MGNREGA Payments Through Post Offices

The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, ShriSachin Pilot today informed Lok Sabha in written reply to a question that the scheme of payment wages under MGNREGA through post offices is operational in 19 Postal Circles ( 26 states and 5 UTs ) of the country ( except Delhi, J & K and Tamilnadu Postal Circles (Tamilnadu and Puducherry). Circle Zero-balaceAccounts SB Accounts Total Andhra Pradesh 32,94,537 98,07,124 1,31,01,661 Assam                         13,01,924 5,26,661 18,28,585 Bihar 18,03,621 37,72,607 55,76,228 Chattisgarh 31,91,844 2,86,209 34,78,053 Gujrat 17,75,570 2,52,053 20,27,623 Haryana 49,222 11,929 61,151 Himachal Pradesh 63,844 15,072 78,916 Jharkhand                 18,12,829 15,04,839 33,17,668 Karnataka 2,98,607 13,43,189 16,41,796 Kerala 1,89,731 0 1,89,731 Madhya Pradesh 12,78,115 2,46,629 15,24,744 Maharashtra 14,28,426 1,50,243 15,78,669 N.E.                              41,7749 1,07,668 5,25,417 Orissa 16,16,262                   15,279 16,31,541 Punjab                        2,02,261 70,651 2,72,912 Rajasthan                  30,13,314 31,50,433 61,63,747 Uttar Pradesh          2,39,802 1,60,732 4,00,534 Uttarakhand            1,34,199 87,611 2,21,810 West Bengal 51,30,858 4,44,879 55,75,737 Total            2,72,42,715 2,19,53,808 4,91,96,523                 2,19,53,808 SB accounts and 2,72,42,715 zero-balance accounts have been opened in Post Offices for payment of wages under MGNREGA. Department gets remuneration for live SB account from Ministry of Finance. The rate applicable for the year 2011-12 is Rs. 142.76 per account per year. However, Ministry of Finance is not giving any remuneration for zero-balance accounts. **** SP/AT (Release ID :74998)

Source : http://www.pib.nic.in/ 24/08/2011