Funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme


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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme. Fund released to the States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed in making funds available keeping in view the demand for work. The details of the pending liabilities for various states UT-wise including Tamil Nadu for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 29.11.2023 are given below:

State/UT-wise details of pending liabilities for wage component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 29.11.2023.

Sl. No.

States/UTs

  1. liability (Rs. in lakh)

1

Andhra Pradesh

11056.29

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1848.27

3

Assam

9324.32

4

Bihar

6495.58

5

Chhattisgarh

5954.57

6

Goa

22.65

7

Gujarat

66.94

8

Haryana

1759.06

9

Himachal Pradesh

2992.21

10

Jammu and Kashmir

8243.87

11

Jharkhand

508.44

12

Karnataka

17789.54

13

Kerala

5194.67

14

Madhya Pradesh

5390.17

15

Maharashtra

9402.22

16

Manipur

0.00

17

Meghalaya

399.25

18

Mizoram

2784.32

19

Nagaland

1080.42

20

Odisha

6493.54

21

Punjab

332.72

22

Rajasthan

35883.86

23

Sikkim

58.24

24

Tamil Nadu

26185.91

25

Telangana

1098.64

26

Tripura

1770.82

27

Uttar Pradesh

35446.96

28

Uttarakhand

3557.55

29

Andaman & Nicobar

0.00

30

Lakshadweep

0.00

31

Puducherry

202.14

32

Ladakh

716.54

33

Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu

0.00

 

The details of funds allocation at Budget Estimate stage, Revised Estimate stage and fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are given below:

(Rs. in crore)

Year

Budget Estimate

Revised Estimate

Release

2018-19

55,000.00

61,830.09

61,829.55

2019-20

60,000.00

71,001.81

71,687.71

2020-21

61,500.00

1,11,500.00

1,11,170.86

2021-22

73,000.00

98,000.00

98,467.84

2022-23

73,000.00

89,400.00

90,810.99

 

Release of funds to the State of West Bengal has been stopped as per provision of Section 27 of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government. Rs.5553 crore is the pending liability under wage and material components for State Government of West Bengal.

Financial allocation of Rs. 60,000 Crores has been made for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) for the financial year 2023-24 at Budget Estimate (BE) stage. Further, an amount of Rs.10, 000 crore has been provided by the Ministry of Finance as an advance from Contingency Fund of India.

State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2018-19 to 2022-23 are given below:

State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years from 2018-19 to 2022-23 (Rs. in lakh)

S.

No

States/UTs

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

1

Andhra Pradesh

657110.67

720472.46

1030509.79

718267.16

798909.30

2

Arunachal Pradesh

19800.64

21020.01

34027.69

45374.43

57757.99

3

Assam

103097.37

168752.49

260233.46

222026.01

205234.84

4

Bihar

281936.01

325093.78

728423.57

540736.96

639528.76

5

Chhattisgarh

289476.07

264031.92

394347.98

389433.98

338355.40

6

Goa

48.83

216.76

356.91

3.81

511.53

7

Gujarat

102449.67

74758.23

147812.01

161524.32

169207.36

8

Haryana

34829.10

33812.58

76355.62

72267.99

37398.62

9

Himachal Pradesh

75090.72

59748.12

94833.37

97575.08

115747.62

10

Jammu and Kashmir

79334.12

118370.31

115231.99

95013.74

105061.12

11

Jharkhand

149989.63

127292.89

342408.42

306382.91

270863.73

12

Karnataka

297813.10

546271.17

550099.46

602807.73

622528.20

13

Kerala

234048.78

352016.95

428677.68

355193.00

381842.70

14

Madhya Pradesh

452909.74

471894.15

908672.51

847908.76

570213.49

15

Maharashtra

194892.31

167066.42

160025.70

205645.71

254973.07

16

Manipur

28698.66

61074.66

130673.85

56310.74

108663.26

17

Meghalaya

78903.38

102443.59

128416.59

112166.07

111691.95

18

Mizoram

39783.58

52507.57

59045.38

54891.55

53871.87

19

Nagaland

19322.98

33044.70

48382.14

56945.51

89744.90

20

Odisha

216328.30

243278.38

521529.26

568015.17

463836.25

21

Punjab

57826.49

74886.26

123913.55

125759.36

118213.27

22

Rajasthan

524471.10

726747.87

892076.25

986774.85

966299.14

23

Sikkim

9586.17

8269.34

11016.55

11241.97

9255.39

24

Tamil Nadu

488286.16

555969.31

878881.54

963813.22

970662.48

25

Telangana

295817.48

222132.13

411121.10

410519.85

298868.14

26

Tripura

43543.49

73113.77

119498.53

98888.29

92203.45

27

Uttar Pradesh

530494.79

601701.90

1201410.42

850956.51

1062900.83

28

Uttarakhand

59004.61

45580.30

88626.63

64203.24

79284.44

29

West Bengal

718525.61

850761.08

1145405.21

750780.15

0.00

30

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

761.93

583.78

485.89

763.16

960.42

31

Lakshadweep

15.97

23.82

0.00

30.05

0.00

32

Puducherry

1461.29

1691.87

2683.69

1307.28

2494.55

33

Ladakh

0.00

0.00

2248.57

5904.39

6893.31

34

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

484.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

161.87

Daman & Diu

0.00

0.00

0.00

Note: Release of funds to the State of West Bengal has been stopped as per provision of Section 27 of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment Scheme. Funds release to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is committed to making funds available to States/UTs for the implementation of the Scheme as per the demand for work on the ground.

The Ministry seeks additional funds under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from the Ministry of Finance as and when required for meeting the demand for work on the ground.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. 

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