Lok Sabha Question No. 2043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Irregularities in MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2043

## ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## IRREGULARITIES IN MGNREGS

## 2043. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the works proposed to be undertaken under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the country during the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  the  works  done  under  the  MGNREGS  in  Bihar particularly in Darbhanga Parliamentary Constituency;
- (c) the amount of wages transferred directly into the accounts of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under the said scheme and the funds released to the States for the material component in Darbhanga Parliamentary Constituency during each of the last four years;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to send a Central team to investigate irregularities  rampant  in  MGNREGS  in  Khaisa Jamalpur Panchayat under Kiratpur of Darbhanga Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## 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 Scheme  with bottom up planning. The works are identified, approved and prioritized out of shelf of work by the  Gram Panchayat, recommended by Gram Sabha in each State/UT as per the  provision  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act. Accordingly, the works are approved and taken up by Panchayat as per the demand. The planning of works is done as per  the  estimated  person  days  to  be  generated  for  the  work  in  a financial year at the time of assessment of Labour Budget.

(b):   Details  of  number  of  works  completed  and  ongoing  in  the Darbhanga  district  of  Bihar  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  last four financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 is given below:

| Financial Year                        | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   | 2021-22   | 2022- 23   |
|---------------------------------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|
| Number of ongoing works[in lakh]      | 1.3        | 1.15       | 0.5       | 0.25       |
| Number of completed works (in number) | 22,765     | 64,046     | 98,935    | 35,736     |

(As per NREGASoft)

(c):   Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment Scheme. Central Government is making wage payments directly into the Bank/Post office accounts of the beneficiaries as per the Direct Benefit Transfer protocol through a National Electronic Fund Management System (Ne-FMS) and funds for material  components are released to the State Treasury under the Scheme. Funds are not directly released to the districts under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

The  details  of  fund  released  to  the  State  of  Bihar  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  four  financial  years  2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 are given below:

| Central fund released to the State of Bihar (Rs. in crore)   | 2019-20 3,250.93   | 2020-21 7,284.23   | 2021-22 5,407.36   | 2022-23 6,395.28   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

(d):    There is no such proposal.

(e):     Does not arise.

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