Lok Sabha Question No. 1986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Pending Dues under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1986

## ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## PENDING DUES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1986. PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- the details of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  dues  pending  to  the  States,
- (a) State-wise including West Bengal as on date;
- (b) the reasons for delay in release of MGNREGS dues to the State of West Bengal; and
- (c) the steps taken to release the MGNREGS dues to the States of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (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.

- (b): Funds  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  to  the  State  of  West Bengal have been stopped since 09 th  March, 2022 as per provisions under  section  27  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.

(c): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment Scheme.  Funds  are  released  to  the  States/UTs  on  the  basis  of "agreed to" Labour Budget (LB) and performance of the States/UTs during the financial year. Fund release to States/UTs is a continuous process  and  Central  Government  is  committed  to  making  funds available keeping in view the demand for work on the ground.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1986 dated 01.08.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 26.07.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 26.07.2023.   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 26.07.2023.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1986 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                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 54                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 2                                   |
| 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                               |

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