Lok Sabha Question No. 359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Employees under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 359 ANSWERED ON 04/02/2025

## EMPLOYEES UNDER MGNREGS

## 359.  SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  contractual  employees  and workers hired through outsourcing are receiving benefits under the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  contractual  workers  and  EPF  deductions since 2021, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken action to address complaints regarding the failure to deposit EPF amount deducted  from  their  honorarium  into  their  Universal  Account Number (UAN); and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  including  penalty  levied  on  the employer?

## ANSWER

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

(a)to(d):  As  per  information  received  from  Govtof   Uttar  Pradesh, contractual employees hired by the State through outsourcing under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  are  receiving  benefits  of  Employees Provident Fund (EPF). State has informed that in the year 2021 all bank  accounts  were  closed  owing  to  the  implementation  of  the Single Nodal Account (SNA) module. However, after opening of the holding account, EPF deduction of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS contractual  employees  of  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  is  being regularly credited to their Universal Account Number(UAN) through net banking. District-wise details of total number of employees and workers  hired  through  outsourcing  who  are  receiving  benefits  of EPF under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a)to(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 359 dated 04.02.2025

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| District-wise details of total number of contractual employees hired through outsourcing who are receiving benefits of EPF in the state of Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.   | District-wise details of total number of contractual employees hired through outsourcing who are receiving benefits of EPF in the state of Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.   | District-wise details of total number of contractual employees hired through outsourcing who are receiving benefits of EPF in the state of Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                                                    | District                                                                                                                                                                                   | Number of contractual employees                                                                                                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                          | Agra                                                                                                                                                                                       | 502                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                          | Aligarh                                                                                                                                                                                    | 228                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                          | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                                                                                             | 635                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                          | Amethi                                                                                                                                                                                     | 538                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                          | Amroha                                                                                                                                                                                     | 397                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                          | Auraiya                                                                                                                                                                                    | 335                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                          | Ayodhya                                                                                                                                                                                    | 635                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                          | Azamgarh                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1308                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                          | Baghpat                                                                                                                                                                                    | 8                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bahraich                                                                                                                                                                                   | 829                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ballia                                                                                                                                                                                     | 763                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                         | Balrampur                                                                                                                                                                                  | 650                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                         | Banda                                                                                                                                                                                      | 447                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                         | Barabanki                                                                                                                                                                                  | 891                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bareilly                                                                                                                                                                                   | 848                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                         | Basti                                                                                                                                                                                      | 913                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bijnor                                                                                                                                                                                     | 572                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                         | Budaun                                                                                                                                                                                     | 806                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bulandshahr                                                                                                                                                                                | 33                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chandauli                                                                                                                                                                                  | 571                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chitrakoot                                                                                                                                                                                 | 279                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                         | Deoria                                                                                                                                                                                     | 795                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                         | Etah                                                                                                                                                                                       | 389                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                         | Etawah                                                                                                                                                                                     | 377                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                         | Farrukhabad                                                                                                                                                                                | 329                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                         | Fatehpur                                                                                                                                                                                   | 732                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                         | Firozabad                                                                                                                                                                                  | 215                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ghazipur                                                                                                                                                                                   | 831                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                         | Gonda                                                                                                                                                                                      | 990                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                         | Gorakhpur                                                                                                                                                                                  | 874                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                         | Hamirpur                                                                                                                                                                                   | 284                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                         | Hapur                                                                                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                         | Hardoi                                                                                                                                                                                     | 974                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                         | Hathras                                                                                                                                                                                    | 234                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 35                                                                                                                                                                                         | Jalaun                                                                                                                                                                                     | 514                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 36                                                                                                                                                                                         | Jaunpur                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1090                                                                                                                                                                                       |

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| 37   | Jhansi              |   418 |
|------|---------------------|-------|
| 38   | Kannauj             |   318 |
| 39   | Kanpur Dehat        |   497 |
| 40   | Kanpur Nagar        |   346 |
| 41   | Kashganj            |   327 |
| 42   | Kaushambi           |   328 |
| 43   | Kheri               |   883 |
| 44   | Kushi Nagar         |   914 |
| 45   | Lalitpur            |  3613 |
| 46   | Lucknow             |   371 |
| 47   | Maharajganj         |   712 |
| 48   | Mahoba              |   214 |
| 49   | Mainpuri            |   446 |
| 50   | Mathura             |   260 |
| 51   | Mau                 |   516 |
| 52   | Meerut              |     8 |
| 53   | Mirzapur            |   602 |
| 54   | Moradabad           |   442 |
| 55   | Muzaffarnagar       |    19 |
| 56   | Pilibhit            |   580 |
| 57   | Pratapgarh          |   884 |
| 58   | Prayagraj           |  1191 |
| 59   | Rae Bareli          |   742 |
| 60   | Rampur              |   475 |
| 61   | Saharanpur          |   367 |
| 62   | Sambhal             |   462 |
| 63   | SantKabeer Nagar    |   593 |
| 64   | SantRavidas Nagar   |   355 |
| 65   | Shahjahanpur        |   802 |
| 66   | Shamli              |    10 |
| 67   | Shravasti           |   229 |
| 68   | Siddharth Nagar     |   933 |
| 69   | Sitapur             |  1243 |
| 70   | Sonbhadra           |   440 |
| 71   | Sultanpur           |   566 |
| 72   | Unnao               |   750 |
| 73   | Varanasi            |   483 |
| 74   | Gautam Buddha Nagar |     0 |
| 75   | Ghaziabad           |     0 |
|      | Total               | 43155 |

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