Lok Sabha Question No. 1944 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Diversion of Wages under ABPS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1944

## ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## DIVERSION OF WAGES UNDER ABPS

## 1944. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of workers whose Aadhaar numbers have  been  seeded  with  Aadhaar  Based  Payment  System (ABPS);
- (b) the details of the number of workers who have not been able to  get  their  wages  due  to  the  nonseeding  of  their  Aadhaar numbers with the ABPS, State-wise;
- (c) the details of the active workforce under the Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS) during 2022-23 and the numbers of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  there  are  complaints about  the  diversions  of  the  wages  of  the  MGNREGS  workers under the ABPS; and
- (e) if so, the steps taken by the Government to correct this issue?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  per  NREGASoft, aadhaar numbers of 11.38 crore workers have  been  seeded  with  Aadhaar  Based  Payment  System  (ABPS) under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) as on 28.07.2023.
- (b): Beneficiary  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  being  paid through  account  based  as  well  as  Aadhar  Based  Payment  Bridge System.  In  case  a  beneficiary  is  not  enable  for  Aadhaar  Based Payment  Bridge  System,  alternative  route  is  available  for  making payment.

(c): State/UT-wise  details  of  the  active  workers  and  number  of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  financial  year  2022-23  is  given  at Annexure.

(d) & (e): ABPS is a route for a payment instruction to follow and finally  payment  is  getting  credited  into  a  bank  account.  The Payment  is  credited  into  the  bank  account  as  provided  by  the beneficiary.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 1944 dated 01.08.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of the active workers and number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS under the Mahatma   |
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| SI. No.                                                                                                                              | State/UT                                                                                                                             | Numbers of the active workers (In lakh)                                                                                              | Number of workers who are eligible to get their wages under ABPS (In lakh)                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 96.78                                                                                                                                | 92.16                                                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                    | 3.28                                                                                                                                 | 1.53                                                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                                                | 62.98                                                                                                                                | 13.31                                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                                                | 93.46                                                                                                                                | 62.26                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                         | 72.58                                                                                                                                | 52.77                                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                                                                  | 0.08                                                                                                                                 | 0.06                                                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                                                                              | 32.32                                                                                                                                | 14.06                                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                                    | Haryana                                                                                                                              | 9.48                                                                                                                                 | 7.33                                                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                     | 14.43                                                                                                                                | 11.52                                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                                   | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                                    | 17.00                                                                                                                                | 9.44                                                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                                                                            | 45.28                                                                                                                                | 31.76                                                                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                                                            | 87.23                                                                                                                                | 67.64                                                                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                                                                               | 27.10                                                                                                                                | 22.88                                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                                   | Ladakh                                                                                                                               | 0.42                                                                                                                                 | 0.34                                                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 119.93                                                                                                                               | 67.19                                                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                                                          | 66.69                                                                                                                                | 44.66                                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                                                                              | 7.03                                                                                                                                 | 3.93                                                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                                                            | 9.10                                                                                                                                 | 0.28                                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                                                              | 2.15                                                                                                                                 | 1.58                                                                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                                                             | 5.60                                                                                                                                 | 1.10                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                                                               | 78.29                                                                                                                                | 53.84                                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                                                               | 15.93                                                                                                                                | 12.38                                                                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                            | 143.67                                                                                                                               | 103.31                                                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                                                               | 0.97                                                                                                                                 | 0.73                                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                           | 91.47                                                                                                                                | 81.80                                                                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                                                                            | 61.05                                                                                                                                | 55.21                                                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                                                              | 10.50                                                                                                                                | 8.75                                                                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 157.55                                                                                                                               | 92.00                                                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                          | 12.49                                                                                                                                | 8.90                                                                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                          | 151.81                                                                                                                               | 120.38                                                                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                                                                   | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                                  | 0.15                                                                                                                                 | 0.12                                                                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                                   | Dn Haveli And Dd                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                          | 0.0027                                                                                                                               | 0.0015                                                                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                                                                   | Puducherry                                                                                                                           | 0.68                                                                                                                                 | 0.54                                                                                                                                 |
|                                                                                                                                      | Total                                                                                                                                | 1,497.46                                                                                                                             | 1,043.76                                                                                                                             |