Lok Sabha Question No. 2702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: SVEP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2702

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## SVEP

## 2702.   SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the objectives of the proposed SVEP programme;
- (d) whether the Government has set any guidelines and timeframe for the implementation of the said programme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  for  the  said  purpose  by  the  Union  Government, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):  Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), a sub-scheme under the Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  was launched with the objective of helping rural poor to come out of poverty by helping them to set up enterprises.As on 30 th June, 2018, proposals under SVEP have been approved for 114 blocks in 19 states. The State wise details of the number of blocks for whom SVEP proposals have been approved and the number of enterprises so far established is given below:
- (c) : The key objectives of SVEP are the following:
-  To enable rural poor to set-up enterprises by developing sustainable model for village  entrepreneurship  promotion  through  integrated  ICT  techniques  and  tools  for training and capacity building, enterprises advisory services and providing loans from banks/SHG federations.
-  Develop  local  resources  by  training  a  pool  of  village  level  community  cadre called Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP).
-  Help  rural  entrepreneurs  to  access  finance  for  starting  their  enterprises  from DAY-NRLM SHG and federations and the banking system.
- (d) : SVEP has been approved till 2019-20 and the funding is to be based out of the overall  DAY-NRLM  allocation.  Detailed  guidelines  regarding  programme  structure  and management, application process, fund release, monitoring, audit and progress reports, for the effective implementation of the programme, has been circulated to all the states.These SVEP guidelines clearly defines all the processes related  to  preparation,  implementation  and evaluation of the scheme.The SVEP programme is structured into three phases - Preparatory phase, Enterprise selection & Start-up phase and Enterprise sustenance phase. The guidelines issued on SVEP define the activities in all these phases of the programme in detail.
- (e) : The state-wise cumulative position of central grants approved up-to 30.06.2018 is given below:

|   Sl. No | States         |   No of Blocks where SVEP proposals approved | Total Enterprises formed   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |                                            8 | 3340                       |
|        2 | Bihar          |                                           12 | 4010                       |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh   |                                            7 | 2108                       |
|        4 | Gujarat        |                                            3 | 274                        |
|        5 | Haryana        |                                            6 | 923                        |
|        6 | Jammu &Kashmir |                                            2 | 443                        |
|        7 | Jharkhand      |                                           12 | 777                        |
|        8 | Kerala         |                                           14 | 1020                       |
|        9 | Madhya Pradesh |                                            8 | 2270                       |
|       10 | Maharashtra    |                                            2 | 2623                       |
|       11 | Meghalaya      |                                            1 | -                          |
|       12 | Nagaland       |                                            2 | 1313                       |
|       13 | Odisha         |                                            8 | 1096                       |
|       14 | Punjab         |                                            1 | -                          |

| 15   | Rajasthan     |   5 | 1073   |
|------|---------------|-----|--------|
| 16   | Tamil Nadu    |   2 | -      |
| 17   | Telangana     |   8 | 285    |
| 18   | Uttar Pradesh |   6 | 1216   |
| 19   | West Bengal   |   7 | 1316   |
|      | Total         | 114 | 24,087 |

| Sl. No   | State          | Total Central share approved (Rs Lakhs)   |
|----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | 2,685.18                                  |
| 2        | Bihar          | 3,842.53                                  |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh   | 2,139.70                                  |
| 4        | Gujarat        | 970.32                                    |
| 5        | Haryana        | 676.18                                    |
| 6        | Jammu &Kashmir | 837.98                                    |
| 7        | Jharkhand      | 3,385.84                                  |
| 8        | Kerala         | 4,549.25                                  |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh | 2,556.31                                  |
| 10       | Maharashtra    | 627.00                                    |
| 11       | Meghalaya      | 27.00                                     |
| 12       | Nagaland       | 1,001.13                                  |
| 13       | Odisha         | 2,433.31                                  |
| 14       | Punjab         | 307.82                                    |
| 15       | Rajasthan      | 696.77                                    |
| 16       | Tamil Nadu     | 36.00                                     |
| 17       | Telangana      | 644.47                                    |
| 18       | Uttar Pradesh  | 1,938.16                                  |
| 19       | West Bengal    | 655.88                                    |
| Total    | Total          | 30,010.84                                 |

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