GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3894
TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019
ADDITIONAL WORKING DAYS UNDER MGNREGS
3894. SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Union Government has taken any steps to provide additional working days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to flood affected States including Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details of total working days allotted additionally Statewise;
- (c) the number of working days allotted during the last four years in various States including Kerala; and
- (d) the quantum of funds allocated, sanctioned and released under MGNREGS so far to various states including Kerala, State-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a)&(b) An additional 50 days of wage employment are provided over and above 100 days in the notified drought affected areas or natural calamity areas in the country on recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Additional 50 days of wage employment provided in notified areas of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kerala.
(c) The State/UT-wise details of persondays generated including Kerala under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last four financial years are given at Annexure-I.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme hence no State/UT- wise allocation of fund is made. State/UT-wise details of central funds released including Kerala under the MGNREGS during the current financial Year 2018-19 (as on 31.12.2018) are given at Annexure-II.
Annexure-I referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3894 dated 03.01.2019
Sl No |
States
|
Persondays generated (in lakh) |
|||
| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | ||
|
1
|
ANDHRA PRADESH | 1559.05 | 1992.10 | 2058.78 | 2120.29 |
|
2
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 19.38 | 50.45 | 85.35 | 42.80 |
|
3
|
ASSAM | 210.95 | 486.33 | 466.09 | 481.13 |
|
4
|
BIHAR | 351.98 | 670.92 | 858.36 | 817.65 |
|
5
|
CHHATTISGARH | 555.90 | 1013.97 | 885.94 | 1199.29 |
|
6
|
GOA | 1.73 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 0.99 |
|
7
|
GUJARAT | 181.50 | 225.41 | 271.06 | 353.09 |
|
8
|
HARYANA | 61.65 | 48.48 | 84.92 | 90.37 |
|
9
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH | 190.77 | 177.71 | 236.61 | 220.06 |
|
10
|
JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 121.09 | 316.32 | 315.59 | 374.31 |
|
11
|
JHARKHAND | 453.34 | 585.61 | 707.44 | 592.75 |
|
12
|
KARNATAKA | 433.28 | 598.38 | 914.06 | 857.43 |
|
13
|
KERALA | 588.72 | 741.74 | 684.62 | 619.59 |
|
14
|
MADHYA PRADESH | 1175.40 | 1237.42 | 1130.39 | 1622.62 |
|
15
|
MAHARASHTRA | 613.85 | 763.37 | 708.98 | 825.32 |
|
16
|
MANIPUR | 101.17 | 75.33 | 119.03 | 61.25 |
|
17
|
MEGHALAYA | 167.35 | 199.71 | 282.55 | 291.88 |
|
18
|
MIZORAM | 42.70 | 131.26 | 168.23 | 144.38 |
|
19
|
NAGALAND | 89.99 | 212.07 | 290.71 | 235.64 |
|
20
|
ODISHA | 535.40 | 894.46 | 774.48 | 922.12 |
|
21
|
PUNJAB | 64.56 | 144.34 | 157.73 | 223.14 |
|
22
|
RAJASTHAN | 1686.19 | 2341.25 | 2596.74 | 2397.74 |
|
23
|
SIKKIM | 24.13 | 43.84 | 46.12 | 34.61 |
|
24
|
TAMIL NADU | 2679.65 | 3686.75 | 3999.42 | 2388.81 |
|
25
|
TELANGANA | 1032.07 | 1417.76 | 1082.19 | 1147.54 |
|
26
|
TRIPURA | 511.76 | 538.76 | 460.67 | 176.04 |
|
27
|
UTTAR PRADESH | 1312.27 | 1822.22 | 1575.02 | 1816.26 |
|
28
|
UTTARAKHAND | 147.33 | 223.87 | 236.71 | 223.04 |
|
29
|
WEST BENGAL | 1696.30 | 2864.97 | 2355.51 | 3125.57 |
|
30
|
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 5.17 | 2.68 | 4.12 | 1.90 |
|
31
|
LAKSHADWEEP | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
|
32
|
PUDUCHERRY | 3.78 | 5.62 | 5.37 | 7.26 |
| Total | 16618.51 | 23514.19 | 23564.07 | 23414.93 | |
Annexure-II referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3894 dated 03.01.2019
FY 2018-19 (as on 31.12.2018)
(Rs. in lakh)
|
Sl No
|
States
|
Central
fund released |
|
1
|
A & N Islands
|
573.41
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
625812.33
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
8862.79
|
|
4
|
Assam
|
84327.15
|
|
5
|
Bihar
|
211471.53
|
|
6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
247266.64
|
|
7
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
484.00
|
|
8
|
Goa
|
48.83
|
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
83455.15
|
|
10
|
Haryana
|
27692.86
|
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
57738.70
|
|
12
|
Jammu & kashmir
|
48050.74
|
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
128818.19
|
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
280535.31
|
|
15
|
Kerala
|
214469.51
|
|
16
|
Lakshadweep
|
15.97
|
|
17
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
413528.33
|
|
18
|
Maharashtra
|
165056.55
|
|
19
|
Manipur
|
16504.69
|
|
20
|
Meghalaya
|
66081.70
|
|
21
|
Mizoram
|
34319.81
|
|
22
|
Nagaland
|
13886.48
|
|
23
|
Odisha
|
194067.77
|
|
24
|
Puducherry
|
1275.64
|
|
25
|
Punjab
|
42358.37
|
|
26
|
Rajasthan
|
447021.46
|
|
27
|
Sikkim
|
8157.34
|
|
28
|
Tamil Nadu
|
385932.41
|
|
29
|
Telangana
|
273898.43
|
|
30
|
Tripura
|
34163.59
|
|
31
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
459178.03
|
|
32
|
Uttarakhand
|
48481.08
|
|
33
|
West Bengal
|
641716.36
|
|
Total
|
5265251.13
|
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