Lok Sabha Question No. 1990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Aadhaar Linkage under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1990

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.05.2016

## AADHAAR LINKAGE UNDER MGNREGS

## 1990. SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of pending wage liabilities under MGNREGA scheme during the last year;
- (b) whether the Government is insisting on aadhaar authentication at the time of of MGNREGA wages, if so, the d etails thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the purpose of introducing aadhaar authentication is to solve leakages in wage payments, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of mechanism by which the Government ensures that wages are not natched from MGNREGA workers after the process of authentication; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  timely  wage  payments  to  MGNR workers especially in drought - hit regions?

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

- (a): State/UT - wise details of pending wage liabilities under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the last financial year is given in Annexure.

(b)&(c): States are seeding the Aadhaar number of wo rkers into the Programme Data Base (NREGASoft) and these Aadhaar are authenticated. The Aadhaar authentication has so problem of leakages in wage payments.

- (d): After the MGNREGA workers wage payment are connected to Aadhaar Based Payments it is directly routed into their accounts linked with the Aadhaar.
- (e): In order to ensure timely payment wages, Rules have been issued for timely paymen wages under which, it was suggested that clear accountability shall be fixed on the fo r  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 the State Government.

The Ministry has initiated Electronic Fund Management System (e -FMS) which directly credits the wages into the respective beneficiary's accounts using the core banking system. The Central Government has also started National Electronic Fund Management System(NeFMS) in  11  States  (Assam,  Bihar,  Har yana,  Karnataka,  Kerala  Odisha  Punjab, Rajasthan,  Tripura,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Uttrakhand)  and  launched  Dashboard  for  tr pending Fund Transfer Orders, Public Fund Management System, Workers module, elec Fund Management System, Direct Benefit T ransfer etc.

Annexure referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1990 dated 05. 05.2016.

| No.   | State             | Pending Wage Liability in 2015-16 (Provisional)   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 13436.84                                          |
| 2     | ARUNACHALPRADESH  | 5410.88                                           |
| 3     | ASSAM             | 27301.78                                          |
| 4     | BIHAR             | 28160.24                                          |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH      | 15555.61                                          |
| 6     | GOA               | 8.79                                              |
| 7     | GUJARAT           | 1294.09                                           |
| 8     | HARYANA           | 1002.64                                           |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 1478.87                                           |
| 10    | JAMMUANDKASHMIR   | 31167.25                                          |
| 11    | JHARKHAND         | 6591.40                                           |
| 12    | KARNATAKA         | 4560.19                                           |
| 13    | KERALA            | 832.78                                            |
| 14    | MADHYAPRADESH     | 3312.99                                           |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA       | 4208.53                                           |
| 16    | MANIPUR           | 127.83                                            |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA         | 27248.42                                          |
| 18    | MIZORAM           | 0.42                                              |
| 19    | NAGALAND          | 29003.87                                          |
| 20    | ODISHA            | 11098.71                                          |
| 21    | PUNJAB            | 1333.10                                           |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN         | 5955.11                                           |
| 23    | SIKKIM            | 2338.07                                           |
| 24    | TAMILNADU         | 22135.06                                          |
| 25    | TELANGANA         | 19211.79                                          |
| 26    | TRIPURA           | 287.55                                            |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 27048.76                                          |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND       | 6844.80                                           |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL       | 181144.85                                         |
| 30    | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR   | 87.82                                             |
| 31    | DADRA&NAGARHAVELI | NR                                                |
| 32    | DAMAN&DIU         | NR                                                |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0.00                                              |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY        | 3.02                                              |
|       | Total             | 478192.06                                         |

NR=Not Reported