Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Employment Oriented Scheme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 238

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## EMPLOYMENT ORIENTED SCHEME

## *238.   SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether people from rural areas are migrating to cities in search of employment and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  employment  oriented  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  rural  areas  to provide employment and check migration to cities;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT and region-wise; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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(a)to(d): The Ministry of Rural Development does not compile data on migration. The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  Mahatma  Gandhi National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  and  National  Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life  of  the  people  in  rural  areas  through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision  of  social  assistance  and  other  basic  amenities.  Besides,  PMAY-G  and PMGSY  are  also  implemented  with  the  objectives  of  meeting  basic  needs  and developing rural infrastructure for improving living conditions of rural masses so that migration of people from rural areas to cities could be reduced.

State/UT-wise number of households provided employment under MGNREGA during the financial year 2016-17 & 2017-18 are given at Annexure .

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)to(d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  238  dated 02.08.2018

|       |                     | Households provided employment (In lakh)   | Households provided employment (In lakh)   |
|-------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sl No | States              | 2016-17                                    | 2017-18                                    |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 39.84                                      | 39.89                                      |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 2.03                                       | 1.42                                       |
| 3     | ASSAM               | 15.71                                      | 16.86                                      |
| 4     | BIHAR               | 22.95                                      | 22.49                                      |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH        | 21.32                                      | 23.27                                      |
| 6     | GOA                 | 0.07                                       | 0.07                                       |
| 7     | GUJARAT             | 7.16                                       | 8.61                                       |
| 8     | HARYANA             | 2.81                                       | 2.73                                       |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 5.29                                       | 5.11                                       |
| 10    | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 6.21                                       | 6.98                                       |
| 11    | JHARKHAND           | 17.43                                      | 14.45                                      |
| 12    | KARNATAKA           | 18.18                                      | 19.04                                      |
| 13    | KERALA              | 14.57                                      | 13.12                                      |
| 14    | MADHYAPRADESH       | 28.02                                      | 34.81                                      |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA         | 14.33                                      | 16.98                                      |
| 16    | MANIPUR             | 5.16                                       | 4.91                                       |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA           | 4.15                                       | 4.27                                       |
| 18    | MIZORAM             | 1.89                                       | 1.91                                       |
| 19    | NAGALAND            | 4.18                                       | 4.10                                       |
| 20    | ODISHA              | 20.33                                      | 23.07                                      |
| 21    | PUNJAB              | 5.36                                       | 6.64                                       |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN           | 46.35                                      | 45.14                                      |
| 23    | SIKKIM              | 0.68                                       | 0.64                                       |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU          | 62.62                                      | 58.15                                      |
| 25    | TELANGANA           | 25.60                                      | 25.30                                      |
| 26    | TRIPURA             | 5.77                                       | 5.23                                       |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH       | 50.09                                      | 48.69                                      |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND         | 5.44                                       | 5.10                                       |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL         | 58.25                                      | 52.41                                      |
| 30    | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0.12                                       | 0.07                                       |
| 31    | LAKSHADWEEP         | 0.00                                       | 0.001                                      |
| 32    | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.31                                       | 0.38                                       |
|       | Total               | 512.22                                     | 511.82                                     |