Parliament Question: Annual Decline in MGNREGS Beneficiaries

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3766 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 ANNUAL DECLINE IN MGNREGS BENEFICIARIES

3766. Shri Eswarasamy K:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the share of beneficiaries from the total workers who availed 100 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme during the last three years;

(b) the names of States that have recorded an annual decline in MGNREGA beneficiaries during the above period; and

(c) the share of funds allocated to State of Tamil Nadu by the Central Government during the last three years? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment Scheme. It provides livelihood security, i.e. fall back options for livelihood for the rural households, when no better employment opportunity is available.

The details of households availed employment and household who have completed 100 days employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 is

given below: (Figure in lakh) Financial Households availed Household who have completed Year employment 100 days employment 2022-23 617.76 35.98 2023-24 599.45 44.94 2024-25 578.44 40.68 (As per NREGASoft) Page 1 of 3State/Union Territories–wise details of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial years are given at Annexure.

The Ministry continues to closely monitor the implementation of the scheme and provides necessary support to States to ensure that all eligible rural households are able to access employment as per their demand under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

(c): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment scheme. There is no State/UT-wise allocation of funds under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

Details of funds released to the State of Tamil Nadu under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 are given below:

Financial Years 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Central fund released to the State

9743.53 12616.53 7585.49 of Tamil Nadu (Rs. in crore) ***** Page 2 of 3Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.

3766 dated 12.08.2025.

State/Union Territories –wise detail of households availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial year.

Household availed the employment (Figure in lakh) SI. No. States/UTs 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1 Andhra Pradesh 45.83 46.55 46.94 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2.71 2.69 3.01 3 Assam 22.98 22.46 19.13 4 Bihar 50.14 48.18 51.21 5 Chhattisgarh 25.74 24.77 25.61 6 Goa 0.04 0.02 0.03 7 Gujarat 10.29 9.94 9.08 8 Haryana 3.08 3.66 3.46 9 Himachal Pradesh 6.47 6.74 7.18 10 Jammu And Kashmir 7.06 6.86 7.32 11 Jharkhand 20.65 21.85 20.22 12 Karnataka 29.58 29.95 29.13 13 Kerala 15.51 14.69 13.72 14 Ladakh 0.34 0.32 0.33 15 Madhya Pradesh 45.16 40.85 38.61 16 Maharashtra 21.20 24.46 30.07 17 Manipur 3.57 4.78 5.25 18 Meghalaya 4.79 4.89 4.70 19 Mizoram 2.16 2.19 2.09 20 Nagaland 4.21 4.07 2.11 21 Odisha 33.35 32.71 23.38 22 Punjab 8.46 8.49 8.34 23 Rajasthan 63.46 63.85 58.86 24 Sikkim 0.60 0.61 0.60 25 Tamil Nadu 65.67 68.76 65.32 26 Telangana 27.35 25.33 26.69 27 Tripura 5.58 5.87 5.91 28 Uttar Pradesh 70.03 68.54 65.27 29 Uttarakhand 5.01 4.72 4.32 30 West Bengal 16.29 0.08 0.00 31 Andaman And Nicobar 0.05 0.04 0.03 32 Dn Haveli And Dd 0.00 0.01 0.05 33 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 34 Puducherry 0.42 0.52 0.47 Total 617.76 599.45 578.44 (As per NREGASoft) ***** Page 3 of 3