Parliament Question: Convergence of MGNREGS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4203 ANSWERED ON 19/08/2025 CONVERGENCE OF MGNREGS

4203. Shri MadhavaneniRaghunandan Rao:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana or JalJeevan Mission has been successful, if so, the details thereof; and

(b) the details of assets created under such convergence during 2023-24 and the impact on employment generation and rural livelihoods? 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, with an objective to provide not less than one hundred days of employment in every financial year to every household in rural area whose adult members volunteer do unskilled manual work, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability.

As per Schedule I of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, Para 4 (1), IV:

Category : D: Rural Infrastructure: (ii) Providing all-weather rural road connectivity to [unconnected villages and border areas] and to connect identified rural production centres to the existing pucca road network; and construction of pucca internal roads or streets including side drains and culverts within a village; and

Category: A : Public works relating to Natural Resource

Management: (i) Water Conservation and water harvesting structures to augment and improve ground water like underground Page 1 of 4dykes, earthen dams, stop dams, check dams and roof-top rain water harvesting structures in Government or Panchayat buildings with special focus on recharging ground water including drinking water sources; are permissible activity.

The all-weather rural road connectivity works are being taken up in convergence of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY) under the Ministry of Rural Development. The planning, design, implementation, quality control and maintenance have to be ensured as per the Guidelines of the Ministry for providing single All Weather Road Connectivity to Non- PMGSY Habitations.

The works pertaining to the category of water conservation & water harvesting are being taken up in the rural areas as per the demand and local need of the community which in turn supports JalJeevan Mission directly or indirectly.

(b): The details of assets created in the category of Rural Connectivity and Water Conservation & Water harvesting under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2023-24 are given at Annexure. ***** Page 2 of 4Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4203 dated 19.08.2025 State-wise details of Rural Connectivity and Water Conservation & Water Harvesting related works under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during FY 2023-24 Water Conservation & Water Rural Connectivity works completed Harvesting SI.

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States/UTs Total Persondays Total Persondays Completed Expenditure Completed Expenditure generated generated (Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh) 1 Andhra Pradesh 17,384 74,506.50 20,934 49,134.92 1,97,07,155 51,46,776 2 Arunachal Pradesh 743 17,005.75 166 2,731.55 6,94,700 47,64,292 3 Assam 908 1,937.15 4,959 20,547.60 72,94,463 4,86,321 4 Bihar 40,935 33,561 69,275.06 2,59,04,610 1,53,580.18 2,81,81,093 5 Chhattisgarh 5,963 27,871.28 18,274 88,453.36 3,28,14,219 83,44,454 6 Goa 2 47.24 5,750 2 22.6 3,886 7 Gujarat 4,870 41,671.57 6,550 39,296.19 85,08,324 54,83,937 8 Haryana 1,329 15,286.95 378 4,516.77 12,12,522 14,61,981 9 Himachal Pradesh 11,940 28,844.15 4,573 6,657.89 14,45,622 46,94,094 10 Jharkhand 2,208 5,183.58 7,581 4,992.90 16,28,088 9,69,980 11 Karnataka 32,713 91,009.66 47,749 6,07,92,715 86,26,906 2,03,252.79 12 Kerala 15,762 25,763.05 66,731 5,17,82,298 6,97,225 1,76,317.86 13 Madhya Pradesh 26,700 70,264.44 77,346 8,98,19,040 1,57,13,542 3,03,078.00 14 Maharashtra 4,565 3,864 26,399.45 97,69,136 1,06,391.46 1,86,88,041 15 Manipur 2,094 18,994.97 1,267 7,772.08 15,28,885 44,81,717 16 Meghalaya 4,547 47,478.18 2,336 11,150.98 25,87,704 1,47,73,132 17 Mizoram 1,981 7,456.96 834 2,931.79 7,37,163 17,24,691 18 Nagaland 1,105 17,187.81 464 5,174.98 6,80,255 40,38,019 19 Odisha 15,228 39,692.11 15,341 4,08,35,437 1,24,66,346 1,20,869.10 20 Punjab 15,855 31,807.10 1,064 2,292.81 6,62,453 81,79,639 21 Rajasthan 19,782 26,469 15,07,14,940 2,49,599.30 8,51,19,065 3,08,828.09 22 Sikkim 208 1,238.62 425 563.74 84,104 3,25,641 23 Tamil Nadu 17,210 1,31,354 29,53,09,653 1,00,234.87 64,44,644 7,99,351.84 24 Telangana 17,423 13,509 51,595.94 2,82,52,161 1,26,280.47 71,06,346 25 Tripura 3,114 24,791.64 2,900 5,421.25 21,13,333 16,33,146 26 Uttar Pradesh 67,147 36,568 5,54,41,532 1,87,722.48 1,20,36,910 1,42,328.73 27 Uttarakhand 6,474 9,708.19 8,177 8,417.43 22,41,924 Page 3 of 425,45,391 28 West Bengal 469 0.19 43 259 1.06 Andaman and 29 32 92.9 22,761 32 102.73 17,633 Nicobar Dadra and Nagar - - 30 Haveli and Daman - - - - and Diu Jammu and 31 10,522 24,713.17 5,521 6,555.03 16,79,656 Kashmir 78,36,228 32 Ladakh 706 1,716.73 97 188.22 53,708 4,80,959 - - 33 Lakshadweep - 65 - - 34 Puducherry 17 164.91 8,596 84 1,005.62 3,88,388 Total 3,49,936 5,39,369 89,47,05,772 15,48,244 27,24,87,666 24,69,228.36 ***** Page 4 of 4