Increase in Employment under MGNREGA
The details of demand for employment by persons under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) during current FY 2020-21 till September 12, 2020 is given below:
| Demand under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA till September 12,2020 | |||||||
|
FY |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August | September 12,2020 | Total Demand till September 12,2020 |
| 2020-21 | 1,90,11,940 | 5,20,97,876 | 6,20,66,691 | 4,25,79,581 | 3,14,35,525 | 1,77,15,391 | 22,49,07,004 |
| 2019-20 | 3,06,11,584 | 3,59,74,776 | 3,56,51,034 | 2,40,65,189 | 1,81,40,113 | 1,75,95,676 | 16,20,38,372 |
| % Increase | 38.79 | ||||||
Number of beneficiaries provided employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) during the current FY 2020-21 as on September 12, 2020 is 8.29 crore.
There is a B.E. of Rs.61,500 crore during FY 2020-21 under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA & a total of Rs.60,599 crore has been released so far.
Government has made provision of additional fund of Rs.40,000 crore for Mahatma Gandhi NREGS under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package announce by Hon’ble Minister of Finance.
Inclusion of new works under the Scheme is a regular exercise to expand the ambit of work offered under the Scheme. In this direction, recently on 2.7.2020, the permissible works under the Scheme has been enhanced to 262 numbers by adding unskilled wage component of 230 persondays for construction of Community Sanitary Complexes in convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen).
The Ministry also issues convergence guidelines with other Ministries/ Departments from time to time to enhance the creation of durable asset by creating more opportunities in rural areas. Following guidelines have been issued recently:
- A DO Letter dated 24.04.2020 jointly signed by Secretary, DoRD, Secretary, DoWR, RD&GR, Secretary, DoLR and Secretary, DoDWS has been sent to Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs to emphasize personal efforts for significant positive impact in the area of water conservation and water management in the country. The activities include augmentation of existing water sources(s), ground water recharge, rainwater harvesting and grey water management and recharge. Rejuvenation of traditional water bodies, small rivers are encouraged. These activities would ensure water source sustainability in rural areas and would strengthen ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission being implemented by MoJS.
- Guidelines dated 04.05.2020 for promoting Nutri-Garden for individual beneficiaries and community in convergence with State Schemes and NRLM
- Joint Guidelines dated 10.06.2020 for construction of Gram Panchayat Bhawan in convergence with MoPR and FC Funds for FY 2020-21.
- Joint Guidelines dated 26.06.2020 for convergence with Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) to promote fodder farms
- Joint guidelines dated 11.08.2020 with Nattional Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush and DoRD, GOI to promote medicinal plants
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Mandays under MGNREGA
Month wise average number of days of Employment provided under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the months of April, May, June, July, August during the FY 2020-21 are given below:-
| S. No. | States | April | May | June | July | August |
| 1 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 11 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | ASSAM | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 4 | BIHAR | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
| 5 | CHHATTISGARH | 13 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| 6 | GOA | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | GUJARAT | 11 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
| 8 | HARYANA | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| 9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 12 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| 11 | JHARKHAND | 11 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | KARNATAKA | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 13 | KERALA | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| 14 | MADHYA PRADESH | 10 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 |
| 15 | MAHARASHTRA | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | MANIPUR | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| 17 | MEGHALAYA | 11 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | MIZORAM | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| 19 | NAGALAND | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | ODISHA | 14 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 21 | PUNJAB | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| 22 | RAJASTHAN | 12 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 15 |
| 23 | SIKKIM | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| 24 | TAMIL NADU | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| 25 | TELANGANA | 13 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 26 | TRIPURA | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 27 | UTTAR PRADESH | 10 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| 28 | UTTARAKHAND | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 29 | WEST BENGAL | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
| 30 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| 31 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DAMAN & DIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | LAKSHADWEEP | 14 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 12 |
| 34 | PUDUCHERRY | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| National Average | 12 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 12 |
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) is a 125-day Abhiyan launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 20th June, 2020 with a mission to address the issues of returnee migrant workers and similarly affected rural population by Covid-19 pandemic through a multi- pronged strategy of providing immediate employment & livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities by giving focus on 25 works in 116 selected districts across 6 States with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore.
State-wise employment generated in persondays and quantum of amount spent so far under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan’ is as below:
| # | State | Mandays Employment Generated | Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
| 1 | BIHAR | 42,46,1946 | 6712.82 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 40,10,287 | 662.24 |
| 3 | MADHYA PRADESH | 47,78,7323 | 4233.49 |
| 4 | ODISHA | 74,42,323 | 1000.84 |
| 5 | RAJASTHAN | 1,11,34,3237 | 6044.25 |
| 6 | UTTAR PRADESH | 5,90,72124 | 4905.56 |
| Total | 27,21,17240 | 23559.20 |
So far the Abhiyaan has been successful in meeting its objectives. The objectives of the Abhiyaan is to provide livelihood employment to the returnee migrants and similarly affected citizens in the rural areas. So far about 27.21 crore mandays employment has been provided under theAbhiyaan.
In the pursuit of objectives of the Abhiyaan, a large number of structures have been created so far. They inter alia includes:
| Sl. No. | Activities | |
| 1. | Community Sanitary Complex (in number) | 6,655 |
| 2. | Rural Houses (in number) | 3,21,058 |
| 3. | Cattle Sheds (in number) | 23,705 |
| 4. | Farm Ponds (in number) | 16,571 |
| 5. | Goat Sheds (in number) | 4,856 |
| 6. | Water Conservation & Harvesting Works (in number) | 1,01,094 |
| 7. | Plantation (including through CAMPA funds) | 72,748 hectare |
| 8. | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission activity (in number) | 6,759 |
| 9. | Solid and Liquid Waste Management work (in number) | 16,219 |
| 10. | Gram Panchayat Bhawan (in number) | 1,063 |
| 11. | Gram Panchayat made live through internet connectivity(in number) under Bhartnet project | 1,254 |
Rural Development Ministry and other 11 participating Ministries and six State Government regularly monitors the implementation of the Abhiyaan. A Central Nodal officer has been appointed for each Ahiyaan District to guide and facilitate the districts as also monitor Abhiyaan
activities therein. Constant dialogue with the States and Ministries has been undertaken to facilitate the implementation of the Abhiyaan.
The State wise details of mandays of employment generated are asbelow:
| # | State | Mandays Employment Generated |
| 1 | BIHAR | 42461946 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 4010287 |
| 3 | MADHYA PRADESH | 47787323 |
| 4 | ODISHA | 7442323 |
| 5 | RAJASTHAN | 111343237 |
| 6 | UTTAR PRADESH | 59072124 |
| Total | 272117240 |
The State wise detail of expenditure out of resource envelop of Rs.50,000 crore under the GKRA is asbelow:
| # | State | Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
| 1 | BIHAR | 6712.82 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 662.24 |
| 3 | MADHYA PRADESH | 4233.49 |
| 4 | ODISHA | 1000.84 |
| 5 | RAJASTHAN | 6044.25 |
| 6 | UTTAR PRADESH | 4905.56 |
| Total | 23559.20 |
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
