Lok Sabha Question No. 2143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Benefits under MGNREGA
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2143 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD  AUGUST, 2015

## BENEFITS UNDER MGNREGA

2143.     SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people benefited under MGNREGA during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of people who have been issued job cards during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the number of cases of corruption reported therein along with the number of persons penalized during the said period;
- (d) the details of the latest modification done in the scheme by the Government; and
- (e) whether any new policy has been formulated and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a & b): State-wise details of Persondays of employment generated during the last three  years  and  current  year  and  job  cards  issued  since  inception  of  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is at Annex.

(c to e): Information is not readily available in this Ministry.

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## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a & b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2143 due for reply on 03.08.2015

State-wise details of Jobs cards issued and Persondays of employment generated during the last three years and current year

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs           | Job cards issued since inception   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   | Persondays generated (in lakh)   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|           |                     | (in lakh)                          | 2012-13                          | 2013-14                          | 2014-15                          | 2015-16*                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 91.91                              | 3273.35                          | 2994.70                          | 1550.79                          | 1100.91                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1.96                               | 43.50                            | 36.56                            | 19.05                            | 6.90                             |
| 3         | Assam               | 42.14                              | 314.04                           | 298.47                           | 210.64                           | 67.35                            |
| 4         | Bihar               | 131.06                             | 941.85                           | 862.35                           | 360.82                           | 63.63                            |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 39.21                              | 1194.34                          | 1298.94                          | 555.84                           | 167.40                           |
| 6         | Gujarat             | 34.92                              | 281.90                           | 230.30                           | 181.54                           | 33.53                            |
| 7         | Haryana             | 7.69                               | 128.87                           | 117.88                           | 61.59                            | 13.16                            |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh    | 11.62                              | 262.10                           | 282.50                           | 190.40                           | 39.88                            |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir      | 11.14                              | 365.56                           | 338.12                           | 118.28                           | 4.05                             |
| 10        | Jharkhand           | 35.91                              | 566.58                           | 436.22                           | 453.30                           | 174.49                           |
| 11        | Karnataka           | 52.05                              | 617.81                           | 718.86                           | 434.87                           | 21.85                            |
| 12        | Kerala              | 30.56                              | 837.74                           | 866.03                           | 588.19                           | 105.02                           |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh      | 81.48                              | 1399.47                          | 1229.48                          | 1172.21                          | 115.50                           |
| 14        | Maharashtra         | 73.64                              | 872.39                           | 517.36                           | 614.07                           | 286.88                           |
| 15        | Manipur             | 5.12                               | 285.11                           | 113.23                           | 101.17                           | 1.70                             |
| 16        | Meghalaya           | 4.69                               | 174.31                           | 215.88                           | 167.35                           | 2.09                             |
| 17        | Mizoram             | 1.83                               | 153.56                           | 133.65                           | 43.60                            | 9.11                             |
| 18        | Nagaland            | 4.25                               | 245.31                           | 183.80                           | 90.55                            | 59.44                            |
| 19        | Odisha              | 65.07                              | 546.01                           | 711.82                           | 534.84                           | 133.17                           |
| 20        | Punjab              | 10.97                              | 65.50                            | 134.68                           | 64.65                            | 23.15                            |
| 21        | Rajasthan           | 98.39                              | 2203.38                          | 1838.56                          | 1684.98                          | 758.13                           |
| 22        | Sikkim              | 0.83                               | 36.31                            | 44.03                            | 24.13                            | 2.25                             |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu          | 81                                 | 4081.44                          | 3677.23                          | 2676.88                          | 877.11                           |
| 24        | Telengana           | 62.53                              |                                  |                                  | 1043.84                          | 547.15                           |
| 25        | Tripura             | 6.22                               | 518.51                           | 521.61                           | 511.79                           | 45.78                            |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh       | 152.11                             | 1411.85                          | 1753.60                          | 1312.61                          | 451.26                           |
| 27        | Uttarakhand         | 11.13                              | 192.00                           | 165.62                           | 148.44                           | 16.24                            |
| 28        | West Bengal         | 118.73                             | 2018.42                          | 2296.34                          | 1697.51                          | 169.90                           |
| 29        | Andaman& Nicobar    | 0.52                               | 6.61                             | 8.03                             | 5.02                             | 0.01                             |
| 30        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0.04                               | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               |
| 31        | Daman &Diu          | NR                                 | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               |
| 33        | Goa                 | 0.31                               | 0.69                             | 1.15                             | 1.72                             | 0.30                             |
| 34        | Lakshadweep         | 0.09                               | 0.49                             | 0.14                             | 0.12                             | 0.01                             |
| 35        | Puducherry          | 0.69                               | 8.67                             | 8.45                             | 3.78                             | 2.44                             |
|           | Chandigarh          |                                    | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               | NR                               |
|           | Grand Total         | 1269.79                            | 23047.67                         | 22035.58                         | 16624.52                         | 5299.78                          |