Parliament Question: Beneficiaries under MGNREGS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1463 ANSWERED ON 28/07/2026 BENEFICIARIES UNDER MGNREGS 1463. Shri Karan Bhushan Singh: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the number of beneficiaries provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, district, caste and gender-wise; (b) the total amount of funds allocated, released and utilized under MGNREGS in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years, district- wise; (c) whether the Government has received any reports regarding delays in wage payments or issuance of job cards in any districts of Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof; and (d) the measures being taken by the Government to ensure timely payment of wages and to promote transparency and accountability in the implementation of MGNREGS in all districts of Uttar Pradesh? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN) (a): The district-wise, category-wise and gender-wise number of beneficiaries provided employment in the State of Uttar Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the last three financial year is given Annexure. (b): Under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, there is no State/UT-wise allocation of funds. Funds are released by the Ministry to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh and funds are not directly released to the districts. Details of funds released to Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the three financial years is given below: Page 1 of 9Financial Year Fund Released (Rs. in crore) 2023-24 9844.25 2024-25 9721.48 2025-26 9437.47 (c) & (d): 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 based on Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generated by concerned State/UT Government. As per the provisions of the Act, beneficiaries are entitled to receive wage payments within 15 days of closure of muster rolls. The Government continuously monitors the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS through the Management Information System (MIS), regular review meetings and other appropriate mechanisms and whenever any specific implementation issue comes into the notice of the Ministry efforts are made to resolve the same at the earliest. Here it is also mentioned that the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is implemented by the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, which are responsible for issuing Job Cards, including their verification, updation and deletion. To ensure a fair, transparent and uniform process across the country, the Ministry vide letter dated 25.01.2025 had issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) . 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. The Ministry has taken various steps to ensure timely payment of wages to workers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. These include:  Improvement of National Electronic Fund Management System (Ne-FMS)  Intensive consultation with State Governments and other stakeholders for ensuring timely payment of wages, verification of pending and delay compensation claims etc.  Formulation of Standard Operating Procedure for monitoring of timely payment and payment of delay compensation. Page 2 of 9 Reviewing the status of timely payment and payment of delay compensation with the States/ UTs during periodic meetings, Performance Review Committee meetings, Mid-term Reviews etc. Further, continued efforts have been undertaken by the Ministry through various technological interventions for ensuring timely payments of wages. Some of the key interventions include:  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT): Wages are transferred directly from the central account to workers’ bank accounts, minimizing the role of intermediaries. This has proven to be effective in enhancing transparency and preventing leakages. Almost 100% of the funds are managed electronically with the wage payment made entirely through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) protocol.  Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS): APBS conversion is a major reform process where benefits are credited directly into the bank accounts based on the Aadhaar of the workers under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, preferably Aadhaar Based Payments, cutting several layers in the delivery process. APBS helps in better targeting, increasing the efficiency of the system and reducing the delays in payments, ensuring greater inclusion by curbing leakages thereby promoting greater accountability and transparency.  National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS): Real-time attendance capture through geo-tagged photographs at the worksite ensures accurate and timely recording of attendance, which helps in timely payment of wages. Further as per the provisions mentioned in Schedule-II of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), wage seekers shall be entitled to receive payment of compensation for the delay, at the rate of 0.05% of the unpaid wages per day of delay beyond the sixteenth day of closure of muster roll. Delay compensation rules are notified by the State Government concerned. The amount due for compensation is duly verified and approved, and then paid by the concerned State Government. ***** Page 3 of 9Annexure Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1463 dated 28.07.2026. District-wise, category-wise and gender-wise number of beneficiaries provided employment in the State of Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial year. 2023-24 Employment Number of workers provided SI. Provided gender District employment No. wise No. of No. of SCs STs Others Total Women Men 1 Agra 34427 495 81184 116106 45647 70459 2 Aligarh 23445 129 71208 94782 24859 69923 3 Ambedkar Nagar 41245 242 73618 115105 56140 58965 4 Amethi 30436 3 75772 106211 44961 61250 5 Amroha 25655 40 69661 95356 25824 69532 6 Auraiya 24987 204 33028 58219 16562 41657 7 Ayodhya 37766 141 60329 98236 47181 51055 8 Azamgarh 72268 440 124656 197364 96114 101250 9 Baghpat 720 1 1519 2240 710 1530 10 Bahraich 46231 1515 183481 231227 105926 125301 11 Ballia 22440 3827 83515 109782 53089 56693 12 Balrampur 31326 2301 91401 125028 50828 74200 13 Banda 21390 6 87181 108577 54904 53673 14 Barabanki 76303 41 102885 179229 64222 115007 15 Bareilly 28880 84 102844 131808 30682 101126 16 Basti 66190 13 184667 250870 125932 124938 17 Bijnor 70529 670 93613 164812 52897 111915 18 Budaun 18602 73 75898 94573 26219 68354 19 Bulandshahr 4252 20 18829 23101 7159 15942 20 Chandauli 37761 725 90540 129026 51489 77537 21 Chitrakoot 30216 8 42061 72285 33866 38419 22 Deoria 21757 3229 65940 90926 36941 53985 23 Etah 13354 22 55380 68756 23072 45684 24 Etawah 21521 83 38430 60034 17180 42854 25 Farrukhabad 11895 1 40714 52610 13695 38915 26 Fatehpur 39938 71 77884 117893 54977 62916 27 Firozabad 22303 101 62039 84443 32587 51856 Gautam Buddha 28 125 9 256 390 80 310 Nagar 29 Ghaziabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Ghazipur 55615 2101 174978 232694 103978 128716 31 Gonda 28324 110 85260 113694 51348 62346 32 Gorakhpur 46355 182 89946 136483 65119 71364 33 Hamirpur 23152 25 90044 113221 49009 64212 34 Hapur 3183 4 3541 6728 2698 4030 35 Hardoi 59695 251 123111 183057 52264 130793 36 Hathras 13080 40 25970 39090 9473 29617 37 Jalaun 60919 16 132715 193650 76987 116663 Page 4 of 938 Jaunpur 80364 21 151127 231512 119092 112420 39 Jhansi 34309 907 71637 106853 44835 62018 40 Kannauj 22099 6 48417 70522 18086 52436 41 Kanpur Dehat 26169 59 37248 63476 21677 41799 42 Kanpur Nagar 16977 459 24831 42267 12976 29291 43 Kashganj 16491 58 56980 73529 18144 55385 44 Kaushambi 26979 54 34321 61354 29585 31769 45 Kheri 73889 3328 132801 210018 62453 147565 46 Kushi Nagar 37997 1019 111738 150754 63038 87716 47 Lalitpur 31684 8306 88406 128396 58052 70344 48 Lucknow 25576 124 14592 40292 13523 26769 49 Maharajganj 45828 1126 159011 205965 100252 105713 50 Mahoba 9802 44 31866 41712 17410 24302 51 Mainpuri 29307 193 80508 110008 37414 72594 52 Mathura 22858 144 53392 76394 30712 45682 53 Mau 40527 1531 72604 114662 58356 56306 54 Meerut 8026 117 10442 18585 6773 11812 55 Mirzapur 52312 1260 67058 120630 59296 61334 56 Moradabad 19319 73 70800 90192 25528 64664 57 Muzaffarnagar 6794 44 17352 24190 9113 15077 58 Pilibhit 18480 276 91350 110106 31469 78637 59 Pratapgarh 50362 323 83786 134471 68728 65743 60 Prayagraj 74496 65 96186 170747 83204 87543 61 Rae Bareli 61102 65 62760 123927 55841 68086 62 Rampur 22246 33 71653 93932 23293 70639 63 Saharanpur 36746 158 34604 71508 30358 41150 64 Sambhal 21454 22 49866 71342 19432 51910 Sant Kabeer 65 48957 120 98793 147870 80653 67217 Nagar Sant Ravidas 66 17971 175 30460 48606 26112 22494 Nagar 67 Shahjahanpur 35423 49 86669 122141 32008 90133 68 Shamli 1758 22 8616 10396 3389 7007 69 Shravasti 17322 635 45882 63839 26354 37485 70 Siddharth Nagar 53679 11 180080 233770 128478 105292 71 Sitapur 107252 213 179400 286865 99038 187827 72 Sonbhadra 43361 42608 57984 143953 73990 69963 73 Sultanpur 38511 314 115350 154175 77203 76972 74 Unnao 31894 109 59179 91182 32583 58599 75 Varanasi 24064 456 45686 70206 35944 34262 Total 2498670 81750 5547533 8127953 3339011 4788942 Page 5 of 92024-25 Number of workers provided Employment Provided S. District employment gender wise No. No. of SCs STs Others Total No. of Men Women 1 Agra 30612 436 73868 104916 42441 62475 2 Aligarh 20392 121 63672 84185 24830 59355 3 Ambedkar Nagar 37819 220 64830 102869 51395 51474 4 Amethi 25695 12 61581 87288 36863 50425 5 Amroha 23865 57 65512 89434 25130 64304 6 Auraiya 30355 270 45224 75849 24529 51320 7 Ayodhya 37864 140 56899 94903 46627 48276 8 Azamgarh 79043 524 136117 215684 105444 110240 9 Baghpat 514 2 1191 1707 625 1082 10 Bahraich 42626 1619 179543 223788 105910 117878 11 Ballia 20849 3321 70551 94721 43899 50822 12 Balrampur 24953 1806 72560 99319 42522 56797 13 Banda 17478 30 67212 84720 42867 41853 14 Barabanki 70968 90 93718 164776 58670 106106 15 Bareilly 26204 90 94671 120965 26993 93972 16 Basti 63286 42 177530 240858 124148 116710 17 Bijnor 67397 762 90473 158632 53366 105266 18 Budaun 18561 102 79982 98645 26385 72260 19 Bulandshahr 4416 17 16906 21339 7282 14057 20 Chandauli 38034 817 103180 142031 58022 84009 21 Chitrakoot 25193 14 33510 58717 28372 30345 22 Deoria 20178 3046 62102 85326 35483 49843 23 Etah 11449 36 48572 60057 20342 39715 24 Etawah 18819 64 34344 53227 16125 37102 25 Farrukhabad 11273 4 34494 45771 11834 33937 26 Fatehpur 31301 66 60914 92281 42981 49300 27 Firozabad 21547 117 64777 86441 35935 50506 Gautam Buddha 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nagar 29 Ghaziabad 0 0 4 4 2 2 30 Ghazipur 50961 1951 162637 215549 98250 117299 31 Gonda 25672 155 78262 104089 45764 58325 32 Gorakhpur 50251 196 97052 147499 72891 74608 33 Hamirpur 23646 54 89371 113071 48949 64122 34 Hapur 2888 2 3134 6024 2470 3554 35 Hardoi 61216 236 129363 190815 67647 123168 36 Hathras 11509 27 22805 34341 9307 25034 37 Jalaun 54089 60 124598 178747 70924 107823 38 Jaunpur 72853 18 138397 211268 110402 100866 39 Jhansi 28765 757 60706 90228 37429 52799 40 Kannauj 21599 21 46754 68374 22207 46167 Page 6 of 941 Kanpur Dehat 23195 60 33731 56986 19537 37449 42 Kanpur Nagar 12975 320 18095 31390 9731 21659 43 Kashganj 13937 53 48125 62115 15246 46869 44 Kaushambi 22751 45 29039 51835 25775 26060 45 Kheri 71236 2635 118705 192576 58764 133812 46 Kushi Nagar 34545 1031 105720 141296 60381 80915 47 Lalitpur 31064 6960 84854 122878 55731 67147 48 Lucknow 18604 90 9271 27965 9086 18879 49 Maharajganj 44693 1016 155033 200742 101619 99123 50 Mahoba 9197 42 28502 37741 15363 22378 51 Mainpuri 27244 203 76817 104264 36213 68051 52 Mathura 22004 149 52653 74806 31151 43655 53 Mau 37185 1429 66280 104894 53918 50976 54 Meerut 7350 117 9017 16484 6366 10118 55 Mirzapur 49921 1258 59896 111075 56116 54959 56 Moradabad 18895 76 74927 93898 29024 64874 57 Muzaffarnagar 5836 33 16063 21932 8415 13517 58 Pilibhit 19396 330 90022 109748 28257 81491 59 Pratapgarh 48077 286 80200 128563 65616 62947 60 Prayagraj 73526 85 81212 154823 74015 80808 61 Rae Bareli 55902 64 46350 102316 47317 54999 62 Rampur 21972 41 75598 97611 27619 69992 63 Saharanpur 32448 152 33109 65709 29327 36382 64 Sambhal 20985 34 49030 70049 19836 50213 Sant Kabeer 65 43189 112 89244 132545 72760 59785 Nagar Sant Ravidas 66 18532 153 28094 46779 24905 21874 Nagar 67 Shahjahanpur 33519 35 85704 119258 28986 90272 68 Shamli 1675 13 9466 11154 3925 7229 69 Shravasti 17119 477 46392 63988 27129 36859 70 Siddharth Nagar 49088 10 161217 210315 118426 91889 71 Sitapur 94234 215 149549 243998 82140 161858 72 Sonbhadra 37674 41289 50980 129943 68672 61271 73 Sultanpur 37949 347 115272 153568 77698 75870 74 Unnao 30104 162 52706 82972 29667 53305 75 Varanasi 21455 380 35906 57741 30473 27268 Total 2331616 77004 5173795 7582415 3174466 4407949 Page 7 of 92025-26 Number of workers provided Employment Provided S. District employment gender wise No. No. of SCs STs Others Total No. of Men Women 1 Agra 28655 430 68373 97458 40323 57135 2 Aligarh 16917 90 52073 69080 21284 47796 3 Ambedkar Nagar 32407 166 49839 82412 41942 40470 4 Amethi 18068 14 39347 57429 22912 34517 5 Amroha 19799 49 50658 70506 20255 50251 6 Auraiya 27221 233 43471 70925 23854 47071 7 Ayodhya 32871 132 48261 81264 40934 40330 8 Azamgarh 64289 377 105596 170262 82232 88030 9 Baghpat 316 0 625 941 357 584 10 Bahraich 34986 1425 137452 173863 80539 93324 11 Ballia 20991 3159 66798 90948 41469 49479 12 Balrampur 19635 1391 53879 74905 31631 43274 13 Banda 14351 16 42842 57209 26277 30932 14 Barabanki 54358 83 69884 124325 43704 80621 15 Bareilly 20309 69 71638 92016 18303 73713 16 Basti 49584 33 133741 183358 96856 86502 17 Bijnor 61589 494 80512 142595 50399 92196 18 Budaun 12721 57 54330 67108 12915 54193 19 Bulandshahr 4111 39 16744 20894 7583 13311 20 Chandauli 40676 854 115496 157026 65627 91399 21 Chitrakoot 16845 14 22623 39482 19823 19659 22 Deoria 17679 2669 52265 72613 30766 41847 23 Etah 9913 33 42345 52291 17793 34498 24 Etawah 16174 45 28125 44344 13555 30789 25 Farrukhabad 8855 5 27542 36402 9253 27149 26 Fatehpur 21525 43 34929 56497 22641 33856 27 Firozabad 20844 119 62611 83574 35115 48459 Gautam Buddha 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nagar 29 Ghaziabad 3 0 15 18 14 4 30 Ghazipur 47985 1685 143426 193096 90328 102768 31 Gonda 22097 133 62920 85150 35924 49226 32 Gorakhpur 45529 193 85323 131045 66089 64956 33 Hamirpur 21278 66 79628 100972 44014 56958 34 Hapur 2693 2 2760 5455 2311 3144 35 Hardoi 50575 194 103106 153875 53925 99950 36 Hathras 10015 30 19903 29948 7695 22253 37 Jalaun 45652 72 107055 152779 61373 91406 38 Jaunpur 58728 13 109879 168620 86941 81679 39 Jhansi 25188 625 49348 75161 31781 43380 Page 8 of 940 Kannauj 17639 15 39150 56804 17796 39008 41 Kanpur Dehat 15576 38 22046 37660 12065 25595 42 Kanpur Nagar 8560 185 12426 21171 6416 14755 43 Kashganj 12281 49 41851 54181 12813 41368 44 Kaushambi 19647 31 20169 39847 20512 19335 45 Kheri 61051 1758 92470 155279 45696 109583 46 Kushi Nagar 31413 1029 92287 124729 53948 70781 47 Lalitpur 29691 6946 77869 114506 53012 61494 48 Lucknow 13153 65 5902 19120 6213 12907 49 Maharajganj 36569 776 125515 162860 87219 75641 50 Mahoba 8364 36 23245 31645 13255 18390 51 Mainpuri 26590 194 74350 101134 34610 66524 52 Mathura 19945 128 48353 68426 29073 39353 53 Mau 35654 1292 60140 97086 51023 46063 54 Meerut 6110 94 7209 13413 5027 8386 55 Mirzapur 36506 948 42569 80023 42591 37432 56 Moradabad 16034 55 63623 79712 23653 56059 57 Muzaffarnagar 3926 33 10995 14954 5976 8978 58 Pilibhit 15957 333 69206 85496 18720 66776 59 Pratapgarh 35421 220 56543 92184 47886 44298 60 Prayagraj 57438 55 58134 115627 55565 60062 61 Rae Bareli 43434 48 32969 76451 36402 40049 62 Rampur 19794 51 70187 90032 25601 64431 63 Saharanpur 30369 158 29925 60452 27698 32754 64 Sambhal 14625 26 33888 48539 12406 36133 Sant Kabeer 65 34680 115 71667 106462 58996 47466 Nagar Sant Ravidas 66 14246 101 20400 34747 18474 16273 Nagar 67 Shahjahanpur 30069 45 75025 105139 22577 82562 68 Shamli 1243 28 7253 8524 2947 5577 69 Shravasti 14050 438 38637 53125 23145 29980 70 Siddharth Nagar 41824 13 135029 176866 101947 74919 71 Sitapur 79517 235 118621 198373 64607 133766 72 Sonbhadra 28802 32644 38871 100317 55422 44895 73 Sultanpur 32425 286 95611 128322 62901 65421 74 Unnao 24751 166 43535 68452 24771 43681 75 Varanasi 16984 281 27486 44751 24067 20684 Total 1949770 63967 4218518 6232255 2603767 3628488 ***** Page 9 of 9