Lok Sabha Question No. 3322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Funds for Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendra (Alias) Bhole Singh Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3322

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2021

## FUNDS FOR RURAL AREAS

## 3322.   SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes implemented along with the amount of funds provided to make the rural areas self reliant;
- (b) whether the funds allocated during the last five years have been utilized completely; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c)  The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing various schemes/programmes to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas and make them self reliant through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities. The details of the schemes/programmes implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development are given below:

(i)  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme: The  principal objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  provide  for  the  enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the households by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.  It  stresses  on  creation  of  durable  and  sustainable  assets  to  make  the  beneficiaries  selfdependant.

(ii) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM): The Ministry is implementing DAY-NRLM to tackle the problem of unemployment, especially  among  women,  in  a  mission  mode  with  the  objective  of  organizing  the  rural  poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take up economic activities till they attain appreciable increase in income over a period of time to improve  their  quality  of  life  and  come  out  of  abject  poverty.  Besides,  Start-up  Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), the sub-scheme under DAY-NRLM, has the objective of helping  Self  Help  Group  (SHG)  and  their  family  members  to  set-up  small  enterprises  in  the non-farm sector.

(iii)  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs ):  The  Ministry  is  implementing  two  Skill development initiatives for rural poor youth under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to  improve  the  economic  condition  of  the  rural  population,  namely,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya

Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDU-GKY), a placement linked skill development scheme for rural poor and Skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETI), 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.

(iv) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G): PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all rural houseless households and households living in kutcha and  dilapidated  houses  in  rural  areas.  The  target  under  PMAY-G  is  to  construct  2.95  crore houses during the period 2016-17 to 2021-22.

(v) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY): PMGSY was started in the year 2000 with the objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations. The mandate of the scheme was subsequently widened and new interventions viz. PMGSY-II and PMGSY-III were added for upgradation of the existing rural road network which connect habitations to the various facilities and services. The implementation of the ongoing PMGSY has  helped  immensely  in  lifting  the  socio-economic  conditions  of  rural  masses  by  providing them access to the various services and facilities, market place and employment opportunities in various forms.

(vi) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP): It is a social welfare programme for the aged,  widows,  disabled  and  in  the  cases  of  death  of  the  primary  breadwinner  belonging  to Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  Households.  It  is  100%  centrally  funded  Central  Sponsored Schemes (CSS) implemented in the entire country including rural and remote areas.

(vii) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM): The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) launched in 2016, is a scheme with the objective to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters. The mission  takes  cluster  as  a  unit  for  development.  300  Clusters  from  all  the  States/  UTs  are selected in the first phase of the Mission in Tribal and Non-Tribal categories. SPMRM provides the  Critical  Gap  Funding  to  the  projects  which  directly  or  indirectly  bring  economic  growth. SPMRM aims to provide amenities in four categories viz Basic, Economic, Social and Digital and  promotes  economic  growth  through  integrated  and  balanced  investments  with  social inclusion.

(viii)  Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY): Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched  on  11  October  2014.  Under  the  SAGY  framework,  the  development  of  Gram Panchayats  is envisaged through effective convergence  and  implementation  of existing development Schemes of Government under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocation of any additional fund.

Budget Allocation and Expenditure Statement in respect of Rural Development Schemes for the last  5  years  is  at Annexure .  Most  of  the  funds  allocated  for  rural  development  schemes  are utilized by the State/UT Administrations.

The funds are released to States/UTs in accordance with the programme guidelines based on their absorption capacity and utilization of available funds. The Department has been constantly pursuing  the  issue  with  the  States/UT  governments  through  Performance  Review  Committee Meetings  to  tackle  the  problem  of  unspent  balances  and  to  ensure  timely  disbursement  and sound  financial  management.  Plan  Finance  Management  System  (PFMS)  has  also  been implemented to ensure smooth fund flow management, reduce unspent balances and minimize leakages etc.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred in statement in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3322 due for answer on 16.03.2021.

Funds allocated and expenditure incurred under the Scheme of Department of Rural Development during financial year 2015-16 to 2019-20.

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|                                                                           | Financial Year-2015-16                                              | Financial Year-2015-16                                              | Financial Year-2016-17                                              | Financial Year-2016-17                                              | Financial Year-2017-18                                              | Financial Year-2017-18                                              | Financial Year-2018-19                                              | Financial Year-2018-19                                              | Financial Year-2019-20                                              | Financial Year-2019-20                                              |
| Scheme                                                                    | RE                                                                  | Exp.                                                                | RE                                                                  | Exp.                                                                | RE                                                                  | Exp.                                                                | RE                                                                  | Exp.                                                                | RE                                                                  | Exp.                                                                |
| NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME (MGNREGS)                      | 37,345.95                                                           | 34,699.00                                                           | 48,220.26                                                           | 48,215.33                                                           | 55,167.06                                                           | 55,166.75                                                           | 61830.09                                                            | 61815.08                                                            | 71706.76                                                            | 71698.90                                                            |
| DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA - NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION (DAY-NRLM) | 2,505.00                                                            | 2,505.00                                                            | 3,168.15                                                            | 3,158.02                                                            | 4,350.84                                                            | 4,327.81                                                            | 5783.50                                                             | 5783.58                                                             | 9024.02                                                             | 9023.51                                                             |
| NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (NSAP)                               | 9,082.00                                                            | 9,082.00                                                            | 8,856.44                                                            | 8,854.07                                                            | 8,744.41                                                            | 8,695.56                                                            | 8467.46                                                             | 8418.47                                                             | 8692.41                                                             | 8692.41                                                             |
| PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJNA - GRAMIN (PMAY-G)                               | 10,025.00                                                           | 10,025.00                                                           | 16,078.60                                                           | 16,074.37                                                           | 22,832.31                                                           | 22,572.29                                                           | 19600.00                                                            | 19307.83                                                            | 18455.21                                                            | 18119.61                                                            |
| PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA (PMGSY)                                  | 14,291.00                                                           | 14,291.00                                                           | 18,701.35                                                           | 17,922.87                                                           | 16,900.00                                                           | 16,862.14                                                           | 15500.00                                                            | 15414.14                                                            | 14045.75                                                            | 14017.49                                                            |
| SHYAMAPRASAD MUKHERJEE RURBAN MISSION (SPMRM)                             | 300.00                                                              | 300.00                                                              | 600.00                                                              | 599.44                                                              | 600.00                                                              | 553.25                                                              | 451.03                                                              | 426.72                                                              | 303.88                                                              | 303.75                                                              |