Lok Sabha Question No. 3047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Job Cards under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3047

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12 .2015

## JOB CARDS UNDER MGNREGS

## 3047. SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of total registered job card holders under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State/UT- wise;
- (b) the details of people working under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme who  have  not  been  issued  job  cards yet  in  the  country,  State/UT -wise  including Gujarat;
- (c) if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the outcome of the assessment carried out by the Government across the country in this regard, State/UT - wiseincluding Gujarat?

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

(a)to(d) : As per the Programme Management Information System (MIS), the cumulative  number  of  job  card  issued  under  the  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is given in Annexure. MGNREGA is a demand -dr iven wage employment programme. The Government remains actively engaged with State Governments in establishing systems that ensure provision of work as per demand. Every rural household has been extended the opportunity of registering for issue of job in the country including Gujarat .

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## Annexure referred in reply to parts (a)to ( d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3047 dated 17.12.2015

| Cumulative number of Jobcards issued to Households under   | Cumulative number of Jobcards issued to Households under   | Cumulative number of Jobcards issued to Households under   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| No .                                                       | States                                                     | Jobcards Issued to HHs (In lakh)                           |
| 1                                                          | ANDHRA PRADESH                                             | 92.92                                                      |
| 2                                                          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                          | 1.98                                                       |
| 3                                                          | ASSAM                                                      | 43.28                                                      |
| 4                                                          | BIHAR                                                      | 127.42                                                     |
| 5                                                          | CHHATTISGARH                                               | 39.22                                                      |
| 6                                                          | GOA                                                        | 0.31                                                       |
| 7                                                          | GUJARAT                                                    | 34.85                                                      |
| 8                                                          | HARYANA                                                    | 7.48                                                       |
| 9                                                          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                           | 11.61                                                      |
| 10                                                         | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                          | 11.36                                                      |
| 11                                                         | JHARKHAND                                                  | 35.85                                                      |
| 12                                                         | KARNATAKA                                                  | 53.57                                                      |
| 13                                                         | KERALA                                                     | 31.41                                                      |
| 14                                                         | MADHYA PRADESH                                             | 79.01                                                      |
| 15                                                         | MAHARASHTRA                                                | 76.40                                                      |
| 16                                                         | MANIPUR                                                    | 5.30                                                       |
| 17                                                         | MEGHALAYA                                                  | 4.75                                                       |
| 18                                                         | MIZORAM                                                    | 1.83                                                       |
| 19                                                         | NAGALAND                                                   | 4.24                                                       |
| 20                                                         | ODISHA                                                     | 65.90                                                      |
| 21                                                         | PUNJAB                                                     | 11.26                                                      |
| 22                                                         | RAJASTHAN                                                  | 98.46                                                      |
| 23                                                         | SIKKIM                                                     | 0.84                                                       |
| 24                                                         | TAMIL NADU                                                 | 82.68                                                      |
| 25                                                         | TELANGANA                                                  | 62.94                                                      |
| 26                                                         | TRIPURA                                                    | 6.14                                                       |
| 27                                                         | UTTAR PRADESH                                              | 152.19                                                     |
| 28                                                         | UTTARAKHAND                                                | 11.33                                                      |
| 29                                                         | WEST BENGAL                                                | 120.35                                                     |
| 30                                                         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                        | 0.52                                                       |
| 31                                                         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                       | 0.04                                                       |
| 32                                                         | DAMAN & DIU                                                | 0.00                                                       |
| 33                                                         | LAKSHADWEEP                                                | 0.08                                                       |
| 34                                                         | PUDUCHERRY                                                 | 0.68                                                       |
|                                                            | Total                                                      | 1276.20                                                    |