Lok Sabha Question No. 1415 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Living Standard of Poor People
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1415

ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## LIVING STANDARD OF POOR PEOPLE

## 1415.   KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken by the Government to improve the living standards of the poor in the country; and
- (b) the extent of success achieved in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)           Multipronged  strategy  is  being  adopted  by  the  Government  for  bringing  overall improvement  in  the  quality  of  life  of  people  in  rural  areas  through  development  of  physical, livelihood,  digital,  banking,  marketing  and  other  infrastructure,  technical,  input  and  asset support,  skilling,  development  of  farm  and  non-farm  livelihoods,  provision  of  social  services among  others.   Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD)  participates  in  this  through  various schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),   Pradhan  Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission (SPMRM)  and  National Social Assistance Programme  (NSAP)  for  development  of  rural  areas  through  generation  of  employment, strengthening  of  livelihood  opportunities,  promoting  of  self-employment,  skilling  of  rural youths,  provision  of  social  assistance,  development  of  infrastructure  etc.  Details  are  given  as under:-

Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  aims  to  support  construction  of  a pucca  house  with  basic  amenities  to  all  rural  houseless  households  and  households  living  in kutcha and dilapidated house in rural areas by 2022. To achieve the objective of 'Housing for All',  the  target  number  of  houses  to  be  constructed  by  the  year  2021-22,  is  2.95  Crore.

Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  is being implemented by MoRD with the objective of organizing the rural poor women into Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  and  continuously  nurturing  and  supporting  them  to  take  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. Under this programme this Department has taken steps to ensure access to credit by women Self Help Groups from the formal banks. Credit from banks will facilitate women SHG members to acquire productive assets to enhance their income. For  the  FY  2020-21,  target  for  linking  32.32  lakh  women  SHGs  for  a  total  loan  amount  of Rs.73777 Crores has been set at the National level. The targets have been distributed to states and banks as per potential and existing number of women SHGs. As on 31 st July  2020,  at  the National level, a total of 15.55 lakh SHGs have been credit linked with a total loan disbursement of Rs.16146 Crores.

This Department is implementing Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) with main object of providing assured unskilled manual  labour  through  development  of  rural  infrastructure  including  those  for  livelihood improvement of rural people of the country. Further, under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS Individual assets can be built for vulnerable sections (only for households in paragraph 5) providing for -

- i. Improving productivity of lands through land development and by providing suitable infrastructure for irrigation including dug wells, farm ponds and other water harvesting structures
- ii. Improving livelihood through horticulture , sericulture, plantation and farm forestry;
- iii. Development of fallow land or waste land  to bring it under cultivation;
- iv. Unskilled wage component in construction of houses sanctioned under the Indira Awaas Yojana or such other  State or Central Government Scheme;
- v. Creating infrastructure for promotion of livestocks such as , poultry shelter, goat shelter, piggery shelter, cattle shelter and fodder trough for cattle; and
- vi. Creating infrastructure for promotion of fisheries such as, fish drying yards, storage facilities, and promotion of fisheries in seasonal water bodies on public land; are permissible activities.

Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  was  launched  as  a  measure  towards alleviation of poverty in rural areas   by   providing   access   to economic and social services to the  rural  population  by  providing  them  good  quality  roads  thereby  generating  increased agricultural incomes and productive employment opportunities.

National Social Assistance Programme(NSAP): The scheme aims  to ensure that regular social protection  is  available  to  the  beneficiaries  throughout  the  country.  States  are  also  expected  to contribute  from  their  own  sources  as  top-up,  aimed  at  improving  the living  standard  of  the poorest section of the society.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission (SPMRM):This Mission has been implemented for holistic development and transformation of India`s rural areas acquiring urban character. It takes into account for integrated planned development including citizen, digital, livelihood and commercial services.

## (b): The progress achieved under the said schemes are as under :

| Schemes   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MGNREGS   | The details of the completed works and expenditure in individual category of works taken up in all States/UTs under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the vulnerable sections during FY 2020-21 is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | The details of the completed works and expenditure in individual category of works taken up in all States/UTs under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the vulnerable sections during FY 2020-21 is given below:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| MGNREGS   | Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Completed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| MGNREGS   | No. of works                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Expenditure in lakhs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| MGNREGS   | 27,02,785                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2,91,878.83                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| PMAY-G    | Sanctions have been given to 1,65,75,845 beneficiaries out of which, 1st installment has been released to 1,52,59,811 beneficiaries; 2nd installment to 1,32,89,388 beneficiaries and a total of 1,15,02,232 houses have been constructed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Sanctions have been given to 1,65,75,845 beneficiaries out of which, 1st installment has been released to 1,52,59,811 beneficiaries; 2nd installment to 1,32,89,388 beneficiaries and a total of 1,15,02,232 houses have been constructed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PMGSY     | Since inception, a total of 6,31,312 Km road length has been constructed with an expenditure of Rs. 2,31,376 Crore under                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Since inception, a total of 6,31,312 Km road length has been constructed with an expenditure of Rs. 2,31,376 Crore under                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| DAY-NRLM  | PMGSY. The Mission is being implemented in 6,286 blocks in 680 districts across all States and UTs (except Delhi and Chandigarh). More than 6.97 crore women have been mobilized into 63.39 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the mission up to 31 st July, 2020. Further, the SHGs have been federated into 3.64 lakh village level federations and more than 32,275 cluster level federations. An amount of Rs.3707.18 crore has been disbursed to 2584765 SHGs as Revolving Fund (RF) and Rs.7470.47 crore has been disbursed to 1375515 | PMGSY. The Mission is being implemented in 6,286 blocks in 680 districts across all States and UTs (except Delhi and Chandigarh). More than 6.97 crore women have been mobilized into 63.39 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the mission up to 31 st July, 2020. Further, the SHGs have been federated into 3.64 lakh village level federations and more than 32,275 cluster level federations. An amount of Rs.3707.18 crore has been disbursed to 2584765 SHGs as Revolving Fund (RF) and Rs.7470.47 crore has been disbursed to 1375515 |
| DDU-GKY   | SHGs as Community Investment Fund (CIF). Since 2014-15 to August, 2020, a total of 10.51 lakh candidates have trained and 6.65 lakh candidates have been placed under DDU- GKY. During same period, 25.09 lakh candidates have been trained and 18.91 lakh candidates have been settled under RSETI. Both the above mentioned schemes are aimed at increasing employability of rural poor youth either wage or self-employment to make them employable leading to economic and social development of youth of                                | SHGs as Community Investment Fund (CIF). Since 2014-15 to August, 2020, a total of 10.51 lakh candidates have trained and 6.65 lakh candidates have been placed under DDU- GKY. During same period, 25.09 lakh candidates have been trained and 18.91 lakh candidates have been settled under RSETI. Both the above mentioned schemes are aimed at increasing employability of rural poor youth either wage or self-employment to make them employable leading to economic and social development of youth of                                |
| NSAP      | rural area of the country strengthening thereby rural economy. A total 3.09 crore beneficiaries is covered under the schemes of NSAP.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | rural area of the country strengthening thereby rural economy. A total 3.09 crore beneficiaries is covered under the schemes of NSAP.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| SPMRM     | Total Integrated Cluster Action Plan (ICAP) approved is 289 and 272 Detailed project report has been approved. On ground work has been initiated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Total Integrated Cluster Action Plan (ICAP) approved is 289 and 272 Detailed project report has been approved. On ground work has been initiated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

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