Lok Sabha Question No. 2559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Revision of Permission Work under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2559 ANSWERED ON 02/08/2022

## REVISION OF PERMISSION WORK UNDER MGNREGS

## 2559.   SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the last revision of permissible works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) whether any stakeholders from States are involved in the revision process;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the frequency of revising the permissible works under MGNREGS;
- (e) whether the Government is aware that demand for  MGNREGS  has  grown exponentially  since  the  pandemic  and  that  there  are  several  local  area  specific  jobs which can be included but are not under MGNREGS;
- (f) if so, whether the Government plans to redress this in any way; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (g)  :    Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme. The core objective of the Scheme  is  to  provide  not  less  than  100  days  of  unskilled  manual  work  as  a  guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability.

The details of households demanded employment and households offered employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and current financial year 2022-23 (as on 31.07.2022) is given below:

| Financial Year                            |   2019-2020 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (as on 31.07.22) |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| Households demanded employment (in crore) |        6.16 |      8.55 |      8.06 |                       5.09 |
| Households offered employment (in crore)  |        6.15 |      8.54 |      8.02 |                       5.08 |

(as per NREGASoft)

As per Section 29 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), Central Government may add new works in the permissible list of works under Schedule 1 of the Act. Adding new works under Schedule 1 of the Act  is a regular exercise and new works are added on the basis of merit in alignment with focus and objectives of the Act.

As per Schedule 1 of Act, there are 265 permissible works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

The demand from States to add work in the list of permissible works is examined in consultation with stakeholders. Also, the list of permissible works is reviewed annually by a Committee  of Central Government having different States as member of the Committee.

Recently, plantation of Dragon-fruit under horticulture plantation has been permitted under the Scheme against the request from States keeping in view the local requirement and adherence of the provisions of the Act.

Some of recently added works in the list of permissible works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA are given below:

- (i)      construction of bio-gas plant for individual;
- (ii) unskilled wage  component  towards  the construction of bio-gas plant for community;
- (iii)    maintenance of tunnel constructed by Border Road Organisation (BRO); and
- (iv)    maintenance of bridges constructed by Border Road Organisation (BRO)

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