Parliament Question: Job Cardholders under MGNREGS in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2596 ANSWERED ON 16/12/2025 JOB CARDHOLDERS UNDER MGNREGS IN UTTAR PRADESH

2596. Adv Priya Saroj:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of active Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) job cardholders who were denied work and marked absent due to technical glitches in the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app during the financial year 2024-25 in Uttar Pradesh specifically in rural districts like Jaunpur;

(b) whether it is a fact that Uttar Pradesh currently has a negative net balance of funds under MGNREGS, leading to wage delays for over three months for SC and ST workers, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of Gram Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh district where internet connectivity issues have been formally logged as a hindrance for uploading real-time attendance; and

(d) the steps taken to compensate workers who performed manual labor but were denied wages solely due to NMMS app failures? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a), (c) & (d): To ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), the Ministry has decided that States/UTs shall ensure capturing of attendance at the worksite through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App with two-time stamped, geo-tagged photographs of the workers in a day for all the works (except Individual Beneficiary Work) through NMMS w.e.f. 1st January, 2023.

In order to avoid any inconvenience to the workers due to NMMS, provision has been made that in case any worksite is not located in network covered area or attendance could not be uploaded due to any other network issue then attendance can be captured in Page 1 of 4offline mode and can be uploaded once the device comes into network covered area. In case of exceptional circumstances owing to which attendance could not be uploaded, the provision for exemption at district level by District Program Coordinator also exists, which has since been decentralized to the Block level.

During the financial year 2024-25, 99.08 % attendance has been marked through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) in Uttar Pradesh under the Scheme. District-wise details is given at Annexure.

In case of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, as per NREGASoft, 100% attendance has been marked through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) under the scheme.

(b): 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. Sanctions for wage payments are issued daily by the Ministry through the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) based on fund transfer orders received from the States/ UTs after following due procedures. At the beginning of each financial year, admissible pending liabilities of the previous years, if any, are duly reimbursed by the Government of India. Accordingly, all due and admissible pending wage liabilities upto FY 2024-25 have already been cleared (except in case of State of West Bengal).

With regard to Material and Admin components, States/UTs are required to furnish fund release proposals to the Government of India.

The Central Government releases funds periodically in two tranches with each tranche consisting of one or more installments, keeping in view the “agreed to” Labour Budget, demand for works, opening balance, pace of utilization of funds, pending liabilities, overall performance and subject to submission of relevant documents by the States/UTs.

Under the Scheme, in the current financial year 2025-26 (as on

11.12.2025), an amount of Rs. 8408.05 crore has been released to Uttar Pradesh, which includes Rs. 6733.93 crore for Wage component and an amount of Rs.1674.12 crore for Material and Admin components. As Sanction for payment of wages are issued by Ministry on a daily basis through PFMS (Public Finance Management System), after receipt of funds transfer orders from States/UTs after following the due procedures, the fund release status keeps updating on a daily basis. In the financial year 2025-26 (as on 12.12.2025),

99.26% Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) are generated within 15 days from the closure of muster rolls in Uttar Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. ***** Page 2 of 4Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2596 dated 16.12.2025 Percentage of works having muster roll filled through NMMS App in Uttar Pradesh during FY 2024-25 under the scheme.

First Fortnight Second Fortnight Number of Number of Percentage works works Percentage of works Number having Number having of works SI. Districts of having of musterroll of musterroll having No. Uttar Pradesh musterroll eligible filled eligible filled musterroll filled works through works through filled through through NMMS NMMS NMMS App.

NMMS App.

App. App.

1 Agra 5158 5070 98.29 5934 5817 98.03 2 Aligarh 6372 6224 97.68 7103 6874 96.78 Ambedkar 3 6601 6428 97.38 7257 7084 Nagar 97.62 4 Amethi 6685 6676 99.87 7453 7432 99.72 5 Amroha 6885 6834 99.26 7470 7416 99.28 6 Auraiya 4685 4588 97.93 5302 5198 98.04 7 Ayodhya 10639 10344 97.23 11467 11148 97.22 8 Azamgarh 14414 14341 99.49 14551 14445 99.27 9 Baghpat 660 659 99.85 653 652 99.85 10 Bahraich 10663 10486 98.34 11680 11453 98.06 11 Ballia 5328 5280 99.10 6124 6054 98.86 12 Balrampur 7606 7502 98.63 8127 8000 98.44 13 Banda 2196 2192 99.82 2772 2757 99.46 14 Barabanki 11787 11785 99.98 12221 12219 99.98 15 Bareilly 9113 8977 98.51 9960 9792 98.31 16 Basti 14518 14434 99.42 15104 14986 99.22 17 Bijnor 9161 9150 99.88 9485 9460 99.74 18 Budaun 7893 7740 98.06 8311 8160 98.18 19 Bulandshahr 2882 2875 99.76 2666 2654 99.55 20 Chandauli 8096 7978 98.54 8575 8420 98.19 21 Chitrakoot 1224 1224 100.00 1328 1328 100.00 22 Deoria 7614 7589 99.67 8070 8026 99.45 23 Etah 6165 6021 97.66 6743 6602 97.91 24 Etawah 3398 3348 98.53 3709 3623 97.68 25 Farrukhabad 4272 4272 100.00 4648 4648 100.00 26 Fatehpur 4494 4407 98.06 4572 4465 97.66 27 Firozabad 7288 7234 99.26 8089 8008 99.00 Gautam 28 0 0 0 0 0 Buddha Nagar 0 29 Ghaziabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Ghazipur 7592 7541 99.33 8140 8057 98.98 31 Gonda 7252 7233 99.74 7801 7783 99.77 32 Gorakhpur 10958 10833 98.86 11197 11019 98.41 33 Hamirpur 3719 3719 100.00 4052 4052 100.00 34 Hapur 1044 1043 99.90 1024 1023 99.90 35 Hardoi 12674 12571 99.19 14028 13853 98.75 Page 3 of 436 Hathras 3495 3488 99.80 3938 3923 99.62 37 Jalaun 6003 5981 99.63 6385 6327 99.09 38 Jaunpur 11591 11591 100.00 12410 12410 100.00 39 Jhansi 3506 3439 98.09 3967 3724 93.87 40 Kannauj 4421 4338 98.12 4705 4580 97.34 41 Kanpur Dehat 4526 4526 100.00 4800 4800 100.00 42 Kanpur Nagar 3502 3502 100.00 3888 3888 100.00 43 Kashganj 3439 3436 99.91 3507 3503 99.89 44 Kaushambi 2630 2530 96.20 2826 2742 97.03 45 Kheri 12983 12970 99.90 14145 14112 99.77 46 Kushi Nagar 10001 9939 99.38 11431 11283 98.71 47 Lalitpur 5053 5053 100.00 5091 5090 99.98 48 Lucknow 4576 4540 99.21 5536 5479 98.97 49 Maharajganj 8472 8454 99.79 9328 9294 99.64 50 Mahoba 2140 2137 99.86 2274 2266 99.65 51 Mainpuri 7887 7846 99.48 8093 8036 99.30 52 Mathura 4126 4055 98.28 4693 4557 97.10 53 Mau 7133 7133 100.00 7574 7574 100.00 54 Meerut 2961 2886 97.47 3077 2966 96.39 55 Mirzapur 7750 7750 100.00 8397 8397 100.00 56 Moradabad 5622 5600 99.61 6461 6447 99.78 57 Muzaffarnagar 4834 4834 100.00 5146 5146 100.00 58 Pilibhit 5270 5225 99.15 5936 5832 98.25 59 Pratapgarh 10602 10540 99.42 10591 10445 98.62 60 Prayagraj 13012 12939 99.44 13687 13605 99.40 61 Rae Bareli 11431 11396 99.69 12639 12609 99.76 62 Rampur 7030 6954 98.92 7746 7654 98.81 63 Saharanpur 5848 5769 98.65 6493 6406 98.66 64 Sambhal 5960 5736 96.24 6196 5978 96.48 Sant Kabeer 65 5902 5889 99.78 6157 6127 Nagar 99.51 Sant Ravidas 66 3022 3016 99.80 2996 2994 Nagar 99.93 67 Shahjahanpur 7376 7373 99.96 7979 7974 99.94 68 Shamli 1712 1648 96.26 1917 1820 94.94 69 Shravasti 3770 3769 99.97 3787 3784 99.92 Siddharth 70 9818 9769 99.50 10059 9971 Nagar 99.13 71 Sitapur 15371 15286 99.45 17003 16856 99.14 72 Sonbhadra 7005 7005 100.00 7350 7350 100.00 73 Sultanpur 8762 8744 99.79 8131 8099 99.61 74 Unnao 8489 8488 99.99 9218 9217 99.99 75 Varanasi 4202 4173 99.31 4703 4676 99.43 Total 490269 486345 99.20 525876 520449 98.97 (As per NREGASoft) ***** Page 4 of 4