Lok Sabha Question No. 1474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: MKSP in Odisha
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1474

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020

## MKSP IN ODISHA

## 1474.   SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  programmes  undertaken  to  support  women  farmers  under  the  Mahila  Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) in Odisha;
- (b) the budgetary allocation for the scheme and quantum of funds allocated thereunder;
- (c) whether  there  is  any  monitoring  mechanism  for  the  scheme  and  any  study  or randomised control trials have been conducted to study the efficacy of the scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a): This Ministry has approved 10 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) projects to support the women farmers under MKSP for the state of Odisha.
- (b): Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NRLM) is a demand  driven  programme.  Therefore,  as  a  sub  scheme  of  DAY-  NRLM,  MKSP  is  also, demand driven. Under MKSP, there is no state wise allocation. The details of the sanctioned projects for the state of Odisha are given below:

|   Total No. of MKPS projects sanctioned to Odisha State Rural Livelihood Mission(SRLM) | Theme of the Project                                                     |   Number of Projects |   Total Budget (Rs. in crore) |   Central Share (Rs. in crore) |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                                                                     10 | Sustainable Agriculture                                                  |                   07 |                       67.6975 |                        50.3159 |
|                                                                                     10 | NonTimber Forest Produce(NTFP) (medicinal plants)                        |                   01 |                       67.6975 |                        50.3159 |
|                                                                                     10 | Non Timber Forest Produce (Tasar) - (one is part of multi-state project) |                   02 |                       67.6975 |                        50.3159 |

(c):  Yes,  this  Ministry  has  continuous  monitoring  mechanism  for  MKSP.  An  independent evaluation  of MKSP was commissioned in 2019 and was conducted by Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd.  with  6595  number  of  households  across  8  states.  This  independent  evaluation  used  a quasi- experimental design that is propensity score matching to identify similar control area as that of the treatment areas (using Census 2011 and Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data).

(d): The details of the monitoring mechanism and study are given below:

- (i) Progress Review: Regular progress review meetings are organized in which the MKSP projects are reviewed.
- (ii) Video  Conference  (VC): the  progress  of  the  MKSP  projects  are  being reviewed by Joint Secretary, Rural Livelihood through Video Conference on a quarterly basis.
- (iii) Independent Evaluation of the MKSP projects: Independent evaluation of MKSP projects is conducted through National Institute of Rural Development and  Panchayati  Raj  (NIRD&PR),  Hyderabad,  before  release  of  the  3 rd installment.
- (iv) This Ministry has also conducted a 3 rd party evaluation by Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd.