Lok Sabha Question No. 834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Development of Rural Youth
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 834

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017

## DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL YOUTH

## 834. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  effective  steps  to  increase  employment opportunities in rural areas, to impart training to the rural youths and to invol them in skill development schemes in the country partic ularly in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the projects approved, the amount of funds allocated and spent by the  Government  to  provide  employment  opportunities  to  the  rural  youths  and involve them in skill development sch emes in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise?

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

(a)  &  (b) : Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  two  skill development schemes  under  NRLM,  for  rural  youth,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana  (DDU- GKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institute  (RSETI).  Under DDU - GKY, candidates are skilled for wage employment and under RSETI candidates are skilled for  both  self  employment  and  wage  employment. Further,  the  Ministry  has initiated  process  of  training Barefoot Technicians (BFT) in  19  States  wherein  educated youth from local MGNREGA households are trained in basic civil engineering concepts. This enable s such youth to join MGNREGA program in technical assistance jobs. Th se schemes are also being implemented in Bihar. Ministry has also undertaken skilling for rural masons under the PMAY - Rural scheme.

- (c) State - wise details of projects approved under DDU - GKY (since 1st April 2014 till 17th July 2017) are given below:

| State            |   Total projects approved |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |                        55 |
| ASSAM            |                        29 |
| BIHAR            |                        31 |
| CHHATTISGARH     |                        25 |
| GUJARAT          |                        33 |
| HARYANA          |                        10 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |                        13 |
| JHARKHAND        |                        19 |
| KARNATAKA        |                        31 |
| KERALA           |                        35 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |                        20 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |                        57 |
| MANIPUR          |                         1 |
| MEGHALAYA        |                         4 |
| ODISHA           |                        80 |
| PUNJAB           |                        17 |
| RAJASTHAN        |                        61 |
| SIKKIM           |                         3 |
| TAMIL NADU       |                        12 |
| TELANGANA        |                        14 |
| TRIPURA          |                         3 |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |                        26 |
| UTTARAKHAND      |                         3 |
| WEST BENGAL      |                        13 |
| Total            |                       595 |

No projects are separately sanctioned under RSETI s since it is a dem and driven scheme. Details ofcandidates trained under RSETI in last three years aregiven below:

| Sl no   | Year     |   Total number of candidates trained |
|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | 2014- 15 |                               392206 |
| 2       | 2015- 16 |                               436385 |
| 3       | 2016- 17 |                               445105 |
| 4       | 2017- 18 |                               397688 |
|         | Total    |                              1273696 |

In the year 2017 - 18, a total of 397688 candidates are proposed to be trained in RSETI.

Funds allocated (in Rs. Lakhs) forDDU - GKY and RSETI in the last three years and current year is given below:

| Financial Year   |   DDU -GKY |    RSETI |
|------------------|------------|----------|
| 2014- 15         |    57149   |  3500.34 |
| 2015- 16         |    58784.1 |  5200.07 |
| 2016- 17         |    79306.1 | 10500    |
| 2017- 18         |    85000   | 10000    |

State - wise  f unds  released  (in  Rs  lakh)  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year 30.06.2017) in DDU - GKY is given below:

|   S.N | States            | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   | 2017- 18   |
|-------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|     1 | A&N Islands       | -          | -          | -          |            |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh    | -          | 8619.250   | 82.900     |            |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 222.075    | -          | 61.000     |            |
|     4 | Assam             | 5245.284   | 3337.446   | 10046.831  |            |
|     5 | Bihar             | 315.455    | 5637.000   | 3606.000   | 9660.000   |
|     6 | Chandigarh        | -          | -          |            |            |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh      | 2604.193   | 145.000    | 8947.200   |            |
|     8 | D&N Haveli        | -          | -          |            |            |
|     9 | Delhi             | -          | -          |            |            |
|    10 | Goa               | -          | -          | 60.000     |            |
|    11 | Gujarat           | 703.230    | 225.537    | 154.293    |            |
|    12 | Haryana           | 860.890    | 598.601    | 58.038     | 648.285    |
|    13 | Himachal Pradesh  | -          | 342.908    | 3670.435   |            |
|    14 | J&K               | 3773.401   | 2266.698   | 7360.088   |            |
|    15 | Jharkhand         | 50.736     | 153.000    | 6464.429   |            |
|    16 | Karnataka         | 2246.028   | 7485.552   | 256.738    | 93.863     |
|    17 | Kerala            | 5979.986   | 139.000    | 4711.713   | 3347.286   |
|    18 | Madhya Pradesh    | 2800.517   | 188.000    | 7546.455   |            |
|    19 | Maharashtra       | -          | 9665.578   | 96.065     |            |
|    20 | Manipur           | -          | -          | 461.000    |            |
|    21 | Meghalaya         | -          | -          | 461.000    |            |
|    22 | Mizoram           | -          | -          | 460.500    |            |
|    23 | Nagaland          | -          | -          | 461.000    |            |
|    24 | Odisha            | 8233.757   | 4214.820   | 2195.443   | 13836.000  |
|    25 | Pondicherry       | -          | -          |            |            |
|    26 | Punjab            | -          | 2862.500   | 11.300     |            |

| 27   | Rajasthan     | -         | 375.500   |    63.000 |           |
|------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 28   | Sikkim        | 662.020   | -         |   460.5   |           |
| 29   | Tamilnadu     | -         | 4390.225  |  2591     |           |
| 30   | Telangana     | -         | 4422.000  |  2190.62  | 3875.580  |
| 31   | Tripura       | 930.331   | 131.000   |  3838.95  |           |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh | 17064.776 | 1048.129  |   549.559 |           |
| 33   | Uttarakhand   | -         | 65.091    |  1891.12  |           |
| 34   | West Bengal   | 1047.851  | 146.000   |  8890.37  |           |
| 35   | Multi - State | 4122.440  | 1504.475  |   441.096 |           |
|      | Total         | 56862.970 | 57963.310 | 78088.6   | 31461.014 |

Funds released (Rs in lakhs) under RSETI during the last three years. The funds are ye released during current FY 2017 - 18.

|   S.N. | State/ UT         |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |
|--------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|
|      1 | A&N Islands       |       0    |       0    |       0    |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh    |      65.03 |     125.78 |     315    |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh |       0    |       0    |      50    |
|      4 | Assam             |      94.67 |     531    |     343.6  |
|      5 | Bihar             |      50    |     557    |     550    |
|      6 | Chandigarh        |       0    |       0    |       0    |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh      |     210.71 |     211.02 |     515    |
|      8 | D&N Haveli        |       0    |       0    |      50    |
|      9 | Delhi             |       0    |       0    |       0    |
|     10 | Goa               |       0    |       0    |       0    |
|     11 | Gujarat           |     216.07 |     150    |     481    |
|     12 | Haryana           |       0    |      89.25 |     500    |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh  |       0    |       0    |     150    |
|     14 | J&K               |      89    |     194.46 |       0    |
|     15 | Jharkhand         |       0    |     375    |     975    |
|     16 | Karnataka         |     265    |       0    |     260.04 |
|     17 | Kerala            |      62.5  |      40    |      50    |
|     18 | Lakshadweep       |       0    |       0    |       0    |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh    |     667.5  |     574.85 |     750    |
|     20 | Maharashtra       |     150    |     274.19 |     769.41 |
|     21 | Manipur           |       0    |       0    |      50    |
|     22 | Meghalaya         |       0    |      11    |     100    |
|     23 | Mizoram           |       4.47 |       0    |       0    |
|     24 | Nagaland          |       8.93 |       0    |       0    |
|     25 | Odisha            |     233.93 |     221.38 |     532.21 |
|     26 | Pondicherry       |       4.45 |       0    |       0    |
|     27 | Punjab            |     134.42 |     246.38 |     350    |

| 28   | Rajasthan     |   150.00 |   391.00 |   200.00 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 29   | Sikkim        |     0    |     1.88 |     0    |
| 30   | Tamilnadu     |     0    |   713.42 |   118.71 |
| 31   | Telangana     |    46.47 |     0    |   270    |
| 32   | Tripura       |     0    |     0    |   134.33 |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh |    50    |   450    |  2281.29 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand   |     0    |    50    |   332.34 |
| 35   | West Bengal   |     0    |     0    |    50    |
|      | Total         |  2503.15 |  5207.61 | 10177.9  |

The  Ministry  has  a  target  to  skill  7759  candidates  as BFT  with  an  average  expenditure  of Rs.62,040/ - per  candidate. BFT  commenced  in  2015 - 16. State /UT-wise expenditure (in  Rs. lakhs) on BFTs trained from 2015 - 16 till 2017 - 18 is given below: -

|    |                  | No of BFTs Trained   | No of BFTs Trained   | No of BFTs Trained   | No of BFTs Trained   | Total Expenditure (as on 18.7.2017)   |
|----|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl | States           | 2015- 16             | 2016- 17             | 2017- 18             | Total trained        | Total Expenditure (as on 18.7.2017)   |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh   | -                    | 170                  | 195                  | 365                  | 249.78                                |
| 2  | ArunachalPradesh | -                    | 85                   | 0                    | 85                   | 55.12                                 |
| 3  | Bihar            | -                    | 207                  | 290                  | 497                  | 303.14                                |
| 4  | Chhattisgarh     | 26                   | 99                   | 104                  | 229                  | 144.20                                |
| 5  | Gujarat          | -                    | 102                  | 38                   | 140                  | 110.23                                |
| 6  | Haryana          | -                    | 60                   | 0                    | 60                   | 36.74                                 |
| 7  | Jharkhand        | 29                   | 329                  | 193                  | 551                  | 135.75                                |
| 8  | Karnataka        | -                    | 506                  | 0                    | 506                  | 299.46                                |
| 9  | Kerala           | 32                   | 60                   | 33                   | 125                  | 48.79                                 |
| 10 | Madhya Pradesh   | -                    | 913                  | 78                   | 991                  | 526.20                                |
| 11 | Manipur          | -                    | 35                   | 0                    | 35                   | 41.34                                 |
| 12 | Meghalaya        | -                    | 87                   | 0                    | 87                   | 53.28                                 |
| 13 | Mizoram          | -                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 16.08                                 |
| 14 | Odisha           | -                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0.00                                  |
| 15 | Punjab           | -                    | 30                   | 38                   | 68                   | 41.34                                 |

| 16   | Telangana   | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0.00 |
|------|-------------|-----|------|------|------|---------|
| 17   | Rajasthan   | 143 |  441 |    0 |  584 |  250.65 |
| 18   | Uttarakhand | -   |  549 |   71 |  620 |  345.85 |
| 19   | West Bengal | -   |  177 |  160 |  337 |  154.32 |
|      | Total       | 230 | 3850 | 1200 | 5280 | 2812.28 |

With respect to Rural Mason, a total of 3146 Rural masons have been skilled and the Ministry has released Rs.3.15 crores to 21 states till date for pilot mason training.