Lok Sabha Question No. 431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 431 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 431.  MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there have been instances of pending wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  amount  pending  to  be  disbursed  to beneficiaries, State-wise, particularly Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the details of beneficiaries who have not received wages under MGNREGS, State and districtwise particularly Tamil Nadu;
- (d) the data and the number of job cards issued and active job cards separately under MGNREGS, year and State-wise;
- (e) the allocation made under MGNREGS since 2019, year and Statewise; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  provide  an  extra 100 days of job for differently abled people in a household, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a)&(b):    Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme. Fund released to the States/UTs is a continuous process  and  Central  Government  is  committed  in  making  funds available  keeping  in  view  the  demand  for  work.  The  details  of  the pending liabilities for various state UT-wise including Tamil Nadu for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 29.11.2023 are given at Annexure-I.

- (c):      Under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS,  fund  is  released  to  the  State and  not  to  district.   As  on   29.11.2023,  a  total  pending  liabilities  of

wage payment in respect of State of Tamil Nadu is an amount of Rs. 261.86 crore. (d):     State/UT-wise  details  of  Jobcard  issued  since  inception  and Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is given at Annexure-II. (e):     Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is  demand  drive  wage  employment  scheme.  No  allocation  of  fund  to State/UT  wise  is  made  under  the  Scheme.  State/UT-wise  details  of funds  released  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) are given at Annexure-III. (f): No, Sir.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)&(b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 431 dated 05.12.2023.

| 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.                                                           | States/UTs                                                        | Wage liability (Rs. in lakh)                                      |
| 1                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 11056.29                                                          |
| 2                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 1848.27                                                           |
| 3                                                                 | Assam                                                             | 9324.32                                                           |
| 4                                                                 | Bihar                                                             | 6495.58                                                           |
| 5                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 5954.57                                                           |
| 6                                                                 | Goa                                                               | 22.65                                                             |
| 7 Gujarat                                                         | 66.94                                                             |                                                                   |
| 8                                                                 | Haryana                                                           | 1759.06                                                           |
| 9                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 2992.21                                                           |
| 10                                                                | Jammu and Kashmir                                                 | 8243.87                                                           |
| 11                                                                | Jharkhand                                                         | 508.44                                                            |
| 12                                                                | Karnataka                                                         | 17789.54                                                          |
| 13                                                                | Kerala                                                            | 5194.67                                                           |
| 14                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 5390.17                                                           |
| 15                                                                | Maharashtra                                                       | 9402.22                                                           |
| 16                                                                | Manipur                                                           | 0.00                                                              |
| 17                                                                | Meghalaya                                                         | 399.25                                                            |
| 18                                                                | Mizoram                                                           | 2784.32                                                           |
| 19                                                                | Nagaland                                                          | 1080.42                                                           |
| 20                                                                | Odisha                                                            | 6493.54                                                           |
| 21                                                                | Punjab                                                            | 332.72                                                            |
| 22                                                                | Rajasthan                                                         | 35883.86                                                          |
| 23                                                                | Sikkim                                                            | 58.24                                                             |
| 24 Tamil                                                          | Nadu                                                              | 26185.91                                                          |
| 25                                                                | Telangana                                                         | 1098.64                                                           |
| 26                                                                | Tripura                                                           | 1770.82                                                           |
| 27 Uttar                                                          | Pradesh                                                           | 35446.96                                                          |
| 28                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                       | 3557.55                                                           |
| 29 Andaman &                                                      | Nicobar                                                           | 0.00                                                              |
| 30                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                       | 0.00                                                              |
| 31                                                                | Puducherry                                                        | 202.14                                                            |
| 32                                                                | Ladakh                                                            | 716.54                                                            |
| 33 Dadra & Nagar                                                  | Haveli & Daman & Diu                                              | 0.00                                                              |

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 431 dated 05.12.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of Jobcard issued since inception and Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   | State/UT-wise details of Jobcard issued since inception and Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   | State/UT-wise details of Jobcard issued since inception and Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   | State/UT-wise details of Jobcard issued since inception and Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                | State/UTs                                                                                                              | Jobcard issued since inception as on 29.11.23 (in lakh)                                                                | Active Jobcard as on 29.11.23 (in lakh)                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                                                    | 0.34                                                                                                                   | 0.11                                                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                                                      | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                         | 68.53                                                                                                                  | 56.95                                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                                      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                      | 3.16                                                                                                                   | 2.99                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                      | ASSAM                                                                                                                  | 63.27                                                                                                                  | 42.14                                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                                      | BIHAR                                                                                                                  | 159.23                                                                                                                 | 85.2                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                      | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                           | 37.96                                                                                                                  | 32.83                                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                                      | DN HAVELI AND DD                                                                                                       | 0.04                                                                                                                   | 0.01                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                      | GOA                                                                                                                    | 0.36                                                                                                                   | 0.07                                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                                      | GUJARAT                                                                                                                | 43.48                                                                                                                  | 18.23                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                     | HARYANA                                                                                                                | 13.04                                                                                                                  | 6.56                                                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                                                     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                       | 14.49                                                                                                                  | 9.39                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                      | 13.42                                                                                                                  | 10.48                                                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                                                     | JHARKHAND                                                                                                              | 56.94                                                                                                                  | 34.78                                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                                     | KARNATAKA                                                                                                              | 78.31                                                                                                                  | 45.37                                                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                                                     | KERALA                                                                                                                 | 40.62                                                                                                                  | 21.24                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                     | LADAKH                                                                                                                 | 0.38                                                                                                                   | 0.36                                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                                     | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                            | 0.08                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                      |
| 18                                                                                                                     | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                         | 81.87                                                                                                                  | 64.86                                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                                     | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                            | 111.61                                                                                                                 | 37.35                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                     | MANIPUR                                                                                                                | 6.07                                                                                                                   | 5.86                                                                                                                   |
| 21                                                                                                                     | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                              | 6.57                                                                                                                   | 6.06                                                                                                                   |
| 22                                                                                                                     | MIZORAM                                                                                                                | 2.18                                                                                                                   | 2.17                                                                                                                   |
| 23                                                                                                                     | NAGALAND                                                                                                               | 4.66                                                                                                                   | 4.5                                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                                     | ODISHA                                                                                                                 | 58.49                                                                                                                  | 48.23                                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                                     | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                             | 0.74                                                                                                                   | 0.6                                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                                     | PUNJAB                                                                                                                 | 17.97                                                                                                                  | 12.03                                                                                                                  |
| 27                                                                                                                     | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                              | 112.48                                                                                                                 | 89.02                                                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                                                     | SIKKIM                                                                                                                 | 0.87                                                                                                                   | 0.75                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                     | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                             | 91.07                                                                                                                  | 76.43                                                                                                                  |
| 30                                                                                                                     | TELANGANA                                                                                                              | 52.81                                                                                                                  | 35.27                                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                     | TRIPURA                                                                                                                | 6.72                                                                                                                   | 6.45                                                                                                                   |
| 32                                                                                                                     | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                          | 156.89                                                                                                                 | 119.5                                                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                                                     | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                            | 10.39                                                                                                                  | 7.93                                                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                                                     | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                            | 136.66                                                                                                                 | 92.58                                                                                                                  |

Annexure-III  referred  in  reply  to  part  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 431 dated 05.12.2023

| State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 and current financial year 2023-24 (as on 28.11.2023) (Rs. in lakh)   |
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| S. No                                                                                                                                                                                       | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                                  | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2022-23                                                                                                                                                                                     | 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                             | 720472.461030509.79                                                                                                                                                                         | 718267.16                                                                                                                                                                                   | 798909.30                                                                                                                                                                                   | 644710.59                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                           | 21020.01                                                                                                                                                                                    | 34027.69                                                                                                                                                                                    | 45374.43                                                                                                                                                                                    | 57757.99                                                                                                                                                                                    | 28301.37                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                                                                                                                       | 168752.49                                                                                                                                                                                   | 260233.46                                                                                                                                                                                   | 222026.01                                                                                                                                                                                   | 205234.84                                                                                                                                                                                   | 158598.87                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                       | 325093.78                                                                                                                                                                                   | 728423.57                                                                                                                                                                                   | 540736.96                                                                                                                                                                                   | 639528.76                                                                                                                                                                                   | 425273.52                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                | 264031.92                                                                                                                                                                                   | 394347.98                                                                                                                                                                                   | 389433.98                                                                                                                                                                                   | 338355.40                                                                                                                                                                                   | 174708.93                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                         | 216.76                                                                                                                                                                                      | 356.91                                                                                                                                                                                      | 3.81                                                                                                                                                                                        | 511.53                                                                                                                                                                                      | 34.55                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                     | 74758.23                                                                                                                                                                                    | 147812.01                                                                                                                                                                                   | 161524.32                                                                                                                                                                                   | 169207.36                                                                                                                                                                                   | 131982.29                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                     | 33812.58                                                                                                                                                                                    | 76355.62                                                                                                                                                                                    | 72267.99                                                                                                                                                                                    | 37398.62                                                                                                                                                                                    | 33605.19                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 59748.12                                                                                                                                                                                    | 94833.37                                                                                                                                                                                    | 97575.08                                                                                                                                                                                    | 115747.62                                                                                                                                                                                   | 60568.47                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                          | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                           | 118370.31                                                                                                                                                                                   | 115231.99                                                                                                                                                                                   | 95013.74                                                                                                                                                                                    | 105061.12                                                                                                                                                                                   | 49761.18                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                   | 127292.89                                                                                                                                                                                   | 342408.42                                                                                                                                                                                   | 306382.91                                                                                                                                                                                   | 270863.73                                                                                                                                                                                   | 211602.30                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                   | 546271.17                                                                                                                                                                                   | 550099.46                                                                                                                                                                                   | 602807.73                                                                                                                                                                                   | 622528.20                                                                                                                                                                                   | 401561.06                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                      | 352016.95                                                                                                                                                                                   | 428677.68                                                                                                                                                                                   | 355193.00                                                                                                                                                                                   | 381842.70                                                                                                                                                                                   | 252688.83                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                              | 471894.15                                                                                                                                                                                   | 908672.51                                                                                                                                                                                   | 847908.76                                                                                                                                                                                   | 570213.49                                                                                                                                                                                   | 427506.90                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                 | 167066.42                                                                                                                                                                                   | 160025.70                                                                                                                                                                                   | 205645.71                                                                                                                                                                                   | 254973.07                                                                                                                                                                                   | 214650.85                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                     | 61074.66                                                                                                                                                                                    | 130673.85                                                                                                                                                                                   | 56310.74                                                                                                                                                                                    | 108663.26                                                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                   | 102443.59                                                                                                                                                                                   | 128416.59                                                                                                                                                                                   | 112166.07                                                                                                                                                                                   | 111691.95                                                                                                                                                                                   | 61651.21                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                     | 52507.57                                                                                                                                                                                    | 59045.38                                                                                                                                                                                    | 54891.55                                                                                                                                                                                    | 53871.87                                                                                                                                                                                    | 36727.94                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                    | 33044.70                                                                                                                                                                                    | 48382.14                                                                                                                                                                                    | 56945.51                                                                                                                                                                                    | 89744.90                                                                                                                                                                                    | 54606.97                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                      | 243278.38                                                                                                                                                                                   | 521529.26                                                                                                                                                                                   | 568015.17                                                                                                                                                                                   | 463836.25                                                                                                                                                                                   | 380137.43                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                      | 74886.26                                                                                                                                                                                    | 123913.55                                                                                                                                                                                   | 125759.36                                                                                                                                                                                   | 118213.27                                                                                                                                                                                   | 87154.85                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                   | 726747.87                                                                                                                                                                                   | 892076.25                                                                                                                                                                                   | 986774.85                                                                                                                                                                                   | 966299.14                                                                                                                                                                                   | 614963.93                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                      | 8269.34                                                                                                                                                                                     | 11016.55                                                                                                                                                                                    | 11241.97                                                                                                                                                                                    | 9255.39                                                                                                                                                                                     | 8776.92                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                  | 555969.31                                                                                                                                                                                   | 878881.54                                                                                                                                                                                   | 963813.22                                                                                                                                                                                   | 970662.481044246.53                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                   | 222132.13                                                                                                                                                                                   | 411121.10                                                                                                                                                                                   | 410519.85                                                                                                                                                                                   | 298868.14                                                                                                                                                                                   | 304240.63                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                     | 73113.77                                                                                                                                                                                    | 119498.53                                                                                                                                                                                   | 98888.29                                                                                                                                                                                    | 92203.45                                                                                                                                                                                    | 78646.56                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                             | 601701.901201410.42                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                             | 850956.511062900.83                                                                                                                                                                         | 725310.80                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                 | 45580.30                                                                                                                                                                                    | 88626.63                                                                                                                                                                                    | 64203.24                                                                                                                                                                                    | 79284.44                                                                                                                                                                                    | 35343.74                                                                                                                                                                                    |

| 29   | West Bengal                 | 850761.081145405.21   |         |   750780.15 | *0.00   | *0.00   |
|------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|---------|-------------|---------|---------|
| 30   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 583.78                |  485.89 |      763.16 | 960.42  | 0.00    |
| 31   | Lakshadweep                 | 23.82                 |    0    |       30.05 | 0.00    | 0.00    |
| 32   | Puducherry                  | 1691.87               | 2683.69 |     1307.28 | 2494.55 | 4910.42 |
| 33   | Ladakh                      | 0.00                  | 2248.57 |     5904.39 | 6893.31 | 3228.28 |
| 34   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0.00                  |    0    |        0    | 161.87  | 136.29  |
|      | Daman & Diu                 |                       |    0    |        0    |         |         |

* Release of funds to the State of West Bengal has been stopped as per provision of Section 27  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.

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