(a) whether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is demand driven scheme and if so, the details thereof;
(b) the number of persons demanded and actually provided employment during each of the last three years along with those who could not be provided employment under MGNREGS, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether complaints have been received from various States/UTs to the effect that the guaranteed 100 days wage employment was not being made available under MGNREGS in several cases and if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether unemployment allowancehas been provided to persons who were not provided 100 days employment on demand as guaranteed in the Act, if so, the details there of, State/UT-wise and if not,the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken to ensure that the guaranteed 100 days of jobs or unemployment allowance are provided to the needy people?