Lok Sabha Question No. 1847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Schemes other than MGNREGS for Employment Generation
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1847 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 7.0 7.2017

## SCHEMES OTHER THAN MGNREGS FOR EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

## 1847. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  employment  to  the  workers  in  vi particularly  during  non -agricultural  season  under  the  schemes  other  than  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS);
- (b) the  details  of  the  other  schemes  implemented  long  before  the  implementati MGNREGS and were also implemented during the last three years; and
- (c) the total number of beneficiaries un der these schemes during the past two and half year Year- wise?

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

(a) : The  Department  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing  through Governments  and  UT  Administrations  different  rural  development  programmes,  namel Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Pradhan  Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY - G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana- National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY - NRLM)  and  National  Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) in rural areas of the country as a part of overall devel process. Apart from MGNREGA, PMAY - G and PMGSY also have direct and indirect bearing on  employment  generation.  Department  of  Rural  Development  has  also  launched  diffe interventions to promote and facilitate gainful self employment. Under Project for Live in Full Employment (Project LIFE - MGNREGA) provisions for skilling/ up gradation of skills ha been made for the member of those households who are dependent on MGNREGA for thei livelihood. For quality construction of houses under PMAY - G mason training has been initiated. Department is also implementing DAY - NRLM to establish efficient and effective instituti platforms of the rural poor that enable them to increase household incomes through l enhancements and improved access to financial and pub lic services. Further, under sub schemes of  DAY - NRLM,  namely,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU -GKY), Start - up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Trainin Institutes (RSETIs) implemented by the Department sp ecifically target youths to empower them with skill which enhances their employability and encourage self - employment.

- (b) &(c) : Schemes implemented before the implementation of MGNREGA, namely, rural housing,  self  help  group  and  rural  roads  were  als o  implemented  during  the  last  three  years. PMGSY  is  not  an  individual  beneficiary  oriented  scheme;  however,  25%  of  the  expend results in employment generation. The number of houses constructed under PMAY - G (erstwhile IAY) and Self Help Groups (SHGs) m obilized under DAY - NRLM during the last three years are given in the Table below:

(figures in lakh

|   Sl No | Year     | Houses constructed under PMAY-G   |   SHGs mobilized under DAY-NRLM |
|---------|----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | 2014- 15 | 16.53                             |                            1.87 |
|       2 | 2015- 16 | 18.66                             |                            3.44 |
|       3 | 2016- 17 | 28.98*                            |                            5.07 |

*as reported by States/UTs on AwaasSoft MIS.

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