Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme, with an objective to provide not less than one hundred days of employment in every financial year to every household in rural area whose adult members volunteer do unskilled manual work, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability.

As per Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, Para 4 (1), IV: Category : D: Rural Infrastructure: (ii) Providing all-weather rural road connectivity to [unconnected villages and border areas] and to connect identified rural production centres to the existing pucca road network; and construction of pucca internal roads or streets including side drains and culverts within a village; and

Category: A : Public works relating to Natural Resource Management: (i) Water Conservation and water harvesting structures to augment and improve ground water like underground dykes, earthen dams, stop dams, check dams and roof-top rain water harvesting structures in Government or Panchayat buildings with special focus on recharging ground water including drinking water sources; are permissible activity.

The all-weather rural road connectivity works are being taken up in convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY) under the Ministry of Rural Development. The planning, design, implementation, quality control and maintenance have to be ensured as per the Guidelines of the Ministry for providing single All Weather Road Connectivity to Non- PMGSY Habitations.

The works pertaining to the category of water conservation & water harvesting are being taken up in the rural areas as per the demand and local need of the community which in turn supports Jal Jeevan Mission directly or indirectly.

The details of assets created in the category of Rural Connectivity and Water Conservation & Water harvesting under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2023-24 are given at Annexure.

Annexure

 

State-wise details of Rural Connectivity and Water Conservation & Water Harvesting related works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2023-24

SI. No.

States/UTs

Rural Connectivity works completed

Water Conservation & Water Harvesting

Completed

Total Expenditure (Rs. in lakh)

Person days generated

Completed

Total Expenditure (Rs. in lakh)

Person days generated

1

Andhra Pradesh

17,384

74,506.50

51,46,776

20,934

49,134.92

1,97,07,155

2

Arunachal Pradesh

743

17,005.75

47,64,292

166

2,731.55

6,94,700

3

Assam

908

1,937.15

4,86,321

4,959

20,547.60

72,94,463

4

Bihar

40,935

1,53,580.18

2,81,81,093

33,561

69,275.06

2,59,04,610

5

Chhattisgarh

5,963

27,871.28

83,44,454

18,274

88,453.36

3,28,14,219

6

Goa

2

47.24

5,750

2

22.6

3,886

7

Gujarat

4,870

41,671.57

54,83,937

6,550

39,296.19

85,08,324

8

Haryana

1,329

15,286.95

14,61,981

378

4,516.77

12,12,522

9

Himachal Pradesh

11,940

28,844.15

46,94,094

4,573

6,657.89

14,45,622

10

Jharkhand

2,208

5,183.58

9,69,980

7,581

4,992.90

16,28,088

11

Karnataka

32,713

91,009.66

86,26,906

47,749

2,03,252.79

6,07,92,715

12

Kerala

15,762

25,763.05

6,97,225

66,731

1,76,317.86

5,17,82,298

13

Madhya Pradesh

26,700

70,264.44

1,57,13,542

77,346

3,03,078.00

8,98,19,040

14

Maharashtra

4,565

1,06,391.46

1,86,88,041

3,864

26,399.45

97,69,136

15

Manipur

2,094

18,994.97

44,81,717

1,267

7,772.08

15,28,885

16

Meghalaya

4,547

47,478.18

1,47,73,132

2,336

11,150.98

25,87,704

17

Mizoram

1,981

7,456.96

17,24,691

834

2,931.79

7,37,163

18

Nagaland

1,105

17,187.81

40,38,019

464

5,174.98

6,80,255

19

Odisha

15,228

39,692.11

1,24,66,346

15,341

1,20,869.10

4,08,35,437

20

Punjab

15,855

31,807.10

81,79,639

1,064

2,292.81

6,62,453

21

Rajasthan

19,782

2,49,599.30

8,51,19,065

26,469

3,08,828.09

15,07,14,940

22

Sikkim

208

1,238.62

3,25,641

425

563.74

84,104

23

Tamil Nadu

17,210

1,00,234.87

64,44,644

1,31,354

7,99,351.84

29,53,09,653

24

Telangana

17,423

1,26,280.47

71,06,346

13,509

51,595.94

2,82,52,161

25

Tripura

3,114

24,791.64

16,33,146

2,900

5,421.25

21,13,333

26

Uttar Pradesh

67,147

1,87,722.48

1,20,36,910

36,568

1,42,328.73

5,54,41,532

27

Uttarakhand

6,474

9,708.19

25,45,391

8,177

8,417.43

22,41,924

28

West Bengal

469

0.19

43

259

1.06

 

29

Andaman and Nicobar

32

92.9

22,761

32

102.73

17,633

30

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

–

–

–

–

–

–

31

Jammu and Kashmir

10,522

24,713.17

78,36,228

5,521

6,555.03

16,79,656

32

Ladakh

706

1,716.73

4,80,959

97

188.22

53,708

33

Lakshadweep

–

–

–

–

–

65

34

Puducherry

17

164.91

8,596

84

1,005.62

3,88,388

 

Total

3,49,936

15,48,244

27,24,87,666

5,39,369

24,69,228.36

89,47,05,772

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Kamlesh Paswan in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.