Lok Sabha Question No. 1998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Release of Pending Funds under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1998

## ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## RELEASE OF PENDING FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 1998. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has noticed the huge pendency of the amount to be released towards the material cost expenditure of projects under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b)
- if so, the details of the amount pending as on date, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware of the huge amount pending towards paying the wages of workers under MGNREGS;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  total  amount  pending  to  be  paid  to workers for work done, State-wise; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  release  the  pending funds to the States under the MGNREGS within the next three months and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven wage employment Scheme. Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, State/UT furnish funds release proposals to the Government of India. The Ministry releases funds periodically in two tranches with each tranche consisting of one or more installments, keeping in view the 'agreed  to'  Labour  Budget,  demand  for  works,  opening  balance, pace of utilization of funds, pending liabilities, overall performance and subject to submission of relevant documents by the States/UTs.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component  under Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  as  on  26.07.2023  are given at Annexure-I.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material components  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  in  the  financial  year 2023-24 (as on 26.07.2023) are given at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1998 dated 01.08.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   | State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                           | State/UT                                                          | Wage liability (Rs. in crore)                                     |
| 1                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 950                                                               |
| 2                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 3                                                                 | Assam                                                             | 258                                                               |
| 4                                                                 | Bihar                                                             | 669                                                               |
| 5                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                      | 48                                                                |
| 6                                                                 | Goa                                                               | 0.40                                                              |
| 7                                                                 | Gujarat                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 8                                                                 | Haryana                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 9                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 0                                                                 |
| 10                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                   | 0                                                                 |
| 11                                                                | Jharkhand                                                         | 32                                                                |
| 12                                                                | Karnataka                                                         | 195                                                               |
| 13                                                                | Kerala                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 14                                                                | Ladakh                                                            | 0.54                                                              |
| 15                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 0                                                                 |
| 16                                                                | Maharashtra                                                       | 0                                                                 |
| 17                                                                | Manipur                                                           | 0                                                                 |
| 18                                                                | Meghalaya                                                         | 11                                                                |
| 19                                                                | Mizoram                                                           | 3                                                                 |
| 20                                                                | Nagaland                                                          | 123                                                               |
| 21                                                                | Odisha                                                            | 261                                                               |
| 22                                                                | Punjab                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 23                                                                | Rajasthan                                                         | 979                                                               |
| 24                                                                | Sikkim                                                            | 0                                                                 |
| 25                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                        | 0                                                                 |
| 26                                                                | Telangana                                                         | 0                                                                 |
| 27                                                                | Tripura                                                           | 12                                                                |
| 28                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 34                                                                |
| 29                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                       | 12                                                                |
| 30                                                                | Andaman & Nicobar                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 31                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                       | 0                                                                 |
| 32                                                                | Puducherry                                                        | 11                                                                |
| 33                                                                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu                                | 0.00                                                              |
| 34                                                                | West Bengal                                                       | 2,770                                                             |
|                                                                   | Total                                                             | 6,366                                                             |

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1998 dated 01.08.2023.

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for material components under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2023-24 (as on 26.07.2023)

| State/UT                           | Material liability (Rs. In crore)   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 40                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 15                                  |
| Assam                              | 20                                  |
| Bihar                              | 54                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 108                                 |
| Goa                                | 0                                   |
| Gujarat                            | 145                                 |
| Haryana                            | 13                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 54                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 2                                   |
| Jharkhand                          | 63                                  |
| Karnataka                          | 634                                 |
| Kerala                             | 81                                  |
| Ladakh                             | 0                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 330                                 |
| Maharashtra                        | 158                                 |
| Manipur                            | 9                                   |
| Meghalaya                          | 24                                  |
| Mizoram                            | 1                                   |
| Nagaland                           | 48                                  |
| Odisha                             | 214                                 |
| Punjab                             | 31                                  |
| Rajasthan                          | 120                                 |
| Sikkim                             | 8                                   |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 125                                 |
| Telangana                          | 296                                 |
| Tripura                            | 59                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 777                                 |
| Uttarakhand                        | 21                                  |
| Andaman & Nicobar                  | 0.32                                |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0                                   |
| Puducherry                         | 0                                   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 0.35                                |
| West Bengal                        | 2813                                |
| Total                              | 6,266                               |

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