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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2784
ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026
REPEALING OF MGNREGS
2784. Smt. June Maliah:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the details of amount (in Rs.) due to States under the Admin,
Material and Wage Components, State-wise;
(b) whether it is a fact that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was repealed by
the Union Government;
(c) the timeline by which the due amount is likely to be paid to the
States; and
(d) whether it is a fact that Rs. 52,000/- crore is due to the State of
West Bengal alone, if so, the time by which the amount likely to
be disbursed?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a): State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage,
Material and Admin component under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) as on
04.03.2026 are given at Annexure.
(b): As per sub-section (1) of Section 37 of the VB-G RAM G Act,
2025 the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act, 2005, together with all rules, notifications, Schemes, orders and
guidelines made thereunder, shall stand repealed on such date as the
Central Government may, by notification, appoint in accordance with
Sub-Section (2) of Section 1 of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. Central
government has not yet appointed the date of commencement of the Viksit
Bharat- G RAM G Act.
(c): Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand-driven wage employment
scheme. Under the Scheme, 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
Page 1 of 4procedures. 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 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
04.03.2026), an amount of Rs. 80,616.39 crore has been released to the
States/Union Territories, which includes Rs.65,519.35 crore for wage
component and an amount of Rs.15,097.03 crore for Material and Admin. 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. Here it is also stated that
release of fund under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a continuous process and
the Government of India is committed to reimburse all due and admissible
pending liabilities, if any, to States/UTs as per prescribed procedure.
(d): 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 by the State.
However, in compliance with the order of the Hon’ble Calcutta High
Court dated 18.06.2025, this Department has issued orders dated
06.12.2025 for the resumption of the implementation of the Mahatma
Gandhi NREGS in the State of West Bengal, which is subject to mandatory
compliance with the special conditions, so as to facilitate the effective and
lawful implementation of the Scheme in the State. Accordingly, State
Government has been requested to submit the Labour Budget proposal for
the current Financial Year 2025-26 for consideration of the Empowered
Committee, Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, which is awaited despite reminders.
As per NREGASoft, the total 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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Page 2 of 4Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question
No. 2784 dated 10.03.2026.
State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of pending liabilities for Wage,
Material and Admin component under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS as on
04.03.2026 (Rs. in crores)
SI.
No. State/UTs Wage Material Admin
1 Andhra Pradesh 302.92 1776.60 108.65
2 Arunachal Pradesh 139.84 21.84 1.54
3 Assam 211.39 469.78 31.56
4 Bihar 678.05 1021.44 19.87
5 Chhattisgarh 542.56 12.54 12.59
6 Goa 0.13 0.54 0.02
7 Gujarat 99.39 37.93 5.44
8 Haryana 15.72 11.01 1.11
9 Himachal Pradesh 72.65 18.16 5.60
10 Jammu and Kashmir 193.95 272.94 18.37
11 Jharkhand 387.80 240.23 7.70
12 Karnataka 261.60 725.95 61.92
13 Kerala 378.06 251.69 58.18
14 Ladakh 4.29 6.95 0.36
15 Madhya Pradesh 554.70 467.28 46.94
16 Maharashtra 411.42 0.00 39.94
17 Manipur 129.16 271.99 6.69
18 Meghalaya 179.84 129.05 2.39
19 Mizoram 63.84 0.00 6.00
20 Nagaland 28.93 97.12 0.28
21 Odisha 481.14 18.79 13.48
22 Punjab 64.53 137.48 4.00
23 Rajasthan 754.66 0.00 13.18
24 Sikkim 2.81 0.00 0.04
25 Tamil Nadu 634.25 547.33 29.93
26 Telangana 229.27 161.39 17.38
27 Tripura 20.33 107.89 21.57
28 Uttar Pradesh 909.53 1799.25 144.83
29 Uttarakhand 90.55 9.00 2.91
30 West Bengal* 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 Andaman and Nicobar 0.943 0.14 0.00
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and
1.83
32 Diu 0.02 0.00
33 Lakshadweep 0 0.00 0.00
34 Puducherry 0.15 0.22 0.86
Total 7846.25 8614.55 683.33
Page 3 of 4Note: The data as per PFMS/MIS and Pending liability of the previous year
for the material component.
*The proposal for upward revision of the Labour Budget for FY 2021-22 for
the State of West Bengal was not approved by the Empowered Committee,
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS),
Department of Rural Development due to non-compliance with the
directives issued by this Department. Subsequently, the release of funds to
the State of West Bengal under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) was also
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 by the State.
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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