Lok Sabha Question No. 4778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Assessment of NRLM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4778 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03 .2017

## ASSESSMENT OF NRLM

## 4778. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether schemes like Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) have proved to be successful in imparting trai to the youth living below poverty line so as to enable them to have access to gainful employment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the number of people benefited from the same, State/UT - wise  including  Jharkhand and Bihar?

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

- ( a) : Yes, Madam.
- ( b) : Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is undertaking two poverty alleviation initiatives for imparting training to the youth living below poverty line to enable them to have access to gainful employment under the National Rural Livelihoods Mi (NRLM) as follows: -
- (i) Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU - GKY),  a  placement linked  skill  development  program,  which  allow s  skilling  in  a  PPP  mode  and  assured placements in regular jobs in an organization not owned by the skilled person. DDU - GKY has its origin in the wage employment linked 'Special Projects' for skilling component of the Swarnajayanti  Gram  Swarojgar  Yojana  ( SGSY),  which  was  subsequently  renamed  as Aajeevika Skills when SGSY was converted as NRLM. Taking into account the focus improving quality and employment outcomes in the National Policy on Skill Developm and need to increase the coverage of Skill De velopment programme in remote rural areas, the scheme  has  been  revamped  in  the  present  form  in  terms  of  announcement  of  Antoyd Divas on 25th September 2014. The skilling program for rural youth has now been refo and re - pritorized to build the capac ity of rural poor youth to address the needs of domes and global skill requirements.
- (ii) Skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSE which provides skilling, thereby enabling the trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own Micro- enterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs. Under training  is  available  in  334  job  roles  which  inter - alia  leads  to  entrepreneurship  and  self employment.
- ( c) : Does not arise in view of reply given at (a) and (b) above.
- ( d) : The number of people benefited State/UT - wise including Jharkhand and Bihar under DDU - GKY and RSETI is given below: -

| State             | Candidate trained under RSETI (1/4/2011 to 28/2/2017)   | Candidates Settled under RSETI (1/4/2011 to 28/2/2017)   | Candidates trained DDU- GKY, including SGSY (1/4/2012 to 28/2/2017)   | Candidates placed DDU- GKY, including SGSY (1/4/2012 to 28/2/2017)   |
|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 89,538                                                  | 60,156                                                   | 1,17,085                                                              | 79,621                                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 937                                                     | 405                                                      | -                                                                     | -                                                                    |
| Assam             | 58,773                                                  | 30,080                                                   | 22,640                                                                | 15,015                                                               |
| Bihar             | 1,41,839                                                | 86,718                                                   | 45,874                                                                | 26,308                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh      | 53,692                                                  | 31,693                                                   | 41,643                                                                | 24,992                                                               |
| Gujarat           | 1,70,066                                                | 1,03,968                                                 | 31,106                                                                | 23,504                                                               |
| Haryana           | 65,851                                                  | 38,111                                                   | 28,816                                                                | 14,182                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 32,108                                                  | 20,790                                                   | 6,929                                                                 | 5,956                                                                |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 38,886                                                  | 24,572                                                   | 61,282                                                                | 49,697                                                               |
| Jharkhand         | 83,190                                                  | 47,138                                                   | 38,851                                                                | 23,835                                                               |
| Karnataka         | 2,13,516                                                | 1,35,941                                                 | 33,976                                                                | 21,334                                                               |
| Kerala            | 73,159                                                  | 45,494                                                   | 17,557                                                                | 8,646                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 1,61,358                                                | 1,03,929                                                 | 70,855                                                                | 37,864                                                               |
| Maharashtra       | 1,03,380                                                | 62,538                                                   | 19,724                                                                | 13,212                                                               |
| Manipur           | 1,242                                                   | 409                                                      | 315                                                                   | 16                                                                   |
| Meghalaya         | 6,601                                                   | 2,336                                                    | 4,048                                                                 | 2,399                                                                |
| Mizoram           | 1,324                                                   | 1,128                                                    | 810                                                                   | 697                                                                  |
| Nagaland          | 1,322                                                   | 533                                                      | 1,411                                                                 | 729                                                                  |
| Odisha            | 1,14,072                                                | 76,933                                                   | 1,08,008                                                              | 80,910                                                               |
| Punjab            | 56,866                                                  | 33,951                                                   | 2,446                                                                 | 2,400                                                                |
| Rajasthan         |                                                         |                                                          | 40,246                                                                | 24,540                                                               |
| Sikkim            | 1,89,158 1,916                                          | 1,28,422 1,128                                           | 304                                                                   | 275                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1,14,369                                                | 74,084                                                   | 65,923                                                                | 45,477                                                               |
| Tripura           | 14,961                                                  | 8,293                                                    | 1,622                                                                 | 726                                                                  |

| UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands   | 1,454     | 1,082     | -        | -        |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|
| UT Chandigarh                       | -         | -         | 62       | 24       |
| UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli        | 2,965     | 1,718     | -        | -        |
| UT of Lakshadweep                   | 279       | 63        | -        | -        |
| UT of Puducherry                    | 4,173     | 2,652     | 992      | 570      |
| Telangana                           | 42,890    | 29,708    | 11,190   | 7,782    |
| Uttar Pradesh                       | 2,84,260  | 1,83,918  | 1,26,406 | 45,889   |
| Uttarakhand                         | 37,891    | 24,943    | 6,494    | 5,182    |
| West Bengal                         | 80,433    | 55,304    | 17,140   | 12,478   |
| Total                               | 22,42,469 | 14,18,138 | 9,23,755 | 5,74,260 |