Lok Sabha Question No. 5267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Implementation of Rural Development Schemes in Hingoli
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5267 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026

IMPLEMENTATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN HINGOLI

5267. Shri Aashtikar Patil Nagesh Bapurao:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  several  villages  in Hingoli district of Maharashtra are facing delays in the implementation of major rural development schemes including the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) the  total  funds  allocated  and  released  for  these  schemes  in Hingoli district during the last three years, year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding delayed  wage  payments  under  MGNREGS  and  incomplete
- housing projects under PMAY-G in the district; and
- (d) the corrective measures proposed to ensure timely execution, transparency  and  effective  monitoring  of  rural  development works in Hingoli Lok Sabha Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is implementing a number of welfare schemes/programmes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  (PMGSY),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment  Training Institutes(RSETIs),  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP) and Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (WDC-PMKSY)  for  overall  development  of rural  areas  of  the  country,  including  in  the  Hingoli  district  of Maharashtra.

Funds under these schemes are allocated by the Ministry to the States/UTs which in turn release to the concerned districts. Hence, this Ministry does not allocate funds directly to the districts.

- (c): With  regard  to  delays  of  wages,  it  is  stated  that  under MGNREGS, fund release is a continuous process, the wage payments are directly credited by the Central Government to the accounts of the  beneficiaries  through  the  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 West Bengal).

It  is  also  stated  that  no  direct  release  of  fund  from  Central Government to districts are done under MGNREGs. In the financial year 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026), 95.94 % Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) are  generated  within  15  days  from  the  closure  of  muster  rolls  in

Hingoli district of Maharashtra under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

As per the provisions mentioned in Schedule-II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), wage seekers shall be entitled to receive payment of  compensation for  the  delay,  at  the  rate  of  0.05%  of  the  unpaid wages per day of delay beyond the sixteenth day of closure of muster roll. Delay compensation rules are notified by the State Government concerned. The  amount due for compensation  is  duly  verified  and approved, and then paid by the State Government.

Under  PMAY-G,  the  house  is  constructed  by  the  beneficiary himself/herself  or  under  his/her  supervision.  In  addition,  the  State Government  has  fixed  target  of  98,114  houses  in  Hingoli  district against which houses have been sanctioned to 95,976 beneficiaries, 1st installment of assistance released for 83,423 beneficiaries, 2nd insallment  to  45,135  beneficiaries  and  20,698  houses  are  already completed,  as  on  19.03.2026.  No  such  complaint  of  incomplete housing  projects  under  the  PMAY-G  in  Hingoli  district,  has  been received in the Ministry.

(d): In order to ensure effective implementation of the schemes/programmes in rural areas of the country, MoRD has evolved

a comprehensive multi-level and multi- format system of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of rural development schemes, including Performance Review Committee Meetings, District Development  Coordination  and  Monitoring  Committee  ('DISHA') meetings, National Level Monitors (NLMs), Area Officers Schemes, Common Review Mission, Concurrent Evaluation and Impact Assessment Studies. State specific reviews of States/UTs are also undertaken from time to time and action is taken on the basis of their findings. The schemes have been brought upon end-to-end transaction-based MIS, which enables all the stakeholders to monitor status of schemes in a real time basis. The works are photographed with  geo  tags  and  time  stamps.  All  the  data  of  RD  schemes  are available  on  public  domain.  Social  Audits  are  also  conducted  for some schemes like Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and PMAY-G. Ombudsman  are  also  appointed  for  attending  to  any  grievances regarding MGNREGA works. In addition to this, grievance redressal is being given due attention in all schemes of the Rural Development. Regular coordination with the State Govt. for preparation of the fund release proposals and documentation is made and timely advice is tendered  to  them  in  this  regard.  In  cases  of  delay,  the  matter  is escalated to higher levels for seeking release of funds.

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