Lok Sabha Question No. 102 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Increase in Work Days under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Subbarayan K, Com. Selvaraj V

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 102 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2024

## INCREASE IN WORK DAYS UNDER MGNREGS

*102.  SHRI SUBBARAYAN K: COM. SELVARAJ V:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are not provided minimum 100 days work in manyof the States; (b) if so, the average days of work provided during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to increase the days of work in a year and to raisethe minimum wages to workers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (d):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (d) of LokSabha Starred Question No. 102 for 30.07.2024

(a)&(b):    Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme that provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.  It is a  fall-back option  for  livelihood  security  for  rural  households  when  no  better employment opportunity is available.

State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  the  last  five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24 are given at Annexure.

(c)&(d):      As  per  the  existing  provisions  of  the Mahatma  Gandhi Gandhi NREGA),  2005,  at  least  one  hundred  days  of  guaranteed  wage employment in every financial year can be provided to every Rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma work.

There is no plan to increase the minimum guaranteed days in a year to the workers under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.  However, the  Ministry  mandates  the  provision  of  an  additional  50  days  of wage  employment  (beyond  the  stipulated  100  days)  to  every Scheduled  Tribe  Household  in  a  forest  area,  provided  that  these households have no other private property except for the land rights provided under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.

In addition to this, there is a provision for up to an additional 50 days of wage employment in a financial year in drought/natural calamity-affected notified rural areas.

Further, as per Section 3 (4) of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act,  2005,  the  State  Governments  may make provision for providing additional days of employment beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds.

As  per  Section  6  (1)  of  the  Act,   the  Central  Government specifies wage rates for its beneficiaries. These rates are determined using the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL).  In  order  compensate  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  beneficiaries against inflation  Ministry of Rural Development revises wage rates annually based on changes in the CPI-AL, with each State/UT having the  option  to  provide  wages  higher  than  the  rates  notified  by  the Central Government.

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Annexure Annexure referred in reply to parts (a) &(b) of LokSabha Starred Question No. 102 dated 30.07.2024

| State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   | State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   | State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   | State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   | State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   | State-wise details of average days of employment provided per household under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last five financial years from 2019-20 to 2023-24   |
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| Sl . No.                                                                                                                                                              | Average days of employment provided per household 2019-20                                                                                                             | 2020-21 2021-22                                                                                                                                                       | 2022-23                                                                                                                                                               | 2023-24                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 1Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                       | 49.59 51.66                                                                                                                                                           | 54.41                                                                                                                                                                 | 52.27                                                                                                                                                                 | 54.89                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                    | 48.63 61.18                                                                                                                                                           | 56.75                                                                                                                                                                 | 55.8                                                                                                                                                                  | 59.8                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 3Assam                                                                                                                                                                | 32.31 33.48                                                                                                                                                           | 36.31                                                                                                                                                                 | 34.25                                                                                                                                                                 | 38.96                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 4Bihar                                                                                                                                                                | 42.02 37.75                                                                                                                                                           | 44.65                                                                                                                                                                 | 47.16                                                                                                                                                                 | 45.77                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 5Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                         | 55.69                                                                                                                                                                 | 60.15 59.29                                                                                                                                                           | 51.48                                                                                                                                                                 | 51.54                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 6Goa                                                                                                                                                                  | 20.01 28.56                                                                                                                                                           | 26.28                                                                                                                                                                 | 25.5                                                                                                                                                                  | 20.68                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 7Gujarat                                                                                                                                                              | 43.19 49.67                                                                                                                                                           | 42.52                                                                                                                                                                 | 45.31                                                                                                                                                                 | 49.55                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 8Haryana                                                                                                                                                              | 35.37 36.26                                                                                                                                                           | 39.31                                                                                                                                                                 | 31.34                                                                                                                                                                 | 33.61                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 9Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                     | 48.41 52.48                                                                                                                                                           | 52.81                                                                                                                                                                 | 47.6                                                                                                                                                                  | 51.08                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 10Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                   | 49.52 56.06                                                                                                                                                           | 54.32                                                                                                                                                                 | 43.7                                                                                                                                                                  | 54.63                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 11Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                           | 46.36 45.27                                                                                                                                                           | 46.35                                                                                                                                                                 | 44.31                                                                                                                                                                 | 50.22                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 12Karnataka                                                                                                                                                           | 49.99 48.21                                                                                                                                                           | 49.09                                                                                                                                                                 | 42.52                                                                                                                                                                 | 46.27                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 13Kerala                                                                                                                                                              | 55.75 64.41                                                                                                                                                           | 63.25                                                                                                                                                                 | 62.26                                                                                                                                                                 | 67.7                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 14Ladakh                                                                                                                                                              | 61.25 59.78                                                                                                                                                           | 65.7                                                                                                                                                                  | 57.86                                                                                                                                                                 | 62.34                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 15Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                      | 53.30 57.95                                                                                                                                                           | 61.84                                                                                                                                                                 | 50.03                                                                                                                                                                 | 48.87                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 16Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                         | 40.96 40.54                                                                                                                                                           | 40.34                                                                                                                                                                 | 37.16                                                                                                                                                                 | 47.42                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 17Manipur                                                                                                                                                             | 43.23 54.5                                                                                                                                                            | 60.4                                                                                                                                                                  | 20.76                                                                                                                                                                 | 31.37                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 18Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                           | 73.23 73.72                                                                                                                                                           | 71.53                                                                                                                                                                 | 60.35                                                                                                                                                                 | 66.56                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 19Mizoram                                                                                                                                                             | 94.63 94.65                                                                                                                                                           | 92.94                                                                                                                                                                 | 93.64                                                                                                                                                                 | 93.09                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 20Nagaland                                                                                                                                                            | 35.47 46.48                                                                                                                                                           | 45.91                                                                                                                                                                 | 46.78                                                                                                                                                                 | 43.9                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 21Odisha                                                                                                                                                              | 47.90 56.91                                                                                                                                                           | 55.51                                                                                                                                                                 | 55.51                                                                                                                                                                 | 55.9                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 22Punjab                                                                                                                                                              | 31.22 37.88                                                                                                                                                           | 39.52                                                                                                                                                                 | 37.97                                                                                                                                                                 | 41.34                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 23Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                           | 58.96 59.92                                                                                                                                                           | 61.06                                                                                                                                                                 | 56.28                                                                                                                                                                 | 58.75                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 24Sikkim                                                                                                                                                              | 50.97 54.09                                                                                                                                                           | 57.6                                                                                                                                                                  | 54.06                                                                                                                                                                 | 56.59                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 25Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                          | 43.99 50.95                                                                                                                                                           | 50.22                                                                                                                                                                 | 50.96                                                                                                                                                                 | 59.44                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 26Telangana                                                                                                                                                           | 43.20 50.31                                                                                                                                                           | 50.77                                                                                                                                                                 | 44.56                                                                                                                                                                 | 47.72                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 27Tripura                                                                                                                                                             | 60.78 71.85                                                                                                                                                           | 74.66                                                                                                                                                                 | 59.92                                                                                                                                                                 | 63.16                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 28Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                       | 46.00 41.95                                                                                                                                                           | 41.84                                                                                                                                                                 | 44.42                                                                                                                                                                 | 50.37                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 29Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                         | 40.90 42.42                                                                                                                                                           | 46.42                                                                                                                                                                 | 41.2                                                                                                                                                                  | 41.75                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 30West Bengal                                                                                                                                                         | 49.89 47.94                                                                                                                                                           | 51.98                                                                                                                                                                 | 23.24                                                                                                                                                                 | 21.69                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 31Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                                                                 | 37.76 23.57                                                                                                                                                           | 33.77                                                                                                                                                                 | 27.64                                                                                                                                                                 | 28.73                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 32 Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu                                                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                                     | 0 0                                                                                                                                                                   | 50.6                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 33Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                         | 35.84                                                                                                                                                                 | 32.15                                                                                                                                                                 | 29.96                                                                                                                                                                 | 46.8                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                                                       | 19.32                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       | 45.74                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 34Puducherry                                                                                                                                                          | 34Puducherry                                                                                                                                                          | 22.06                                                                                                                                                                 | 16.02 19.61                                                                                                                                                           | 41.7                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                       |