Payment wages under MGNREGA 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 and Puducherry).

MGNREGA Payments Through Post Offices

Circle	Zero-balance Accounts	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.

Source : PIB Release , August 24, 2011