Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Strengthening of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramesh Chand Bind

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 65

## ANSWERED ON 25/07/2023

## STRENGTHENING OF MGNREGS

- *65. SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of expenditure incurred by the Union Government on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the total number of MGNREGS beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh during the said period, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to strengthen the MGNREGS to make it more convenient for rural unemployed; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (d):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 65 for 25.07.2023

(a):     Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment Scheme. Details of expenditure incurred (including State share) in the State of Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial  years  2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23  and  current  financial  year 2023-24 (as on 19.07.2023) are given below:

| Financial Year                                                               | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Expenditure incurred in Uttar Pradesh (including State share) [Rs. in crore] | 12,915.40 | 8,757.82  | 11,931.40 | 3,200.17  |

(As per NREGASoft)

(b):     District-wise  details  of  households  availed  employment  in  the State of Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial  years  2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23  and  current  financial  year 2023-24 (as on 19.07.2023) are given at Annexure.

(c)&(d): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme which provides 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.

To generate awareness about the provisions of the Scheme and to  provide  adequate  employment  opportunities  to  rural  households under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, all States/UTs have been requested to (i) initiate appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for the wide dissemination of the provisions of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005 (ii) expand scope and coverage  of  demand  registration  system  to  ensure  that  demand  for work  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  does  not  go  unregistered,  (iii) prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha. (iv) Organization of 'Rozgar Diwas'.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  65 dated 25.07.2023.

District-wise details of households availed employment in the State of Uttar Pradesh   under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  three  financial  years 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 19.07.2023).

| Sl. No.                | 2020-21   | Households availed employment (in numbers)   | Households availed employment (in numbers)   | Households availed employment (in numbers)   |
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| District               | 2020-21   | 2021-22                                      | 2022-23                                      | 2023-24                                      |
| 1Agra                  | 96749     | 83259                                        | 83475                                        | 69520                                        |
| 2Aligarh               | 119338    | 114603                                       | 94821                                        | 58649                                        |
| 3Ambedkar Nagar        | 148744    | 119557                                       | 111789                                       | 60102                                        |
| 4Amethi                | 127027    | 107425                                       | 95973                                        | 55278                                        |
| 5Amroha                | 90188     | 88261                                        | 78059                                        | 56495                                        |
| 6Auraiya               | 72262     | 54523                                        | 45697                                        | 28956                                        |
| 7Ayodhya               | 143625    | 110044                                       | 99991                                        | 56490                                        |
| 8Azamgarh              | 274609    | 210732                                       | 172836                                       | 129680                                       |
| 9Baghpat               | 3874      | 2773                                         | 2127                                         | 879                                          |
| 10Bahraich             | 211101    | 204243                                       | 173155                                       | 142773                                       |
| 11Ballia               | 144828    | 103262                                       | 122946                                       | 70790                                        |
| 12Balrampur            | 123091    | 98390                                        | 92401                                        | 69016                                        |
| 13Banda                | 122029    | 94827                                        | 71934                                        | 44929                                        |
| 14Barabanki            | 166852    | 163655                                       | 145667                                       | 97577                                        |
| 15Bareilly             | 171817    | 142333                                       | 117985                                       | 77121                                        |
| 16Basti                | 249926    | 208758                                       | 212281                                       | 169811                                       |
| 17Bijnor               | 167503    | 154442                                       | 138166                                       | 90007                                        |
| 18Budaun               | 129282    | 104333                                       | 91388                                        | 41577                                        |
| 19Bulandshahr          | 47854     | 37044                                        | 23053                                        | 11576                                        |
| 20Chandauli            | 124412    | 93395                                        | 90853                                        | 70160                                        |
| 21Chitrakoot           | 97805     | 72048                                        | 56912                                        | 30922                                        |
| 22Deoria               | 122667    | 103835                                       | 92493                                        | 60025                                        |
| 23Etah                 | 73796     | 63868                                        | 59057                                        | 42832                                        |
| 24Etawah               | 102265    | 68230                                        | 61489                                        | 31853                                        |
| 25Farrukhabad          | 77217     | 64388                                        | 54526                                        | 30346                                        |
| 26Fatehpur             | 144394    | 113198                                       | 115325                                       | 57612                                        |
| 27Firozabad            | 79683     | 80585                                        | 77426                                        | 50087                                        |
| 28 Gautam Buddha Nagar | 695       | 502                                          | 468                                          | 53                                           |
| 29Ghaziabad            | 0         | 1                                            | 5                                            | 0                                            |
| 30Ghazipur             | 220623    | 165664                                       | 194031                                       | 132050                                       |
| 31Gonda                | 160094    | 117435                                       | 117913                                       | 67311                                        |
| 32Gorakhpur            | 172853    | 145476                                       | 121390                                       | 94204                                        |
| 33Hamirpur             | 98860     | 73142                                        | 75579                                        | 47595                                        |
| 34Hapur                | 7602      | 6007                                         | 5677                                         | 4521                                         |

| 35Hardoi             | 235184    | 184272    | 158614    | 100751    |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 36Hathras            | 54785     | 41677     | 37203     | 23208     |
| 37Jalaun             | 139068    | 131222    | 133706    | 101566    |
| 38Jaunpur            | 229077    | 210459    | 209429    | 155501    |
| 39Jhansi             | 95069     | 88762     | 72197     | 50256     |
| 40Kannauj            | 84340     | 64854     | 65886     | 35622     |
| 41Kanpur Dehat       | 98399     | 73138     | 53551     | 29001     |
| 42Kanpur Nagar       | 59127     | 48340     | 42806     | 21761     |
| 43Kashganj           | 71851     | 68213     | 58544     | 42705     |
| 44Kaushambi          | 86513     | 63072     | 54337     | 35410     |
| 45Kheri              | 264345    | 222031    | 177297    | 102556    |
| 46Kushi Nagar        | 163676    | 134215    | 131856    | 87678     |
| 47Lalitpur           | 105339    | 97518     | 93333     | 63092     |
| 48Lucknow            | 62729     | 53870     | 39843     | 18897     |
| 49Maharajganj        | 233750    | 158604    | 167136    | 123475    |
| 50Mahoba             | 49199     | 35401     | 27121     | 16797     |
| 51Mainpuri           | 95744     | 84798     | 77139     | 51526     |
| 52Mathura            | 81579     | 77984     | 63280     | 41752     |
| 53Mau                | 154154    | 110104    | 111295    | 81191     |
| 54Meerut             | 28897     | 20978     | 19137     | 7540      |
| 55Mirzapur           | 170315    | 129973    | 105815    | 55563     |
| 56Moradabad          | 92936     | 92713     | 78336     | 54372     |
| 57Muzaffarnagar      | 34345     | 28599     | 23239     | 13019     |
| 58Pilibhit           | 138070    | 114162    | 100578    | 58442     |
| 59Pratapgarh         | 203428    | 160576    | 147067    | 73336     |
| 60Prayagraj          | 228282    | 175763    | 155589    | 89490     |
| 61Rae Bareli         | 189778    | 152018    | 122913    | 64459     |
| 62Rampur             | 99035     | 89015     | 78541     | 53009     |
| 63Saharanpur         | 85126     | 67234     | 61144     | 37486     |
| 64Sambhal            | 88162     | 78700     | 68738     | 39714     |
| 65Sant Kabeer Nagar  | 160766    | 141263    | 143661    | 103011    |
| 66Sant Ravidas Nagar | 70765     | 50895     | 47425     | 28257     |
| 67Shahjahanpur       | 153035    | 120770    | 106619    | 55633     |
| 68Shamli             | 13363     | 11796     | 11022     | 4339      |
| 69Shravasti          | 70285     | 59790     | 52124     | 38444     |
| 70Siddharth Nagar    | 253781    | 205631    | 204684    | 172581    |
| 71Sitapur            | 305862    | 288807    | 226744    | 137549    |
| 72Sonbhadra          | 168946    | 138988    | 117253    | 67629     |
| 73Sultanpur          | 156818    | 138809    | 135136    | 87885     |
| 74Unnao              | 149807    | 111367    | 85742     | 54498     |
| 75Varanasi           | 86785     | 66177     | 57212     | 34737     |
| Total                | 94,06,180 | 77,62,796 | 70,20,180 | 45,64,535 |

(As per NREGASoft)