Lok Sabha Question No. 1938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Inordinate Delay in Payment of Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1938 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## INORDINATE DELAY IN PAYMENT OF WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1938. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  inordinate delay in payment  of wages  under the  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS) and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries whose dues are still pending for more than five months, Statewise;
- (c) the  total  pending  dues  under  MGNREGS  to  be  given  by  the Union Government to the State Governments, State-wise; and
- (d) the  total  number  of  supervisors  under  MGNREGS  that  have pending dues for more than five months, State-wise?

## 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 and funds are released to the States/UTs on the  basis  of  "agreed  to"  Labour  Budget  and  performance  of  the States during the financial year.

Further,  the  funds  release  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is based  on  the  provision  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act  and  guidelines.  As  per  guidelines,  the first  installment  of  the  first  tranche  is  released  in  the  first  half  of April after adjusting unspent balance available with the States and considering  the  pending  liabilities,  if  any.  The  2nd  Tranche  is released on submission of proposal in the prescribed format by the State and subject to fulfillment of all the prescribed conditions.

(b) & (d): At  present,  there  is  no  pendency  for  more  than  five months except West Bengal.

(c):   State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  as  on  26.07.2023  are given at Annexure-I.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material components  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  financial  year 2023-24 (as on 26.07.2023) are given at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1938 dated 01.08.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                           | State/UT                                                          | Wage liability (Rs. in crore)                                     |
| 1                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 950                                                               |
| 2                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 3                                                                 | Assam                                                             | 258                                                               |
| 4                                                                 | Bihar                                                             | 669                                                               |
| 5                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 48                                                                |
| 6                                                                 | Goa                                                               | 0.40                                                              |
| 7                                                                 | Gujarat                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 8                                                                 | Haryana                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 9                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 0                                                                 |
| 10                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                   | 0                                                                 |
| 11                                                                | Jharkhand                                                         | 32                                                                |
| 12                                                                | Karnataka                                                         | 195                                                               |
| 13                                                                | Kerala                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 14                                                                | Ladakh                                                            | 0.54                                                              |
| 15                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 0                                                                 |
| 16                                                                | Maharashtra                                                       | 0                                                                 |
| 17                                                                | Manipur                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 18                                                                | Meghalaya                                                         | 11                                                                |
| 19                                                                | Mizoram                                                           | 3                                                                 |
| 20                                                                | Nagaland                                                          | 123                                                               |
| 21                                                                | Odisha                                                            | 261                                                               |
| 22                                                                | Punjab                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 23                                                                | Rajasthan                                                         | 979                                                               |
| 24                                                                | Sikkim                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 25 Tamil                                                          | Nadu                                                              | 0                                                                 |
| 26                                                                | Telangana                                                         | 0                                                                 |
| 27                                                                | Tripura                                                           | 12                                                                |
| 28 Uttar                                                          | Pradesh                                                           | 34                                                                |
| 29                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                       | 12                                                                |
| 30 Andaman &                                                      | Nicobar                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 31                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                       | 0                                                                 |
| 32                                                                | Puducherry                                                        | 11                                                                |
| 33                                                                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu                                | 0.00                                                              |
| 34                                                                | West Bengal                                                       | 2,770                                                             |
|                                                                   | Total                                                             | 6,366                                                             |

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1938 dated 01.08.2023.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material components under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2023-24 (as on 26.07.2023)

| State/UT                           | Material liability (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 40                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 15                                  |
| Assam                              | 20                                  |
| Bihar                              | 54                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 108                                 |
| Goa                                | 0                                   |
| Gujarat                            | 145                                 |
| Haryana                            | 13                                  |
|                                    | 54                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh & Kashmir         | 2                                   |
| Jammu Jharkhand                    | 63                                  |
| Karnataka                          | 634                                 |
| Kerala                             | 81                                  |
| Ladakh                             | 0                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 330                                 |
| Maharashtra                        | 158                                 |
| Manipur                            | 9                                   |
| Meghalaya                          | 24                                  |
| Mizoram                            | 1                                   |
| Nagaland                           | 48                                  |
| Odisha                             | 214                                 |
| Punjab                             | 31                                  |
| Rajasthan                          | 120                                 |
| Sikkim                             | 8                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 125                                 |
| Telangana                          | 296                                 |
| Tripura                            | 59                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 777                                 |
| Uttarakhand                        | 21                                  |
| Andaman & Nicobar                  | 0.32                                |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0                                   |
| Puducherry                         | 0                                   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 0.35                                |
| West Bengal                        | 2813                                |
| Total                              | 6,266                               |