Lok Sabha Question No. 2627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Women Rural Co-ordinators
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2627

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.1 2.2016

## WOMEN RURAL CO -ORDINATORS

## 2627. SHRI P. KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has appointed/proposes  to  appoint  women  rural  co -ordinators to ensure socio - economic development of women in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (c) whethersuch projects are likely to be launched in the tribal areas as well;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the manner in which the aforementioned proposal/plan is likely to benefit t women?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

( a) to (e) : The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Deendayal AntyodayaYojana - National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY - NRLM)  with  a mandate  to focus on poor rural households to ensure their socio - economic development in rural areas including tribal areas . 10 - 20  poor women from the rural households are organized to form self - help groups(SHGs), 10 - 20  SHGs  are aggregated/  federated  int o  village  level organization (V O), 25 - 40VOs are aggregated to form cluster level federation (CLF ). DAYNRLM has promoted 28.88l akh SHGs covering about 3.40 crore poor households. These SHGs  are  aggregated  to  form  1.55 lakhs  Village  Organisation  and 11460 Cluster  Level Federations. Under DAY - NRLM, the State Rural Livelihoods Miss ons (SRLMs), which are implementing the programme in the states, are setting up Block Mission Management Units (BMMUs) that include area coordinators and cluster coordinators in select blocks to mobili support to poor women. Women Activists (approximate ly 2 women activist per village) are also  identified  in  the  villages  for  facilitating  the implementa ion  of  the  programme.  The programme is being presently implemented in a phased manner in all States and fourUnion Territories,  and  envisages  universal  cov erage  of  rural  poor h useholds  by  2024 - 25.  A statement giving State - wise number of professionals working as Block Project Managers/Area - Coordinators/Cluster - Coordinators and the number of Community cadre is enclosed as Annexure -I .

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## Annexure - I referred in reply to part (a) to e of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2627 for answer on 01.12.2016.

N.A. = Not available

| S.No.   | State                     | No. of Intensive Blocks   | No. of Persons at Block Level   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                           | . A .                           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 656                       | 3672                            |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 4                         | 21                              |
| 4       | Assam                     | 63                        | 324                             |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 534                       | 4353                            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh              | 39                        | 296                             |
| 7       | Goa                       | 3                         | N . A .                         |
| 8       | Gujarat                   | 143                       | 270                             |
| 9       | Haryana                   | 43                        | 85                              |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh          | 12                        | 13                              |
| 11      | Jammu And Kashmir         | 23                        | 14                              |
| 12      | Jharkhand                 | 83                        | 344                             |
| 13      | Karnataka                 | 84                        | 122                             |
| 14      | Kerala                    | 152                       | 967                             |
| 15      | Lakshadweep               |                           | . A .                           |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh            | 164                       | 1434                            |
| 17      | Maharashtra               | 50                        | 313                             |
| 18      | Manipur                   | 4                         | 15                              |
| 19      | Meghalaya                 | 8                         | 30                              |
| 20      | Mizoram                   | 10                        | 20                              |
| 21      | Nagaland                  | 18                        | 105                             |
| 22      | Odisha                    | 107                       | 506                             |
| 23      | Puducherry                | 0                         | 2                               |
| 24      | Punjab                    | 29                        | 49                              |
| 25      | Rajasthan                 | 113                       | 253                             |
| 26      | Sikkim                    | 7                         | 5                               |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu                | 290                       | 790                             |
| 28      | Telangana                 | 442                       | 2887                            |
| 29      | Tripura                   | 6                         | 64                              |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh             | 78                        | 93                              |
| 31      | Uttarakhand               | 15                        | 69                              |
| 32      | West Bengal               | 54                        | 46                              |
| Total   | Total                     | 3234                      | 17162                           |