Lok Sabha Question No. 2969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Activities under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, PARASURAMAN K., PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

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

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2969

TO BE ANSWERED  ON 06.08.2015

## ACTIVITIES  UNDER MGNREGS

2969. SHRI SUKHBIR  SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI P.K. BIJU: SHRI BIDYUT BARAII MAHATO: SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister  of RURAL  DE!,ELOPMENT be pteased  ro state:

- (a) whether various State Govemments  haVe made demands  to include more activities/works  under the Mahatma Gandhi National  ru*r Brrprrv.""iEi*urr." scheme (MGNREGS)  and if so, the details thereorindicating  thei#., oiti.Tru,r.;
- (c) whether the union Govemment proposes  to allow the state Employment  Guarantee council  to include works/  activities as per  their  rocal requirementi "iralillcwnecs and if so, the details thereof  and ifnot, ihe reasons theref:or;
- (b) the details  of activities included  o, propor.a-  to be included  under MGNREGS recently;
- (d) whether  the Govemment proposes  to include the activities  such as land development and construction  of cow shedi,  boundary-wall,  *ttirutron-oi  iaa.r'.r"p.,  ,"ffig "f cows etc. under the said scheme;  and
- (e) ifso, the details  thereof  and ifnot, the reasons therefor?

## MrNrsrER  oF srArE lrrHE  ilNi3r'"lr oF RURAL  DE'EL.*MENT (SHRI  SUDARSHAT{  BHAGAT)

(a)to(c): Based  on suggestions  and feedback received  from various stakeholders including  state Govemments,  the Ministry  has comprehensively  revised  the rist of permissible  works under Mahatma  Gandhi Nationar R*mr Employment  Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and notifred the revised list of works vide Gazette  Notifrcation  dated 3.1.2014. The revised works as risted in  para  4(1), Schedule  I of MGNREGA,  2005 is at Annexure.

(d)  & (e): The activities such  as land development  and construction  of cattle sheds are included  in the list of permissible  activities under  MGNREGA.  The construction  of boundary wall, cultivation  of fodder  crops and milking  ofcows  are repetitive  in nature and win not lead to creation  of assets  of prescribed quarity and durability,  hence  these  activities cannot  be included  in the list of permissible  works  under  MGNREGA.

Annexure  referred  to in reply \_to parts (a)  to (c) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No.2969  for 06.08.2015.

## t P MANAGEMENT:

- (i') Watershed  managemen t works such as contour  trenches,  terrac lng, contour bunds,  boulder  checks, gabion  struchues and spring  shed  devel opment  resulting rn a comprehensive  treatment  ofa watershed;
- (i) 'Water conservation  and water harv special  focus  on rechargin groundwater  like underground g gound dykes water ,  eafihen  dams,  stop  dams,  check esting  slructures  to augmenl  and lncluding  drinking  water sources; dams  with rmprove
- (iii) Micro and  minor irrigation  works irrigation  canals  and  drain and creation,  renovation  and  maintenance  of s;
- (iv) Renovation  of traditional and other water  bodies; water bodies  including  desilting  of inigation  tanks
- Afforestation, tree  plantation  and  horticul fure  in common  and forest  Iands,  road rrarglns,  canal  bunds,  tank foreshores and coastal  belts  duly providing  right  to usufruct  to the households covered  in  paragraph 5; and ( )
- (vi )  Land  development  works rn common  land

## I . Ca B:Co ETS OR VULNE LE SE UAL R CTIONS oNLY FOR HOU ( PARAGRAPH.S): SEHO IN

- ; ffi:Jl,i:Ji;flf"lHri:::il,::l[: m;l ;; (ii)
- (') Improving  productivitv r tr,.",et  llia  T#ffi :i,  ;: ff ff:,lJfffJff ;ff",red in  paragraph\_5 including  dug  we s, farm  on"a" i",l',.-,"I..:^.:^::"* ffrastructure  for irrigarion ;ffi
- Development  of fallow  or r b.ing  it unaer  cur;;;;;;, ' waste  lands of households  defined  in Paragraph5  to (iii)
- :h.q, ;c.,y ffi ;'."i-,.'Hil:l:',"'ff::i:Ilil#;il;1:o,,,.,,..,  *ou, l:::1r*" infrasrrucrure  for promotion  of fisheries  such r i*:ace faci li  ties,  ard p.o,"oti  on or n.r,"r". -J.;:#:,,;.t;:.iI,:: ;fri: (vi)
- Unskilled  wage component Iffi ffi"y;l*#.T","il.".J.:,H.e;:,[T:ilffi  t""l:lJo*,n" (iv) (v)

## ru.

- (i) ."..,^" ror promoting  agricultural  productivitv  t rntiastructure  required  ror t;o\_rertiirzer, ;;;..ilrr*":, crearing  durable pucca  storage  facilities  for agricultural  produce;  and st facilities  including
- Common work\_sheds  for livflihood "",il;;;;nelp groups. (ii)

## IV. Cateeorv D: RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE:

- (i) Rural sanitatiou related works, sueh as, individual  household latrines,  school toilet units, .Anganwadi  toilets either independently  or in convergence with sqhemes of other Govemment  Depfltments  to achieve  'open  defecation free' status. and solid and liquid waste management  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 network; and construction  of pucca internal roads or streets including  side drains and culverts  within  a village;
- (iiD Construction  ofplay fields;
- (iv) Works for improving  disaster  preparedness  or restoration of roads or restoration of other essential public infrastnrcture  including flood cortrol and protection works,  providing drainage in water logged areas, deepening and repairing of flood  channels, chaur  renovation,  construction of storm water drains for coastal  protection;
- (v) Construction  of buildings  for Gram Panchayats, women self-help  groups' federations,  cyclone  shelters,  Anganwadi centres, village haats and crematoria at the village or block  level.
- ("i) Construction of Food Grain Storage Structures  for implementing  the provisions ofThe National Food Security Act20l3 (20 of2013);
- (vii) Production of building material  required  for construction works under the Act as 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 notifred by the Central Govemment in consultation  with the State Govemment  in this regard.