Lok Sabha Question No. 4006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Facilities under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRf,D QUESTION  NO. 4006 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 13.08.2015

## FACILITIES  UNDER MGNRIGS

## 4006. SHRI RAMESH CIIANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise number of households  registered under the Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS);  and
- the details of the welfare measures and facilities  available  for the workers  at the work places  under the said scheme? (b)

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI  SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- {:a):,  As per the Programme  Management Infonnation System  (MIS), 12.69 crore  job  cards have been issued under the progranme  so far. The StateruT-wise  details ofjob cards issued to Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural Employment Guarantee  Act (MGNREGA) workers  since inception  is given in Annexure.
- (b): Welfare measures  urder MGNREGA are elaborated in Paragmphs  25 to 28, Schedule II of MGNREG  A 2005. The details of such welfare measures  for the workers at *ork places are:
- (,) provision  offacilities  at the worksile viz. safe drinking  water,  shade  for children  and periods of rest, first-aid box with adequate emergency material  for trcatnrent of minor injuries at the worksite.
- provision  of child care sewices at any worksite if the number of children below  the age of five years  accompanying  the women working is fil.e or more. (iD
- lree medical  treatment to a persor in case ofpersonal  injury arising  out ofand in course ol'his/ her employment. (iii)
- hospitalisation  of the injured worker including accommodation,  treatment. medicines and payment  of daily allowance  which should not be less than half of the  wage rate. (iv)
- ex-gratia  as per entitlements  under  Aam Aadrri Bima Yojana or as may be nolified  by Central  Government  to a person  if he/she  while employed  under  the Scheme meets with death or becomes  pemranently  disabled. (}]
- free medical lbcility/ ex-gratia  to an injured  child accornpanying  a person  who is employed under the Scheme. (vi)

## Annexure referred in reply  to part (a) ofLok Satrha Unstarred Question  No. 4006 dated 13.0g.2015

n Iakh

| No    | State                  | Job cards issued since inception   |
|-------|------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1     | ANPHRA PRADE SH        | 91.91                              |
| 2     | ARLINACHAL PRAD S E H  | r.96                               |
| )     | ASSAM                  | 42.r4                              |
| 4     | BII{AR                 | 131.06                             |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH           | 39.21                              |
| 6     | GUJARAT                |                                    |
|       | T{ARYANA               | 34.92                              |
| 8     | C HiMA P rtA,L RADE SH | 7.69                               |
| 9     | JAMMU AND KA S HMIR    | 11.62                              |
| 10    | JHARKII,AND            | 11.14                              |
| It    | KARNATAKA              | 35.91                              |
| 12    | KERALA                 | 52.05                              |
|       | MADHYAPRADESH          | 30.s6                              |
| 13    | MAI{ARASHTRA           | 81 .48                             |
| t4    | MAN]PUR                | 73.64                              |
| 15 t6 | MEGHALAYA              | 5.12                               |
|       | MIZORAM                | 4.69                               |
| 17 18 | NAGALAND               | 1.83                               |
| 19    | ODISIIA                | 4.25                               |
| 20    | PUNJAB                 | 65.07                              |
| 2t    | RAJASTHAN              | 10.97                              |
| 22    | SIKKIM                 | 98.39                              |
| ,/1   | TAMILNADU              | 0.83                               |
| 24    | TELANGANA              | 81 .00 62.53                       |
| 25    | TRIPURA                | 6.22                               |
| 26    | UTTARPRADESH           | . 152.1t                           |
| 27    | UTTARAKHAND            | 11.13                              |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL            | 118.73                             |
| 29    | ANDAMA & N C NI B o AR | 0.52                               |
| 30    | NAGAR DADRA & FIAVELI  |                                    |
| 31    | DAMAN & DIU            | 0.04                               |
| JZ    | GOA                    | NR                                 |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP            | 0.31                               |
| 34    | PIJDUCHERRY            | 0.09 0.69                          |
|       | Total                  | 1269.79                            |

## NR:Not Reported

Source: Management Information  System (MIS) www.nrega.nic.in