Lok Sabha Question No. 1347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Wage Rate under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAM SWAROOP SHARMA, ANOOP MISHRA, ANSHUL VERMA, DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SANTOSH KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1347

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.0 3.201 6

## WAGE RATE UNDER MGNREGS

## 1347. SHRI RAM SWAROOP SHARMA:

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

SHRI ANSHUL VERMA:

SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE:

SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of existing minimum wages fixed for unskilled manual workers/labourers u Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) across the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to revise the rate of wages under MGNREGS, if so, the details thereof, State/UT -wise;
- (c) the details of suggestions received from various quarters in this regard;
- (d) whether the revised wage rates for unskilled manual workers under the MGNREGS for the  year  2015 - 16  has  been put  into  effect  in  all  the  States  and  UTs,  if so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT -wise;
- (e) whether the scheme is functional in all gram panchayats across the country, if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (f) the details of total amount pending in terms of wages to the beneficiaries alongwit averagedelay period in disbursement of wages, State/UT - wise; and
- (g) the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Wage  rates  for  workers  unde r  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 are notified and revised annually by the Central Governmen in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(1) of the Act. State/UT - wise details of the notifie wage rate w.e.f. 1stApril, 2015 is given at Annexure - I.

(b)&(c): An  expert  Committee  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Prof.  S.  Mahendra  Dev constituted by the Government to suggest the methodology for resetting the base r suggesting  a  proper  index  for  revising  MGNREGAwage  rates  yearly.  The  Committee recommen ded to adopt - the existing MGNREGA wage rate as in 2014, or the Minimum Wage prescribed under the Minimum Wages Act whichever is higher -as the base wage rate for 2014 The Committee has also recommended adopting Consumer Price Index (Rural) for indexa on of the wages instead of the Consumer Price Index (Agricultural Labour). The recommend the Committee are under examination.

- (d ) : Yes, Madam.State/UT - wise details of the notified wage rat e for the year 2015 - 16 (w.e.f. 1 st April, 2015) is given at Annexure - I. (e): Yes, Madam. (f): State/UT wise detail of total amount pending in terms of wages to the benefic with the average delay period in disbursement of wages is given in Annexure - II.
- (g ) : In order to ensure timely payment wages, Rules have been issued for timely payment wages.All cases of delayed payment attract compensation @ 0.05% per day of delay, automatically  calculated  and  paid  by  the  State  Government.  The  Ministry  has  als Electronic  Fund  Management System  (e -FMS)  which  directly  credits  wages  to  the  respec beneficiary accounts using the core banking system.

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Annexure - I referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  ( d)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1347 dated 03.03.2016

( In Rupees)

|   No. | State                |   Wage rate (2015 - 16) |
|-------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|     1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  |                     241 |
|     2 | ANDHRA PRADESH       |                     180 |
|     3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |                     167 |
|     4 | ASSAM                |                     179 |
|     5 | BIHAR                |                     162 |
|     6 | CHANDIGARH           |                     239 |
|     7 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                     196 |
|     8 | DAMAN & DIU          |                     181 |
|     9 | GOA                  |                     208 |
|    10 | GUJARAT              |                     178 |
|    11 | HARYANA              |                     251 |
|    12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH     |                     203 |
|    13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    |                     164 |
|    14 | KARNATAKA            |                     204 |
|    15 | KERALA               |                     229 |
|    16 | MADHYA PRADESH       |                     159 |
|    17 | MAHARASHTRA          |                     181 |
|    18 | LAKSHADWEEP          |                     210 |
|    19 | MANIPUR              |                     190 |
|    20 | MEGHALAYA            |                     163 |
|    21 | MIZORAM              |                     183 |
|    22 | NAGALAND             |                     167 |
|    23 | ODISHA               |                     174 |
|    24 | PUDUCHERRY           |                     183 |
|    25 | PUNJAB               |                     210 |
|    26 | RAJASTHAN            |                     173 |
|    27 | SIKKIM               |                     167 |
|    28 | TRIPURA              |                     167 |
|    29 | UTTAR PRADESH        |                     161 |
|    30 | WEST BENGAL          |                     174 |
|    31 | CHHATTISGARH         |                     159 |
|    32 | JHARKHAND            |                     162 |
|    33 | UTTARAKHAND          |                     161 |
|    34 | TELANGANA            |                     180 |
|    35 | TAMIL NADU           |                     183 |

## Annexure - II referred in reply to part (f ) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1347 dated 03.03.2016

| No.   | States              |   Total Transactions |   Total Transactions with Delay | %of Transaction with Delay   | %of Transaction with 15-30 days Delay   | %of Transaction with 30-60 days Delay   | %of Transaction with more than 60 days Delay   |
|-------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      |             33595999 |                         7005892 | 21%                          | 17%                                     | 3%                                      | 1%                                             |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                68789 |                           43692 | 64%                          | 2%                                      | 4%                                      | 57%                                            |
| 3     | ASSAM               |              3008223 |                         1686991 | 56%                          | 26%                                     | 23%                                     | 7%                                             |
| 4     | BIHAR               |              3970648 |                         3122930 | 79%                          | 26%                                     | 28%                                     | 25%                                            |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH        |              8469390 |                         7234242 | 85%                          | 29%                                     | 38%                                     | 19%                                            |
| 6     | GOA                 |                18171 |                           12771 | 70%                          | 37%                                     | 18%                                     | 15%                                            |
| 7     | GUJARAT             |              2505473 |                         1347009 | 54%                          | 33%                                     | 16%                                     | 4%                                             |
| 8     | HARYANA             |               462718 |                          288912 | 62%                          | 28%                                     | 21%                                     | 13%                                            |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |              1347767 |                          899438 | 67%                          | 24%                                     | 15%                                     | 27%                                            |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |               836610 |                          609130 | 73%                          | 21%                                     | 27%                                     | 24%                                            |
| 11    | JHARKHAND           |              7133538 |                         1626804 | 23%                          | 18%                                     | 4%                                      | 1%                                             |
| 12    | KARNATAKA           |              4989119 |                         3191001 | 64%                          | 29%                                     | 22%                                     | 13%                                            |
| 13    | KERALA              |             11868913 |                         8773627 | 74%                          | 29%                                     | 30%                                     | 14%                                            |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH      |             16063032 |                         9963487 | 62%                          | 41%                                     | 17%                                     | 4%                                             |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA         |              9737478 |                         6265054 | 64%                          | 37%                                     | 21%                                     | 6%                                             |
| 16    | MANIPUR             |               967811 |                          229112 | 24%                          | 10%                                     | 14%                                     | 0%                                             |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA           |               261522 |                          250215 | 96%                          | 8%                                      | 20%                                     | 68%                                            |
| 18    | MIZORAM             |               727836 |                            1147 | 0%                           | 0%                                      | 0%                                      | 0%                                             |
| 19    | NAGALAND            |              1172864 |                          965491 | 82%                          | 8%                                      | 26%                                     | 49%                                            |
| 20    | ODISHA              |             10247927 |                         6013722 | 59%                          | 32%                                     | 19%                                     | 8%                                             |
| 21    | PUNJAB              |              1284030 |                         1055414 | 82%                          | 20%                                     | 29%                                     | 33%                                            |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN           |             18416741 |                         9225600 | 50%                          | 39%                                     | 9%                                      | 2%                                             |
| 23    | SIKKIM              |               223507 |                           98100 | 44%                          | 22%                                     | 15%                                     | 8%                                             |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU          |             65891212 |                        40739254 | 62%                          | 41%                                     | 17%                                     | 4%                                             |
| 25    | TELANGANA           |             22177596 |                         8162108 | 37%                          | 25%                                     | 11%                                     | 1%                                             |
| 26    | TRIPURA             |              6684263 |                         2757732 | 41%                          | 27%                                     | 12%                                     | 2%                                             |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH       |             17891308 |                        13470727 | 75%                          | 29%                                     | 27%                                     | 20%                                            |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND         |              1393239 |                          869538 | 62%                          | 20%                                     | 21%                                     | 21%                                            |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL         |             19394578 |                        12831957 | 66%                          | 27%                                     | 24%                                     | 16%                                            |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |                 2000 |                            2000 | 100%                         | 5%                                      | 11%                                     | 85%                                            |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP         |                  184 |                              77 | 42%                          | 31%                                     | 1%                                      | 10%                                            |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY          |               138213 |                          111758 | 81%                          | 33%                                     | 38%                                     | 10%                                            |
|       | Total               |            270950699 |                       148854932 | 55%                          | 31%                                     | 17%                                     | 7%                                             |