MGNREGA Payments Through Post Offices
The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Shri Sachin 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 andPuducherry).
| 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.
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