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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1428
ANSWERED ON 28/07/2026
BUDGET FOR MGNREGS
1428. Adv. Chandra Shekhar:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that the old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) budget was
slashed by over 60 per cent to Rs. 30,000 crore in the latest
Union Budget, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(b) the details and total pending wage liabilities and material
component arrears carried over into the current financial year,
State-wise; and
(c) the timeline by which the Ministry guarantees the 100 per cent
liquidation of these historical arrears using the transitional
allocation?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): A budgetary provision of Rs. 95,692.31 crore has been made
for Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission
(Gramin) VB–G RAM G for the FY 2026-27, which will cover the period
from 01.07.2026 to 31.03.2027. This is among the highest ever
budgetary allocation made for any Rural Employment Scheme in the
history of Country at the Budget Estimate stage. In addition, a
budgetary provision of ₹30,000 crore was made for Mahatma Gandhi
NREGS for the first three mponths of FY 2026-27 and subsequently,
an additional budgetary provision of ₹. 6,000 crore was made
available, taking total budgetary provision under the scheme to ₹
36,000 crore for said period of FY 2026-27.
(b) & (c): In the current financial year 2026–27, pending liabilities of
the wage component amounting to ₹9,711.98 crore have been
released which includes all admissible pending liability for wage
component for FY 2025-26.
Page 1 of 3For the material component, the Ministry has issued a financial
sanction amounting to ₹7,765.68 crore as the first installment to all
States/UTs for release of material liabilities. Out of this an amount
of ₹5,440.07 crore have so far been utilized by the States/UTs.
Release of funds to the States/UTs towards settlement of pending
liabilities under the erstwhile Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a
continuous process. Funds are released from time to time based on
the demand for funds, utilization of funds already sanctioned, and
receipt of complete proposals from the States/UTs along with the
requisite documents, in accordance with the prescribed procedure
and Ministry is committed to settle all admissible pending liabilities
of States/UTs subject to compliance of extant guidelines.
State/UTs-wise pending dues under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as
on 01.04.2026 is at Annexure.
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Page 2 of 3Annexure
Annexure referred to in the reply to parts (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question
No. 1428 dated 28.07.2026.
State/UTs-wise pending dues under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on 01.04.2026
(Rs.in crore)
SI. No. State Wage Component Material Component
1 Andhra Pradesh 475.26 2144.46
2 Arunachal Pradesh 149.57 233.77
3 Assam 257.60 262.09
4 Bihar 900.03 1667.20
5 Chhattisgarh 809.04 247.16
6 Goa 0.08 0.00
7 Gujarat 64.18 92.11
8 Haryana 8.22 110.64
9 Himachal Pradesh 102.56 71.87
10 Jammu And Kashmir 207.69 628.60
11 Jharkhand 409.50 367.86
12 Karnataka 246.30 1015.47
13 Kerala 399.13 418.80
14 Ladakh 0.89 4.44
15 Madhya Pradesh 736.22 985.73
16 Maharashtra 714.60 1015.83
17 Manipur 108.59 334.02
18 Meghalaya 194.81 384.72
19 Mizoram 70.57 8.13
20 Nagaland 46.63 118.29
21 Odisha 482.00 355.11
22 Punjab 58.98 231.33
23 Rajasthan 922.81 1253.69
24 Sikkim 1.33 24.85
25 Tamil Nadu 633.24 1152.59
26 Telangana 427.09 818.34
27 Tripura 21.69 121.55
28 Uttar Pradesh 1169.76 2540.97
29 Uttarakhand 92.54 146.65
30 West Bengal* 0.00 0.00
31 Andaman And Nicobar 0.33 0.14
32 Dn Haveli And Dd 0.61 0.00
33 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 0.14 0.52
Total 9711.98 16756.90
* The release of funds to the State of West Bengal under the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) was
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.
As per the request made by and following clarifications provided by the State
Government, implementation of Scheme has been resumed in the State w.e.f.
01.06.2026.
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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