Lok Sabha Question No. 1303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Migration of People
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1303 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## MIGRATION OF PEOPLE 1303. SMT. DHANORKAR PRATIBHA SURESH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whetherlabourers are migrating from rural areas due to unavailability of wage employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) run by the Union and the State Government;
- (b)
- if so, the steps taken by the Government to solve the problem;
- (c) whether  100  days  wage  employment  is  provided  under  the MGNREGS;
- (d) whether the said scheme is being effectively implemented in each district; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to implement new schemes and  to  increase  the  job  opportunities  in  rural  areas  and improve the conditions of labourers, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)to(c):   Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage employment  programme  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.  It provides livelihood security, i.e. fall-back options for livelihood for the rural households, when no better employment opportunity is available.

Details  of  persondays  generated  and  number  of  households who  have  completed  100  days  of  employment  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2024-25 (as on 07.02.2025) are given below:

| Financial Year                                                         |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Persondays generated (figure in crore)                                 |    363.19 |    293.7  |    308.68 |    241.87 |
| Households who have completed 100 days of employment ( Figure in lakh) |     59.15 |     35.97 |     44.95 |     21.28 |

(As per NREGASoft)

(d)&(e): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS  is a demand-driven wage employment scheme and the responsibility of implementation of the scheme is vested with the Government of concerned States/UTs. As per NREGASoft, Mahatma Gandhi NREGS operated in 740 districts, encompassing 7,186 blocks and 2,68,927 Gram Panchayats, reflecting  its  extensive  reach.  The  Ministry  regularly  reviews  the performance  of  the  implementation  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in States/UTs  through  various  forums  viz.,  Mid-Term  Review,  Labour Budget meetings, Labour Budget Revision  meetings,  Common Review Missions, Programme Review Committee meetings, Monthly Review meeting and Central Employment Guarantee Council meetings. Further, the State Employment Guarantee Councils (CEGC) also periodically monitor the implementation of the Scheme at state level.

Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  also  taken  the  following  steps for  ensuring  efficient  implementation  of  the  scheme  as  per  the provisions of the act as well as the guidelines issued from time to time:-

1. Conduct of Social audit at Gram Panchayat level
2. Grievance  Redressal  Mechanisms  through  appointment of Ombudspersons.
3. Monitoring by National Level Monitors and Central Teams
4. Conduct of Internal Audit
5. Monitoring through use of Area Officers App
6. Use   of  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System(NMMS)  for capturing of attendance
7. JANMANREGA  App  for  seeking  citizen  feedback  and information

Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  continuously  focusing  on providing employment to vulnerable and eligible households of rural areas by providing employment as mandated under the provisions of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

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