Lok Sabha Question No. 3763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Outreach of Social Security Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3763

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## OUTREACH OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES

## 3763.   SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  benefits  of  most  of  the  rural  development  schemes  are  not  reaching  the intended beneficiaries due in lack of proper skill related planning at rural or grassroot level and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to take the services of skilled youths to innovate and improve its social security schemes to tackle this issue;
- (c) if so, the details of the strategy formulated by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether some states have already launched such schemes; and
- (e) if  so,  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  social  security schemes especially in remote, rural and hilly areas of the country?

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

(a)  to  (e):  The  Government  is  undertaking  two  skill  development  initiatives  under  National Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (NRLM)  namely  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana(DDU-GKY) for regular wage employment and skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETI) for both self and wage employment.

Both  these  schemes  are  for  skilling/upgradation  of  skills  of  rural  poor  youth  to  make employable  leading  to  their  economic  and  social  development.  The  number  of  candidates trained and placed in jobs/settled during the last three years and current year under DDU-GKY and RSETI is given below:

| Year                     | DDU-GKY                      | DDU-GKY                     | RSETI                        | RSETI                        |
|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                          | Number of Candidates Trained | Number of Candidates Placed | Number of Candidates Trained | Number of Candidates Settled |
| 2014-15                  | 43038                        | 21446                       | 392206                       | 252501                       |
| 2015-16                  | 236471                       | 109512                      | 436385                       | 300524                       |
| 2016-17                  | 162586                       | 147883                      | 445143                       | 364536                       |
| 2017-18                  | 131527                       | 75787                       | 423343                       | 350097                       |
| 2018-19 (Till June 2018) | 31016                        | 23757                       | 81692                        | 41961                        |

Social Security  Schemes  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  are  implemented  through State/UTs. Identification of beneficiaries, sanction and disbursement of benefit is done by the State/UTs.  For  doorstep  delivery  of  the  assistance  to  the  beneficiaries,  some  States  have adopted an innovative procedure to involve Banks Sakhis/Banking Correspondents.

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