Lok Sabha Question No. 1436 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: SVEP Beneficiaries
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratima Mondal, Pratima Bhoumik

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1436 ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## SVEP BENEFICIARIES

## 1436.   SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL: MS.PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  regarding  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)  along  with the details of beneficiaries/villages benefitted under the programme, State-wise;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  combat  the  setbacks  to  this  programme  due  to COVID-19 situation;
- (c) the  revenue  generated  under  the  said  programme  during  the  last  financial  year,  Statewise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  with  regard  to  the  work  done  by  the  Self  Help Groups (SHGs) during COVID-19 pandemic and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) is a sub-scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). Its objective is to help the rural poor to set-up enterprises at the village level in non-agricultural sectors. The beneficiary of the project must be from the SHG eco -system of NRLM. The operational unit of the project is block.  The  beneficiaries  of  the  project  may  be  individual  or  group.  Besides  helping  the  rural entrepreneurs to access finance, a cadre of Community Resource Persons- Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP) is also promoted to provide business support services to enterprises.

SVEP proposals have been approved in 153 blocks in 135 districts across 23 States. The DPR has been approved for 137 blocks and the total number of enterprises approved as per DPR is 2.14 Lakh enterprises. As on 31st July, 2020, a total of 101,792 enterprises have been set up. Out of this 100,708 enterprise are for individual and 1,084 are for group.  The State/UT wise details are given in Annexure - I.

- (b)  MoRD  had  issued  various  advisories  to  State  Governments  to  support  existing  SVEP entrepreneurs during April and May 2020. It included following steps to support the enterprises:
- a. Moratorium on interest payment for existing SVEP loans as per RBI guidelines.
- b.  Provision  of  additional  loans  to  existing  SVEP  entrepreneurs  for  supporting  business including the working capital requirements.
- c.  Business  support  services  through  Community  Resource  Persons-Enterprise  Promotion (CRP-EP) for preparing revised business plans to changing market conditions.
- d. Support for listing various SHG products on Government-E-marketplace (GeM)
- (c)   SVEP  entrepreneurs  are  supported  through  the  loans  and  other  business  support  services. The programme tracks the repayment of the loans provided under the programme. The revenue generated by the individual entrepreneurs is not tracked under the programme.
- (d)  SHG members were involved in the production of masks, protective gear, Sanitiser and hand wash  during  the  COVID-19  pandemic.  As  per  the  information  shared  by  State  /UTs,  as  on 31 st August, 23.03 crore masks, 35.62 lakhs  protective gear, 4.79 lakh liters Sanitiser and 1.02 lakh liters of hand-wash have been produced by SHG members. The State/UTs wise details are given in Annexure - II .

Around  7,872  SHG  women  working  as  Business  Correspondents  Agents  of  Banks  and  other service providers from 15 States supported by this Ministry continued providing basic banking services to rural community despite restrictions imposed during lock-down. As per information shared by the States, they have done 101.01 lakh transactions for Rs. 2,329 Crore in rural area of the  country  during  25/3/2020  to  31/8/2020.  The  State  wise  details  of  transactions  are  given in Annexure - III .

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## Annexure-I referred in part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 1436 to be answered on 20-09-2020

State/UTs wise list of AAPs, DPRs and enterprises formed as on 31st July, 2020

| No.   | State               |   No. of Blocks where AAPs approved |   No. of Blocks where DPR approved | Total Enterprises formed for individual/group   |
|-------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh      |                                   8 |                                  8 | 9,294                                           |
| 2     | Assam               |                                   3 |                                  3 | 0                                               |
| 3     | Bihar               |                                  12 |                                 12 | 12,742                                          |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh        |                                   7 |                                  7 | 8,098                                           |
| 5     | Gujarat             |                                   3 |                                  3 | 2,624                                           |
| 6     | Haryana             |                                   6 |                                  6 | 4,565                                           |
| 7     | Jammu &Kashmir (UT) |                                   2 |                                  2 | 1,289                                           |
| 8     | Jharkhand           |                                  15 |                                 15 | 6,623                                           |
| 9     | Kerala              |                                  14 |                                 14 | 11,696                                          |
| 10    | Madhya Pradesh      |                                  14 |                                 10 | 9,923                                           |
| 11    | Maharashtra         |                                   8 |                                  2 | 4,506                                           |
| 12    | Manipur             |                                   1 |                                  1 | 0                                               |
| 13    | Meghalaya           |                                   1 |                                  1 | 56                                              |
| 14    | Mizoram             |                                   2 |                                  2 | 0                                               |
| 15    | Nagaland            |                                   2 |                                  2 | 4,013                                           |
| 16    | Odisha              |                                  10 |                                  8 | 6,582                                           |
| 17    | Punjab              |                                   1 |                                  1 | 825                                             |
| 18    | Rajasthan           |                                   5 |                                  5 | 4,442                                           |
| 19    | Tamil Nadu          |                                   2 |                                  2 | 983                                             |
| 20    | Telangana           |                                   8 |                                  7 | 3,691                                           |
| 21    | Uttar Pradesh       |                                  18 |                                 15 | 5,485                                           |
| 22    | Uttarakhand         |                                   2 |                                  2 | 116                                             |
| 23    | West Bengal         |                                   9 |                                  9 | 4,239                                           |
| Total | Total               |                                 153 |                                137 | 1,01,792                                        |

## Annexure - II referred in part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 1436 to be answered on 20-09-2020

State  /UTs  wise  status  of  Mask,  Protective  Gear,  Sanitiser  and  Hand  Wash  produced  as  on 31/08/2020.

| No   | State/UT                 | Masks (nos)   | Protective Gear (nos)   | Sanitiser (Quantity in liters)   | Hand Wash(Quantity in liters)   |
|------|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 5,500         | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh           | 11,58,04,480  | 31,63,044               | 61,126                           | 8,000                           |
| 3    | Assam                    | 72,85,609     | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 4    | Bihar                    | 1,56,24,050   | 62                      | 62                               | 0                               |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh             | 48,02,542     | 0                       | 28,260                           | 0                               |
| 6    | Gujarat                  | 68,63,276     | 0                       | 200                              | 0                               |
| 7    | Haryana                  | 52,50,818     | 79,992                  | 56,807                           | 588                             |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh         | 9,10,000      | 1,350                   | 1,400                            | 0                               |
| 9    | Jammu &Kashmir           | 7,75,068      | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 10   | Jharkhand                | 14,32,376     | 3,776                   | 71,098                           | 0                               |
| 11   | Karnataka                | 36,66,954     | 66,155                  | 48                               | 0                               |
| 12   | Kerala                   | 49,81,966     | 0                       | 6,535                            | 0                               |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh           | 1,29,31,971   | 1,13,597                | 1,41,858                         | 18,331                          |
| 14   | Maharashtra              | 97,50,478     | 0                       | 0                                | 284                             |
| 15   | Manipur                  | 18,000        | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 16   | Meghalaya                | 69,683        | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 17   | Mizoram                  | 99,104        | 534                     | 100                              | 290                             |
| 18   | Nagaland                 | 1,16,820      | 0                       | 35                               | 27                              |
| 19   | Odisha                   | 58,89,184     | 2,875                   | 1,217                            | 1,044                           |
| 20   | Puducherry               | 4,69,796      | 0                       | 540                              | 150                             |
| 21   | Punjab                   | 5,73,754      | 3,063                   | 0                                | 0                               |
| 22   | Rajasthan                | 16,75,199     | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 23   | Sikkim                   | 41,031        | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu               | 68,38,709     | 5,650                   | 92,246                           | 72,679                          |
| 25   | Telangana                | 1,31,92,070   | 76,850                  | 3,550                            | 0                               |
| 26   | Tripura                  | 88,513        | 0                       | 0                                | 0                               |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh            | 94,91,411     | 45,101                  | 13,950                           | 1,128                           |
| 28   | Uttarakhand              | 12,33,229     | 0                       | 0                                | 0 0                             |
| 29   | West Bengal              | 4,91,794      | 0                       | 0                                |                                 |
|      | Total                    | 23,03,73,385  | 35,62,049               | 4,79,032                         | 1,02,521                        |

## Annexure - III referred in part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 1436 to be answered on 20-09-2020

State /UTs wise status of Transactions from 25/03/2020 to  31/08/2020

| 25 th March to 31 st August, 2020   | 25 th March to 31 st August, 2020   | 25 th March to 31 st August, 2020              | 25 th March to 31 st August, 2020   | 25 th March to 31 st August, 2020   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S.No                                | STATE                               | No of Active BC Sakhi (SHG Women as BC Agents) | No of transactions                  | Amount of transactions (In Rs Lakh) |
| 1                                   | Jharkhand                           | 1679                                           | 1928812                             | 33595.42                            |
| 2                                   | Rajasthan                           | 728                                            | 320169                              | 10211.68                            |
| 3                                   | Bihar                               | 1152                                           | 2494446                             | 67147.46                            |
| 4                                   | Odisha                              | 406                                            | 777274                              | 21447.13                            |
| 5                                   | Assam                               | 101                                            | 286782                              | 3123.83                             |
| 6                                   | Madhya Pradesh                      | 652                                            | 722959                              | 16058.49                            |
| 7                                   | Mizoram                             | 47                                             | 64770                               | 3033.24                             |
| 8                                   | Gujarat                             | 638                                            | 277517                              | 6509.22                             |
| 9                                   | Uttar Pradesh                       | 174                                            | 568987                              | 9615.24                             |
| 10                                  | Maharashtra                         | 296                                            | 409088                              | 15142.03                            |
| 11                                  | Chhattisgarh                        | 1406                                           | 1471553                             | 25748                               |
| 12                                  | Manipur                             | 18                                             | 45715                               | 1677.41                             |
| 13                                  | Tamil Nadu                          | 413                                            | 154868                              | 2300.81                             |
| 14                                  | West Bengal                         | 157                                            | 577251                              | 17283                               |
| 15                                  | Tripura                             | 5                                              | 849                                 | 19.16                               |
| TOTAL                               | TOTAL                               | 7872                                           | 10101040                            | 232912                              |

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