Lok Sabha Question No. 2881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Foreign Aided Rural Development Projects
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: B. S. YEDDYURAPPA

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2881

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## FOREIGN AIDED RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

## 2881.   SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details  of rural  development projects under implementation with external assistance across the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise, including Karnataka;
- (b) the total cost of such foreign aided projects as on date; and
- (c) the present status of implementation of the said projects, Project-wise?

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

- (a) to (c) :

A Statement is given in the Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2881 to be answered on 04.01.2018:

## (i) National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

(a) and (b):- The Government of India had signed an agreement with the World Bank in July,  2011,  for  availing  International  Development  Association  (IDA)  credit  of US  $ 1 billion (approximately Rs. 4500 crore) for National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) to be availed over a period of five years. The project was restructured in May 2013 and the credit amount reduced to US $500 million which is now to be availed by June 2018. The objective of the loan was to increase effectiveness of the resources being utilized under Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM) through professionalizing the overall program management and moving towards a resultsbased approach throughout the country.  At present, NRLP is being implemented in select blocks of 13 high poverty States including Karnataka which account for 92% of the rural poor  in  the  country.  These  States  are  Assam,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

(c ):The progress made by the States on key performance under the project are as under:-

## Progress made under NRLP up to Oct'17

|   S. No. | Items                                                       |   Progress |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|        1 | No. of Districts with NRLP Blocks                           |     161    |
|        2 | No. of Blocks covered under NRLP                            |     597    |
|        3 | No. of Households mobilized (lakh)                          |       8.38 |
|        4 | No. of SHGs promoted (lakh)                                 |       7.13 |
|        5 | No. of primary level federations promoted (lakh)            |   45674    |
|        6 | No. of secondary level federations promoted                 |    2731    |
|        7 | No. of SHGs provided Revolving Fund (RF) (lakh)             |       3.96 |
|        8 | Amount of RF provided to SHGs (in Rs. Crore)                |     563.9  |
|        9 | No. of SHGs provided Community Investment Fund (CIF) (lakh) |       2.46 |
|       10 | Amount of CIF provided to SHGs (in Rs. crore)               |    1354.9  |

## Governance Accelerated and Livelihoods Security' (GOALS)

The Government is also implementing Project 'Governance Accelerated and Livelihoods Security'  (GOALS),  which  is  a  collaborative  efforts  of  Ministry  of  Rural  Development and  United  Nations  Development  Programme  (UNDP).  The  Project  covers  12  most affected  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  Districts  from  three  states,  namely  Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand  and  Odisha,  with  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  128.98  crore.  The  Project  period  is  5 years covering the period 2013-2017. One of the main focus area of GOALS is to 'provide technical assistance to achieve green development under different schemes'.

## (iii)          Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

## World Bank

The Government of India has been implementing the Rural Roads Project-II (RRP-II) under PMGSY through the financial assistance from World Bank. The project period is from February 2011-April 2018.

The 8 States of Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar are covered under the World Bank funded Rural Roads Project-II (RRP-II).

The total cost of the PMGSY Rural Road Projects II is USD 1375 million for road works and USD 25 million for Technical Assistance.  Total is USD 1400 million.

The target length of 22,520 Km under the PMGSY Rural Road Projects II has been achieved and the entire amount of USD 1375 Million has been disbursed. The state-wise details are given in Table-I attached.

## Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank has funded Rural Connectivity Investment Program (RCIP) under Tranche I, II and III for the period from May 2012 till now.

There are five states under the ADB funding viz Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.The state of Karnataka is not under external assistance for PMGSY works.

The total cost of the Rural Connectivity Investment Program (RCIP) is USD 1204.44 Million which includes ADB loan of USD 800 Million and Government of India share of USD 404.44 million.

Against the project funding of 800 Million USD the disbursement of 579 Million USD have been achieved. The state wise status of implementation is given in the following Tables.

- (iv)  Details of all Rural Development Projects with external assistance from the World Bank across the country is attached at annexure.

Table I Status of World Bank funded Rural Road Projects II under PMGSY

| Sl. N o.   | State(s)          | Revised allocation in (against USD 1375 mil)   | Revised allocation in (against USD 1375 mil)   | Projects Cleared   | Projects Cleared   | Length Complete d (in km)   | Expenditu re (in Rs Cr)   |
|------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. N o.   | State(s)          | USD mil                                        | Rs crore (@Rs 60=1US D)                        | Length (in km)     | Value (in Rs Cr)   | Length Complete d (in km)   | Expenditu re (in Rs Cr)   |
| 1.         | Himacha l Pradesh | 112                                            | 672                                            | 2249               | 763                | 1726                        | 704                       |
| 2.         | Jharkhan d        | 223                                            | 1338                                           | 3954               | 1911               | 2952                        | 1471                      |
| 3.         | Meghala ya        | 100                                            | 600                                            | 1114               | 804                | 392                         | 490                       |
| 4.         | Punjab            | 136                                            | 816                                            | 2295               | 1147               | 2294                        | 1039                      |
| 5.         | Rajastha n        | 358                                            | 2148                                           | 11485              | 3220               | 10524                       | 2771                      |
| 6.         | Uttar Pradesh     | 247                                            | 1482                                           | 4709               | 1917               | 4486                        | 1706                      |
| 7.         | Uttarakh and      | 167                                            | 1002                                           | 2166               | 1002               | 1937                        | 868                       |
| 8          | Bihar             | 244                                            | 1464                                           | 2292               | 1655               | 1901                        | 1223                      |
| Total      | Total             | 1,587                                          | 9,522                                          | 30,264             | 12,419             | 26,212                      | 10,272                    |

Note:  Since  RRP-II  is  over-programmed  to  achieve  physical  target  of  22,520  km  before completion date of the project, the sanctions were more than the World Bank loan amount of USD 1375 m for road works. The expenditure in excess of USD 1375 m would be funded by GoI.

Table II Status  of  Asian  Development  Bank  funded  Rural  Connectivity  Investment  Program (RCIP) under PMGSY

| Sl. No .   | State(s)       | Road Projects Cleared   | Road Projects Cleared   | Length Complete d (in km)   | Expenditu re (in Rs Cr)   |
|------------|----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No .   | State(s)       | Length (in km)          | Value (in Rs Cr)        | Length Complete d (in km)   | Expenditu re (in Rs Cr)   |
| 1.         | Assam          | 1425                    | 889                     | 1068                        | 714                       |
| 2.         | Chhattisg arh  | 2494                    | 1031                    | 2355                        | 1048                      |
| 3.         | Madhya Pradesh | 3578                    | 1479                    | 3303                        | 1456                      |
| 4.         | Odisha         | 4681                    | 2314                    | 3719                        | 1999                      |
| 5.         | West Bengal    | 1734                    | 930                     | 1228                        | 691                       |
| Total      | Total          | 13912                   | 6643                    | 11673                       | 5908                      |

## MI Division, D/o Economic Affairs

Details of Rural Development Projects under implementation with external assistance from World Bank across the country are as below :

|   No. | Project Name                                             | Date of Effectiveness   | Date of Closing   | State/ Central Project   | Loan/ Credit amount (USD million)   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|     1 | PMGSY Rural Roads Project                                | 18-Feb-11               | 30-Apr-18         | Central                  | 900.00 (IDA)                        |
|     1 | PMGSY Rural Roads Project                                | 18-Feb-11               | 30-Apr-18         | Central                  | 500.00 (IBRD)                       |
|     2 | Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project                      | 22-Jun-11               | 15-Oct-18         | State (Rajasthan)        | 122.70                              |
|     3 | National Rural Livelihoods Project                       | 8-Aug-11                | 30-Jun-18         | Central                  | 500.00                              |
|     4 | North East Rural Livelihoods Project                     | 12-Mar-12               | 15-Mar-19         | Central                  | 130.00                              |
|     5 | Rajasthan Road Sector Modernization Project              | 10-Mar-14               | 31-Dec-18         | State (Rajasthan)        | 160.00                              |
|     6 | Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project            | 2-Feb-16                | 30-Jun-20         | State (Andhra Pradesh)   | 75.00                               |
|     7 | Neeranchal National Watershed Development Programme      | 8-Feb-16                | 31-Mar-22         | Central                  | 178.50                              |
|     8 | Telangana Rural Inclusive Growth Project                 | 18-Apr-16               | 30-Jun-20         | State (Telangana)        | 75.00                               |
|     9 | Bihar Transformative Development Project                 | 10-Aug-16               | 31-Oct-22         | State (Bihar)            | 290.00                              |
|    10 | Bihar Rural Roads Project                                | 31-Aug-17               | 31-Dec-22         | State (Bihar)            | 235.00                              |
|    11 | Jharkhand Economic Development Project (JOHAR)           | 4-Sep-17                | 30-Jun-23         | State (Jharkhand)        | 100.00                              |
|    12 | Bihar Integrated Social Protection Strengthening Project | 7-Aug-14                | 31-Mar-20         | State (Bihar)            | 84.00                               |