Four southern States Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana have reported the highest number of cases of financial misappropriation in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
According to Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, of the total 4.92 lakh cases reported across the country, those reported from the four States accounted for 4.18 lakh. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of 1.59 lakh cases of financial misappropriation each followed by Karnataka (59,290 cases) and Telangana (40,562 cases), the Minister informed Parliament in a written reply to a query raised.
She said the corresponding misappropriation of funds was to the tune of ₹337.43 crore in AP, ₹246.22 crore in Tamil Nadu, ₹184.17 crore in Karnataka and ₹85.38 crore in Telangana. Of the total cases, total number of decided cases in the four States, AP accounted for 1.11 lakh, Tamil Nadu (1.23 lakh), Karnataka (38,809) and Telangana (40,505).
