Lok Sabha Question No. 1508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Pendency of Wage Payments under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Abhishek Banerjee

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1508 ANSWERED ON 09/12/2025

## PENDENCY OF WAGE PAYMENTS UNDER MGNREGS

1508. Shri Abhishek Banerjee:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  pendency  of  wage  payments  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) from April to October 2025, State and month-wise;
- (b)
- the average time taken for crediting wages in each State;
- (c) the  material-component  arrears  outstanding  as  of  September 2025; and
- (d) whether a public dashboard for time-bound disclosure of wage delays will be deployed, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b)& (c): Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS, the wage payments are directly credited by the Central Government to the accounts of the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer protocol. Sanctions for wage payments are issued daily by the Ministry through the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) based on fund transfer orders received from the States/ UTs  after following  due procedures. At the  beginning of each financial year, admissible pending liabilities of the previous years, if any, are duly reimbursed by the Government of India. Accordingly, all due and admissible pending wage liabilities  upto  FY  2024-25  have  already  been  cleared  (except  in case of State of West Bengal).

With regard to Material and Admin components, States/UTs are required  to  furnish  fund  release  proposals  to  the  Government  of India.  The  Central  Government  releases  funds  periodically  in  two

tranches with each tranche consisting of one or more installments, keeping in view the 'agreed to' Labour Budget, demand for works, opening  balance,  pace  of  utilization  of  funds,  pending  liabilities, overall performance and subject to submission of relevant documents by the States/UTs.

Under the Scheme, in the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 03.12.2025), an amount of Rs. 69,972.95 crore has been released to the States/Union Territories, which includes Rs. 58,990.15 crore  for Wage component and an amount of Rs.10,982.80 crore for  Material and  Admin  components.   As  Sanction  for  payment  of  wages  are issued  by  Ministry  on  a  daily  basis  through  PFMS  (Public  Finance Management  System),  after  receipt  of  funds  transfer  orders  from States/UTs  after  following  the  due  procedures, the  fund  release status keeps updating on a daily basis.  In the financial year 202526  (as  on  05.12.2025),  97.96%  Fund  Transfer  Orders  (FTOs)  are generated  within  15  days  from  the  closure  of  muster  rolls  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage and Material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 03.12.2025  are  given at Annexure.

(d):     Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS operates  Management  Information System  (MIS)  portal  within  NREGASoft  that  tracks  the  status  of muster rolls, payments, pending disbursements and delay compensation for wages (nrega.dord.gov.in). The Ministry continuously urges States/UTs to use these digital tools to expedite wage disbursement,  monitor  pendency  across  the  mandated  T+15 or T+8 timelines, and ensure real-time information on status of wage payments.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts(a),  (b)&(c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question  No.  1508  dated 09.12.2025.

| State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage and Material component under   | State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage and Material component under   | State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage and Material component under   | State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage and Material component under   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                | States/UTs                                                                                             | Wage                                                                                                   | Material                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                         | 399.97                                                                                                 | 556.32                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 12.80                                                                                                  | 143.69                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                      | Assam                                                                                                  | 0.33                                                                                                   | 404.27                                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                                      | Bihar                                                                                                  | 9.75                                                                                                   | 396.77                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                                           | 3.28                                                                                                   | 103.62                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                   | 0.43                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                                | 59.88                                                                                                  | 21.33                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                                | 0.32                                                                                                   | 42.67                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                       | 1.49                                                                                                   | 68.17                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                     | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                      | 6.10                                                                                                   | 192.00                                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                                              | 7.58                                                                                                   | 298.71                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                                              | 6.30                                                                                                   | 575.98                                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                                 | 329.42                                                                                                 | 186.80                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                     | Ladakh                                                                                                 | 0.64                                                                                                   | 2.47                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                         | 123.48                                                                                                 | 643.14                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                                            | 10.78                                                                                                  | 684.30                                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                                | 1.76                                                                                                   | 154.19                                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                                                              | 4.93                                                                                                   | 58.72                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                                | 13.48                                                                                                  | 0.25                                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                                               | 12.74                                                                                                  | 87.82                                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                                     | Odisha                                                                                                 | 9.41                                                                                                   | 227.12                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                                 | 1.71                                                                                                   | 113.32                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                                              | 4.45                                                                                                   | 827.74                                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                                                 | 0.10                                                                                                   | 2.43                                                                                                   |
| 25                                                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                                                             | 225.71                                                                                                 | 622.85                                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                                              | 0.99                                                                                                   | 500.08                                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                                     | Tripura                                                                                                | 1.35                                                                                                   | 144.40                                                                                                 |
| 28                                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                          | 17.50                                                                                                  | 1042.84                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                                            | 1.51                                                                                                   | 51.17                                                                                                  |
| 30                                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                                            | **                                                                                                     | **                                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                                     | Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                   | 0.03                                                                                                   |
| 32                                                                                                     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu                                                                       | 1.29                                                                                                   | 0.02                                                                                                   |
| 33                                                                                                     | Lakshadweep                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                                     | Puducherry                                                                                             | 16.99                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                   |
| Total                                                                                                  | Total                                                                                                  | 1286.04                                                                                                | 8153.65*                                                                                               |

As per NREGASoft, the pending liability pertaining to the State of West Bengal (as on 08.03.2022) stands  at  ₹3082.52  crore,  comprising  ₹1457.22  crore  under  the  wage  component,  ₹1607.68  crore under the material component, and ₹17.62 crore under the administrative component. The admissibility of this liability is subject to verification by the Central Government.

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