Lok Sabha Question No. 24 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Funds for DRDAs in West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subhas Sarkar

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 24

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## FUNDS FOR DRDAs IN WEST BENGAL

## *24. DR. SUBHAS SARKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  functions  and  schemes  that  have  been  entrusted  and  are  being executed by District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) in West Bengal;
- (b) the details of funds allocated to District Rural Development Agencies during the last five years including in the State of West Bengal; and
- (c) the details and number of schemes/projects that have been completed during the last three years under DRDAs in the State, district- wise?

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

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

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## STATEMENT (a) to  (c)  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO.*24 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020.

(a) to (c). All District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) in West Bengal have been merged  with  the  respective  Zilla  Parishads  in  the  year  2000.  Thereafter,  all  DRDAs  have been  functioning  as  District  Rural  Development  Cell  (DRDC)  under  the  respective  Zilla Parishads.

District  Rural  Development  Cells  are  mainly  entrusted  with  the  task  of  implementation of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY -NRLM) which aims at reducing poverty of the rural poor families by:

1. Organizing women members from poor households into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations,
2. Capacity building, skill training for livelihoods activities, facilitating financial assistance through bank linkage for taking up economic activities,
3. Assisting in marketing of SHG products.

Only DRDC of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in the hill areas of Darjeeling and  Kalimpong  districts  has  been  entrusted  with  the  implementation  of  Swachh  Bharat Mission (SBM), in addition to DAY-NRLM.

So far as Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is concerned, funds are allocated through State Government for meeting part cost of the salaries and contingencies of the DRDAs under the DRDA Administration Scheme of MoRD.  The State wise details of funds allocated to DRDAs  of  States  including  those  of  West  Bengal  during  last  five  years  under  DRDA Administration scheme is given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *24 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

The Details of Allocation/Release of funds to the States/UTs for DRDAs during the last five years State-wise including those of West Bengal.

(Rs. In Crore)

|   S. No. | States/UTs        |   2014-2015 |   2015-2016 |   2016-2017 |   2017-2018 |   2018-2019 |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |        8.88 |        7.47 |        7.79 |        7.1  |        5.61 |
|        2 | Telangana         |        5.73 |        3.62 |        2.49 |        1.79 |        3.73 |
|        3 | Bihar             |       13.23 |       12.19 |       11.78 |       11.81 |        7.17 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh      |       10.98 |        9.13 |        5.78 |        7.06 |        9.09 |
|        5 | Goa               |        1.15 |        0.77 |        0.71 |        0.59 |        0.34 |
|        6 | Gujarat           |       10.72 |       11.44 |        9.01 |       10.3  |       11.88 |
|        7 | Haryana           |       10.3  |        8.3  |        5.67 |        4.07 |        3.26 |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh  |        6.22 |        4.48 |        6.29 |        5.21 |        6.03 |
|        9 | Jammu &Kashmir    |        7.94 |        9.05 |        6.53 |        4.46 |       11.27 |
|       10 | Jharkhand         |        9.29 |        8.72 |       11.4  |        9.64 |        9.55 |
|       11 | Karnataka         |       12.97 |       12.07 |        9.26 |        5.13 |       10.33 |
|       12 | Kerala            |        5.97 |        7.44 |        7.79 |        6.22 |        5.09 |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh    |       24.86 |       16.87 |       18.4  |        9.5  |       17.98 |
|       14 | Maharashtra       |       17.01 |       18.02 |       16.76 |       12.09 |       13.36 |
|       15 | Odisha            |       17.14 |       14.2  |       16.27 |       11.72 |       10.64 |
|       16 | Punjab            |        9.55 |        8.03 |        8.83 |        7.03 |        7.64 |
|       17 | Rajasthan         |       18.09 |       14.35 |        9.68 |       12.23 |       12.02 |
|       18 | Tamil Nadu        |       20.17 |       16.06 |       17.6  |       16.12 |       12.62 |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh     |       31.28 |       25.49 |       28.87 |       32.26 |       29.51 |
|       20 | Uttarakhand       |        6.61 |        3.98 |        2.16 |        0.31 |        3.25 |
|       21 | West Bengal       |        7.86 |        4.54 |        5.36 |        5.96 |        8.25 |
|       22 | A &NIsland        |        0.08 |        0.09 |        1.02 |        0.6  |        1.01 |
|       23 | D&N Haveli        |        0.08 |        0.08 |        0.48 |        0.2  |        0.34 |
|       24 | Daman &Diu        |        0    |        0    |        0    |        0    |        0.1  |
|       25 | Lakshadweep       |        0.09 |        0.08 |        0    |        0    |        0.21 |
|       26 | Puducherry        |        0.25 |        0.25 |        0.4  |        0.84 |        0.53 |
|       27 | Arunachal Pradesh |       10.32 |        6.32 |        8.97 |        9.92 |        9.81 |
|       28 | Assam             |       17.27 |       15.98 |       18.32 |       15.7  |       13.38 |
|       29 | Meghalaya         |        5.07 |        2.14 |        2.52 |        4.73 |        5.12 |
|       30 | Manipur           |        4.3  |        3.59 |        3.26 |        2.46 |        4.24 |
|       31 | Nagaland          |        3.53 |        2.04 |        4.45 |        2.21 |        5.32 |
|       32 | Mizoram           |        4.13 |        4.23 |        5.22 |        4.51 |        3.58 |
|       33 | Sikkim            |        0.65 |        0.66 |        0.27 |        0.31 |        0.55 |
|       34 | Tripura           |        3.31 |        2.37 |        1.59 |        2.96 |        1.9  |