(a) whether the Government has any scheme to provide employment at Panchayat level and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the number of people provided with employment so far under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during COVID-19 pandemic, State-wise; and
(c) the number of people provided with employment so far under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA) during COVID-19 pandemic, State-wise?
MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)
(a): The Government is implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme under the eponymous Act of 2005, through States/UTs which provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. Gram Panchayat is the implementing agency under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Panchayat level and atleast 50 percent of the works are to be implemented by Gram Panchayats.
(b): State/UT-wise details of number of persons provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the current Financial Year 2020-21 (as on 25.01.2021) is given at Annexure.
(c): State-wise employment generated (In Persondays) under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan during COVID-19 pandemic is as below:
S. No. STATE Employment generated
(In Persondays)
1 BIHAR 111948805
2 JHARKHAND 13251929
3 MADHYA PRADESH 99901931
4 ODISHA 23031641
5 RAJASTHAN 153917007
6 UTTAR PRADESH 105817358
Total 507868671
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Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.60 dated 02.02.2021
(Figure in lakh)