Lok Sabha Question No. 5262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: MGNREGS in Jammu and Kashmir
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Jugal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5262 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026

## MGNREGS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

## 5262. Shri Jugal Kishore:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of all works initiated and completed in RDD block Nowshera  district,  Rajouri,  Jammu  and  Kashmir  during  the period from 1st January, 2025 to 31st January, 2026 including the current status of sanctioned and amount spent, Panchayatwise;
- (b) whether it  is  a  fact  that  the  pending  liabilities  for  previously sanctioned  works  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  in  RDD  Block Nowshera have not yet been paid whereas payments have been released for newly sanctioned works in the same Panchayats;
- (c) if  so,  the  reasons  for  the  delay  in  the  payment  of  pending liabilities, Panchayat-wise; and
- (d) the details of the pending amount, sanctioned amount, payments made so far and the remaining dues?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage employment Scheme, with an objective to provide not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in  every  financial  year  to  every  household  in  rural  areas  as  per demand,  resulting  in  creation  of  productive  assets  of  prescribed quality and durability.

Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure  made  on  the  works  in  the  Nowshera  block,  Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during

the financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) is given at Annexure.

Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure  made  on  the  works  in  Rajouri  district  of  Jammu  and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) are given below:

| Financial year   | Completed       | Completed                | Ongoing         | Ongoing                  |
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| Financial year   | Number of works | Expenditure (Rs in lakh) | Number of works | Expenditure (Rs in lakh) |
| 2024-25          | 19,723          | 4,859.35                 | 66,696          | 10,450.59                |
| 2025-26          | 9,300           | 1,157.64                 | 84,810          | 16,594.09                |

As per NREGASoft

Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure made on the works in Jammu and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) are given below:

| Financial Year   | Completed       | Completed                | Ongoing         | Ongoing                  |
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
| Financial Year   | Number of works | Expenditure (Rs in lakh) | Number of works | Expenditure (Rs in lakh) |
| 2024-25          | 1,81,828        | 33,058.18                | 3,89,873        | 92,209.66                |
| 2025-26          | 46,178          | 7,361.56                 | 4,80,135        | 1,25,056.86              |

As per NREGASoft

(c) & (d): Since Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment  Scheme,  the  responsibility  of  implementation  of  the scheme is vested with the Governments of concerned States/UTs.

Under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS,  funds  under  material components are released to the State Government through the SNASPARSH system and the State Government further releases the funds to its Districts accordingly. The Government of India does not release material funds directly to the districts/Block.

Details  of  fund  released  to  Jammu  and  Kashmir  for  material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 19.03.2026) are given below:

| Financial Year   |   Fund released for material component (Rs. in crore) |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2024-25          |                                                190.68 |
| 2025-26          |                                                125.3  |

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Annexure Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred

## Question No. 5262 dated 24.03.2026.

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|                 |                 | 2024-25          | 2024-25                   | 2024-25           | 2024-25                   | 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026)   | 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026)   | 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026)   | 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026)   |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| SI              |                 | Completed        | Completed                 | Ongoing           | Ongoing                   | Completed                    | Completed                    | Ongoing                      | Ongoing                      |
| . N o.          | GPs of Nowshera | Numb er of works | Expend iture (Rs in lakh) | Num ber of work s | Expen diture (Rs in lakh) | Numb er of work s            | Expendit ure (Rs in lakh)    | Numb er of work s            | Expendit ure (Rs in lakh)    |
| 1               | Bajnowa         | 56               | 21.05                     | 90                | 27.18                     | 21                           | 4.42                         | 135                          | 55.04                        |
| 2               | Bhawani-A       | 45               | 10.23                     | 202               | 48.79                     | 9                            | 5.86                         | 336                          | 105.69                       |
| 3               | Bhawani-B       | 55               | 17.69                     | 151               | 25.72                     | 16                           | 6.93                         | 201                          | 55.95                        |
| 4               | Choki           | 46               | 14.36                     | 116               | 20.73                     | 6                            | 2.86                         | 157                          | 34.87                        |
| 5               | Dhanak          | 44               | 27.41                     | 149               | 36.09                     | 50                           | 7.67                         | 194                          | 77.99                        |
| 6               | Handon          | 46               | 10.48                     | 112               | 21.38                     | 11                           | 7.10                         | 170                          | 48.55                        |
| 7               | Hanjana Khanka  | 44               | 12.36                     | 122               | 27.87                     | 10                           | 4.58                         | 160                          | 36.95                        |
| 8               | Hanjana Thakra  | 23               | 12.43                     | 146               | 28.51                     | 9                            | 2.24                         | 170                          | 27.74                        |
| 9 Kalsian       | 9 Kalsian       | 36               | 6.30                      | 222               | 71.63                     | 15                           | 8.49                         | 339                          | 109.39                       |
| 10Khamba        | 10Khamba        | 50               | 20.80                     | 250               | 54.55                     | 26                           | 5.89                         | 332                          | 83.25                        |
| 11Langar        | 11Langar        | 79               | 24.64                     | 208               | 25.96                     | 10                           | 6.00                         | 272                          | 49.85                        |
| 12 Nonial Lower | 12 Nonial Lower | 55               | 16.83                     | 121               | 45.48                     | 10                           | 4.91                         | 175                          | 59.22                        |
| 13 Nonial Upper | 13 Nonial Upper | 20               | 8.76                      | 48                | 10.82                     | 8                            | 3.19                         | 111                          | 56.17                        |
| 14Rajal-A       | 14Rajal-A       | 56               | 15.12                     | 95                | 25.48                     | 28                           | 5.69                         | 121                          | 36.67                        |
| Total           | Total           | 655              | 218.46                    | 2,032             | 470.19                    | 229                          | 75.83                        | 2,873                        | 837.33                       |

As per NREGASoft

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