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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4092
ANSWERED ON 17/03/2026
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER MGNREGS
4092. Shri K Radhakrishnan:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the total funds allocated and released under the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS) during the last three years, State-wise;
(b) the details of pending liabilities, including wage arrears and
material component dues, yet to be released to each State
including Kerala as on date;
(c) the reasons for delay in release of funds to certain States; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure timely and
uninterrupted flow of funds so that wage payments to workers
are not delayed?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment
scheme. There is no State/UT-wise allocation of funds under
Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. State/UT-wise details of funds released
under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial years
are given at Annexure-I.
(b) & (c): State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details (including
Kerala) of pending liabilities for Wage, Material and Admin
component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 11.03.2026 are given
at Annexure-II.
Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, the wage payments are directly
credited by the Central Government to the accounts of the
beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer protocol. Sanctions for
Wage payments are issued daily by the Ministry through the Public
Page 1 of 6Finance Management System (PFMS) based on fund transfer orders
received from the States/ UTs after following due procedures. At the
beginning of each financial year, admissible pending liabilities of the
previous years, if any, are duly reimbursed by the Government of
India. Accordingly, all due and admissible pending wage liabilities
upto FY 2024-25 have already been cleared (except in case of State
West Bengal).
With regard to Material and Admin components, States/UTs are
required to furnish fund release proposals to the Government of India.
The Central Government releases funds periodically in two tranches
with each tranche consisting of one or more installments, keeping in
view the “agreed to” Labour Budget, demand for works, opening
balance, pace of utilization of funds, pending liabilities, overall
performance and subject to submission of relevant documents by the
States/UTs.
Under the Scheme, in the current financial year 2025-26 (as on
11.03.2026), an amount of Rs. 81,502.62 crore has been released to
the States/Union Territories, which includes Rs.65,875.13 crore for
wage component and an amount of Rs.15.627.48 crore for Material
and Admin. As Sanction for payment of wages are issued by Ministry
on a daily basis through PFMS (Public Finance Management System),
after receipt of funds transfer orders from States/UTs after following
the due procedures, the fund release status keeps updating on a daily
basis.
Here it is also stated that release of funds under Mahatma Gandhi
NREGS is a continuous process and the Central Government
committed to reimburse all due and admissible pending liabilities, if
any, to States/UTs as per the prescribed procedure.
(d): To ensure timely release of funds under Mahatma Gandhi
NREGS, the Ministry has undertaken several measures as detailed
below:
1. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Under the Scheme, wage
payments are directly credited by the Ministry into the bank
accounts of workers through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
protocol. In respect of Material and Admin components, funds
are released to States/UTs through the SNA-SPARSH system.
2. Public Financial Management System (PFMS): This Ministry is
using the PFMS platform to monitor and ensure the efficient and
timely transfer of funds to the States & UTs. This system helps
in real time tracking of the fund flow and its utilization.
Page 2 of 63. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Wage Payments: as per
the provisions of the Act, beneficiaries are entitled to receive
wage payments within 15 days of work completion. In order to
ensure timely payment, the Government of India has issued a
comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to all
States/UTs, which defines fixed timelines for each stage of the
wage payment process from muster roll uploading to FTO
approval. The Ministry along with the States/UTs has been
making concerted efforts for improving the timely payment of
wages. States/UTs have been advised to generate pay orders in
time.
4. Regular Monitoring and Reviews: The Ministry conducts
continuous monitoring through regular review meetings with
States/UTs and relevant stakeholders including banks, PFMS,
and NIC-DRD to identify bottlenecks and facilitate timely
transfer of funds.
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Page 3 of 6Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4092
dated 17.03.2026.
State/UT-wise details of funds released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the
last three financial years. (Rs. in crores)
SI.
States/UTs 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23
No.
1 Andhra Pradesh 7707.21 7353.67 8008.81
2 Arunachal Pradesh 560.70 427.35 578.32
3 Assam 1929.70 2221.38 2056.49
4 Bihar 6715.83 6200.03 6402.23
5 Chhattisgarh 3354.85 2895.12 3420.39
6 Goa 3.70 0.88 5.05
7 Gujarat 1540.54 1802.26 1694.60
8 Haryana 590.19 477.87 373.99
9 Himachal Pradesh 1203.28 1000.96 1164.85
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1151.20 921.60 1051.00
11 Jharkhand 2705.64 2922.27 2719.03
12 Karnataka 5709.90 5431.67 6218.59
13 Kerala 3136.44 3532.57 3830.97
14 Madhya Pradesh 6252.03 5891.65 5707.47
15 Maharashtra 4420.32 3041.48 2545.89
16 Manipur 581.99 0.95 1086.63
17 Meghalaya 1155.09 913.86 1118.77
18 Mizoram 611.65 507.96 540.40
19 Nagaland 287.85 641.50 839.76
20 Odisha 3763.80 4906.78 4707.52
21 Punjab 1331.61 1169.84 1182.14
22 Rajasthan 7581.87 8683.98 9648.65
23 Sikkim 97.57 112.19 92.71
24 Tamil Nadu 7585.49 12616.53 9745.72
25 Telangana 3825.31 3520.87 2992.21
26 Tripura 1041.70 1043.59 925.34
27 Uttar Pradesh 9721.48 9844.25 10650.64
28 Uttarakhand 626.43 553.81 792.66
29 West Bengal * 0.00 0.00 1.33
30 Andaman & Nicobar 4.44 0.00 9.60
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman &
31 9.02 2.21 0.00
Diu
32 Lakshadweep 0.32 0.00 24.95
33 Puducherry 40.56 58.77 69.00
34 Ladakh 85.98 62.64 1.62
Total 85333.70 88760.50 90207.30
* Release of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) to the State of West Bengal has been
stopped since 09th March, 2022, as per the provisions of Section 27 of the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, due to non-compliance
with the directives of the Central Government.
Page 4 of 6Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.
4092 dated 17.03.2026.
State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage, Material and
Admin component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 11.03.2026. (Rs. in crores)
Sl. No. States/ UTs Wage Material Admin
1 Andhra Pradesh 363.04 2073.19 101.70
2 Arunachal Pradesh 152.95 25.59 0.00
3 Assam 212.35 483.15 30.81
4 Bihar 790.62 1110.29 1.95
5 Chhattisgarh 635.32 18.20 6.55
6 Goa 0.16 0.55 0.02
7 Gujarat 114.34 39.86 17.15
8 Haryana 17.34 21.48 1.51
9 Himachal Pradesh 81.70 21.96 2.08
10 Jammu And Kashmir 200.86 154.33 0.00
11 Jharkhand 431.74 254.40 7.23
12 Karnataka 281.56 769.94 26.87
13 Kerala 366.74 273.72 52.57
14 Ladakh 0.59 7.60 0.90
15 Madhya Pradesh 634.31 486.95 26.02
16 Maharashtra 521.55 120.76 68.26
17 Manipur 140.17 290.78 0.50
18 Meghalaya 185.47 160.05 0.00
19 Mizoram 80.43 0.00 0.00
20 Nagaland 38.54 100.77 0.00
21 Odisha 483.16 197.95 13.94
22 Punjab 75.89 141.92 2.14
23 Rajasthan 871.01 135.18 0.00
24 Sikkim 3.21 2.56 0.00
25 Tamil Nadu 610.40 588.95 12.88
26 Telangana 296.69 214.51 0.00
27 Tripura 17.21 109.21 7.29
28 Uttar Pradesh 988.47 1874.18 121.13
29 Uttarakhand 90.96 13.83 0.00
30 West Bengal* 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 Andaman And Nicobar 1.001 0.14 0.00
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu 0.42 0.01 0.00
33 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 0.08 0.25 0.94
Total 8688.29 9692.28 502.42
Note: The data as per PFMS/MIS and Pending liability of the previous year for the
material component.
*The proposal for upward revision of the Labour Budget for FY 2021-22 for the State
of West Bengal was not approved by the Empowered Committee, National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Department of Rural
Development due to non-compliance with the directives issued by this Department.
Subsequently, the release of funds to the State of West Bengal under the Mahatma
Page 5 of 6Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS)
was also stopped with effect from 09.03.2022 by invoking the provisions of Section
27 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, owing
to continued non-compliance with the directives of the Central Government by the
State.
As per NREGASoft, the pending liability pertaining to the State of West Bengal (as
on 08.03.2022) stands at ₹3082.52 crore, comprising ₹1457.22 crore under the
wage component, ₹1607.68 crore under the material component, and ₹17.62 crore
under the administrative component. The admissibility of this liability is subject to
verification by the Central Government
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