Lok Sabha Question No. 2273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Payment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No . 2273

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.0 3.201 6

## PAYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 2273. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Short  Term  CooperativeCredit  Institutions  (STCCI)  are  ensuring payments to a significant numberof MGNREGS workers in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwiseincluding Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the administrat ive and otherexpenditure of the STCCIs in making thesepayme to MGNREGS workers arereimbursed by the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to(d): Only those Short Term Cooperative C redit I nstitutionsare facilitating timely w payments which are fully on Centralized Banking S ystem and at par with the banking facilit like  commercial  banks. State/UT - wise  details  of c operative  accounts  of  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act active numbers are given in the Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to(d) LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.2273 dated 10.03.2016

| No.   | State/ UT           |   Number of Cooperative A/Cs of Active workers |
|-------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                                              2 |
| 2     | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                                              0 |
| 3     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                          19863 |
| 4     | ASSAM               |                                          26976 |
| 5     | BIHAR               |                                          10233 |
| 6     | CHHATTISGARH        |                                          82301 |
| 7     | GOA                 |                                           1701 |
| 8     | GUJARAT             |                                          14237 |
| 9     | HARYANA             |                                          56954 |
| 10    | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                         345199 |
| 11    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                          45549 |
| 12    | JHARKHAND           |                                           6600 |
| 13    | KARNATAKA           |                                              1 |
| 14    | KERALA              |                                          24049 |
| 15    | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                              0 |
| 16    | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                         144687 |
| 17    | MAHARASHTRA         |                                         393154 |
| 18    | MANIPUR             |                                          12029 |
| 19    | MEGHALAYA           |                                          18345 |
| 20    | MIZORAM             |                                           6147 |
| 21    | NAGALAND            |                                              4 |
| 22    | ODISHA              |                                           2184 |
| 23    | PUDUCHERRY          |                                              0 |
| 24    | PUNJAB              |                                          15709 |
| 25    | RAJASTHAN           |                                        1422869 |
| 26    | SIKKIM              |                                          27597 |
| 27    | TAMIL NADU          |                                             68 |
| 28    | TELANGANA           |                                              0 |
| 29    | TRIPURA             |                                         185378 |
| 30    | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                          70969 |
| 31    | UTTARAKHAND         |                                          82628 |
| 32    | WEST BENGAL         |                                         190009 |
|       | Grand Total         |                                        3205442 |

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