**Executive Summary:**
This document presents the Ministry of Rural Development's response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3766, answered on August 12, 2025, regarding the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It details the share of beneficiaries availing 100 days of work, states with declining beneficiaries, and funds allocated to Tamil Nadu over the past three financial years (2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25). The scheme is demand-driven, providing livelihood security in rural areas.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **MGNREGS Overview:**
* MGNREGS is a demand-driven wage employment scheme.
* The scheme aims to provide livelihood security to rural households.
* **Beneficiary Statistics:**
* Households availing employment and those completing 100 days of employment under MGNREGS for FY2022-23, FY2023-24, and FY2024-25 are specified in lakh.
* 2022-23: 617.76 lakhs availed employment, 35.98 lakhs completed 100 days.
* 2023-24: 599.45 lakhs availed employment, 44.94 lakhs completed 100 days.
* 2024-25: 578.44 lakhs availed employment, 40.68 lakhs completed 100 days.
* **State-wise Beneficiary Details:**
* State/Union Territory-wise details of households availing employment under MGNREGS for the last three financial years are provided in an annexure.
* **Funding Mechanism:**
* MGNREGS operates without state/UT-wise fund allocations.
* **Funds Released to Tamil Nadu:**
* Central funds released to Tamil Nadu for MGNREGS are detailed in crore.
* 2022-23: ₹9743.53 crore
* 2023-24: ₹12616.53 crore
* 2024-25: ₹7585.49 crore
**Impact Analysis:**
* **State Governments:**
* *Impact:* States are responsible for implementing MGNREGS and ensuring eligible households can access employment as per demand.
* *Action Required:* Monitor the scheme's implementation, provide necessary support, and facilitate employment access for rural households.
* **Rural Households:**
* *Impact:* Rural households benefit from livelihood security through wage employment under MGNREGS.
* *Action Required:* Eligible households should register and demand employment under MGNREGS when no better employment opportunities are available.
* **Ministry of Rural Development:**
* *Impact:* The Ministry is responsible for overseeing the implementation of MGNREGS nationwide.
* *Action Required:* Closely monitor scheme implementation and provide necessary support to states.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Rural Development: The Indian government ministry responsible for rural development programs.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: A demand-driven wage employment scheme in India that provides livelihood security to rural households.
SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN: Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development.
Tamil Nadu: A state in southern India, recipient of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
NREGASoft: Software used for monitoring the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Andhra Pradesh: A state in India where employment was availed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where employment was availed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question regarding MGNREGS was raised.
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)
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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)
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