Lok Sabha Question No. 1885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Compensation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1885

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.05.2016

## COMPENSATION UNDER MGNREGS

## 1885. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  total  amount  of  unemployment  allowance  and  delayed  compen provided  to  the  beneficiaries  so  far  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  Nationa Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), State/UT - wise;
- (b) the reasons for the pending allowances and the timeline set for resolving the iss
- (c) the number and share of households and individuals whose Aadhaar cards arelin their bank accounts for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), State/UT -wise; and
- (d) whether co mplaints have been received against any of the Programme Officer and Programme Coordinators in the State of Himachal Pradesh, if so, the details the action taken in this regard?

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

(a)&(b): As per the Programme Management Information System (MIS), details of del compensation  provided  to  MGNREGA  workers  during  the  Financial  Year  2015 - 16  are  given in Annexure - I. The details of unemployment allowa nce for the Financial Year 2015 - 16 has not been reported by the States/UTs till date. Cases of delayed payment in States/UTs have bee reported in the Ministry due to following reasons: -

- Internet connectivity for maintaining the programme database (MGNRE GA - soft)
- Implementation  issues  like  delay  in  measurement,  inadequate  staff,  poor banking infrastructure, etc.

In order to ensure timely payment wages, Rules have been issued for timely paymen wages under which, it was suggested t hat clear accountability shall be fixed on the funct for  timely  performance  of  specific  duties  leading  to  payment  of  wages.  All  cases payment attract compensation @ 0.05% per day of delay, which is automatically calcu paid by th e State Government.

For ensuring timely payment of wages, the Central Government has also started National Electronic  Fund  Management  System (NeFMS) in  11  States  (Assam,  Bihar,  Haryana Karnataka,  Kerala  Odisha Punjab,  Rajasthan,  Tripura,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Uttrakhand) launched  Dashboard  for  tracking  of  pending  Fund  Transfer  Orders,  Public  Fund  Mana System, Workers module, electronic Fund Management System, Direct Benefit Transfer e

(c): State/UT - wise details of number of MGNREGA workers whose Aadhaar cards are link with their banks account for Direct Benefit Transfer is given in Annexure - II.

- (d): No, Madam.

Annexure-I referred in reply to parts (a)&(b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1885 dated 05. 05.2016.

| delayed compensation Paid   | delayed compensation Paid   | delayed compensation Paid          |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| No.                         | State                       | Delayed compensation Paid [In Rs.] |
| 1                           | BIHAR                       | 8292                               |
| 2                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH            | 612                                |
| 3                           | JHARKHAND                   | 486984                             |
| 4                           | KARNATAKA                   | 6397                               |
| 5                           | MADHYAPRADESH               | 102711                             |
| 6                           | MAHARASHTRA                 | 34828609                           |
| 7                           | ODISHA                      | 59490                              |
| 8                           | RAJASTHAN                   | 419403                             |
|                             | Total                       | 35912498                           |

Annexure-II referred  in  reply  to  part (c) of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1885 dated 05. 05.2016.

|   No. | State            |   Total Number of Workers Converted into Aadhaar Based Payment |
|-------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | ANDHRAPRADESH    |                                                        4984907 |
|     2 | BIHAR            |                                                          11177 |
|     3 | CHHATTISGARH     |                                                         193656 |
|     4 | GUJARAT          |                                                         113188 |
|     5 | HARYANA          |                                                         373833 |
|     6 | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                                                         643346 |
|     7 | JHARKHAND        |                                                         379346 |
|     8 | KARNATAKA        |                                                        1460562 |
|     9 | KERALA           |                                                        1357107 |
|    10 | MADHYAPRADESH    |                                                         989750 |
|    11 | MAHARASHTRA      |                                                         876071 |
|    12 | ODISHA           |                                                         338821 |
|    13 | PUNJAB           |                                                         559454 |
|    14 | RAJASTHAN        |                                                        1833986 |
|    15 | SIKKIM           |                                                          46643 |
|    16 | TAMILNADU        |                                                        3763328 |
|    17 | TELANGANA        |                                                        3319232 |
|    18 | TRIPURA          |                                                         575391 |
|    19 | UTTAR PRADESH    |                                                         264786 |
|    20 | UTTARAKHAND      |                                                           1225 |
|    21 | WEST BENGAL      |                                                        2044253 |
|    22 | PUDUCHERRY       |                                                          41051 |
|    23 | Total            |                                                       24171113 |

Note: In AP/TS Aadhaar enabled Payment system (AEPS) is done.