UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1072

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2011

Unemployment allowance under MGNREGA

1072. SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD:

SHRI RAMCHANDRA PRASAD SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a person is entitled to get unemployment allowance in case he/she is not provided work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether anyone has been provided unemployment allowance under this scheme during the period 2008-09, 2010- 11 and from April to June of 2011-12; and

(d) if so, the number of persons who were provided this allowance during the period along with amount paid under this head during each period?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI PRADEEP JAIN ‘ADITYA’)

(a) to (d): Yes Sir. Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), unemployment allowance becomes payable in case an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days of receipt of his application seeking employment or from the date on which employment has been sought in case of an advance application, whichever is later. Information received from various States/UTs regarding payment of un-employment allowance under MGNREGA is given in Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a to d) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred

Q. No. 1072 for answer on 09.08.2011

Un-employment allowance paid by the States under MGNREGA

Sl. No.	Name of State	Details of Un-employment allowance paid
1.	Madhya Pradesh	During 2006-07, In Badwani district, 1574 applicants were paid a sum of Rs. 4, 75,386 as unemployment allowance.
2.	Orissa	A total of 543 job seekers have been paid Rs. 1, 03,462 as unemployment allowance in three districts viz. Nawarangpur, Kalahandi and Bolangir.
3.	Karnataka	679 applicants have been paid Rs. 1, 68,068 as unemployment allowance in 8 Gram Panchayats of Raichur district.
4.	West Bengal	Eight job card holders in South 24-Parganas district of the State have been paid 14 days unemployment allowance each in 2007-08.
5	Kerala	An amount of Rs. 1063 was sanctioned to a job seeker in Pulpallly, Wayanad district as unemployment allowance for 32 days during the year 2006-07
6.	Tripura	Unemployment allowance has been paid by the Government of Tripura during the year 2008-09 up to 31^st December, 2008 to 51 registered job seekers.
7.	Jharkhand	Unemployment allowance of Rs. 1, 38,330 paid to 78 workers of Jerua & Kope villages in Latehar district of Jharkhand.
8.	Maharashtra	Unemployment allowance has been paid in Bhandara district in November 2007. Rs. 2, 72,272 were paid to 1144 workers.
9.	Uttar Pradesh	Orders have been issued for payment of unemployment allowance amounting to Rs.14, 99,340/- to 826 job card holders in Vikas Khand Pesewa, District Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.