Lok Sabha Question No. 4234 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Spread of Awareness under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4234

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.0 8.201 6

## SPREAD OF AWARENESS UNDER MGNREGS

## 4234. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the State - wise and gender - wise total number of poor persons who have been provided employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) since its inception;
- (b) thedetails  of  the  minimum  wages  received  by  those  persons  during  the  last years and the current year, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the Government has developed or propose to develop any system for spr of awareness among rural population about this sc heme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a): The Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA) provides  a  legal  guarantee  for  100  days  of employment  in  a  financial  year  to  every  rural household including poor rural household of the country whose adult members volunte do unskilled manual work. Not less than 100 days of employment are provided to register workersupon receipt of their d mand. As per Management Information System, the details of  individual  and  women  provided  employment  as  demanded  under  MGNREGA  in States/UTs since 2011 - 12 are indicated in the Annexure-I.

(b): Wage  rates  for  workers  under  the  MGNREGA,  2005  are  notified and revised annually by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(1) Act. State/UT - wise details of the wage rates under MGNREGA during the last three ye and the current year is given at Annexure-II.

(c)&(d): The Government is actively engaged with State Governments in establish systems that ensure provision of work as per demand, transparency and accountabil To generate awareness about the provisions of the Scheme and to provide adequate emplo opportunit ies to rural households under MGNREGA, all States/UTs including Kerala have been requested for the following: -

- (i) Initiate  appropriate  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  campaig including wall paintings for wide dissemination of the provisions of the Act.
- (ii) Expand scope and coverage of demand registration system to ensure that demand work under MGNREGA does not go unregistered.

(iii) Organize 'Rozgar Diwas' periodically to capture latent demand under the programme and to di sseminate awareness about the provisions of the Act.

## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4234 dated 11.08.2016 Number of individual Provided Employment

| S. No.   | State                | 2011-12       | 2011-12   | 2012-13       | 2012-13   | 2013-14       | 2013-14   | 2014-15       | 2014-15   | 2015-16       | 2015-16   | 2016-17 as on 05/08/2016   | 2016-17 as on 05/08/2016   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State                | Total Persons | Women     | Total Persons | Women     | Total Persons | Women     | Total Persons | Women     | Total Persons | Women     | Total Persons              | Women                      |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 91.22         | 50.11     | 107.11        | 58.52     | 107.65        | 59.03     | 55.59         | 30.04     | 60.49         | 32.23     | 53.71                      | 28.95                      |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0.04          | 0.01      | 1.32          | 0.41      | 1.45          | 0.45      | 1.41          | 0.46      | 1.88          | 0.60      | 0.76                       | 0.24                       |
| 3        | ASSAM                | 16.06         | 4.41      | 14.73         | 4.22      | 15.25         | 4.42      | 12.24         | 3.89      | 21.74         | 7.88      | 9.58                       | 3.61                       |
| 4        | BIHAR                | 23.08         | 7.29      | 26.76         | 8.93      | 25.75         | 9.37      | 12.46         | 4.68      | 18.43         | 7.68      | 10.83                      | 4.55                       |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH         | 59.11         | 27.66     | 53.83         | 25.26     | 49.90         | 23.99     | 32.59         | 16.04     | 41.20         | 20.25     | 32.86                      | 16.36                      |
| 6        | GOA                  | 0.12          | 0.09      | 0.05          | 0.04      | 0.05          | 0.04      | 0.08          | 0.06      | 0.06          | 0.05      | 0.02                       | 0.02                       |
| 7        | GUJARAT              | 19.03         | 8.95      | 13.26         | 5.95      | 10.53         | 4.80      | 9.17          | 4.09      | 10.01         | 4.69      | 8.85                       | 4.21                       |
| 8        | HARYANA              | 4.72          | 1.85      | 5.14          | 2.11      | 5.12          | 2.14      | 3.26          | 1.40      | 2.60          | 1.20      | 2.31                       | 1.08                       |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 6.23          | 3.43      | 6.44          | 3.64      | 6.82          | 3.93      | 5.76          | 3.34      | 5.41          | 3.20      | 2.53                       | 1.55                       |
| 10       | JAMMU& KASHMIR       | 6.05          | 1.31      | 9.57          | 2.34      | 9.16          | 2.35      | 4.31          | 1.10      | 9.44          | 2.58      | 0.97                       | 0.23                       |
| 11       | JHARKHAND            | 25.61         | 9.09      | 22.78         | 8.17      | 17.06         | 6.01      | 15.73         | 5.46      | 15.68         | 5.58      | 18.30                      | 6.80                       |
| 12       | KARNATAKA            | 45.50         | 21.09     | 36.59         | 16.98     | 42.33         | 19.74     | 30.08         | 14.08     | 30.31         | 14.25     | 23.24                      | 11.05                      |
| 13       | KERALA               | 15.63         | 13.38     | 16.65         | 14.19     | 16.43         | 14.07     | 15.13         | 13.17     | 16.93         | 14.36     | 9.07                       | 8.12                       |
| 14       | MADHYA PRADESH       | 85.44         | 38.09     | 74.74         | 33.10     | 57.33         | 25.18     | 58.26         | 25.96     | 51.80         | 22.97     | 29.59                      | 13.27                      |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA          | 28.73         | 13.23     | 31.69         | 14.25     | 20.55         | 9.21      | 21.56         | 9.66      | 23.96         | 10.86     | 20.56                      | 9.43                       |
| 16       | MANIPUR              | 4.19          | 1.66      | 5.67          | 2.26      | 5.05          | 1.97      | 4.99          | 1.97      | 4.85          | 1.89      | 1.81                       | 0.95                       |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA            | 4.69          | 2.23      | 4.53          | 2.13      | 4.99          | 2.34      | 4.63          | 2.16      | 5.00          | 2.44      | 0.84                       | 0.40                       |
| 18       | MIZORAM              | 1.72          | 0.43      | 1.76          | 0.47      | 2.08          | 0.69      | 2.67          | 1.21      | 2.38          | 1.04      | 1.96                       | 0.78                       |
| 19       | NAGALAND             | 4.05          | 1.20      | 4.11          | 1.18      | 4.52          | 1.45      | 4.75          | 1.69      | 5.34          | 2.05      | 4.65                       | 1.54                       |
| 20       | ODISHA               | 25.98         | 10.84     | 27.02         | 10.55     | 24.94         | 8.87      | 21.27         | 7.60      | 31.48         | 12.51     | 21.13                      | 8.52                       |
| 21       | PUNJAB               | 2.91          | 1.31      | 2.88          | 1.38      | 4.94          | 2.55      | 3.38          | 1.96      | 5.75          | 3.29      | 3.84                       | 2.35                       |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN            | 61.88         | 38.81     | 57.92         | 36.36     | 50.22         | 31.36     | 51.43         | 32.06     | 60.24         | 37.33     | 49.40                      | 31.46                      |
| 23       | SIKKIM               | 0.71          | 0.32      | 0.72          | 0.32      | 0.81          | 0.36      | 0.68          | 0.31      | 0.81          | 0.38      | 0.49                       | 0.23                       |
| 24       | TAMIL NADU           | 97.34         | 63.45     | 106.41        | 70.00     | 86.34         | 63.84     | 69.13         | 55.13     | 74.13         | 58.86     | 62.22                      | 51.14                      |
| 25       | TELANGANA            |               |           | 0.00          |           |               |           | 43.50         | 24.89     | 45.61         | 25.96     | 37.23                      | 21.62                      |
| 26       | TRIPURA              | 10.55         | 4.68      | 11.17         | 5.09      | 11.17         | 5.24      | 11.01         | 5.22      | 9.56          | 4.60      | 7.46                       | 3.63                       |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH        | 92.86         | 18.26     | 60.78         | 13.65     | 61.49         | 15.07     | 47.16         | 12.42     | 68.65         | 20.90     | 46.24                      | 15.37                      |
| 28       | UTTARAKHAND          | 5.54          | 2.60      | 5.06          | 2.47      | 4.66          | 2.25      | 5.43          | 2.86      | 6.78          | 3.64      | 3.90                       | 2.13                       |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL          | 80.20         | 26.99     | 88.01         | 30.82     | 91.69         | 33.32     | 73.54         | 29.00     | 91.58         | 40.02     | 44.61                      | 19.62                      |
| 30       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 0.23          | 0.11      | 0.15          | 0.06      | 0.21          | 0.09      | 0.16          | 0.08      | 0.11          | 0.06      | 0.02                       | 0.01                       |
| 31       | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR                         | NR                         |
| 32       | DAMAN & DIU          | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR            | NR        | NR                         | NR                         |
| 33       | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0.04          | 0.02      | 0.02          | 0.01      | 0.01          | 0.0020    | 0.0049        | 0.0020    | 0.0012        | 0.0000    | 0.00003                    | 0.0000                     |
| 34       | PUDUCHERRY           | 0.51          | 0.40      | 0.46          | 0.38      | 0.43          | 0.36      | 0.32          | 0.27      | 0.36          | 0.30      | 0.12                       | 0.10                       |
|          | Total                | 819.97        | 373.28    | 797.34        | 375.24    | 738.90        | 354.45    | 621.70        | 312.23    | 722.58        | 363.65    | 509.09                     | 269.30                     |

(In lakh)

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4234 dated 11.08.2016

## MGNREGA WAGE RATES FIXED UNDER SECTION 6(1) OF THE MGNREGA  ACT,  2005  FOR  THE  LAST  THREE  YEARS AND  CURRENT YEARS.

(In Rs.)

|   S. No. | States             | w.e.f . 01.04.2013 for all States/UTs   | w.e.f. 01.04.201 4 for all States/UTs   | w.e.f. 01.04.201 5 for all States/UTs   | w.e.f. 01.04.2016 for all States/UTs   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRAPRADESH      | 149                                     | 169                                     | 180                                     | 194                                    |
|        2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 135                                     | 155                                     | 167                                     | 172                                    |
|        3 | ASSAM              | 152                                     | 167                                     | 179                                     | 182                                    |
|        4 | BIHAR              | 138                                     | 158                                     | 162                                     | 167                                    |
|        5 | CHHATTISGARH       | 146                                     | 157                                     | 159                                     | 167                                    |
|        6 | GUJARAT            | 147                                     | 167                                     | 178                                     | 188                                    |
|        7 | HARYANA            | 214                                     | 236                                     | 251                                     | 259                                    |
|        8 | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 138-171                                 | 154-193                                 | 162-203                                 | 170-213                                |
|        9 | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR   | 145                                     | 157                                     | 164                                     | 173                                    |
|       10 | JHARKHAND          | 138                                     | 158                                     | 162                                     | 167                                    |
|       11 | KARNATAKA          | 174                                     | 191                                     | 204                                     | 224                                    |
|       12 | KERALA             | 180                                     | 212                                     | 229                                     | 240                                    |
|       13 | MADHYAPRADESH      | 146                                     | 157                                     | 159                                     | 167                                    |
|       14 | MAHARASHTRA        | 162                                     | 168                                     | 181                                     | 192                                    |
|       15 | MANIPUR            | 153                                     | 175                                     | 190                                     | 197                                    |
|       16 | MEGHALAYA          | 145                                     | 153                                     | 163                                     | 169                                    |
|       17 | MIZORAM            | 148                                     | 170                                     | 183                                     | 188                                    |
|       18 | NAGALAND           | 135                                     | 155                                     | 167                                     | 172                                    |
|       19 | ODISHA             | 143                                     | 164                                     | 174                                     | 174                                    |
|       20 | PUNJAB             | 184                                     | 200                                     | 210                                     | 218                                    |
|       21 | RAJASTHAN          | 149                                     | 163                                     | 173                                     | 181                                    |
|       22 | SIKKIM             | 135                                     | 155                                     | 167                                     | 172                                    |
|       23 | TAMILNADU          | 148                                     | 167                                     | 183                                     | 203                                    |
|       24 | TELANGANA          |                                         | 169                                     | 180                                     | 194                                    |
|       25 | TRIPURA            | 135                                     | 155                                     | 167                                     | 172                                    |
|       26 | UTTAR PRADESH      | 142                                     | 156                                     | 161                                     | 174                                    |
|       27 | UTTRAKHAND         | 142                                     | 156                                     | 161                                     | 174                                    |
|       28 | WEST BENGAL        | 151                                     | 169                                     | 174                                     | 176                                    |
|       29 | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR    | 198-210                                 | 222-235                                 | 228-241                                 | 230-243                                |
|       30 | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI | 175                                     | 182                                     | 196                                     | 208                                    |
|       31 | DAMAN&DIU          | 150                                     | 170                                     | 181                                     | 192                                    |
|       32 | GOA                | 178                                     | 195                                     | 208                                     | 229                                    |
|       33 | LAKSHADWEEP        | 166                                     | 195                                     | 210                                     | 220                                    |
|       34 | PUDUCHERRY         | 148                                     | 167                                     | 183                                     | 203                                    |
|       35 | CHANDIGARH         | 209                                     | 227                                     | 239                                     | 248                                    |