Lok Sabha Question No. 4371 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Skill Development under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4371

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2018

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT UNDER MGNREGS

## 4371.   SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of implementation of the 'Livelihoods in Full Employment' project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) the number of individuals who are undergoing/completed skill development training under LIFE-MGNREGA, Statewise;
- (c) the reasons for the slow progress of LIFE-MGNREGA project; and
- (d) the challenges faced in getting eligible candidates enrolled for the skill development programmes?

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

- (a): The Government has launched the Project 'Livelihoods in full Employment (LIFE)' under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (LIFE)  in  April, 2015.  The  project  aims  at  promoting  self-reliance  and  improving  the  skill-  base  of  youths from among Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) households in convergence with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI). Under the project, Youth, in age group of 18-35 years (45 years in case of Women, particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, Persons  with  disabilities,  Transgender,  SCs/STs  and  other  Special  groups),  from  the  rural households who have completed at least 15 days of work under MGNREGA in the previous financial years are eligible for livelihood interventions. Priority is given to households who have completed 100 days of work under MGNREGA.
- (b): The number of candidates completed training under DDU-GKY and RSETI is given at Annexure .
- (c)&(d): The  reasons  for  slow  progress  of  LIFE-MGNREGA  Project  and  challenges faced  in  getting  eligible  candidates  enrolled,  include  inability  of  beneficiaries  to  undergo training  since  they  will have  to  forgo  their  daily  wages,  lack  of  awareness  on  Scheme  and reluctance of beneficiaries to migrate outside the place of domicile. The States implementing DDU-GKY  and  RSETI  have  been  sanctioned  support  costs  for  skill  gap  studies,  IEC, capacity building etc to enhance project implementation in the States, including coverage of Project-LIFE.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

No. 4371 dated 22.03.2018

State-wise number of candidates trained under Project LIFEMGNREGA under convergence with DDU-GKY and RSETI

| S. No.   | States           |   Trained under DDU-GKY during 2017-18 (as on 28.2.2018) |   Trained under RSETI during 2017-18 (as on 28.2.2018) |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH   |                                                     2040 |                                                    975 |
| 2        | ASSAM            |                                                      806 |                                                    153 |
| 3        | BIHAR            |                                                     2299 |                                                     39 |
| 4        | CHHATTISGARH     |                                                     1491 |                                                    657 |
| 5        | GUJARAT          |                                                      407 |                                                    440 |
| 6        | JAMMU& KASHMIR   |                                                        0 |                                                    293 |
| 7        | HARYANA          |                                                     2299 |                                                      6 |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PRADESH |                                                        0 |                                                    315 |
| 9        | JHARKHAND        |                                                     1211 |                                                   1220 |
| 10       | KARNATAKA        |                                                      189 |                                                     66 |
| 11       | KERALA           |                                                     4256 |                                                    157 |
| 12       | MADHYA PRADESH   |                                                     3519 |                                                   1336 |
| 13       | MAHARASHTRA      |                                                     1891 |                                                   1153 |
| 14       | MEGHALAYA        |                                                        0 |                                                    620 |
| 15       | ODISHA           |                                                     5487 |                                                   2668 |
| 16       | PUNJAB           |                                                      252 |                                                      1 |
| 17       | RAJASTHAN        |                                                     1448 |                                                    798 |
| 18       | TAMIL NADU       |                                                    13639 |                                                    610 |
| 19       | TELANGANA        |                                                      402 |                                                    110 |
| 20       | TRIPURA          |                                                      443 |                                                    379 |
| 21       | UTTAR PRADESH    |                                                     3843 |                                                    967 |
| 22       | UTTARAKHAND      |                                                        0 |                                                     20 |
| 23       | WEST BENGAL      |                                                      196 |                                                    202 |
|          | Total            |                                                    46118 |                                                  13185 |