Question : Development Works under MGNREGS

(a) the details of the Kutcha and Pucca developmental works undertaken under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the last five years along with the details of the costs and locations thereof;

(b) the District-wise details in the State of Rajasthan and Maharashtra;

(c) whether the Government is undertaking the works regarding construction of contour bunding and pits related work in the fields by carrying out amendments under the aforesaid scheme in order to provide relief to the farmers;

(d) if so, the district-wise details of such works along with the number of beneficiaries in the State of Rajasthan & Maharashtra; and

(e) whether the Government proposes to include the use of machinery also by carrying out amendment in this scheme and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)


(a) There are 262 works which are permissible under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, of which 182 kinds of works relate to Natural Resources Management (NRM) and out of the 182 NRM works, 85 are water related. 164 of the total works are related to Agriculture and Allied Activities works. These works are derived from Schedule I of the Act. In the Schedule I, the works have been classified under major categories as under;

I. Category:A : Public works relating to Natural Resource Management

II. Category:B : (Community assets or Individual assets) for vulnerable sections (only for
households in Paragraph 5)

III. Category:C : Common Infrastructure (Including for NRLM) Compliant Self Help Groups

IV. Category: D: Rural Infrastructure

In the MIS of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, provision has been made to capture the details of works in 17 categories. The categories are at Annexure.


(b) The category-wise category details for the States of Rajasthan and Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d) As per Schedule I, section 4(3), Para 4(I): Category : A: Public works relating to Natural Resource Management (ii) Watershed management-works such as contour trenches and contour bunds are permissible activities under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.
These works are permissible for community as well as individual beneficiaries. The number of beneficiaries covered under Contour bund/trench work in the State of Rajasthan and Maharashtra are 6888 and 1640 respectively. The details of individual works related to contour bunding and contour trenches taken up in the States of Rajasthan and Maharashtra under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are at Annexure-II.

(e) Para 22 of Schedule-1, Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, lays down that “As far as practicable, works executed by the programme implementing agencies shall be performed by using manual labour and no labour displacing machine shall be used.” However there may be activities in executing works, which cannot be carried out by manual labour, where use of machine may become essential for maintaining the quality and durability of work to be completed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. A suggested list of machines which can be used under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, are at Annexure-III.


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ANNEXURES referred to in reply to unstarred Q.No. 1366 for answer in Lok Sabha on 09.02.2021


Annexure-I