New Delhi, Dec 03: Jammu & Kashmir has pending liabilities of Rs 196.29 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), according to data presented in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Responding to a question on funds owed to States under the scheme, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said the Union Territory has dues of Rs 5.48 crore under the wage head, Rs 188.50 crore under material costs and Rs 2.31 crore under administrative expenditure as on November 26, 2025.
The Minister said wage payments are issued daily by the Centre through the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) after receiving fund transfer orders from States and UTs.
He added that all admissible wage liabilities up to FY 2024-25 have been cleared across the country, except in the case of West Bengal.
On the release of funds for the current financial year, Chouhan informed that rupees 68,393.67 crore has been disbursed nationwide under MGNREGS as of November 26, 2025, including rupees 57,853.62 crore for wages and rupees 10,540.05 crore for material and administrative expenditure.
He noted that funds for material and admin components are released in tranches based on factors such as labour budgets, work demand, pending liabilities, utilisation rate and submission of relevant documents by States and UTs.
Data tabled in Parliament also shows that Jammu & Kashmir received Rs 1,151.20 crore under MGNREGS in 2024-25, compared to Rs 921.60 crore in 2023-24, Rs 1,051 crore in 2022-23 and Rs 950.14 crore in 2021-22.
The minister also stated that funding to West Bengal remains suspended since March 2022 due to non-compliance with directives issued by the Centre—(KNO)
