Lok Sabha Question No. 4510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Proposals from Chhattisgarh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4510

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2018

## PROPOSALS FROM CHHATTISGARH

## 4510.   SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the proposals received from the Government of Chhattisgarh during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the proposals received during the said period which are pending;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  special  scheme  regarding development of tribal areas; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) &  (b):  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in rural areas of the country including Chhattisgarh, to bring about  overall  improvement  in  the  quality  of  life  of  the  people  in  rural  areas  through employment  generation,  skilling  of  youths,  provision  of  social  assistance  and  other  basic amenities.

Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  the  sub-scheme  under  the Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM)  has  the objective  of  helping  rural  poor  to  set  up  enterprises.  During  the  previous  two  years,  four project proposals were received from Chhattisgarh. During 2017-18, three project proposals were  received  from  Balrampur  Block  (Balrampur  District),  Chhurra  Block  (Gariyaband District) and Rajnandgao Block (Rajnandgao District). There is no proposal pending.

Mahila Kisan Shashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) another sub-scheme under Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  has received  two  proposals  which  have  been  approved.  Proposals  received  from  the  State Governments/UT  Administrations  are  sanctioned  as  soon  as  satisfactory  compliances  are received as per the scheme guidelines.

(c) & (d):  There is no proposal in the Ministry to formulate special scheme for tribal areas. Specific  provisions  have  been  made  under  different  rural  development  schemes  for  tribal people and tribal areas. Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) (erstwhile Indira Awaas Yojana), 60% of the target allocated are being earmarked for SCs/STs subject to availability of eligible PMAY-G beneficiaries as per SECC 2011 through a saturation approach. The task of distribution of category wise targets among districts has been assigned to the States to provide them with functional autonomy and flexibility in distributing targets as per the socio-economic and population profile of the districts. There is provision of 5% of the  allocation  at  national  level  as  reserve  fund  which  can  be  utilized  for  settlement  of households  benefitted  under  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 commonly known as FRA beneficiaries. Primitive Tribal Groups and beneficiary families of the FRA are being covered on priority to achieve saturation.

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