Parliament Question: MGNREGS in Jammu and Kashmir

O.I.H. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5262 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026 MGNREGS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 5262. Shri Jugal Kishore: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of all works initiated and completed in RDD block Nowshera district, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 2025 to 31st January, 2026 including the current status of sanctioned and amount spent, Panchayat- wise; (b) whether it is a fact that the pending liabilities for previously sanctioned works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in RDD Block Nowshera have not yet been paid whereas payments have been released for newly sanctioned works in the same Panchayats; (c) if so, the reasons for the delay in the payment of pending liabilities, Panchayat-wise; and (d) the details of the pending amount, sanctioned amount, payments made so far and the remaining dues? 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 unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in every financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability. Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure made on the works in the Nowshera block, Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during Page 1 of 3the financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) is given at Annexure. Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure made on the works in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) are given below: Completed Ongoing Financial Number of Expenditure Number of Expenditure year works (Rs in lakh) works (Rs in lakh) 2024-25 19,723 4,859.35 66,696 10,450.59 2025-26 9,300 1,157.64 84,810 16,594.09 As per NREGASoft Details of works completed and ongoing including the expenditure made on the works in Jammu and Kashmir under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) are given below: Completed Ongoing Financial Number of Expenditure Number of Expenditure Year works (Rs in lakh) works (Rs in lakh) 2024-25 1,81,828 33,058.18 3,89,873 92,209.66 2025-26 46,178 7,361.56 4,80,135 1,25,056.86 As per NREGASoft (c) & (d): Since Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment Scheme, the responsibility of implementation of the scheme is vested with the Governments of concerned States/UTs. Under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, funds under material components are released to the State Government through the SNA- SPARSH system and the State Government further releases the funds to its Districts accordingly. The Government of India does not release material funds directly to the districts/Block. Details of fund released to Jammu and Kashmir for material component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last financial year 2024-25 and current financial year 2025-26 (as on 19.03.2026) are given below: Financial Year Fund released for material component (Rs. in crore) 2024-25 190.68 2025-26 125.30 ***** Page 2 of 3Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5262 dated 24.03.2026. 2024-25 2025-26 (as on 20.03.2026) Completed Ongoing Completed Ongoing SI Num . GPs of Expend Expen Numb Expendit Numb Expendit Numb ber N Nowshera iture diture er of ure er of ure er of of o. (Rs in (Rs in work (Rs in work (Rs in works work lakh) lakh) s lakh) s lakh) s 1 Bajnowa 56 21.05 90 27.18 21 4.42 135 55.04 2 Bhawani-A 45 10.23 202 48.79 9 5.86 336 105.69 3 Bhawani-B 55 17.69 151 25.72 16 6.93 201 55.95 4 Choki 46 14.36 116 20.73 6 2.86 157 34.87 5 Dhanak 44 27.41 149 36.09 50 7.67 194 77.99 6 Handon 46 10.48 112 21.38 11 7.10 170 48.55 Hanjana 7 44 12.36 122 27.87 10 4.58 160 36.95 Khanka Hanjana 8 23 12.43 146 28.51 9 2.24 170 27.74 Thakra 9 Kalsian 36 6.30 222 71.63 15 8.49 339 109.39 10 Khamba 50 20.80 250 54.55 26 5.89 332 83.25 11 Langar 79 24.64 208 25.96 10 6.00 272 49.85 Nonial 12 55 16.83 121 45.48 10 4.91 175 59.22 Lower Nonial 13 20 8.76 48 10.82 8 3.19 111 56.17 Upper 14 Rajal-A 56 15.12 95 25.48 28 5.69 121 36.67 Total 655 218.46 2,032 470.19 229 75.83 2,873 837.33 As per NREGASoft ***** Page 3 of 3