Lok Sabha Question No. 772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Delay in Wage Payment under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 772 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07 .201 6

## DELAY IN WAGE PAYMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 772. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that at some places the maoist t being given to panchayat leaders for delays in payment of wages to Mahatma Ga National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) worker s;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government thereon and rea delaying  wages  to  workers,  including  details  for  the  percentage  of  MGNRE workers who were paid within 15 days, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether female workers ar e facing more delays in wage payments as compared to male workers, if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor, State/UT - wise; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government/mechanism being evolved by Governmen for the redressal of the issue of the wage delays to MGNREGS workers especially in drought - affected areas of the country, State/UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

(a) & (b): No instance of Maoist threat being given to Panchayat leaders for del wage payment of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers has been reported to the Ministry of Rural Development.

State/UT - wise details of the per centage of MGNREGS workers who were paid wages within 15 days are given in Annexure.

(c): No  instance  which  indiciates  that  female  workers  are  facing  more  delays  in payments  as  compared  to  male  workers  has  been  reported  to  the  Ministry  of  R Development.

(d): In order to ensure timely payment wages, Rules have been issued for timely payment of  wages  under  which,  it  was  suggested  that  clear  accountability  shall  be  fixe functionaries for timely performance of specific duties leading to payment of wages.

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)  a launched Dashboard for tracking of pending Fund Transfer Orders, Public Fund Managem System, electronic Fund Management System, Direct Benefit Transfer etc.

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## Annexure  referred in  reply  to  parts  (a)&(b)  of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 772 dated 21.07.2016

| No.              | States             | %age of wage payment paid within 15 days(2016-17 as on 15/7/2016)   |
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 95.77                                                               |
| 2                | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | NR                                                                  |
| 3                | ASSAM              | 63.89                                                               |
| 4                | BIHAR              | 28.62                                                               |
| 5                | CHHATTISGARH       | 17.55                                                               |
| 6                | GOA                | 43.06                                                               |
| 7                | GUJARAT            | 45.20                                                               |
| 8                | HARYANA            | 62.85                                                               |
| 9                | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 31.32                                                               |
| 10               | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 22.90                                                               |
| 11               | JHARKHAND          | 78.09                                                               |
| 12               | KARNATAKA          | 54.62                                                               |
| 13               | KERALA             | 71.08                                                               |
| 14               | MADHYAPRADESH      | 41.78                                                               |
| 15               | MAHARASHTRA        | 46.56                                                               |
| 16               | MANIPUR            | 78.81                                                               |
| 17               | MEGHALAYA          | 45.46                                                               |
| 18               | MIZORAM            | 99.98                                                               |
| 19               | NAGALAND           | NR                                                                  |
| 20               | ODISHA             | 44.28                                                               |
| 21               | PUNJAB             | 51.11                                                               |
| 22               | RAJASTHAN          | 81.47                                                               |
| 23               | SIKKIM             | 78.25                                                               |
| 24               | TAMILNADU          | 19.95                                                               |
| 25               | TELANGANA          | 91.32                                                               |
| 26               | TRIPURA            | 72.21                                                               |
| 27               | UTTAR PRADESH      | 37.10                                                               |
| 28               | UTTARAKHAND        | 68.61                                                               |
| 29               | WEST BENGAL        | 63.91                                                               |
| 30               | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | NR                                                                  |
| 31               | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | NR                                                                  |
| 32               | DAMAN&DIU          | NR                                                                  |
| 33               | LAKSHADWEEP        | NR                                                                  |
| 34               | PUDUCHERRY         | 16.80                                                               |
| National Average |                    | 55.81                                                               |

NR=Not Reported