(a) the average number of days of work given per employed household during the last five years under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
(b) the percentage of the total households that were able to get 100 days of work as promised under the said scheme; and
(c) the percentage of GDP allocated to MGNREGS during the last five years preceding the current year?
MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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Statement in reply to Parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 137 for 26.07.2018
(a): Average persondays per household under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the last five years is given below:
Average persondays per household during the last five years
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
46 40 49 46 46
(b): Details of percentage of households completing 100 days of employment during the last five years under the MGNREGS is given below:
Percentage of households completing 100 days employment during the last five years
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
9.72 6.02 10.07 7.79 5.78
(c): The percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) allocated to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during the five years preceding the current year is given below:
Financial Year MGNREGA Expenditure as percentage of GDP
2013-2014 0.34
2014-2015 0.29
2015-2016 0.32
2016-2017 0.38
2017-2018 0.38