Lok Sabha Question No. 6297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Appraisal of DAY-NRLM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6297 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018

## APPRAISAL OF DAY-NRLM

## 6297.   SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM) has not resulted in at par performance during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details of projects and employment status of the skill trained people;
- (c) the status of credit and interest rate of the banks for group enterprises/ beneficiaries during the last two years; and
- (d) the details of proposals, planning and implementation strategy of the Government for the achievement of the targets fixed thereunder for the next three years?

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

(a): The performance of DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) on vital  parameters  during  the  last  three  years  has  been  quite  satisfactory. Under  the  main  programme  members  from  rural  poor  households  are  mobilised  into  Self Help  Groups  (SHGs)  and  capacitated  to  take  income  generating  livelihoods  activities  to enable  them  to  come  out  of  poverty.  The  total  number  of  SHGs  promoted  and  financially assisted during the previous years is given below:

| Year                   | SHG Promoted (Number)   | Revolving Fund Disbursed   | Revolving Fund Disbursed   | Community Investment Fund Disbursed   | Community Investment Fund Disbursed   |
|------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Year                   | SHG Promoted (Number)   | No. of SHGs                | Amount in lakh             | No. of SHGs                           | Amount in lakh                        |
| 2014-15                | 187076                  | 98309                      | 14011.63                   | 48920                                 | 27843.19                              |
| 2015-16                | 344412                  | 158116                     | 22371.81                   | 112779                                | 46587.51                              |
| 2016-17                | 507098                  | 226674                     | 32247.72                   | 149151                                | 68730.82                              |
| 2017-18 (up to Feb,18) | 681657                  | 381242                     | 49159.41                   | 169224                                | 82541.89                              |

(b): DAY-NRLM  has  sub-schemes  focussing  on  employment  of  the  rural  poor  namely DeenDayalUpadhyaya -GrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY), Start-up Village Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes (RSETIs). Under SVEP, 16,612 entrepreneurships have been set up upto 28 th February, 2018 with an expected employment generation of 34,388. The total number of rural youth imparted skill training and placed/settled under DDU-GKY and RSETIs during the previous years is given below:

| Year    | Total No. of Candidates trained under DDU-GKY   |   Total No. of Candidates placed under DDU-GKY |   Total No. of candidates trained under RSETI | Total no. of candidates settled under RSETI   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 86120                                           |                                          54196 |                                        392206 | 252479                                        |
| 2015-16 | 270392                                          |                                         134744 |                                        436385 | 299892                                        |
| 2016-17 | 162586                                          |                                          84900 |                                        445106 | 363111                                        |
| 2017-18 | 128421 (uptoFeb'18)                             |                                          69320 |                                        374422 | 257321 (uptoFeb'18)                           |

(c): DAY-NRLM  provides  for  interest  subvention  to  women  SHGs  to  avail  loans  upto Rs.3.00 lakhs from Banks at 7% interest. In selected 250 Integrated Action Plan (IAP) and backward  districts  an  additional  subvention  of  3%  is  provided  in  the  case  of  prompt repayment reducing the effective rate of interest to 4%.

(d): The  State  Rural  Livelihoods  Missions  (SRLMs)  functioning  under  the  aegis  of  the DAY-NRLM submit annual proposals keeping in view the current priorities of the Missions and  the  budgetary  allocation.  The  Empowered  Committee  headed  by  the  Secretary,  Rural Development appraises and approves the plans.

Overall,  the  State  Missions  prepare  the  Annual  Action  Plans  to  achieve  the  target  of mobilising  all  rural  poor  households  by  end  of  2023-24.  Specifically,  the  Annual  Action Plans  prepared  by  the  State  Missions  for  Financial  Year2018-19havefocus  on  initiating  all Mission activities in the 102 aspirational districts identified by NITIAayog, 50000 Mission Antyodaya GPs as well as the RURBAN clusters. Further, State Missions have also prepared plans for promotion of organic cultivation in 1000 clusters.

In order to achieve  the stated objectives, the  Mission  has  established  professionally competent and dedicated implementation structures at the National, State, District and SubDistrict  levels  for  managing  and  supporting  the  Mission  activities.  The  Mission  has  also trained and deployed more than 1.72 lakh Community Resource Persons (CRPs) who lead the implementation of the Mission at the cutting-edge level.

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