Lok Sabha Question No. 6408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Job Creation for Rural Youths
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6408

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## JOB CREATION FOR RURAL YOUTHS

## 6408.   SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to examine the proposals that promise to increase job creation for the rural youth and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to focus on specific livelihood missions to scale up employability of rural youth and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  experts  have  suggested  a  cluster  approach,  where  villages  with  similar socio  economic  condition  should  be  clubbed  and  every  village  should  have  village development motivator; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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), 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),  National  Social  Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)  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.  The  implementation  of  these  programmes  generates direct  or  indirect  employment  opportunities,  make  rural  youths  employable  in  the  open market through skill development  and enable them to undertake self  employment enterprises.

MGNREGA aims at providing livelihood security to the rural poor by providing up to 100 days  of  guaranteed  wage  employment  in  a  financial  year  to  every  household  whose  adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. DAY-NRLM provides access to gainful self employment and skilled wage employment opportunities. It results in appreciable improvement in the livelihoods on a sustainable basis through building strong and sustainable grass roots institutions.

(c) & (d): The  development  of  villages  through  a  cluster  based  approach  is  being undertaken under  Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM). The objective of SPMRM is to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services and create well planned  Rurban  Clusters.  The  Mission  aims  at  development  of  300  rural  growth  clusters called 'Rurban Clusters' which have latent potential for growth, in all States and UTs, which would  trigger  overall  development  in  the  region.  These  clusters  would  be  developed  by provisioning of economic  activities, developing skills &  local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities through convergence of resources under various schemes.