Lok Sabha Question No. 216 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Riti Pathak, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 216

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019

## START-UP VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

## 216. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

## SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to launch/introduce the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives of the said Programme;
- (c) whether the Government has laid down/fixed any guidelines and time-frame for the implementation of the said Programme;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the funds sanctioned by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  (a)  to  (e)  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019.

(a)  to  (e): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD)  is  implementing  the  Start-up  Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), as a sub-scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).The scheme was approved on 6 th May, 2015.

The objective of the scheme is to help the rural poor to set-up enterprises at the village level in non-agricultural  sectors.  Besides  providing  start-up  capital,  a  cadre  of  Community  Resource Persons-  Enterprise  Promotion  (CRP-EP)  is  set  up  to  provide  business  support  services  to enterprises.

The  Ministry  has  issued  detailed  guidelines  for  implementing  the  programme.  Accordingly, States have to submit supplementary Annual Action Plans (AAPs) for identified blocks. Once approved, a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is prepared for the  block  which  provides,  among  other  things,  the  details  regarding  the  potential  number  of enterprises to be formed over the 4- year project period.

As on 31 st October, 2019, AAPs have been approved for 153 blocks across 23 States. DPRs have been approved in 120 blocks in 21 States. As per the approved DPRs, 1.93 lakh enterprises are targeted  for  formation  over  a  4-year  period.  As  on  31 st October,  2019,  a  total  of  69,991 enterprises has been set up.

The details of funds sanctioned to the States are given in ANNEXURE- I.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO.  *216  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  03.12.2019  REGARDING  START-UP  VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME.

## Central Share sanctioned to States (Rs in Lakhs)

| S.No   | State          |   Funds sanctioned |   Central share |
|--------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH |            4475.3  |         2685.18 |
| 2      | ASSAM          |            1421.57 |         1279.41 |
| 3      | BIHAR          |            6404.21 |         3842.53 |
| 4      | CHHATTISGARH   |            3566.17 |         2139.7  |
| 5      | GUJARAT        |            1617.2  |          970.32 |
| 6      | HARYANA        |            2907.9  |         1744.74 |
| 7      | JAMMU &KASHMIR |             931.09 |          837.98 |
| 8      | JHARKHAND      |            6653.13 |         3991.88 |
| 9      | KERALA         |            7582.08 |         4549.25 |
| 10     | MADHYA PRADESH |            5358.58 |         3215.15 |
| 11     | MAHARASHTRA    |            1225    |          735    |
| 12     | MANIPUR        |              30    |           27    |
| 13     | MEGHALAYA      |             444.34 |          399.91 |
| 14     | MIZORAM        |              60    |           54    |
| 15     | NAGALAND       |            1112.37 |         1001.13 |
| 16     | ODISHA         |            4115.51 |         2469.31 |
| 17     | PUNJAB         |             513.04 |          307.82 |
| 18     | RAJASTHAN      |            2620.5  |         1572.3  |
| 19     | TAMIL NADU     |            1018.4  |          611.04 |
| 20     | TELANGANA      |            2757.51 |         1654.51 |
| 21     | UTTAR PRADESH  |            3590.26 |         2154.16 |
| 22     | UTTARAKHAND    |             921.1  |          828.99 |
| 23     | WEST BENGAL    |            3435.73 |         2061.44 |
|        | Total          |           62761    |        39132.7  |

*Up to 31 st October, 2019

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