Lok Sabha Question No. 3753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Status of Poverty Alleviation Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3753

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.1 2.2016

## STATUS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCHEMES

## 3753. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  implementation  of  various  poverty  alleviation  programmes  has  be successful in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the schemes for employment generation in the rural areas of the country; and
- (c) the  number  of  BPL  people  brought above  poverty  line  during  the  last  five  years State/UT - wise?

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

- (a) : The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  Mahatma  Gand National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana -Gramin (PMAY - G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National  Ru ral  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM), Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU - GKY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in rural areas of the country through State Governments and Union Territory Administ rations. The objective of these programmes is to bring about overall improvement in the quality rural  areas  through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of  livelihood  opportu ensuring  minimum  national  standard  for  social  assistance  and  pr ovision  of  other  basic amenities.  As  per  the  reports  received  from  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territor implementation of programmes are found to be satisfactory.
- (b) : Under MGNREGA, a demand driven wage employment programme, 413.97 lakh and 481.3 1 lakh households have been provided employment and 16628.59 lakh and 23520.7 lakh persondays have been generated during 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 respectively.

Under PMGSY, a scheme to provide all weather road connectivity in rural areas, 36, km  and  25 ,635.19  km  of  road  length  connecting  7,658  and  3,354  habitations  have constructed during 2015 -16 and 2016 - 17 (upto October, 2016) respectively.

The Government is implementing Deendayal Antodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission  (DAY -NRLM )  across  the  country  in  a  mission  mode  with  the  objective organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurt and  supporting  them  to  take  economic  activities  till  they  attain  appreciable  i incomes over a pe riod of time to improve their quality of life and come out of abject Under DAY -NRLM, 3,36,66,943 households have been mobilized and 28,58,507 Self Help Groups (SHGs) have been promoted in 3,231 Blocks of 488 Districts of 28 States/UTs count ry.

Under DDU - GKY, a Placement linked Skill Development scheme under NRLM, a total of 3.76 lakh candidates have been trained in the last two years (till 31st October, 20 Rural Self Employment Training Institute, a skill development scheme fo r self -employment, a  total  of  6.74  lakh  candidates  have  been  trained  in  the  last  two  years  (till  3

2016).

(c) : The  official  poverty  estimates  are  based  on  data  of  Large  Sample  Survey Household Consumer Expenditure carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSS of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The latest data of Large Surveyon Household Consumer Expenditure has been collected by NSSO in its 68 th round conducted in 2011 - 12.  Based  on  this  data,  the  poverty  estimates  for  the  year  2011 - 12  has been calculated following the Tendulkar Committee methodology and released by erstw Planning Commission through a Press Note issued on 22.07.2013. NSSO has not conduct any Large Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure since 2011 - 12. As such the estimates of poverty are not available after 2011 -12.

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