Employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS)
LOK SABHA
EMPLOYMENT UNDER MGNREGS
219. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL
SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the beneficiaries under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS) in rural areas are not getting employment as per the entitled amount, if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
(b) the number of beneficiaries in Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh who have got employed in the month of June during each of the years from 2018 to 2021 under MGNREGS;
(c) whether the number of beneficiaries employed in 2021 in these States are less as compared to the previous years;
(d) the percentage of rural population in these States currently unemployed;
(e) whether COVID-19 has affected the employment opportunities under MGNREGS and if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken to address this issue; and
(f) the details of employment given under the scheme to the migrant workers who have returned to their homes in rural areas due to COVID-19?
(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)
(a)to(f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 219 for 03.08.2021
(a) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven scheme for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
The State-wise details of number of households demanded employment and number of households offered employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last three financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 is given at Annexure I.
(b) The number of households in the States of Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, who have been provided employment in the month of June during each of the financial years from 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is given below:
(Figure in lakh)
Sl. No. |
State |
Household provided employment in the month of June of FY 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 |
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2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
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1 |
JHARKHAND |
5.08 |
4.71 |
8.95 |
9.02 |
2 |
MAHARASHTRA |
5.95 |
5.32 |
5.53 |
5.32 |
3 |
ODISHA |
7.72 |
5.17 |
14.87 |
15.01 |
4 |
RAJASTHAN |
19.33 |
29.98 |
49.37 |
24.39 |
5 |
UTTAR PRADESH |
20.26 |
18.96 |
53.85 |
28.62 |
State |
Jharkhand |
Maharashtra |
Odisha |
Rajasthan |
Uttar Pradesh |
Unemployment Rate (In percentage) |
3.0 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
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