Lok Sabha Question No. 430 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Reduction in Budget Allocation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi, Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 430 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## REDUCTION IN BUDGET ALLOCATION UNDER MGNREGS

430.  SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI: SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints that the labourers have not received wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last four months despite the festival season;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the budget provisions made under the said scheme and the funds disbursed to the States during each of the last five years, Statewise;
- (d) whether some funds are withheld in respect of certain States and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether budget allocation has been reduced under the said scheme during the year 2023-24; and
- (f) if so, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)&(b):    State-wise details of complaints received on Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal in the last four months (1.8.2023 till 30.11.2023) under the category of delay in payment is given below:

| State   | Total complaints received   |   Total complaints disposed | Total complaints pending   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|         | 6                           |                           5 | Bihar 1                    |
| 2       |                             |                           1 | Karnataka 1                |
| 1       |                             |                           0 | Uttar Pradesh 1            |
| Bengal  | 2                           |                           0 | West 2                     |

| Punjab           |   1 | 0   | 1      |
|------------------|-----|-----|--------|
| Tamil            |   4 | 4   | Nadu 0 |
| Madhya Pradesh 5 |   4 |     | 1      |
| Rajasthan        |   8 | 7   | 1      |
| Total            |  29 | 21  | 8      |

(c): The details of funds allocation at Budget Estimate stage, Revised Estimate stage and fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are given below:

| (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Year             | Budget Estimate  | Revised Estimate | Release          |
| 2018-19          | 55,000.00        | 61,830.09        | 61,829.55        |
| 2019-20          | 60,000.00        | 71,001.81        | 71,687.71        |
| 2020-21          | 61,500.00        | 1,11,500.00      | 1,11,170.86      |
| 2021-22          | 73,000.00        | 98,000.00        | 98,467.84        |
| 2022-23          | 73,000.00        | 89,400.00        | 90,810.99        |

State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2018-19 to 2022-23 are given at Annexure. (d): Except State Government of West Bengal, funds is being released to all States/UTs.  The  release  of  funds  to  the  State  of  West  Bengal  has  been stopped  as  per  provision  of  Section  27  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005  due  to  non-compliance  of  directives  of Central Government. (e)&(f): Financial allocation of Rs. 60,000 crores has been made for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) for the financial year 2023-24 at Budget Estimate (BE) stage. Further, an amount of Rs.10,000 crore has been provided by the Ministry of Finance as an advance from Contingency Fund of India. Mahatma Gandhi NREGS  is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme.  Funds  release  to  States/UTs  is  a  continuous  process  and  Central Government  is  committed  to  making  funds  available  to  States/UTs  for  the implementation of the Scheme as per the demand for work on the ground. The  Ministry  seeks  additional  funds  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS from the Ministry of Finance as and when required for meeting the demand for work on the ground.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  430  dated 05.12.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                                           | States/UTs                                                                      | 2018-19                                                                         | 2019-20 2020-21                                                                 | 2021-22                                                                         | 2022-23                                                                         |
| 1                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh 657110.67                                                        | 720472.461030509.79718267.16                                                    | 720472.461030509.79718267.16                                                    | 720472.461030509.79718267.16                                                    | 798909.30                                                                       |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh                                                             | 19800.64                                                                        | 21020.01                                                                        | 34027.69                                                                        | 45374.43                                                                        | 57757.99                                                                        |
| 3 Assam                                                                         | 103097.37                                                                       | 168752.49                                                                       | 260233.46222026.01                                                              |                                                                                 | 205234.84                                                                       |
| 4 Bihar                                                                         | 281936.01                                                                       | 325093.78                                                                       | 728423.57540736.96                                                              | 728423.57540736.96                                                              | 639528.76                                                                       |
| 5 Chhattisgarh                                                                  | 289476.07                                                                       | 264031.92                                                                       | 394347.98389433.98                                                              |                                                                                 | 338355.40                                                                       |
| 6 Goa                                                                           | 48.83                                                                           | 216.76                                                                          | 356.91                                                                          | 3.81                                                                            | 511.53                                                                          |
| 7 Gujarat                                                                       | 102449.67                                                                       | 74758.23                                                                        | 147812.01161524.32                                                              |                                                                                 | 169207.36                                                                       |
| 8 Haryana                                                                       | 34829.10                                                                        | 33812.58                                                                        | 76355.62                                                                        | 72267.99                                                                        | 37398.62                                                                        |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh                                                              | 75090.72                                                                        | 59748.12                                                                        | 94833.37                                                                        | 97575.08                                                                        | 115747.62                                                                       |
| 10Jammu and Kashmir                                                             | 79334.12                                                                        | 118370.31                                                                       | 115231.99                                                                       | 95013.74                                                                        | 105061.12                                                                       |
| 11 Jharkhand                                                                    | 149989.63                                                                       | 127292.89                                                                       | 342408.42306382.91                                                              | 342408.42306382.91                                                              | 270863.73                                                                       |
| 12 Karnataka                                                                    | 297813.10                                                                       | 546271.17                                                                       | 550099.46602807.73                                                              | 550099.46602807.73                                                              | 622528.20                                                                       |
| 13 Kerala                                                                       | 234048.78                                                                       | 352016.95                                                                       | 428677.68355193.00                                                              |                                                                                 | 381842.70                                                                       |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh                                                               | 452909.74                                                                       | 471894.15                                                                       | 908672.51847908.76                                                              |                                                                                 | 570213.49                                                                       |
| 15 Maharashtra                                                                  | 194892.31                                                                       | 167066.42                                                                       | 160025.70205645.71                                                              |                                                                                 | 254973.07                                                                       |
| 16 Manipur                                                                      | 28698.66                                                                        | 61074.66                                                                        | 130673.85                                                                       | 56310.74                                                                        | 108663.26                                                                       |
| 17 Meghalaya                                                                    | 78903.38                                                                        | 102443.59                                                                       | 128416.59112166.07                                                              |                                                                                 | 111691.95                                                                       |
| 18 Mizoram                                                                      | 39783.58                                                                        | 52507.57                                                                        | 59045.38                                                                        | 54891.55                                                                        | 53871.87                                                                        |
| 19 Nagaland                                                                     | 19322.98                                                                        | 33044.70                                                                        | 48382.14                                                                        | 56945.51                                                                        | 89744.90                                                                        |
| 20 Odisha                                                                       | 216328.30                                                                       | 243278.38                                                                       | 521529.26568015.17                                                              |                                                                                 | 463836.25                                                                       |
| 21 Punjab                                                                       | 57826.49                                                                        | 74886.26                                                                        | 123913.55125759.36                                                              |                                                                                 | 118213.27                                                                       |
| 22 Rajasthan                                                                    | 524471.10                                                                       | 726747.87                                                                       | 892076.25986774.85                                                              |                                                                                 | 966299.14                                                                       |
| 23 Sikkim                                                                       | 9586.17                                                                         | 8269.34                                                                         | 11016.55                                                                        | 11241.97                                                                        | 9255.39                                                                         |
| 24 Tamil Nadu                                                                   | 488286.16                                                                       | 555969.31                                                                       | 878881.54963813.22                                                              |                                                                                 | 970662.48                                                                       |
| 25 Telangana                                                                    | 295817.48                                                                       | 222132.13                                                                       | 411121.10410519.85                                                              |                                                                                 | 298868.14                                                                       |
| 26 Tripura                                                                      | 43543.49                                                                        | 73113.77                                                                        | 119498.53                                                                       | 98888.29                                                                        | 92203.45                                                                        |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh                                                                | 530494.79                                                                       |                                                                                 | 601701.901201410.42850956.51                                                    |                                                                                 | 1062900.83                                                                      |
| 28 Uttarakhand                                                                  | 59004.61                                                                        | 45580.30                                                                        | 88626.63                                                                        | 64203.24                                                                        | 79284.44                                                                        |
| 29 West Bengal                                                                  | 718525.61                                                                       |                                                                                 | 850761.081145405.21750780.15                                                    |                                                                                 | @0.00                                                                           |
| 30 Andaman and Nicobar                                                          | 761.93                                                                          | 583.78                                                                          | 485.89                                                                          | 763.16                                                                          | 960.42                                                                          |
| 31 Lakshadweep                                                                  | 15.97                                                                           | 23.82                                                                           | 0.00 2683.69                                                                    | 30.05                                                                           | 0.00                                                                            |
| 32 Puducherry                                                                   | 1461.29                                                                         | 1691.87                                                                         |                                                                                 | 1307.28                                                                         | 2494.55                                                                         |
| 33 Ladakh                                                                       | 0.00                                                                            | 0.00                                                                            | 2248.57                                                                         | 5904.39                                                                         | 6893.31                                                                         |
| 34 Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu                                                     | 0.00                                                                            | 484.00 0.00                                                                     | 0.00 0.00 0.00                                                                  | 0.00                                                                            | 161.87                                                                          |

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