Lok Sabha Question No. 4842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Payments under MGNREGS in UP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4842 ANSWERED ON 01/04/2025

## PAYMENTS UNDER MGNREGS IN UP

## 4842. SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a delay in wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh (UP), if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the  details  of  number  of  workers  affected  by  delayed  wage payments under MGNREGS ason March 1, 2025, district-wise;
- (c) the details of the average delay in payment under MGNREGS in UP as on March 1, 2025, district-wise;
- (d) whether workers are paid delayed wage compensation;
- (e) if so, the details of the delayed wage compensation paid during the last two years, district-wise;
- (f) whether the Government has taken any measures to address the delay in payment of wages to MGNREGS workers in UP, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  the  provision  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act,  the  beneficiaries  are  entitled  to  get wage payment within 15 days of closure of Muster Roll of the work.

During the financial year 2024-25 (as on 28.03.2025), 99.39% of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) have been generated within 15 days of muster  roll  closure  in  Uttar  Pradesh  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS.

(b): District-wise number of workers whose  payments got delayed in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the current financial year 2024-25 (as on 01.03.2025) is given at Annexure-I.

- (c): District-wise percentage of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generation  within  T+8  days  from  closure  of  Muster  roll  in  Uttar Pradesh  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  financial  year 2024-25 (as on 28.03.2025) is given at Annexure-II.
- (d) & (e): As  per  the  provisions  mentioned  in  Schedule-II  of  the Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), wage seekers shall be entitled to receive payment of compensation for the delay, at the rate of 0.05% of the unpaid wages per day of delay beyond the sixteenth day of closure of muster roll.

As   per  provision  of  the  Act,   delay  compensation   rules  are notified  by  the  State  Government  concerned.  The  amount  due  for compensation is duly  verified  and  approved,  and  then  paid  by  the State Government .

District-wise  details  of  the  delay  compensation  paid  in  Uttar information available on NREGASoft) during the financial year 2022-23 and 2023-

Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS (as per 24 is given at Annexure-III.

- (f): The Government of India has issued detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to the StatesUTs to ensure timely wage payment. The Ministry in coordination with the States/UTs has been making concerted efforts to improve the timely payment of wages. States/UTs  have  been  advised  to  generate  FTOs  in  time.  The Ministry  has  taken  various  steps  to  ensure  the  timely  payment  of wages  to  workers  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS.  These include:
- (i)  Upscaling of National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS)
- (ii) Intensive consultation with State Governments and other stakeholders to strategise timely payment of wages, verification of pending compensation claims etc.
- (iii)  Formulation of Standard Operating Procedure for monitoring of timely payment and payment of delay compensation.
- (iv) During various meetings with States/UTs, which include Meeting for  finalisation  of  Annual  Action  Plan,  Mid-Term  Review  meeting, Monthly Review Meeting and visit of senior officers to States/UTs, matter regarding the timely payment of wages and payment of delay compensation is regularly reviewed.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4842 dated 01.04.2025.

| District-wise number of workers whose payments got delayed in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the current financial year   | District-wise number of workers whose payments got delayed in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the current financial year   | District-wise number of workers whose payments got delayed in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the current financial year   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                                                                                                    | Districts Name                                                                                                                             | Total Worker affected                                                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                                          | Agra                                                                                                                                       | 4542                                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                                          | Aligarh                                                                                                                                    | 451                                                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                                                          | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                                             | 553                                                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                                                          | Amroha                                                                                                                                     | 604                                                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                                                          | Auraiya                                                                                                                                    | 819                                                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                                                          | Ayodhya                                                                                                                                    | 2222                                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                                          | Azamgarh                                                                                                                                   | 1286                                                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                                                          | Baghpat                                                                                                                                    | 350                                                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                                          | Bahraich                                                                                                                                   | 13750                                                                                                                                      |
| 10                                                                                                                                         | Ballia                                                                                                                                     | 717                                                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                                                         | Balrampur                                                                                                                                  | 10156                                                                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                                                                         | Banda                                                                                                                                      | 1385                                                                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                                                                         | Barabanki                                                                                                                                  | 373                                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                                         | Bareilly                                                                                                                                   | 2531                                                                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                                                                         | Basti                                                                                                                                      | 713                                                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                                                         | Bijnor                                                                                                                                     | 2951                                                                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                                                                         | Budaun                                                                                                                                     | 988                                                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                                         | Bulandshahr                                                                                                                                | 263                                                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                                                         | Chandauli                                                                                                                                  | 11226                                                                                                                                      |
| 20                                                                                                                                         | Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                 | 222                                                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                                         | Deoria                                                                                                                                     | 300                                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                                         | Etah                                                                                                                                       | 4868                                                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                                                         | Etawah                                                                                                                                     | 143                                                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                                                         | Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                | 75                                                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                                                         | Fatehpur                                                                                                                                   | 1479                                                                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                                                                         | Firozabad                                                                                                                                  | 151                                                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                                                         | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                  | 40                                                                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                                                                         | Ghazipur                                                                                                                                   | 1166                                                                                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                                                                         | Gonda                                                                                                                                      | 2027                                                                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                                                                         | Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                  | 1791                                                                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                                                                         | Hamirpur                                                                                                                                   | 3644                                                                                                                                       |
| 32                                                                                                                                         | Hardoi                                                                                                                                     | 5042                                                                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                                                                         | Hathras                                                                                                                                    | 92                                                                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                                                                         | Jalaun                                                                                                                                     | 4990                                                                                                                                       |
| 35                                                                                                                                         | Jaunpur                                                                                                                                    | 2151                                                                                                                                       |
| 36                                                                                                                                         | Jhansi                                                                                                                                     | 914                                                                                                                                        |

| 37 Kannauj           |   1804 |
|----------------------|--------|
| 38 Kanpur Dehat      |    990 |
| 39 Kanpur Nagar      |   1159 |
| 40 Kaushambi         |   2019 |
| 41 Kheri             |    536 |
| 42 Kushi Nagar       |   8931 |
| 43 Lalitpur          |    185 |
| 44 Lucknow           |   1402 |
| 45 Maharajganj       |   1290 |
| 46 Mahoba            |    334 |
| 47 Mainpuri          |    828 |
| 48 Mathura           |    891 |
| 49 Mau               |    655 |
| 50 Meerut            |   5053 |
| 51 Mirzapur          |   2913 |
| 52 Moradabad         |   4597 |
| 53 Muzaffarnagar     |    220 |
| 54 Pilibhit          |    980 |
| 55 Pratapgarh        |   4494 |
| 56 Prayagraj         |   1515 |
| 57 Rae Bareli        |   1393 |
| 58 Rampur            |   2318 |
| 59 Saharanpur        |   1838 |
| 60 SantKabeer Nagar  |    128 |
| 61 SantRavidas Nagar |    312 |
| 62 Shahjahanpur      |     93 |
| 63 Shravasti         |   2419 |
| 64 Siddharth Nagar   |     55 |
| 65 Sitapur           |   6490 |
| 66 Sonbhadra         |   1795 |
| 67 Sultanpur         |   4396 |
| 68 Unnao             |   3804 |
| 69 Varanasi          |    645 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4842 dated 01.04.2025.

| District-wise percentage of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generation within T+8 days from closure of Muster roll in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   | District-wise percentage of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generation within T+8 days from closure of Muster roll in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   | District-wise percentage of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generation within T+8 days from closure of Muster roll in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| during SI. No.                                                                                                                                               | the financial year 2024-25 Districts                                                                                                                         | on 28.03.2025) Generation within T+8 days from closure of Muster roll (%)                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                                                            | Agra                                                                                                                                                         | 93.35                                                                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                                                                            | Aligarh                                                                                                                                                      | 98.17                                                                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                                                                            | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                                                               | 98.82                                                                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                                                                            | Amethi                                                                                                                                                       | 96.98                                                                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                                                                            | Amroha                                                                                                                                                       | 96.82                                                                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                                                                            | Auraiya                                                                                                                                                      | 97.32                                                                                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                                                                                            | Ayodhya                                                                                                                                                      | 95.15                                                                                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                                                                                            | Azamgarh                                                                                                                                                     | 97.21                                                                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                                                                            | Baghpat                                                                                                                                                      | 77.32                                                                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                                                                           | Bahraich                                                                                                                                                     | 94.79                                                                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                                                                           | Ballia                                                                                                                                                       | 98.34                                                                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                                                                                           | Balrampur                                                                                                                                                    | 93.27                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                                                                           | Banda                                                                                                                                                        | 94.91                                                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                                                           | Barabanki                                                                                                                                                    | 97.82                                                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                                                           | Bareilly                                                                                                                                                     | 94.1                                                                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                                                                           | Basti                                                                                                                                                        | 99.02                                                                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                                                           | Bijnor                                                                                                                                                       | 94.64                                                                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                                                           | Budaun                                                                                                                                                       | 97.92                                                                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                                                                           | Bulandshahr                                                                                                                                                  | 94.21                                                                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                                                                           | Chandauli                                                                                                                                                    | 90.38                                                                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                                                           | Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                                   | 97.26                                                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                                                           | Deoria                                                                                                                                                       | 96.71                                                                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                                                                           | Etah                                                                                                                                                         | 92.08                                                                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                                                                           | Etawah                                                                                                                                                       | 94.2                                                                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                                                                           | Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                                  | 98.88                                                                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                                                                           | Fatehpur                                                                                                                                                     | 95.57                                                                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                                                                           | Firozabad                                                                                                                                                    | 95.71                                                                                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                                                                                           | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                                                                                           | Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                                    | 100                                                                                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                                                                                           | Ghazipur                                                                                                                                                     | 97.08                                                                                                                                                        |
| 31                                                                                                                                                           | Gonda                                                                                                                                                        | 94.3                                                                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                                                                           | Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                                    | 97.96                                                                                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                                                                                           | Hamirpur                                                                                                                                                     | 95.68                                                                                                                                                        |
| 34                                                                                                                                                           | Hapur                                                                                                                                                        | 89.14                                                                                                                                                        |
| 35                                                                                                                                                           | Hardoi                                                                                                                                                       | 91.3                                                                                                                                                         |
| 36                                                                                                                                                           | Hathras                                                                                                                                                      | 95.93                                                                                                                                                        |
| 37                                                                                                                                                           | Jalaun                                                                                                                                                       | 94.52                                                                                                                                                        |
| 38                                                                                                                                                           | Jaunpur                                                                                                                                                      | 96.99                                                                                                                                                        |
| 39                                                                                                                                                           | Jhansi                                                                                                                                                       | 96.28                                                                                                                                                        |

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| 40   | Kannauj           |   93.51 |
|------|-------------------|---------|
| 41   | Kanpur Dehat      |   94.41 |
| 42   | Kanpur Nagar      |   93.68 |
| 43   | Kashganj          |   95.72 |
| 44   | Kaushambi         |   90.65 |
| 45   | Kheri             |   97.44 |
| 46   | Kushi Nagar       |   91.29 |
| 47   | Lalitpur          |   96.27 |
| 48   | Lucknow           |   92.66 |
| 49   | Maharajganj       |   98.57 |
| 50   | Mahoba            |   95.59 |
| 51   | Mainpuri          |   95.32 |
| 52   | Mathura           |   95.32 |
| 53   | Mau               |   98.76 |
| 54   | Meerut            |   82.82 |
| 55   | Mirzapur          |   95.38 |
| 56   | Moradabad         |   95.66 |
| 57   | Muzaffarnagar     |   98.15 |
| 58   | Pilibhit          |   95.01 |
| 59   | Pratapgarh        |   98.35 |
| 60   | Prayagraj         |   97.41 |
| 61   | Rae Bareli        |   96.8  |
| 62   | Rampur            |   96.74 |
| 63   | Saharanpur        |   92.84 |
| 64   | Sambhal           |   95.79 |
| 65   | SantKabeer Nagar  |   97.71 |
| 66   | SantRavidas Nagar |   97.06 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur      |   98.71 |
| 68   | Shamli            |   96.74 |
| 69   | Shravasti         |   92.81 |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar   |   99.44 |
| 71   | Sitapur           |   93.94 |
| 72   | Sonbhadra         |   97.62 |
| 73   | Sultanpur         |   96.05 |
| 74   | Unnao             |   97.34 |
| 75   | Varanasi          |   96.57 |
|      | Average           |   95.94 |

## Annexure-III

## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (d)&(e)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4842 dated 01.04.2025.

| District-wise delay compensation paid in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial year 2022-23 and 2023- 24.   | District-wise delay compensation paid in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial year 2022-23 and 2023- 24.   | District-wise delay compensation paid in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial year 2022-23 and 2023- 24.   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No. Districts                                                                                                                   | Delay compensation paid (in Rs) 2022-23                                                                                             | 2023-24                                                                                                                             |
| 1Agra                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                   | 37469                                                                                                                               |
| 2Auraiya                                                                                                                            | 13113                                                                                                                               | 3586                                                                                                                                |
| 3Bahraich                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                   | 353                                                                                                                                 |
| 4Barabanki                                                                                                                          | 380                                                                                                                                 | 57                                                                                                                                  |
| 5Bijnor                                                                                                                             | 220                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 6Chitrakoot                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                   | 1345                                                                                                                                |
| 7Firozabad                                                                                                                          | 307                                                                                                                                 | 52912                                                                                                                               |
| 8Gonda                                                                                                                              | 181                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 9Gorakhpur                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                   | 15783                                                                                                                               |
| 11Hardoi                                                                                                                            | 2340                                                                                                                                | 3012                                                                                                                                |
| 12Hathras                                                                                                                           | 39918                                                                                                                               | 591                                                                                                                                 |
| 13Jalaun                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                   | 4174                                                                                                                                |
| 14Kanpur Nagar                                                                                                                      | 726                                                                                                                                 | 14801                                                                                                                               |
| 15Kheri                                                                                                                             | 14435                                                                                                                               | 5861                                                                                                                                |
| 16Lalitpur                                                                                                                          | 7150                                                                                                                                | 6367                                                                                                                                |
| 17Lucknow                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                   | 210                                                                                                                                 |
| 18Maharajganj                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                   | 1890                                                                                                                                |
| 19Mau                                                                                                                               | 33                                                                                                                                  | 719                                                                                                                                 |
| 20Meerut                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                                                   |
| 21Prayagraj                                                                                                                         | 151751                                                                                                                              | 73963                                                                                                                               |
| 22Rae Bareli                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                   | 92                                                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                     |
| 23Rampur                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                     | 286760                                                                                                                              |
| 24Saharanpur                                                                                                                        | 971                                                                                                                                 | 9130                                                                                                                                |
| 25Sonbhadra                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                   | 4240                                                                                                                                |
| 26Sultanpur                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                                   | 53796                                                                                                                               |
| Total                                                                                                                               | 2,71,750                                                                                                                            | 5,97,982                                                                                                                            |

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