Lok Sabha Question No. 23 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Unemployment Allowance
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 23 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE

## *23.  SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total amount of unemployment allowance paid by the Government of Uttar Pradesh during each of the last five financial years;
- (b) the total amount of wage payments made to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and others till date in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the said period, district-wise; and
- (c) the total amount of extra wages paid on account of employment provided at a distance farther than five km. radius in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the said period, districtwise?

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

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

Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 23 for 05.12.2023

- (a): Details of unemployment allowance paid by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS) during the last five financial years from 2018-19 to 2022-23 are as under:

| Financial Year   | Unemployment allowance paid (in Rs)   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2018-19          | 0                                     |
| 2019-20          | 0                                     |
| 2020-21          | 0                                     |
| 2021-22          | 0                                     |
| 2022-23          | 1,49,155                              |

As per NREGASoft

(b):    Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme and funds are released State/UT-wise and not district-wise. Further, from the financial year 2021-22, Category-wise (SC, ST and Others)  payment  system  has  been  started.  There  is  no  separate provision  for  the  release  of  funds  to  Other  Backwards  Classes (OBCs).  However, the release of funds to the State of Uttar Pradesh from the financial year 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the current financial year 2023-24 (as on 22.11.2023) are as given below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year            | Schedule Castes   | Schedule Tribes   | Other Backward Classes (OBC's)   | Others   |   Total |
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------|---------|
| 2018-19                   | -                 | -                 | -                                | -        | 4093.07 |
| 2019-20                   | -                 | -                 | -                                | -        | 4337.6  |
| 2020-21                   | -                 | -                 | -                                | -        | 7817.58 |
| 2021-22                   | 2079.43           | 75.68             | -                                | 4489.34  | 6644.45 |
| 2022-23                   | 1907.56           | 64.27             | -                                | 4579.74  | 6551.57 |
| 2023-24 (till 22.11.2023) | 1384.03           | 45.76             | -                                | 3767.99  | 5197.78 |

(c): Para 18 and 20 of Schedule II of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005, envisages  that  as  far  as  possible,  employment  shall  be  provided within a radius of five kilometres of the village where the applicant resides  at  the  time  of  applying  and  in  case  the  employment  is provided outside the said radius, the labourers shall be paid ten per cent of the wage rate as extra wages to meet additional

transportation and expenses for living.

District-wise details of Traveling Allowance paid to beneficiaries  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  during  the  last  five financial  years  from  2018-19  to  2022-23  and  the  current  financial year 2023-24 (as on 22.11.2023) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 23 dated 05.12.2023.

District-wise details of Traveling Allowance paid to beneficiaries in the State of Uttar

Pradesh  during  the  last  five  financial  years  from  2018-19  to  2022-23  and  the current

## financial year 2023-24 (as on 22.11.2023).

| Sl.   |                     | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | District            | 2018- 19                                             | 2019- 20                                             | 2020- 21                                             | 2021- 22                                             | 2022-23                                              | 2023-24                                              |
| 1     | Agra                | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            | 0 1456 0 666 106338 37053                            |
| 2     | Aligarh             | 0                                                    | 546                                                  | 0                                                    | 1775                                                 | 4196                                                 | 32175                                                |
| 3     | Ambedkar nagar      | 508                                                  | 1036                                                 | 20116                                                | 6548                                                 | 21556                                                | 2990                                                 |
| 4     | Amethi              | 1733                                                 | 364                                                  | 7799                                                 | 10955                                                | 12601                                                | 22586                                                |
| 5     | Amroha              | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 8000                                                 | 0                                                    | 8882                                                 | 2208                                                 |
| 6     | Auraiya             | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 563                                                  | 1909                                                 | 0                                                    | 20171                                                |
| 7     | Ayodhya             | 298                                                  | 0                                                    | 8462                                                 | 1204                                                 | 1193                                                 | 4209                                                 |
| 8     | Azamgarh            | 6090                                                 | 0                                                    | 7144                                                 | 5744                                                 | 62111                                                | 474899                                               |
| 9     | Baghpat             | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 69                                                   |
| 10    | Bahraich            | 9695                                                 | 11592                                                | 42813                                                | 176907                                               | 145799                                               | 71507                                                |
| 11    | Ballia              | 1558                                                 | 109                                                  | 16181                                                | 877                                                  | 8563                                                 | 44413                                                |
| 12    | Balrampur           | 1505                                                 | 5169                                                 | 281                                                  | 2162                                                 | 1235                                                 | 23851                                                |
| 13    | Banda               | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 141                                                  | 1795                                                 | 298                                                  | 9108                                                 |
| 14    | Barabanki           | 88                                                   | 1110                                                 |                                                      | 7262                                                 | 68032                                                | 171511                                               |
| 15    | Bareilly            | 2695                                                 | 819                                                  | 6412                                                 | 17116                                                | 71266                                                | 75168                                                |
| 16    | Basti               | 2415                                                 | 16034                                                | 13769                                                | 16014                                                | 5666                                                 | 161244                                               |
| 17    | Bijnor              | 2415                                                 | 146                                                  | 7397                                                 | 1408                                                 | 2045                                                 | 2346                                                 |
| 18    | Budaun              | 12285                                                | 19201                                                | 1106                                                 | 877                                                  | 8818                                                 | 29946                                                |
| 19    | Bulandshahr         | 7823                                                 | 0                                                    | 18452                                                | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 5152                                                 |
| 20    | Chandauli           | 2030                                                 | 9955                                                 | 51838                                                | 40229                                                | 72234                                                | 302245                                               |
| 21    | Chitrakoot          | 6790                                                 | 455                                                  | 5548                                                 | 1999                                                 | 61131                                                | 431595                                               |
| 22    | Deoria              | 3395                                                 | 3240                                                 | 20                                                   | 1734                                                 | 6816                                                 | 85047                                                |
| 23    | Etah                | 1243                                                 | 3495                                                 | 4925                                                 | 122                                                  | 10011                                                | 71024                                                |
| 24    | Etawah              | 245                                                  | 0                                                    | 10472                                                | 204                                                  | 8243                                                 | 13593                                                |
| 25    | Farrukhabad         | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 5025                                                 | 1652                                                 | 0                                                    | 6256                                                 |
| 26    | Fatehpur            | 23188                                                | 7264                                                 | 6110                                                 | 11077                                                | 119152                                               | 312547                                               |
| 27    | Firozabad           | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 201                                                  | 1448                                                 | 2066                                                 | 281108                                               |
| 28    | Gautam buddha nagar | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 141                                                  | 0                                                    | 0                                                    |
| 29    | Ghazipur            | 6003                                                 | 3021                                                 | 3377                                                 | 23410                                                | 21108                                                | 45379                                                |
| 30    | Gonda               | 18                                                   | 2621                                                 | 27061                                                | 3305                                                 | 5751                                                 | 21045                                                |
| 31    | Gorakhpur           | 23310                                                | 15113                                                | 6955                                                 | 8242                                                 | 3621                                                 | 32177                                                |
| 32    | Hamirpur            | 735                                                  | 1147                                                 | 15377                                                | 122                                                  | 4111                                                 | 23092                                                |
| 33    | Hardoi              | 2503                                                 | 1889                                                 | 40924                                                | 29335                                                | 29032                                                | 115368                                               |
| 34    | Hathras             | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 306                                                  | 0                                                    | 0                                                    |
| 35    | Jalaun              | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 20038                                                | 3876                                                 | 293193                                               | 375000                                               |
| 36    | Jaunpur             | 175                                                  | 9009                                                 | 6251                                                 | 27724 19441                                          | 14782 40624                                          | 8303                                                 |
| 37    | Jhansi              | 4113                                                 | 10938                                                | 13226                                                |                                                      |                                                      | 58006                                                |

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District-wise details of Traveling Allowance paid to beneficiaries in the State of Uttar Pradesh  during  the  last  five  financial  years  from  2018-19  to  2022-23  and  the current financial year 2023-24 (as on 22.11.2023).

| Sl.          |                    | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   | Travelling Allowance paid to beneficiaries (in Rs)   |
|--------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| No. District |                    | 2018- 19                                             | 2019- 20                                             | 2020- 21                                             | 2021- 22                                             | 2022-23                                              | 2023-24                                              |
| 39           | Kanpur dehat       | 105                                                  | 1674                                                 | 45081                                                | 3264                                                 | 17210                                                | 25392                                                |
| 40           | Kanpur nagar       | 19460                                                | 8973                                                 | 35195                                                | 1669                                                 | 10203                                                | 70214                                                |
| 41           | Kashganj           | 3518                                                 | 1165                                                 | 1427                                                 | 857                                                  | 38021                                                | 111826                                               |
| 42           | Kaushambi          | 735                                                  | 4295                                                 | 6010                                                 | 979                                                  | 7476                                                 | 146739                                               |
| 43           | Kheri              | 1138                                                 | 410                                                  | 5065                                                 | 14464                                                | 43835                                                | 45128                                                |
| 44           | Kushi nagar        | 7910                                                 | 764                                                  | 3678                                                 | 938                                                  | 20789                                                | 170419                                               |
| 45           | Lalitpur           | 0                                                    | 5642                                                 | 12626                                                | 11159                                                | 10489                                                | 49423                                                |
| 46           | Lucknow            | 105                                                  | 0                                                    | 3437                                                 | 10762                                                | 16279                                                | 30197                                                |
| 47           | Maharajganj        | 508                                                  | 5186                                                 | 7859                                                 | 21420                                                | 341                                                  | 35673                                                |
| 48           | Mahoba             | 210                                                  | 0                                                    | 563                                                  | 102                                                  | 0                                                    | 8211                                                 |
| 49           | Mainpuri           | 0                                                    | 2675                                                 | 0                                                    | 4590                                                 | 7144                                                 | 35827                                                |
| 50           | Mathura            | 2940                                                 | 0                                                    | 607                                                  | 3672                                                 | 2300                                                 | 302680                                               |
| 51           | Mau                | 3850                                                 | 2075                                                 | 0                                                    | 959                                                  | 5523                                                 | 29931                                                |
| 52           | Meerut             | 0                                                    | 146                                                  | 0                                                    | 30049                                                | 0                                                    | 3795                                                 |
| 53           | Mirzapur           | 16188                                                | 1329                                                 | 4382                                                 | 12709                                                | 23686                                                | 101292                                               |
| 54           | Moradabad          | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 101                                                  | 10363                                                | 4942                                                 | 16698                                                |
| 55           | Muzaffarnagar      | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 383                                                  | 4784                                                 |
| 56           | Pilibhit           | 105                                                  | 3422                                                 | 46657                                                | 28907                                                | 46455                                                | 144739                                               |
| 57           | Pratapgarh         | 2573                                                 | 13450                                                | 13929                                                | 2122                                                 | 19404                                                | 226962                                               |
| 58           | Prayagraj          | 10430                                                | 5460                                                 | 4422                                                 | 5096                                                 | 22450                                                | 17185                                                |
| 59           | Rae bareli         | 8535                                                 | 2311                                                 | 6472                                                 | 8565                                                 | 119600                                               | 74101                                                |
| 60           | Rampur             | 105                                                  | 2166                                                 | 0                                                    | 163                                                  | 84393                                                | 85964                                                |
| 61           | Saharanpur         | 0                                                    | 255                                                  | 9487                                                 | 7018                                                 | 24048                                                | 2047                                                 |
| 62           | Sambhal            | 595                                                  | 0                                                    | 80                                                   | 1224                                                 | 2045                                                 | 37975                                                |
| 63           | Sant kabeer nagar  | 105                                                  | 0                                                    | 3839                                                 | 12342                                                | 26260                                                | 11224                                                |
| 64           | Sant ravidas nagar | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 80                                                   | 428                                                  | 2109                                                 | 3128                                                 |
| 65           | Shahjahanpur       | 15803                                                | 16052                                                | 6679                                                 | 3080                                                 | 13121                                                | 225472                                               |
| 66           | Shamli             | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 0                                                    | 2982                                                 | 18308                                                |
| 67           | Shravasti          | 490                                                  | 237                                                  | 0                                                    | 2285                                                 | 0                                                    | 3956                                                 |
| 68           | Siddharth nagar    | 37450                                                | 59387                                                | 0                                                    | 816                                                  | 6262                                                 | 282900                                               |
| 69           | Sitapur            | 8159                                                 | 801                                                  | 15196                                                | 14035                                                | 91590                                                | 287477                                               |
| 70           | Sonbhadra          | 2059                                                 | 510                                                  | 43476                                                | 3080                                                 | 1150                                                 | 31188                                                |
| 71           | Sultanpur          | 2975                                                 | 4732                                                 | 2332                                                 | 40698                                                | 172372                                               | 913353                                               |
| 72           | Unnao              | 8173                                                 | 0                                                    | 89304                                                | 469                                                  | 0                                                    | 20562                                                |
| 73           | Varanasi           | 1505                                                 | 364                                                  | 9507                                                 | 5447                                                 | 13611                                                | 95172                                                |
| Total        | 2,79,660           |                                                      | 2,73,109                                             | 7,53,472                                             | 6,92,603                                             | 21,07,895                                            | 70,51,648                                            |