Lok Sabha Question No. 3480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Development of Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3480

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2019

## DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

## 3480.  SHRI GIRISH BHAL CHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  schemes  being  undertaken  by  the  Government  for  ensuring  the  holistic development of the rural areas;
- (b) whether  the  targets/milestones  fixed  under  various  schemes  for  rural  areas  have been achieved by the Government;
- (c) if not, the reasons for missing the timelines; and?
- (d) the measures taken by the Government for meeting the revised timelines?

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

(a): Ministry of Rural Development plays an important role for development of rural areas through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of  livelihood  opportunities,  promoting  selfemployment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance, infrastructure development etc.  The  Ministry  is  implementing  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  RuRBAN  Mission  (SPMRM)  and  National  Social  Assistance Programme (NSAP).

(b) to (d): MGNREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme,  where  260 permissible  works  may  be  taken  up  as  per  the  demand  of  local  need  after  prioritization  and approval  of  Gram  Sabha.  No  targets/  milestone  are  set  under  MGNREGS.  A  total  of  171.08 crore  of  persondays  have  been  generated  as  on  06.12.2019. Under  DAY-NRLM, during the financial  year  2019-20,  against  the  target  of  8.10  lakh  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  5.59  lakhs SHGs  have  already  been  promoted  upto  30.09.2019.    Skill  development  initiatives  are implemented all over the  country  smoothly  and  successfully  and  have  achieved  their  targets. Under DDU-GKY, 1.19 lakh rural youths have been trained till October, 2019 against the target of 2.5 lakh youths. Under Rural Self Employment and Training Institute (RSETIs), 2.01 lakh candidates  have  been  trained  till  October,  2019  against  the  target  of  3.86  lakhs.    To  achieve Housing  for  All  by  2022,  the  target  is  to  construct  2.95  crore  houses  under  PMAY-G  from 2016-17 to 2021-22. A total of 1.293 crore rural houses,which includes 41,33,689 houses under erstwhile Indira Awas Yojana, have been constructed  till 3.12.2019, from 2016-17.

Under PMGSY, till 06.12.2019, out of 1,78,184 eligible and unconnected habitations, 1,66,874 habitations  have  been  connected  through  all-weather  roads,  4,167  habitations  have  been dropped or are non-feasible. Under SPMRM, the mission aims at completing development of 300 Rurban Clusters by end of financial year 2019-20.  295 Cluster have been identified across 28  States  and  8  UTs  and  287  Integrated  Cluster  Action  Plan  (ICAP)  of  Clusters  with  total estimated investment of Rs.27,846 crores have been approved by the Ministry.  The expenditure incurred till 30 th November, 2019 is Rs. 6,569 crore both under Convergence and Critical gap funds. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a social welfare/social security scheme covering rural as well as urban households. As  on  5 th December,  2019, 2,84,75,579 beneficiaries have been covered under the scheme.

Ministry of Panchayati  Raj (MoPR) has been implementing Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) w.e.f. 2018-19 for developing governance capabilities of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI).  The  scheme  is  demand  driven  in  nature  and  no  physical  targets/milestones  are  fixed. Under Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC), , grants to the tune of Rs.2,00,292.20 crores have been allotted to Gram Panchayats (GPs) for delivering basic services during 2015-2020.