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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 944
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/02/2026
EMPLOYMENT AND CREATION OF ASSETS UNDER MGNREGS
944 Shri Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik:
Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state:
(a) the details regarding mandays created, persons employed, wages paid and assetscreated
under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS)
since 2020, State-wise and year-wise;
(b) whether any irregularities were found in the implementation of MGNREGS;
(c) if so, the details of such irregularities, and;
(d) whether any accountability was fixed and persons penalized for such irregularities; and
(e) if so, the details thereof State-wise?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): State/UTs and year-wise details of persons who availed employment, persondays
generated, works completed, and fund released for the wage component under Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) from 2020-21 to the
current financial year 2025-26 (as on 02.02.2026) are given at Annexure-I.
(b)to (e): Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is primarily the responsibility of the
concerned State/UT Governments. However, several interventions have been put in place by the
Central Government to ensure maintenance of transparency and accountability and proper
utilization of funds while implementing the scheme. The Ministry regularly reviews the
performance of the States/UTs with respect to the proper implementation of the scheme through
various forums such as Performance Review Committee meetings, Mid-term Reviews, Common
Review Missions, National Level Monitors, Empowered Committee meetings, Monthly Reviews
etc. In addition to the same, Special Monitoring Teams are also deployed to States/UTs to
conduct spot inspections of worksites.
Additionally, as per the mandates of section 17 of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, 2005, the
Gram Sabha is required to conduct social audit of all the works taken up under the scheme within
the Gram Panchayat. For this Social Audit Unit (SAU), an independent organisation facilitates
conduct of social audit by Gram Sabha. Further, Ombudspersons are also required to be
positioned in every District for receiving and redressal of grievances/ complaints.
As reported by the Social Audit Units (SAUs), a total of 11,15,619 cases have been reported
during social audits across the country, with issues broadly categorised under Financial
Misappropriation, Financial Deviation, Process Violation and Grievance.
Page 1 of 7States/UTs-wise details of actions taken against the issues raised by SAU under Mahatma
Gandhi NREGS during the financial year 2015-16 to current financial year 2025-26 (as on
03.02.2026) is given at Annexure-II.
Further, in the Financial Year 2025–26, special monitoring visits were conducted in 55 districts
across 25 States/UTs, during which around 1100 worksites were inspected by the Central
Monitoring Teams. The irregularities observed during monitoring visit include:
Absence of works on the ground despite records showing execution,
Execution of non-permissible works,
Financial irregularities and improper documentation,
Splitting of works into smaller parts to obtain approvals from lower-level authorities,
Engagement of contractors/sub-contracting in violation of the Act,
Bypassing mandatory procurement procedures such as single-vendor/single-tender
procurement,
Instances of fake or inactive job cards and manipulated muster rolls,
Creation of incomplete or poor-quality assets not aligned with local development needs.
The Reports of the Special Monitoring Teams have been shared with concerned State/UT
Government for initiating appropriate action including recovery of misappropriated funds,
disciplinary proceedings against erring officials, and lodging of FIRs wherever required.
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Page 2 of 7Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 944 dated
06.02.2026.
State and year-wise details of persons who availed employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS
from 2020-21 to the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 02.02.2026). (Figure in lakh)
Sl. Persons who availed employment
State / UT
No. 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Andhra Pradesh 79.52 77.37 75.99 75.43 75.23 65.46
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2.44 2.79 2.88 2.82 3.11 3.42
3 Assam 35.73 39.88 34.30 33.48 26.35 19.86
4 Bihar 58.15 54.12 57.75 53.84 56.19 53.16
5 Chhattisgarh 60.18 55.06 47.19 44.14 44.84 32.30
6 Goa 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.02
7 Gujarat 19.32 18.44 16.31 15.12 13.06 9.74
8 Haryana 6.51 5.70 4.41 5.24 4.79 3.67
9 Himachal Pradesh 8.92 9.96 8.81 9.49 10.26 6.97
10 Jammu And Kashmir 11.28 10.85 9.89 9.93 10.56 9.88
11 Jharkhand 32.04 30.99 24.97 25.59 23.11 24.79
12 Karnataka 56.69 63.61 53.16 54.02 51.71 38.34
13 Kerala 18.83 18.99 17.59 16.62 15.40 13.51
14 Ladakh 0.38 0.37 0.39 0.37 0.37 0.37
15 Madhya Pradesh 105.31 95.69 75.50 63.73 57.73 56.08
16 Maharashtra 31.10 36.88 37.06 41.28 51.12 56.82
17 Manipur 6.04 5.94 3.75 5.03 5.66 5.58
18 Meghalaya 7.52 7.31 6.45 6.29 5.45 5.17
19 Mizoram 2.23 2.14 2.19 2.11 2.11 2.18
20 Nagaland 4.19 4.64 4.91 4.68 2.16 2.76
21 Odisha 62.15 55.53 51.75 49.91 33.77 33.45
22 Punjab 11.84 10.72 10.18 10.16 9.85 8.68
23 Rajasthan 110.98 100.86 88.07 86.97 77.23 55.64
24 Sikkim 0.77 0.75 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.60
25 Tamil Nadu 78.53 79.96 75.79 79.39 74.34 60.35
26 Telangana 54.29 48.78 45.45 40.62 42.44 30.83
27 Tripura 8.33 8.53 8.20 8.43 8.14 7.50
28 Uttar Pradesh 116.03 95.44 83.68 81.28 75.83 59.38
29 Uttarakhand 9.09 7.92 6.81 6.38 5.75 4.21
30 West Bengal 118.26 111.22 20.20 0.09 0.00 0.00
31 Andaman And Nicobar 0.095 0.057 0.054 0.050 0.035 0.020
Dadra & Nagar Haveli &
32
Daman & Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02188 0.10496 0.08332
33 Lakshadweep 0.00075 0.00024 0.00101 0.00077 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 0.53 0.41 0.46 0.59 0.50 0.50
Total 1117.31 1060.92 874.89 833.84 787.92 671.32
Page 3 of 7State and year-wise details of persondays generated under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from 2020-
21 to the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 02.02.2026). (Figure in lakh)
Sl. Persondays generated
State / UT
No. 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Andhra Pradesh 2585.84 2414.79 2395.36 2554.92 2422.82 1671.12
2 Arunachal Pradesh 127.97 158.69 151.06 160.35 204.34 165.81
3 Assam 911.53 915.85 786.74 874.22 711.38 455.35
4 Bihar 2261.26 1802.75 2364.32 2205.06 2498.06 1911.39
5 Chhattisgarh 1840.90 1692.26 1324.97 1276.61 1323.54 762.04
6 Goa 1.10 0.95 0.94 0.43 0.76 0.50
7 Gujarat 482.29 568.01 465.99 492.75 431.26 279.49
8 Haryana 179.62 146.39 96.46 123.11 117.92 67.43
9 Himachal Pradesh 336.19 370.94 307.89 344.31 395.31 198.52
10 Jammu And Kashmir 407.01 406.18 308.68 374.73 409.33 374.45
11 Jharkhand 1175.90 1132.19 914.85 1097.13 1009.38 1002.03
12 Karnataka 1480.27 1632.10 1257.76 1384.54 1311.37 739.02
13 Kerala 1023.00 1059.66 965.78 994.59 907.54 650.84
14 Ladakh 21.30 19.27 19.56 20.24 22.19 20.82
15 Madhya Pradesh 3417.88 2998.50 2258.98 1995.58 1896.64 1653.45
16 Maharashtra 679.35 825.29 787.84 1159.94 1621.22 1299.90
17 Manipur 330.52 303.31 73.87 146.06 244.62 209.57
18 Meghalaya 383.70 393.63 289.22 324.90 320.99 236.21
19 Mizoram 198.64 200.76 201.59 192.71 197.75 169.21
20 Nagaland 180.11 192.58 196.81 178.72 93.81 99.21
21 Odisha 2080.75 1977.63 1850.87 1828.26 1192.98 1098.58
22 Punjab 376.75 331.43 321.14 350.80 314.01 212.20
23 Rajasthan 4605.35 4242.67 3571.33 3751.60 3166.14 1750.90
24 Sikkim 37.34 34.34 32.46 34.32 33.85 22.70
25 Tamil Nadu 3339.46 3457.26 3346.55 4087.02 3061.10 1480.86
26 Telangana 1579.53 1457.93 1218.66 1208.58 1222.87 575.30
27 Tripura 437.22 426.18 334.55 370.49 353.37 241.39
28 Uttar Pradesh 3929.98 3254.86 3112.00 3452.09 3363.93 2148.50
29 Uttarakhand 303.60 243.18 206.40 196.87 189.98 99.79
30 West Bengal 4140.17 3642.26 378.75 1.65 0.00 0.00
31 Andaman And Nicobar 2.61 1.13 1.29 1.24 0.88 0.42
Dadra & Nagar Haveli &
32
Daman & Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 2.99 2.29
33 Lakshadweep 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.04 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 10.57 6.15 8.30 21.89 10.78 11.50
Total 38867.71 36309.12 29551.02 31206.14 29053.09 19610.80
Page 4 of 7State and year-wise details of works completed under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS from 2020-21 to
the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 02.02.2026).
Sl. Number of works completed
State / UT
No. 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1 Andhra Pradesh 609092 325907 374598 670671 343586 329883
2 Arunachal Pradesh 3158 3767 2158 3296 4559 3715
3 Assam 131860 127704 264432 586118 830260 226234
4 Bihar 980332 1290540 1087468 629974 459763 716848
5 Chhattisgarh 237069 214354 180784 249584 416018 663462
6 Goa 230 208 94 30 420 101
7 Gujarat 146859 99632 173214 197654 309546 152010
8 Haryana 21465 26499 9177 10280 23459 11209
9 Himachal Pradesh 77047 88595 107622 80727 161186 123172
10 Jammu And Kashmir 67370 85375 202639 124767 181770 29248
11 Jharkhand 497146 540442 717170 686873 395810 345674
12 Karnataka 413503 560705 791382 918873 970550 321951
13 Kerala 198869 189193 272304 302882 293834 139656
14 Ladakh 653 1839 8725 14820 9551 4729
15 Madhya Pradesh 726095 700182 1046746 777929 484693 546792
16 Maharashtra 262393 232561 354462 337759 435710 556367
17 Manipur 15533 10001 1827 9400 11520 8214
18 Meghalaya 26258 14259 11941 20886 54811 38757
19 Mizoram 24083 22818 16213 17398 25598 20932
20 Nagaland 3310 2643 1405 4893 3927 1888
21 Odisha 426368 404635 449525 316352 650728 350214
22 Punjab 35887 52448 52023 62570 62324 27026
23 Rajasthan 403133 333824 394336 289218 361545 225598
24 Sikkim 5478 6288 6783 4700 5712 4596
25 Tamil Nadu 419448 487920 568121 606665 363373 322319
26 Telangana 508847 740253 230770 216865 191684 104362
27 Tripura 79091 69741 161720 141110 179245 55431
28 Uttar Pradesh 617973 1071181 1288223 1018585 1627279 700388
29 Uttarakhand 58774 41584 106740 81783 85825 38096
30 West Bengal 1341284 1231331 549899 21788 2767 52964
31 Andaman and Nicobar 350 527 244 438 357 196
Dadra & Nagar Haveli &
32 0 0 0 0 3270 838
Daman & Diu
33 Lakshadweep 0 27 15 6 3 6
34 Puducherry 777 538 608 643 632 375
Total 8339735 8977521 9433368 8405537 8951315 6123251
Page 5 of 7State and year-wise details of fund released for the wage component under Mahatma Gandhi
NREGS from 2020-21 to the current financial year 2025-26 (as on 02.02.2026). (Rs. in crore)
2025-26
Sl.
States/UTs (as on 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21
No.
31.01.2026)
1 Andhra Pradesh 5223.60 6033.82 5629.31 5118.93 5270.54 6273.13
2 Arunachal Pradesh 486.83 400.68 283.19 352.14 326.09 224.89
3 Assam 1467.83 1556.59 1943.17 1831.4 2126.41 2154.95
4 Bihar 6493.32 4796.51 4284.17 5024.83 3539.93 4756.87
5 Chhattisgarh 2318.20 2559.62 2088.35 2381.67 2849.06 3362.94
6 Goa 2.76 2.30 0.88 3.75 0.24 2.34
7 Gujarat 814.03 1101.01 1000.81 1011.03 1159.92 1066.02
8 Haryana 371.08 395.17 357.77 306.35 461.95 600.89
9 Himachal Pradesh 672.03 789.34 597.66 656.13 743.4 736.75
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1054.26 901.72 725.61 704.37 867.93 810.49
11 Jharkhand 2740.85 2411.13 2249.64 2196.3 2238.73 2399.42
12 Karnataka 2921.89 4194.51 3794.71 3793.51 4680.81 4251.44
13 Kerala 2617.70 2450.67 2953.63 2935.75 3030.03 3356.22
14 Madhya Pradesh 4143.31 4264.64 3640.64 4541.45 5569.66 6419.71
15 Maharashtra 4752.78 3172.01 1947.47 1744.29 1670.9 1351.62
16 Manipur 761.87 540.21 0 757 553.65 596.26
17 Meghalaya 854.06 749.99 577.41 670.25 897.76 974.97
18 Mizoram 504.51 582.61 447.58 420.13 464.11 501.75
19 Nagaland 305.11 137.50 422.93 573.06 311.26 263.61
20 Odisha 3057.49 2651.55 3930.67 3743.86 4321.9 4219.2
21 Punjab 869.52 934.99 928.24 883.11 913.08 1021.25
22 Rajasthan 5174.18 6211.10 6490.07 6757.26 7793.29 8097.76
23 Sikkim 77.20 74.49 75.7 70.46 74.38 80.75
24 Tamil Nadu 5836.61 5984.03 10191.64 7469.9 7358.88 6958.79
25 Telangana 1754.82 2782.79 1785.29 2027.44 2680.23 2634.34
26 Tripura 627.94 717.53 724.3 672.17 822.16 904.4
27 Uttar Pradesh 7080.65 6544.99 7176.97 6551.57 6644.45 7817.58
28 Uttarakhand 311.91 431.72 384.98 433.61 503.45 713.17
29 West Bengal ** ** ** ** 5645.91 9397.68
30 Andaman & Nicobar 2.01 3.11 0 8 5.62 5.81
31 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.32 0 0 0.1 0.5
32 Puducherry 38.72 38.8 50.39 20.65 14.11 24.44
33 Ladakh 56.10 62.96 44.66 42.3 42.48 22.49
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
34 7.40 8.66 0 1 0 0
& Daman & Diu
** As per provisions under Section 27 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act, 2005, due to non-compliance of directives of the Central Government, funds to
the State of West Bengal have been stopped since 09th March, 2022.
Page 6 of 7Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b)to(e) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 944
dated 06.02.2026.
States/UTs-wise details of action taken against the issues raised by SAU under Mahatma Gandhi
NREGS during the financial year 2015-16 to current financial year 2025-26 (as on 03.02.2026 (as per
NREGASoft)
Number
Total amount
of Number Number
Number Number of recovered, so far
employees of of
Sl.no. State/UT of FIRs employees under Financial
fined/ employees employees
filed censured/warned Misappropriation
levied suspended terminated
(Rs. In lakhs)
penalty
1 Andhra Pradesh 12 10484 44373 669 967 ₹2,716.56
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 103 0 0 ₹37.68
3 Assam 0 2 3211 0 12 ₹15.54
4 Bihar 0 13 548 0 0 ₹377.77
5 Chhattisgarh 4 631 1006 9 5 ₹2,535.71
6 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
7 Gujarat 0 0 46 0 0 ₹0.44
8 Haryana 1 0 480 0 4 ₹0.07
9 Himachal Pradesh 7 731 8703 3 57 ₹283.61
10 Jammu And Kashmir 0 1653 7611 1 4 ₹144.94
11 Jharkhand 4 13616 151 0 2 ₹1,598.87
12 Karnataka 4 1347 5921 4 201 ₹4,292.55
13 Kerala 6 6 30 0 0 ₹155.81
14 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
15 Madhya Pradesh 2 908 6795 6 7 ₹528.37
16 Maharashtra 40 10 1058 0 6 ₹104.09
17 Manipur 0 1 924 0 2 ₹35.32
18 Meghalaya 1 0 97 0 12 ₹3.24
19 Mizoram 0 0 161 0 8 ₹16.18
20 Nagaland 0 163 112 4 8 ₹54.43
21 Odisha 3 1343 44476 6 32 ₹568.49
22 Punjab 0 137 4958 1 14 ₹205.49
23 Rajasthan 0 2 470 0 0 ₹396.53
24 Sikkim 1 2 289 0 3 ₹205.53
25 Tamil Nadu 3 1053 449 2 18 ₹13,201.60
26 Telangana 13 20143 268581 314 346 ₹596.33
27 Tripura 0 0 11 1 1 ₹204.03
28 Uttar Pradesh 5 386 96090 39 115 ₹1,289.60
29 Uttarakhand 0 301 2671 1 1 ₹38.03
30 West Bengal 7 1 8112 54 29 ₹28.14
Andaman And
31 Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
32 Dn Haveli And Dd 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
33 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
34 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 ₹0.00
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