Lok Sabha Question No. 2741 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-16
Subject: Widening the Scope of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Abhay Kumar Sinha

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2741 ANSWERED ON 16/12/2025

## WIDENING THE SCOPE OF MGNREGS

## 2741. Shri Abhay Kumar Sinha:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  agricultural  works  which  were  done  in  the  six Assembly Constituencies of Aurangabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar under the Government's promise to link Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)  with  agriculture  along  with  number  of  farmers benefited with such type of work;
- (b) the  number  of  pucca  houses  completed  so  far  in  these  six assembly  constituencies  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  YojanaGramin (PMAY-G) and number of houses still pending in 2025 flood rehabilitation; and
- (c) the details of amount released to the above assembly constituencies for rural infrastructure out of Rs. 3.17 lakh crore of Bihar Budget 2025-26 along with assembly Constituency-wise
- details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage employment Scheme, with an objective to provide not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in  every  financial  year  to  every  household  in  rural  areas  as  per demand,  resulting  in  creation  of  productive  assets  of  prescribed quality and durability.

The part  of  District  of  Gaya  &  Aurangabad  comes  under  the Aurangabad Lok Sabha Constituency. The details of works taken up under  agriculture & allied activities under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the districts of Gaya and Aurangabad district during the financial year 2025-26 is as under:

| Details of Agri & allied works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of Agri & allied works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of Agri & allied works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of Agri & allied works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                      | Number of works Completed                                                     | Total Expenditure in 2025-26 (in Lakhs)                                       | Number of Ongoing works                                                       |
| Aurangabad                                                                    | 2,108                                                                         | 7,667.78                                                                      | 12,322                                                                        |
| Gaya                                                                          | 4,813                                                                         | 15,814.39                                                                     | 29,549                                                                        |

The details of individual beneficiary works taken up in the Gaya and Aurangabad district is as under:

| Details of individual beneficiary works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of individual beneficiary works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of individual beneficiary works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   | Details of individual beneficiary works taken up under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2025-26   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                                        | Number of works Completed                                                                       | Total Expenditure in 2025-26 (in Lakh)                                                          | Number of Ongoing works                                                                         |
| Aurangabad                                                                                      | 295                                                                                             | 464.56                                                                                          | 2,994                                                                                           |
| Gaya                                                                                            | 1,049                                                                                           | 646.75                                                                                          | 4251                                                                                            |

(b): In  order to achieve the objective of "Housing for All" in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  with  effect  from  1st  April 2016 to provide  assistance  to  4.95  crore  eligible  rural  households with basic amenities by March 2029. As on 11.12.2025, a cumulative target of 4.14 crore (50,12,752 to Bihar) houses have been allotted to States/UTs out of which 3.86 crore (49,08,262 to Bihar) houses have been  sanctioned  and  2.92  crore  (39,36,854)  houses  have  been completed.

The number of pucca  houses  completed in  the  six  assembly constituency of Aurangabad Lok Sabha Constituency is in Table 1.  No allocation  was  made  under  PMAY-G  to  the  State  of  Bihar  in  2025 under flood rehabilitation.

Table-1

| SI. No   | Assembly Constituency Name   | Sanctioned Houses   | Completed Houses   |
|----------|------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Aurangabad 19862             |                     | 17127              |
| 2        | Gurua                        | 25105               | 21306              |
| 3        | Imamganj                     | 36893               | 33253              |
| 4        | Kutumba                      | 13786               | 12082              |
| 5        | Rafiganj                     | 28891               | 23997              |
| 6        | Tikari                       | 24225               | 19592              |
|          | Total                        | 1,48,762            | 1,27,357           |

(c): The matter pertains to the Government of Bihar. This data is not maintained by the Central Government.

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