Lok Sabha Question No. 2618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Beneficiaries under MGNREGS in Rajasthan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2618 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER MGNREGS IN RAJASTHAN

## 2618. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the expenditure incurred by the Union Government for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Rajasthan during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the total number of MGNREGS beneficiaries in Rajasthan during the said period, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to strengthen the scheme, especially to make it more convenient for the unemployed rural people; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a):     Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment Scheme. Details of expenditure incurred (including State share) in the State  of  Rajasthan  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  three financial  years  2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23  and  current  financial  year 2023-24 (as on 14.12.2023) are given below:

| Financial Year                                                        | 2020-21                               | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Expenditure incurred Rajasthan (including State share) [Rs. in crore] | in 9,798.3810,454.4210,186.316,170.44 |           |           |           |

(As per NREGASoft)

(b):     District-wise  details  of  households  availed  employment  in  the State  of  Rajasthan  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  last  three financial  years  2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23  and  current  financial  year

2023-24 (as on 15.12.2023) are given at Annexure. (c)&(d): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme which provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least  one  hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage  employment  in  every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. To generate awareness about the provisions of the Scheme and to  provide  adequate  employment  opportunities  to  rural  households under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, all States/UTs have been requested to (i) initiate appropriate Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns including wall paintings for the wide dissemination of the provisions of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005 (ii) expand scope and coverage  of  demand  registration  system  to  ensure  that  demand  for work  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  does  not  go  unregistered,  (iii) prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha,  (iv) Organization of 'Rojgar Diwas'.

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District-wise  details  of  households  availed  employment  in  the  State  of Rajasthan  under  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years 2020-21,  2021-22,  2022-23  and  current  financial  year  2023-24  (as  on 15.12.2023).

| Sl. No.   | Districts      | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Ajmer          | 361177    | 362786    | 349803    | 315224    |
| 2         | Alwar          | 183112    | 163843    | 129617    | 105564    |
| 3         | Banswara       | 374597    | 386481    | 348243    | 346823    |
| 4         | Baran          | 166075    | 135145    | 138061    | 101306    |
| 5         | Barmer         | 480742    | 498840    | 415473    | 323337    |
| 6         | Bharatpur      | 169779    | 126105    | 103502    | 77372     |
| 7         | Bhilwara       | 448777    | 407700    | 405662    | 384981    |
| 8         | Bikaner        | 256807    | 235033    | 209236    | 201071    |
| 9         | Bundi          | 156789    | 127432    | 119483    | 99787     |
| 10        | Chittorgarh    | 159744    | 137719    | 121076    | 103703    |
| 11        | Churu          | 243987    | 206706    | 179493    | 137355    |
| 12        | Dausa          | 113791    | 97032     | 82873     | 50424     |
| 13        | Dholpur        | 123963    | 95530     | 80599     | 72977     |
| 14        | Dungarpur      | 335522    | 341220    | 316792    | 320770    |
| 15        | Hanumangarh    | 177787    | 178957    | 164988    | 148406    |
| 16        | Jaipur         | 248061    | 212743    | 160396    | 114906    |
| 17        | Jaisalmer      | 112576    | 129989    | 108174    | 105538    |
| 18        | Jalore         | 220048    | 196304    | 166269    | 121422    |
| 19        | Jhalawar       | 273831    | 254400    | 258770    | 247906    |
| 20        | Jhunjhunu      | 78781     | 68005     | 56694     | 39225     |
| 21        | Jodhpur        | 371052    | 382338    | 332134    | 259299    |
| 22        | Karauli        | 137601    | 130179    | 131951    | 99997     |
| 23        | Kota           | 115619    | 100252    | 101186    | 91048     |
| 24        | Nagaur         | 431227    | 458703    | 404585    | 338024    |
| 25        | Pali           | 265391    | 245884    | 215954    | 157473    |
| 26        | Pratapgarh     | 165116    | 178120    | 180619    | 168495    |
| 27        | Rajsamand      | 182148    | 180188    | 157687    | 145661    |
| 28        | Sawai Madhopur | 163622    | 119030    | 109954    | 72704     |
| 29        | Sikar          | 114567    | 89888     | 77762     | 64145     |
| 30        | Sirohi         | 136149    | 128975    | 112168    | 98694     |
| 31        | Sri Ganganagar | 227971    | 229017    | 197228    | 196970    |
| 32        | Tonk           | 185387    | 145859    | 119428    | 99049     |
| 33        | Udaipur        | 360740    | 329974    | 289996    | 263544    |
| Total     |                | 75,42,536 | 70,80,377 | 63,45,856 | 54,73,200 |

(As per NREGASoft)