Lok Sabha Question No. 2597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Beneficiaries under MGNREGS in West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Khan Saumitra

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2597 ANSWERED ON 14/12/2021

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER MGNREGS IN WEST BENGAL

## 2597.   SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the beneficiaries under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in rural areas are not getting employment as per the entitled amount, if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries in West Bengal who have got employed in the month of June during each of years from 2018 to 2021 under MGNREGS;
- (c) whether the number of beneficiaries employed in 2021 are less as compared to the previous years;
- (d) the percentage of rural population currently unemployed; and
- (e) the details of employment given under the scheme to the migrant workers who have returned to their homes in rural areas due to COVID-19?

## 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 programme for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household  whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

(b):  The details of households availed employment in the State of West Bengal in the month of  June  during  the  years  2018,  2019,  2020  and   2021  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is given below:

| June, 2018   | June, 2019   | June, 2020   | June, 2021   |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 19,48,890    | 9,03,207     | 37,31,510    | 31,35,209    |

(c):   Month-wise details of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from January,  2020  to  November,  2020  and  January,  2021  to  November,  2021  is  given  at Annexure.

(d):   There is no official system of estimation of current level of rural employment. As per data available from Center for Monitoring of Indian Economy(CMIE), rural unemployment rate  stood at 6.44 % for the month of November 2021.

(e):          No  separate  statistics  is  maintained  for  returnee  migrants  who  have  availed employment under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

Annexure referred in reply to part © of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2597 dated 14.12.2021

| Month-wise details of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the years 2020 and 2021   | Month-wise details of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the years 2020 and 2021   | Month-wise details of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the years 2020 and 2021   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                             | Households availed employment (in crore)                                                                    | Households availed employment (in crore)                                                                    |
| Month                                                                                                       | 2020                                                                                                        | 2021                                                                                                        |
| January                                                                                                     | 1.57                                                                                                        | 2.09                                                                                                        |
| February                                                                                                    | 1.87                                                                                                        | 2.28                                                                                                        |
| March                                                                                                       | 1.59                                                                                                        | 2.01                                                                                                        |
| April                                                                                                       | 1.11                                                                                                        | 2.13                                                                                                        |
| May                                                                                                         | 3.31                                                                                                        | 2.22                                                                                                        |
| June                                                                                                        | 3.89                                                                                                        | 2.94                                                                                                        |
| July                                                                                                        | 2.76                                                                                                        | 2.69                                                                                                        |
| August                                                                                                      | 2.01                                                                                                        | 2.11                                                                                                        |
| September                                                                                                   | 2.00                                                                                                        | 2.08                                                                                                        |
| October                                                                                                     | 1.99                                                                                                        | 1.74                                                                                                        |
| November                                                                                                    | 1.84                                                                                                        | 1.61                                                                                                        |

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