Lok Sabha Question No. 2208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Women Participation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2208 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.0 3.201 6

## WOMEN PARTICIPATION UNDER MGNREGS

## 2208. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  an  increase  in women  participation/employment  to women  under  the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) in recent years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of th e number of womenworking, their percentage to the total MGNREGS workers and type of projects they are employed in during each of the last three years and current year,State/UT - wise; and
- (c) the further steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a)to (c): The women participation in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the Financial Year (FY) 2015 - 16 has been increased in comparison to last three years. Rural women are employed in all types of works/ projects permitted under Sc -I of the Act. The Ministry has issued guidelines to th e S tates from time to time to facilitate wo participation by providing worksite facil ities such as crèches, drinking water, shade, etc. provisions  of  the  Act. It  has  also  been  suggested  that  at  least  50%  of  the  w supervisors(Mates) at all worksites to be women and special works which require les those that are cl ose to their houses are to be given to pregnant women and lactating State/UT - wise  details  of  women participation and their  percentage  to  the  total  MGNREGA workersduring the last three years and current year is given in Annexure.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) ,(b)& (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2208 dated 10.03.2016

(In l akh)

| No   |                      | 2012- 13      | 2012- 13   | 2012- 13      |               |                |               | 2014- 15      | 2014- 15   | 2014- 15      | 2015- 16 as on 07/03/2016   | 2015- 16 as on 07/03/2016   | 2015- 16 as on 07/03/2016   |
|------|----------------------|---------------|------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| .    | State                | Total Persons | Women      | %age of women | Total Persons | 2013- 14 Women | %age of women | Total Persons | Women      | %age of women | Total Persons               | Women                       | %age of women               |
| 1    | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 107.11        | 58.52      | 54.64         | 107.65        | 59.03          | 54.84         | 55.59         | 30.03      | 54.03         | 57.29                       | 30.67                       | 53.54                       |
| 2    | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 1.32          | 0.41       | 30.79         | 1.45          | 0.45           | 30.80         | 1.40          | 0.46       | 32.62         | 1.69                        | 0.54                        | 31.85                       |
| 3    | ASSAM                | 14.73         | 4.22       | 28.64         | 15.25         | 4.42           | 28.99         | 12.24         | 3.89       | 31.79         | 18.79                       | 6.74                        | 35.87                       |
| 4    | BIHAR                | 26.76         | 8.93       | 33.38         | 25.75         | 9.37           | 36.37         | 12.46         | 4.68       | 37. 52        | 16.21                       | 6.76                        | 41.71                       |
| 5    | CHHATTISGARH         | 53.83         | 25.26      | 46.93         | 49.90         | 23.99          | 48.06         | 32.59         | 16.04      | 49.21         | 36.99                       | 18.20                       | 49.20                       |
| 6    | GOA                  | 0.05          | 0.04       | 79.64         | 0.05          | 0.04           | 74.78         | 0.08          | 0.06       | 76.00         | 0.06                        | 0.05                        | 77.35                       |
| 7    | GUJARAT              | 13.26         | 5.94       | 44.83         | 10.53         | 4.80           | 45.54         | 9.17          | 4.09       | 44.55         | 8.54                        | 4.02                        | 47.04                       |
| 8    | HARYANA              | 5. 14         | 2.11       | 41.09         | 5.12          | 2.14           | 41.83         | 3.26          | 1.40       | 42.92         | 2.27                        | 1.05                        | 46.34                       |
| 9    | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 6.44          | 3.64       | 56.58         | 6.82          | 3.93           | 57.59         | 5.76          | 3.34       | 57.96         | 4.87                        | 2.92                        | 59.89                       |
| 10   | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 9.57          | 2.34       | 24.43         | 9.16          | 2.35           | 25.59         | 4.31          | 1.10       | 25.55         | 6.77                        | 1.77                        | 26.15                       |
| 11   | JHARKHA ND           | 22.78         | 8.17       | 35.86         | 17.06         | 6.01           | 35.25         | 15.73         | 5.46       | 34.74         | 14.50                       | 5.13                        | 35.38                       |
| 12   | KARNATAKA            | 36.59         | 16.98      | 46.41         | 42.33         | 19.74          | 46.63         | 30.08         | 14.08      | 46.80         | 24.72                       | 11.62                       | 47.01                       |
| 13   | KERALA               | 16.65         | 14.19      | 85.23         | 16.43         | 14.07          | 85.59         | 15.13         | 13.1 7     | 87.02         | 16.31                       | 13.93                       | 85.41                       |
| 14   | MADHYA PRADESH       | 74.74         | 32.99      | 44.14         | 57.33         | 25.18          | 43.92         | 58.26         | 25.96      | 44.56         | 47.96                       | 21.23                       | 44.26                       |
| 15   | MAHAR ASHTRA         | 31.69         | 14.25      | 44.94         | 20.55         | 9.21           | 44.83         | 21.56         | 9.66       | 44.79         | 20.28                       | 9.20                        | 45.37                       |
| 16   | MANIPUR              | 5.67          | 2.26       | 39.95         | 5.05          | 1.97           | 39.11         | 4.99          | 1.97       | 39.51         | 4.78                        | 1.86                        | 38.88                       |
| 17   | MEGHALAYA            | 4.53          | 2.13       | 46.99         | 4.99          | 2.34           | 46.75         | 4.63          | 2.1 6      | 46.70         | 4.06                        | 1.93                        | 47.59                       |
| 18   | MIZORAM              | 1.76          | 0.47       | 26.58         | 2.08          | 0.70           | 33.75         | 2.67          | 1.24       | 46.44         | 2.38                        | 1.02                        | 43.11                       |
| 19   | NAGALAND             | 4.11          | 1.18       | 28.67         | 4.52          | 1.45           | 32.10         | 4.75          | 1.69       | 35.49         | 5.33                        | 2.05                        | 38.40                       |
| 20   | ODISHA               | 27. 02        | 10.55      | 39.05         | 24.94         | 8.87           | 35.57         | 21.27         | 7.60       | 35.75         | 26.74                       | 10.48                       | 39.19                       |
| 21   | PUNJAB               | 2.88          | 1.38       | 47.80         | 4.94          | 2.55           | 51.55         | 3.38          | 1.96       | 57.9 5        | 5.09                        | 2.95                        | 57.94                       |
| 22   | RAJASTHAN            | 57.92         | 36.35      | 62.75         | 50.22         | 31.36          | 62.45         | 51.43         | 32.06      | 62.34         | 55.81                       | 35.00                       | 62.72                       |
| 23   | SIKKIM               | 0.72          | 0.32       | 44.92         | 0.81          | 0.37           | 45.66         | 0.68          | 0.31       | 45.87         | 0.75                        | 0.35                        | 46.98                       |
| 24   | TAMIL NADU           | 106.41        | 70.00      | 65.78         | 86.34         | 63.84          | 73.95         | 69.13         | 55.13      | 79.74         | 70.63                       | 56.40                       | 79.85                       |
| 25   | TELANGA NA           |               |            |               |               |                |               | 43.50         | 24.88      | 57.21         | 42.65                       | 24.43                       | 57.27                       |
| 26   | TRIPURA              | 11.17         | 4.96       | 44.38         | 11.17         | 5.24           | 46.89         | 11.01         | 5.22       | 47.42         | 9.48                        | 4.56                        | 48.08                       |
| 27   | UTT AR PRADESH       | 60.78         | 13.64      | 22.45         | 61.49         | 15.07          | 24.51         | 47.18         | 12.42      | 26.32         | 57.28                       | 17.08                       | 29.82                       |
| 28   | UTTAR AKHAND         | 5.06          | 2.47       | 48.83         | 4.66          | 2.25           | 48.19         | 5.43          | 2.86       | 52.62         | 5.84                        | 3.12                        | 53.49                       |
| 29   | WEST BENGAL          | 88.01         | 30.82      | 35.02         | 91.69         | 33.32          | 36.33         | 73.54         | 29.00      | 39.43         | 81.70                       | 35.81                       | 43.84                       |
| 30   | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0.15          | 0.06       | 40.51         | 0.21          | 0.09           | 45.38         | 0.17          | 0.08       | 47.71         | 0.03                        | 0.02                        | 56.63                       |
| 31   | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | NR            | NR         | NR            | NR            | NR             | NR            | NR            | NR         | NR            | NR                          | NR                          | NR                          |
| 32   | DAMAN & DIU          | NR            | NR         | NR            | NR            | NR             | NR            | NR            | NR         | NR            | NR                          | NR                          | NR                          |
| 33   | LAKSHADW EEP         | 0.02          | 0.01       | 30.85         | 0.01          | 0.00           | 32.21         | 0.00          | 0.00       | 40.57         | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 0.00                        |
| 34   | PUDUCHERRY           | 0.46          | 0.38       | 82.06         | 0.43          | 0.36           | 84.38         | 0.32          | 0.27       | 85.57         | 0.35                        | 0.30                        | 85.07                       |
|      | Total                | 797.34        | 374.97     | 47.03         | 738.90        | 354.48         | 47.97         | 621.69        | 312.26     | 50.23         | 650.14                      | 331.18                      | 50.94                       |

NR=Not Reported