Lok Sabha Question No. 816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VEENA DEVI, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .816

TO BE ANSWERED ON

21.07 .201 6

## MGNREGS

## 816. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

## SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  and  utilised  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during 2015 - 16, State/UTwise;
- (b) the total number of families provided employment during 2015 - 16 under this scheme;
- (c) the details of average number of days for which employment has been provide each family, State/UT - wise;
- (d) whether the Government is planning to put out guidelines of the nature of wor can be carried out under the scheme to ensure it benefits the rural infrastru
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a): State/UT - wise details of amount released and expenditure under the Mahatma Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS)  during  the  Financial  Year 2015- 16 is indicated in Annexure - I.
- (b): Details  of  households  provided  employment  as  demanded by  job  card  holders  in States/UTs  under theMahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) during the Financial Year 2015 - 16 are indicated in the Annexure - I.
- (c): Details of average man -days in States/UTs generated under the MGNREGA during the Financial Year 2015 -16 are given in Annexure - I.
- (d)& (e): The  permissible  works  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA  are  listed  in Schedule -I of the Act which is at Annexure - II. The States/ UTs can take up any work out of the works listed in Schedule - 1, MGNREGA.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to parts (a)to(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 816 dated 21.07.2016

## MGNREGA (Financial Year 2015-16)

| No.   | State              | No. ofHH provided employment (In lakh)   | Persondays generated (In lakh)   | Central Release (In lakh)   | Total Expenditure (In lakh)   | Average Days   |
|-------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|
| 1     | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 35.95                                    | 1986.59                          | 307380.33                   | 449688.01                     | 55.26          |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 1.82                                     | 50.64                            | 4395.10                     | 6558.81                       | 27.82          |
| 3     | ASSAM              | 15.13                                    | 495.10                           | 87830.06                    | 62124.14                      | 32.73          |
| 4     | BIHAR              | 15.49                                    | 701.55                           | 102412.26                   | 161917.44                     | 45.29          |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH       | 21.76                                    | 1014.65                          | 106341.30                   | 128319.57                     | 46.62          |
| 6     | GUJARAT            | 5.57                                     | 225.51                           | 30598.72                    | 42862.92                      | 40.49          |
| 7     | HARYANA            | 1.69                                     | 48.48                            | 12470.72                    | 14139.49                      | 28.73          |
| 8     | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 4.23                                     | 177.08                           | 39610.32                    | 38845.67                      | 41.87          |
| 9     | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 6.53                                     | 316.39                           | 55801.83                    | 76853.95                      | 48.45          |
| 10    | JHARKHAND          | 11.27                                    | 586.50                           | 97879.90                    | 133251.23                     | 52.04          |
| 11    | KARNATAKA          | 12.37                                    | 599.21                           | 99155.27                    | 182227.07                     | 48.44          |
| 12    | KERALA             | 15.06                                    | 741.71                           | 152633.88                   | 148318.42                     | 49.26          |
| 13    | MADHYAPRADESH      | 27.02                                    | 1237.72                          | 236732.20                   | 250002.67                     | 45.80          |
| 14    | MAHARASHTRA        | 12.75                                    | 763.50                           | 123834.73                   | 184503.76                     | 59.87          |
| 15    | MANIPUR            | 4.74                                     | 75.33                            | 25532.29                    | 23119.44                      | 15.90          |
| 16    | MEGHALAYA          | 3.68                                     | 199.71                           | 22182.56                    | 27363.10                      | 54.21          |
| 17    | MIZORAM            | 1.94                                     | 132.92                           | 28517.36                    | 29858.81                      | 68.54          |
| 18    | NAGALAND           | 4.17                                     | 218.76                           | 26665.95                    | 19448.55                      | 52.40          |
| 19    | ODISHA             | 19.98                                    | 894.53                           | 147941.05                   | 205205.29                     | 44.78          |
| 20    | PUNJAB             | 4.74                                     | 144.19                           | 24533.37                    | 30006.39                      | 30.44          |
| 21    | RAJASTHAN          | 42.21                                    | 2341.22                          | 269583.23                   | 326885.19                     | 55.47          |
| 22    | SIKKIM             | 0.65                                     | 43.84                            | 8623.44                     | 9730.76                       | 66.98          |
| 23    | TAMILNADU          | 60.53                                    | 3686.75                          | 547037.47                   | 625499.46                     | 60.90          |
| 24    | TELANGANA          | 25.51                                    | 1412.07                          | 182484.92                   | 237500.95                     | 55.35          |
| 25    | TRIPURA            | 5.70                                     | 538.77                           | 135894.19                   | 137156.76                     | 94.46          |
| 26    | UTTAR PRADESH      | 54.59                                    | 1830.63                          | 269569.44                   | 297606.16                     | 33.53          |
| 27    | UTTARAKHAND        | 5.45                                     | 224.29                           | 45076.65                    | 49237.03                      | 41.13          |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL        | 61.11                                    | 2865.26                          | 471174.20                   | 485155.35                     | 46.89          |
| 29    | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | 0.06                                     | 1.45                             | 1035.72                     | 327.86                        | 24.96          |
| 30    | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | NR                                       | NR                               | NR                          | NR                            | NR             |
| 31    | DAMAN&DIU          | NR                                       | NR                               | NR                          | NR                            | NR             |
| 32    | GOA                | 0.06                                     | 1.07                             | 246.82                      | 300.59                        | 18.16          |
| 33    | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0.00                                     | 0.03                             | 11.85                       | 29.83                         | 22.03          |
| 34    | PUDUCHERRY         | 0.33                                     | 5.62                             | 1292.57                     | 917.82                        | 17.16          |
|       | Total              | 482.10                                   | 23561.07                         | 3664479.70                  | 4384962.49                    | 48.87          |

Annexure-II  referred in  reply  to  parts  (d)&(e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 816 dated 21.07.2016

## I . Category: A: PUBLIC WORKS RELATIN G TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT :

- ( i ) Water  conservation and  water  harvesting  structures  to  augment  and  improve groundwater like underground dykes, earthen dams, stop dams, check dams wi special focus on recharging ground water including drinking water sources;
- ( ii ) Watershed  management  w orks  such  as  contour  trenc hes,  terracing,  contour bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures and spring shed development resu in a comprehensive treatment of a watershed;
- ( iii ) Micro and minor irrigation works and creation, renovation and maintenanc irrigation canals and drains;
- ( iv ) Renovation of traditional  water  bodies including desilting of irrigation tanks and other water bodies;
- ( v) Afforestation , tree plantation and horticulture in common and forest lands, margins, canal bunds, tank foreshores and coastal belts duly providing r ight to usufruct to the households covered in Paragraph 5; and
- ( vi ) Land development works in common land.

## II . Category  B: COMMUNITY  ASSETS  OR INDIVIDUAL  ASSETS  FO R VULNERABLE SECTIONS (ONLY FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN PARAGRAPH 5):

- ( i ) Improving productivity of lands of households specified in Paragraph5 through land development and by providing suitable infrastructure for irrigation in dug wells, farm ponds and other water harvesting structures;
- ( ii ) Improving  livelihoods  through horticulture,  sericulture,  plantati on,  and  farm forestry;
- ( iii ) Development of fallow or waste lands of households defined in Paragraph5 to bring it under cultivation;
- ( iv ) Unskilled  wage  component  in construction  of  houses sanctioned  under the Indira AwaasYojana or such other State or Central Governm ent Scheme;
- ( v) Creating infrastructure for promotion of livestock such as, poultry shelter, goat shelter, piggery shelter, cattle shelter and fodder troughs for cattle; and
- ( vi ) Creating  infrastructure  for promotion  of  fisheries such  as,  fish  drying  yards, storage facilities, and promotion of fisheries in seasonal water bodies o land;

## III . Category  C: COMMON  INFRASTRUCTUR E  INCLUDING  FOR  NRLM COMPLIANT SELF HELP GROUPS:

- ( i ) Works for promoting agricultural productivity by creating durable infrastructure  requi red  for  bio - fertilizers  and  post - harvest  facilities  including pucca storage facilities for agricultural produce; and
- ( ii ) Common work - sheds for livelihood activities of self - help groups.

## IV. Category D: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE :

- ( i ) Rural  sanitation related  works,  such  as,  individual  household  latrines,  sch toilet  units,  Anganwadi  toilets  either  independently  or  in  convergence schemes  of  other  Government  Departments to  achieve  'open  defecation  free' status and solid and liquid waste managemen t as per prescribed norms
- ( ii ) Providing  all - weather  rural road  connectivity to  unconnected  villages  and  to connect identified rural production centres to the existing pucca road n

and construction of pucca internal  roads or streets including side drain s and culverts within a village;

- ( iii ) Construction of play fields;
- ( iv ) Works  for  improving disaster  preparedness  or  restoration of  roads  or restoration  of  other  essential  public infrastructure  including  flood  control  and protection  works,  providing  drainage  in  water  logged areas,  deepening  and repairing of flood channels, chaur renovation, construction of storm water for coastal protection;
- ( v) Construction  of buildings for  Gra m  Panchayats,  women  self -help  groups' federations, cyclone shelters, Anganwadi Centres, village H aats and crematoria at the village or block level.
- ( vi ) Construction  of Food Grain Storage Structures for  implementing  the provisions of The National Food Security Act 2013 (20 of 2013);
- ( vii ) Production of building material required for construction works under the a part of the estimate of such construction works.
- ( viii ) Maintenance of rural public assets created under the Act; and
- ( ix ) any other work which may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government in this regard.