Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Ministry of Rural Development Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Posted On: 19 AUG 2025 6:13PM by PIB Delhi 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 Rural Connectivity works completed Water Conservation & Water Harvesting T o t a l T o t a l SI. No. States/UTs Person days Person days Completed Expenditure Completed Expenditure generated generated (Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh) A n d h r a 1 17,384 74,506.50 51,46,776 20,934 49,134.92 1,97,07,155 Pradesh Arunachal 2 743 17,005.75 47,64,292 166 2,731.55 6,94,700 Pradesh 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 3,28,14,2196 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 Himachal 9 11,940 28,844.15 46,94,094 4,573 6,657.89 14,45,622 Pradesh 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 M a d h y a 13 26,700 70,264.44 1,57,13,542 77,346 3,03,078.00 8,98,19,040 Pradesh 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 U t t a r 26 67,147 1,87,722.48 1,20,36,910 36,568 1,42,328.73 5,54,41,532 Pradesh 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 A n d a m a n 29 32 92.9 22,761 32 102.73 17,633 and Nicobar Dadra and Nagar Haveli 30 - - - - - - and Daman and Diu Jammu and 31 10,522 24,713.17 78,36,228 5,521 6,555.03 16,79,656 Kashmir 32 Ladakh 706 1,716.73 4,80,959 97 188.22 53,708 Lakshadwee 33 - - - - - 65 p 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.******** RC/KSR/AR/4203 (Release ID: 2158070)