 146                                   |
| 27           | Uttar Pradesh       | 629145                      | 3615                                  |
| 28           | Uttarakhand         | 34460                       | 94                                    |
| 29           | West Bengal         | 489738                      | 1227                                  |
| 30           | Andaman and Nicobar | 202                         | 0                                     |
| 31           | Puducherry          | 1402                        | 6                                     |
|              | Total               | 6883747                     | 33939                                 |

| FY 2019-20   | FY 2019-20          | FY 2019-20                  | FY 2019-20                            |
|--------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S No.        | States              | Total Rejected Transactions | Transactions pending for Regeneration |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh      | 43449                       | 3482                                  |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh   | 42304                       | 1634                                  |
| 3            | Assam               | 127466                      | 9                                     |
| 4            | Bihar               | 367603                      | 2960                                  |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh        | 625894                      | 92                                    |
| 6            | Gujarat             | 485306                      | 37                                    |
| 7            | Haryana             | 14370                       | 1                                     |
| 8            | Himachal Pradesh    | 41200                       | 2                                     |
| 9            | Jammu And Kashmir   | 75317                       | 3802                                  |
| 10           | Jharkhand           | 174405                      | 110                                   |
| 11           | Karnataka           | 149287                      | 13                                    |
| 12           | Kerala              | 74023                       | 12                                    |
| 13           | Ladakh              | 2356                        | 5                                     |
| 14           | Madhya Pradesh      | 468708                      | 169                                   |
| 15           | Maharashtra         | 195272                      | 1019                                  |
| 16           | Manipur             | 76840                       | 985                                   |
| 17           | Meghalaya           | 8644                        | 19                                    |
| 18           | Mizoram             | 20388                       | 2                                     |
| 19           | Nagaland            | 12389                       | 4696                                  |
| 20           | Odisha              | 2203913                     | 380                                   |
| 21           | Punjab              | 103195                      | 803                                   |
| 22           | Rajasthan           | 630389                      | 268                                   |
| 23           | Sikkim              | 2196                        | 0                                     |
| 24           | Tamil Nadu          | 409389                      | 21                                    |
| 25           | Tripura             | 22384                       | 104                                   |
| 26           | Uttar Pradesh       | 528045                      | 1415                                  |
| 27           | Uttarakhand         | 37780                       | 232                                   |
| 28           | West Bengal         | 416988                      | 1239                                  |
| 29           | Andaman and Nicobar | 1457                        | 1                                     |
| 30           | Puducherry          | 811                         | 6                                     |
|              | Total               | 7361768                     | 23518                                 |

| FY 2018-19   | FY 2018-19          | FY 2018-19                  | FY 2018-19                            |
|--------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S No.        | States              | Total Rejected Transactions | Transactions pending for Regeneration |
| 1            | Arunachal Pradesh   | 50715                       | 600                                   |
| 2            | Assam               | 130250                      | 16                                    |
| 3            | Bihar               | 258928                      | 2967                                  |
| 4            | Chhattisgarh        | 945534                      | 54                                    |
| 5            | Gujarat             | 137891                      | 207                                   |
| 6            | Haryana             | 20961                       | 4                                     |
| 7            | Himachal Pradesh    | 60513                       | 2                                     |
| 8            | Jammu And Kashmir   | 129902                      | 4649                                  |
| 9            | Jharkhand           | 149979                      | 170                                   |
| 10           | Karnataka           | 2275436                     | 18                                    |
| 11           | Kerala              | 88248                       | 3                                     |
| 12           | Ladakh              | 3635                        | 6                                     |
| 13           | Madhya Pradesh      | 657106                      | 56                                    |
| 14           | Maharashtra         | 365015                      | 1416                                  |
| 15           | Manipur             | 77714                       | 757                                   |
| 16           | Meghalaya           | 12772                       | 11                                    |
| 17           | Mizoram             | 20490                       | 7                                     |
| 18           | Nagaland            | 14530                       | 628                                   |
| 19           | Odisha              | 241926                      | 399                                   |
| 20           | Punjab              | 101449                      | 679                                   |
| 21           | Rajasthan           | 712338                      | 261                                   |
| 22           | Sikkim              | 3322                        | 2                                     |
| 23           | Tamil Nadu          | 513418                      | 444                                   |
| 24           | Tripura             | 40716                       | 126                                   |
| 25           | Uttar Pradesh       | 523956                      | 678                                   |
| 26           | Uttarakhand         | 36278                       | 160                                   |
| 27           | West Bengal         | 800806                      | 758                                   |
| 28           | Andaman and Nicobar | 197                         | 0                                     |
| 29           | Puducherry          | 999                         | 3                                     |
|              | Total               | 8375024                     | 15081                                 |

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