Lok Sabha Question No. 254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Job Cardholders in MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 254

## ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## JOB CARDHOLDERS IN MGNREGS

## 254.  SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of job cardholders for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the amount of funds given to the States during the said period,
- State-wise;
- (c) whether  it  is  true  that  the  number  of  the  job  cardholders  in MGNREGS have come down in 2023 as compared to 2022 and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  used  all  the  funds allocated for MGNREGS in the Union Budget of 2023-24; and
- (e) the  amount  of  funds  due  for  West  Bengal  under  MGNREGS  and the reasons for not releasing these funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22 and
- 2022-23 are given at Annexure-I.
- (b): State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS in the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 are given at Annexure-II.

(c): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment Scheme which 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.

Request  for  Job  card  by  a  household  in  Rural  Area  is  a  continuous process. Also, updation/deletion of Job card is a regular exercise being conducted by the State Governments.

(d):     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. Out of  this,  an  amount  of  Rs.66,994.17  crore  has  been  released  as  on 28.11.2023. Ministry seeks additional funds from Ministry of Finance as and when required for meeting the demand for work on the ground.

(e):      As  per  data  available  in  NREGASoft  and  PFMS  an  amount  of Rs.5553  crore  is the pending  liability  under  wage  and  material components for State Government of West Bengal. Release of funds to the  State  of  West  Bengal  has  been  stopped  from  09.03.2022  as  per provision of Section 27 of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Act,  2005  due  to  non-compliance  of  directives  of  Central Government.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 254 dated 05.12.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma   | State/UT-wise details of new job card issued to households under Mahatma   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.                                                                        | State/UT                                                                   | New Job card issued during the year (in numbers)                           | 2021-22                                                                    | 2022-23                                                                    |
| 1                                                                          | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                             | 602216                                                                     | 307377                                                                     | 201784                                                                     |
| 2                                                                          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                          | 25778                                                                      | 30951                                                                      | 25507                                                                      |
| 3                                                                          | ASSAM                                                                      | 632222                                                                     | 584422                                                                     | 704856                                                                     |
| 4                                                                          | BIHAR                                                                      | 2386693                                                                    | 2668111                                                                    | 1137336                                                                    |
| 5                                                                          | CHHATTISGARH                                                               | 400812                                                                     | 116761                                                                     | 86641                                                                      |
| 6                                                                          | GOA                                                                        | 907                                                                        | 530                                                                        | 648                                                                        |
| 7                                                                          | GUJARAT                                                                    | 519327                                                                     | 188843                                                                     | 140158                                                                     |
| 8                                                                          | HARYANA                                                                    | 174585                                                                     | 73701                                                                      | 37948                                                                      |
| 9                                                                          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                           | 87479                                                                      | 87572                                                                      | 35241                                                                      |
| 10                                                                         | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                          | 122785                                                                     | 78390                                                                      | 41418                                                                      |
| 11                                                                         | JHARKHAND                                                                  | 1470318                                                                    | 392125                                                                     | 418963                                                                     |
| 12                                                                         | KARNATAKA                                                                  | 737197                                                                     | 501722                                                                     | 447582                                                                     |
| 13                                                                         | KERALA                                                                     | 270804                                                                     | 222602                                                                     | 114045                                                                     |
| 14                                                                         | LADAKH                                                                     | 1927                                                                       | 1034                                                                       | 1073                                                                       |
| 15                                                                         | MADHYA PRADESH                                                             | 1578165                                                                    | 636396                                                                     | 543978                                                                     |
| 16                                                                         | MAHARASHTRA                                                                | 952965                                                                     | 2197853                                                                    | 423555                                                                     |
| 17                                                                         | MANIPUR                                                                    | 22242                                                                      | 11513                                                                      | 5765                                                                       |
| 18                                                                         | MEGHALAYA                                                                  | 32181                                                                      | 24233                                                                      | 22793                                                                      |
| 19                                                                         | MIZORAM                                                                    | 15782                                                                      | 8610                                                                       | 8477                                                                       |
| 20                                                                         | NAGALAND                                                                   | 11853                                                                      | 10191                                                                      | 11021                                                                      |
| 21                                                                         | ODISHA                                                                     | 895680                                                                     | 397130                                                                     | 384125                                                                     |
| 22                                                                         | PUNJAB                                                                     | 222876                                                                     | 67912                                                                      | 85775                                                                      |
| 23                                                                         | RAJASTHAN                                                                  | 1017378                                                                    | 424460                                                                     | 244461                                                                     |
| 24                                                                         | SIKKIM                                                                     | 3204                                                                       | 1745                                                                       | 1835                                                                       |
| 25                                                                         | TAMIL NADU                                                                 | 532951                                                                     | 337432                                                                     | 271630                                                                     |
| 26                                                                         | TELANGANA                                                                  | 349201                                                                     | 133727                                                                     | 65485                                                                      |
| 27                                                                         | TRIPURA                                                                    | 17387                                                                      | 19332                                                                      | 19156                                                                      |
| 28                                                                         | UTTAR PRADESH                                                              | 4217179                                                                    | 1674969                                                                    | 754133                                                                     |
| 29                                                                         | UTTARAKHAND                                                                | 115838                                                                     | 30541                                                                      | 26168                                                                      |
| 30                                                                         | WEST BENGAL                                                                | 1682297                                                                    | 825225                                                                     | 214953                                                                     |
| 31                                                                         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                        | 1241                                                                       | 222                                                                        | 467                                                                        |
| 32                                                                         | DN HAVELI AND DD                                                           | 126                                                                        | 6667                                                                       | 88                                                                         |
| 33                                                                         | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                | 13                                                                         | 112                                                                        | 76                                                                         |
| 34                                                                         | PUDUCHERRY                                                                 | 3760                                                                       | 1556                                                                       | 1204                                                                       |
|                                                                            | Total                                                                      | 19105369                                                                   | 12063967                                                                   | 6478345                                                                    |

(As per NREGASoft)

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 254 dated 05.12.2023.

| State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the   | State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                      | States/UTs                                                                  | 2020-21                                                                     | 2021-22                                                                     | 2022-23                                                                     |
| 1                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                              | 1030509.79                                                                  | 718267.16                                                                   | 798909.30                                                                   |
| 2                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                           | 34027.69                                                                    | 45374.43                                                                    | 57757.99                                                                    |
| 3                                                                           | Assam                                                                       | 260233.46                                                                   | 222026.01                                                                   | 205234.84                                                                   |
| 4                                                                           | Bihar                                                                       | 728423.57                                                                   | 540736.96                                                                   | 639528.76                                                                   |
| 5                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                | 394347.98                                                                   | 389433.98                                                                   | 338355.40                                                                   |
| 6                                                                           | Goa                                                                         | 356.91                                                                      | 3.81                                                                        | 511.53                                                                      |
| 7                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                     | 147812.01                                                                   | 161524.32                                                                   | 169207.36                                                                   |
| 8                                                                           | Haryana                                                                     | 76355.62                                                                    | 72267.99                                                                    | 37398.62                                                                    |
| 9                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                            | 94833.37                                                                    | 97575.08                                                                    | 115747.62                                                                   |
| 10                                                                          | Jammu and Kashmir                                                           | 115231.99                                                                   | 95013.74                                                                    | 105061.12                                                                   |
| 11                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                   | 342408.42                                                                   | 306382.91                                                                   | 270863.73                                                                   |
| 12                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                   | 550099.46                                                                   | 602807.73                                                                   | 622528.20                                                                   |
| 13                                                                          | Kerala                                                                      | 428677.68                                                                   | 355193.00                                                                   | 381842.70                                                                   |
| 14                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                              | 908672.51                                                                   | 847908.76                                                                   | 570213.49                                                                   |
| 15                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                 | 160025.70                                                                   | 205645.71                                                                   | 254973.07                                                                   |
| 16                                                                          | Manipur                                                                     | 130673.85                                                                   | 56310.74                                                                    | 108663.26                                                                   |
| 17                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                   | 128416.59                                                                   | 112166.07                                                                   | 111691.95                                                                   |
| 18                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                     | 59045.38                                                                    | 54891.55                                                                    | 53871.87                                                                    |
| 19                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                    | 48382.14                                                                    | 56945.51                                                                    | 89744.90                                                                    |
| 20                                                                          | Odisha                                                                      | 521529.26                                                                   | 568015.17                                                                   | 463836.25                                                                   |
| 21                                                                          | Punjab                                                                      | 123913.55                                                                   | 125759.36                                                                   | 118213.27                                                                   |
| 22                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                   | 892076.25                                                                   | 986774.85                                                                   | 966299.14                                                                   |
| 23                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                      | 11016.55                                                                    | 11241.97                                                                    | 9255.39                                                                     |
| 24                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                  | 878881.54                                                                   | 963813.22                                                                   | 970662.48                                                                   |
| 25                                                                          | Telangana                                                                   | 411121.10                                                                   | 410519.85                                                                   | 298868.14                                                                   |
| 26                                                                          | Tripura                                                                     | 119498.53                                                                   | 98888.29                                                                    | 92203.45                                                                    |
| 27                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                               | 1201410.42                                                                  | 850956.51                                                                   | 1062900.83                                                                  |
| 28                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                 | 88626.63                                                                    | 64203.24                                                                    | 79284.44                                                                    |
| 29                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                 | 1145405.21                                                                  | 750780.15                                                                   | 0.00                                                                        |
| 30                                                                          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                 | 485.89                                                                      | 763.16                                                                      | 960.42                                                                      |
| 31                                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                                 | 0.00                                                                        | 30.05                                                                       | 0.00                                                                        |
| 32                                                                          | Puducherry                                                                  | 2683.69                                                                     | 1307.28                                                                     | 2494.55                                                                     |
| 33                                                                          | Ladakh                                                                      | 2248.57                                                                     | 5904.39                                                                     | 6893.31                                                                     |
|                                                                             | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                      | 0.00                                                                        |                                                                             |                                                                             |
| 34                                                                          | Daman & Diu                                                                 | 0.00                                                                        | 0.00                                                                        | 161.87                                                                      |