Lok Sabha Question No. 1932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Evaluation of MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1932

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12 .2015

## EVALUATION OF MGNREGS

## 1932. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Supreme Court has recently sought the response of the Government on proper implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in terms oftimely paymentof wages and compensation to ruralworkers;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard and response of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether regular social audits of those employed under the scheme is done, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasonstherefor; and
- (d) the corrective steps taken/ beingtaken by the Government in this regard as well as for better and effective implementation of the scheme in thecountry?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI BIRENDER SINGH )

(a) &(b): The Ministry  has  received recently a W rit Petition (Civil) No. 768/2015 (P ublic Interest  Litigation ) filed  in  the  Hon'ble Supreme  Court  of  India,  New  Delhi  regarding  tim payment  of  wages  and  compensation  to  workers  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The matter is sub - judice .

(c)&(d): Social  audit  of  all  expe nditure  and  works  executed  is  s tatutory under  the MGNRE G A 2005.A Special Project is implemented under which, the Ministry is fun deployment of social audit resource personnel upto District level. I will ensure the social audit MGNREGS works is conducted as per theAudit of Schemes Rules, 2011.In order to streng the social audit, a scheme for identifying, training and funding the resource per Audits has been approved by the Ministry. Except in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Chh attisgarh, the social audits reportedly conducted have not met the st down in the Audit of Scheme R ules 2011 . I n order to conduct the Social audits productively efforts aremade to train and reorient the States. State/UT - wise  details  on  status  o f outcome of social audits as furnished by them are given in the Annexure - I.

The  major  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  programme  implement under MGNREGA are given in the Annexure - II .

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## Annexure - I referred to in reply to part s (c ) &(d) of Lok Sabhaunstarred Question No. 1932 dated 10 .12.2015

## Status of progress in conduct of social audits (since inception)

Status of social audits conducted by SAUs of 28 States (organized in order of expenditure in - 15)

| State                 | Number of GP s said to be audited             | Number of SA Reports and ATRs uploaded on the website   | Number of grievances registered by the SAU as per SA findings   | Amount of money identified as misappropriated (in Rs)   | Amount of money recovered (in Rs)   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1. West Bengal*       | 3237                                          | 2738                                                    | 83345                                                           | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 2. Tamil Nadu*        | 127                                           | 0                                                       | 3085                                                            | 6,23,000                                                | 0                                   |
| 3. Rajasthan*         | 8515                                          | 8998                                                    | 20                                                              | 3,01,000                                                | -                                   |
| 4. Madhya Pradesh*    | 939                                           | 707                                                     | 5                                                               | 1,54,622                                                | 1,07,434                            |
| 5. Andhra Pradesh*    | 9392                                          | 9392                                                    | 17767                                                           | 9,40,59,248                                             | 3,51,32,689                         |
| 6. Uttar Pradesh*     | 19730                                         | 16127                                                   | 169457                                                          | 1,44,22,568                                             | 18,106                              |
| 7.Chhattisgarh*       | Since inception: 700 FY 2014- 15: 550         | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 8. Telengana*         | 5942                                          | 5942                                                    | 6019                                                            | 33,19,429                                               | 1,79,14,968                         |
| 9. Karnataka*         | 4,900                                         | 4,900                                                   | No data recorded                                                | 3,53,29,000                                             | 9,86,000                            |
| 10. Maharashtra*      | 853                                           | 0                                                       | 468                                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 11. Bihar*            | 30                                            | -                                                       | 300                                                             | 5,42,550                                                | 12,606                              |
| 12.Odisha*            | 0                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 13. Kerala*           | 19,761                                        | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 14. Jharkhand*        | 0                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 15. Gujarat*          | 11,732                                        | 8762                                                    | 987                                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 16. Tripura*          | 1,038                                         | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 17. Himachal Pradesh* | 2271                                          | 1842                                                    | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 18. Assam*            | 2201                                          | Awaiting data                                           | Awaiting data                                                   | Awaiting data                                           | Awaiting                            |
| 19. Jammu& Kashmir*   | 4, 123                                        | 0                                                       | 267                                                             | 1,80,000                                                | 30,000                              |
| 20. Punjab*           | 12520                                         | 8941                                                    | 254                                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 21. Uttarakhand*      | 0                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 22. Manipur*          | Awaiting data                                 |                                                         |                                                                 |                                                         |                                     |
| 23. Meghalaya*        | 876                                           | 296                                                     | 0                                                               | 4,80,600                                                | 4,80,600                            |
| 24. Haryana*          | Since inception: 17039 For FY 2014 - 15: 4732 | Sinceinception: 18466 For FY 2014 - 15: 2878            | Since inception: 3169 For FY 2014 - 15: 203                     | Since inception: For FY 2014 - 15: Nil                  | Nil Since Nil For FY 2014 - 15: Nil |
| 25. Nagaland          | 0                                             | 0                                                       | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 26. Mizoram           | 32                                            | 32                                                      | 0                                                               | 0                                                       | 0                                   |
| 27. Sikkim*           | Since inception: For FY2014- 15: 92           | 181 Since inception: 181 For FY 2014 - 15:              | Since inception: 2534 For FY 2014 -                             | Since inception: 1,26,44,000 For FY 2014 - 15:          | Since 6,30,000 For FY 2014 - 15:    |
| 28. Arunachal Pradesh | Awaiting data                                 |                                                         |                                                                 |                                                         |                                     |
| Total                 | 71,598                                        | 39,757                                                  | 1,92,600                                                        | 481,44,443                                              | 24,97,108                           |

## Annexure - II referred to in reply to parts (c ) &(d) of Lok Sabhaunstarred Question No. 1932 dated 10 .12.2015

## Major  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  programme  implementation MGNREGA

## Better planning and asset identification

- An  Intensive  Participatory  Planning  Exercise  (IPPE) /Mission  Antyodaya has  been launched  in  2569  most  backward  blocks.  This  exercise  has  helped  in  id better quality assets that need to be created.
- For improving convergence with the line departments, and thereby to impro quality of assets, the State Convergence Plans have been formulated.

## Improving the quality of works

- The associated outcomes of each work are being recorded before taking up and  th e  same  is  being  measured  after  completion  of  the  work - thereby  bringing  in more focus on outcomes.
- Ministry would conduct training of Technical Resource Persons from the St on diff erent technical aspects of works which can be taken up under the sche me.
- The  States/UTs  have  been  asked  to  deploy  State  Quality  Monitors  to  in quality of asse ts created under the Scheme.
- States  have  been  advised  to  engage  technical assistants/barefoot  engineers  f better technical planning and su pervision of works under MGNREG.
- Mobile  Monitoring  Systems  ha ve been  introduced  in  35000  GPs for  better implementation of the scheme.

## Better transparency, accountability and grievance redressal

- States/UTs  have  been  asked  to  strengthen  Social  audits  of  MGNREGS  wor accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Audit  of  Schemes  Rules  2011  is consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In order to support the States to conduct the Social Audits as laid down under the Rules, decided to provi de technical assistance of Rs.147 crore under a special Proje .
- All State s have been requested to set up an independent Social Audit Unit ( appointOmbudsman at the district level for grievance redressal.
- The  Ministry  has  established  a  comprehens ive  system  of  monitoring  and  revie mechanism for MGNREGA, which, inter alia, include visits of the Officer Ministry and National Level Monitors .
- With  a  view  to  avoid  bogus  attendance  and  to  check  instances  of  tempe misuse of muster rolls, the e - Muster system has been introduced.

## Fund management and avoiding delays in payment

- The  Ministry  has  initiated  Electronic  Fund  Management  System  (e -FMS)  which directly credits the wages into the respective beneficiary's accounts using the core banking system. States  have  been  asked  to  universalise  the  operationalis electronic Fund Management System to ensure smooth flow of funds from th to the wage seekers and to eliminate delays in payment of wages.