Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Schemes to Eradicate Poverty
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Hema Malini

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *259 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## SCHEMES TO ERADICATE POVERTY

## *259. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has started various new schemes to eradicate poverty in the country during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the implementation of the said schemes has been done according to the target set so far;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the number of families living below poverty line has decreased in the country during the said period; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 259* REGARDING  'SCHEMES  TO  ERADICATE POVERTY'  RAISED  BY  SHRIMATI  HEMA  MALINI  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  10 th JULY, 2019.

- (a) to (c) The Government has started various  schemes to eradicate  poverty in the country.  The details of the schemes are as under:
1. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G): Ministry of Rural Development, with a aim of  'Housing for All' by 2022, has restructured the scheme of Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) into Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f 1 st April, 2016. Under PMAY-G, beneficiaries are provided unit assistance of Rs. 1.2 lakh in plains and Rs. 1.3 lakh in hilly states, difficult  areas  and  IAP  districts  for  construction  of  pucca  house.  In  addition,  beneficiaries  are provided assistance  of  90/95  persondays  of  unskilled  labour  wages  through  convergence  with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Rs. 12,000 for construction of toilets through convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBMG), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding. The overall target of PMAY-G is to achieve 2.95 Crore houses by the year 2021-22. As on 05.07.2019 , 90,71,628 houses have been constructed across the country.
2.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY): Ministry  of  Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana(DDU-GKY) , Antyodaya Diwas on 25 th September  2014.  DDU-GKY  is  a  part  of  the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) , tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

The target and Physical Achievement (number of candidates trained) under DDU-GKY during the last five years and current year is given below:-

|         | DDU-GKY   | DDU-GKY                 |
|---------|-----------|-------------------------|
| Year    | Target    | Achievement             |
| 2014-15 | 210000    | 86120                   |
| 2015-16 | 177986    | 270392                  |
| 2016-17 | 200014    | 162586                  |
| 2017-18 | 200000    | 131527                  |
| 2018-19 | 200000    | 228955                  |
| 2019-20 | 250000    | 27919 As on 31.05.2019) |

3. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission(NRuM) :The SPMRM was launched on 21st February 2016 with an attempt to make the selected rural areas in form of the cluster, socially,  economically  and  physically  sustainable  regions  by  providing  economic,  social  and

infrastructure  amenities,  thus  leading  to  sustainable  and  balanced  regional  development  in  the country.  300Rurban  Clusters  with  thematic  economic  growth  points  are  proposed  to  be developed  across  the  country  under  this  innovative  Mission.  To  ensure  an  optimum  level  of development, fourteen components have been suggested as desirable for the Cluster. States/UTs may  choose  the  components  based  on  the  detailed  analysis  of  their  clusters  though  their Integrated  Cluster  Action  Plans.  The  funding  for  Rurban  Clusters  will  be  through  various schemes  of  the  Government  converged  into  the  Cluster.  The  SPMRM  provides  an  additional funding support of up to 30% of project cost as Critical Gap Fund (CGF) to enable development of such Rurban Clusters. The funding under the mission is shared in ratio of 60:40 for the States and 90:10 for 8 North Eastern State, 3 Himalayan States. For Union Territories, 100 per cent funding is provided by the Government of India.

The Mission aims to complete its target of 300 Rurban Clusters by end of FY 2019-20. As  on  date  295  Clusters  have  been  identified  across  29  States  and  6  UTs.  Out  of  these,  279 ICAPs of Clusters with an total estimated investment of Rs.27,018 crore have been approved by the Ministry. The reported expenditure as on 31st May 2019 is Rs. 800 crore under CGF and Rs. 4,350 crore under Convergence, totaling to Rs. 5,150 crore.

4.  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY) :  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY),  a pathbreaking initiative in rural development was launched on 11 October 2014 with the objective of creating Adarsh Grams across the country. The scheme Guidelines called upon the Hon'ble Members of Parliament to make one Gram Panchayat of their choice, a Model Village by 2016, and  another  two  by  2019.  It  is  a  unique  scheme  that  leverages  the  leadership,  capacity, commitment and energy of Hon'ble MPs at Gram Panchayat level.The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana  (SAGY)  converges  resources  available  from  a  range  of    existing  Central  Sector, Centrally Sponsored and State Schemes to achieve the programme objectives and not depends on additional funds.

The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepare Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon'ble Members of Parliament. The VDP would be prepared for every identified  Gram  Panchayat  with  special  focus  on  enabling  every poor  household  to  come  out  of  poverty.  The  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  have  identified 1,484  Gram  Panchayats  under  SaansadAdarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  till  3rd  July  2019.  The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepared Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon'ble Members of Parliament. The VDP included prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic progress of the village. So far 1,297 Gram Panchayats have uploaded their  VDP containing 68,407 projects,  as  per  the  data  available  on SAGY website (http://saanjhi.gov.in). Out of these, 38,031 (56%) projects have been completed as  on  3rd  July  2019.  Under  the  SAGY  framework,  the  development  of  Gram  Panchayats  is envisaged  through  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government  Schemes  and Programmes  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  Ministries without  allocating additional funds.

The State/UT-wise number of Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY and the progress of implementation of Village Development Plans (VDP), as per the information uploaded by the States/UTs on SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in), as on 03 July  2019 are given at Annexure I.

## 5. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY):

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is available to people in the age group of 18-70 years with a bank account who give their consent to join/enable auto-debit on or before 31 st May for the coverage period 1 st June to 31 st May on an annual renewal basis.

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account who give their consent to join / enable auto-debit. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs shall be for the one year period  stretching  from  1st  June  to  31st  May  and  will  be  renewable.  Risk  coverage  under  this scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured, due to any reason

Atal Pension Yojana was aunched in May 2015 and  is available to all the citizens of India in  the  age  group  of  18-40  years.  Under  the  scheme,  a  subscriber  would  receive  a  minimum guaranteed  pension  of  Rs.1000  to  Rs.  5000  per  month,  depending  upon  his  contribution, available  from  the  age  of  60  years.   The  same  pension  would  be  paid  to  the  spouse  of  the subscriber  and  on  the  demise  of  both  the  subscriber  and  the  spouse,  the  accumulated  pension wealth is returned to the nominee.

Till  May,  2019,  1055  banks  including  Public  and  Private  Sector,  RRBs,  Cooperative  and foreign banks have tied up with 10 life insurance companies and 1045 banks have tied up with 10  general  insurance  companies  for  PMJJBY  &  PMSBY  under  the  universal  social  security system  for  all  Indians,  especially  the  poor  and  underprivileged.  An  extensive  media  based campaign  was  undertaken  to  create  awareness  about  the  schemes  including  disseminating  the material in Hindi, English and Regional languages. A simple claim settlement procedure/ process involving  minimum  documentation  has  been  put  in  place  for  minimising  settlement  time  and large  scale  awareness  generation  has  been  undertaken  to  this  effect.  As  on  03.06.2019  gross enrolment by banks, subject to verification of eligibility criteria, is as under:

| Category   |   No. of Enrollments (in crore) | No. of claims disbursed   |
|------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
| PMSBY      |                           15.91 | 33,580                    |
| PMJJBY     |                            6.05 | 1,39,917                  |

As  far  as  APY  is  concerned,  a  total  number  of  160.76  Lakh  people  have  enrolled  as  on 30.05.2019 under this scheme.

6.  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana  (PMJDY): Pradhan  Mantri  Jan-Dhan  Yojana was launched in August 2014 to ensure comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country by providing universal access to banking facilities with at least one basic bank account to  every  household,  financial  literacy,  access  to  credit,  insurance  and  pension  facility.  The Financial  Inclusion  (FI)  initiatives  implemented  through  PMJDY  since  August,  2014  has provided  an  enabling  environment  for  people  to  avail  banking  &  financial  services  in  the country. As a result of the consistent efforts made over time, as on May, 2019, 35.75 crore Jan-

Dhan beneficiaries have been added under PMJDY with a total deposit of Rs. 98320 Crore as on 29.05.2019.

(d)  to  (e) The  Government  of  India  had  decided  to  conduct  a  combined  Census  (Rural  BPL Census, Urban BPL and Religion & Caste Census) known subsequently as "Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) for collecting Socio-economic and caste data of households in the rural  and  urban  areas  of  the  country. The  SECC  has  captured  data  on  several  attributes  on Demographic, Education, Disability, Dwelling, Income, Employment, Amenities, Assets etc. at Household & Individual level. SECC 2011 provides grading of multidimensionality of poverty and generates granularity that allows fine tuning of development programmes to meet challenges of  public  financial  resources.  The  State  wise  count  of  Automatically  included  and  deprived households in SECC Data is given at Annexure II .

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## Annexure I

## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *259 for reply on 10.07.2019:

State/UT-wise number of Gram Panchayats adopted under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and the present status of implementation of Village Development Plans (VDP), as per the information uploaded by the States/UTs on SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in), as on 03 July  2019

| Sl State / UT                |   No. of SAGY GPs |   No. of GPs that uploaded VDP |   No. of projects in VDP |   No. of projects completed |
|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                 3 |                              2 |                      276 |                         192 |
| 2Andhra Pradesh              |                65 |                             64 |                     1350 |                         776 |
| 3Arunachal Pradesh           |                 7 |                              3 |                      216 |                          28 |
| 4Assam                       |                35 |                             27 |                     2429 |                         580 |
| 5Bihar                       |                82 |                             60 |                     4817 |                        1614 |
| 6Chandigarh                  |                 2 |                              2 |                       31 |                          15 |
| 7Chhattisgarh                |                44 |                             39 |                     3247 |                        1952 |
| 8Dadra And Nagar Haveli      |                 1 |                              0 |                        0 |                           0 |
| 9Daman And Diu               |                 1 |                              1 |                       52 |                          32 |
| 10Delhi                      |                13 |                              0 |                        0 |                           0 |
| 11Goa                        |                 5 |                              4 |                      609 |                         102 |
| 12Gujarat                    |                75 |                             61 |                     1551 |                        1241 |
| 13Haryana                    |                32 |                             33 |                     1574 |                         996 |
| 14Himachal Pradesh           |                15 |                             14 |                     1291 |                         420 |
| 15Jammu And Kashmir          |                14 |                             14 |                      917 |                         444 |
| 16Jharkhand                  |                51 |                             46 |                     4142 |                        1946 |
| 17Karnataka                  |                57 |                             55 |                     9650 |                        5085 |
| 18Kerala                     |                82 |                             71 |                     4270 |                        1963 |
| 19Lakshadweep                |                 1 |                              1 |                       79 |                           4 |
| 20Madhya Pradesh             |                68 |                             55 |                     2600 |                        1765 |
| 21Maharashtra                |               134 |                            102 |                     7073 |                        3054 |
| 22Manipur                    |                12 |                             12 |                      786 |                         517 |
| 23Meghalaya                  |                 7 |                              4 |                      320 |                          86 |
| 24Mizoram                    |                 5 |                              5 |                      511 |                         346 |

|                 |   25Nagaland |    3 |   2 71 |    16 |
|-----------------|--------------|------|--------|-------|
| 26Odisha        |           47 |   36 |    941 |   170 |
| 27Puducherry    |            2 |    2 |     72 |    17 |
| 28Punjab        |           32 |   23 |    815 |   257 |
| 29Rajasthan     |           80 |   77 |   4358 |  2258 |
| 30Sikkim        |            7 |    6 |    224 |   117 |
| 31Tamil Nadu    |          159 |  158 |   5282 |  4591 |
| 32Telangana     |           45 |   35 |   1756 |   893 |
| 33Tripura       |            4 |    3 |    159 |    86 |
| 34Uttar Pradesh |          270 |  268 |   6312 |  6062 |
| 35Uttarakhand   |           15 |   11 |    565 |   406 |
| 36West Bengal   |            9 |    1 |     61 |     0 |
| Grand Total     |         1484 | 1297 |  68407 | 38031 |

## Annexure -II

Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *259 for reply on 10.07.2019: State-wise count of Automatically Included and Deprived households in SECC data

| State name          | Total Households   | Automaticall y Included HHs   | Deprived HHs   | Total Poor Households   | %Poor Households   |
|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| 1                   | 2                  | 3                             | 4              | 5 = 3+4                 | 6                  |
|                     |                    | 0.89%                         | 48.56%         | 49.45%                  |                    |
|                     | 179787454          | 1595469                       | 87303948       | 88899417                | 49.45%             |
| CHHATTISGARH        | 4540999            | 112084                        | 3179327        | 3291411                 | 72%                |
| MEGHALAYA           | 485897             | 1224                          | 327506         | 328730                  | 68%                |
| ODISHA              | 8677615            | 119772                        | 5730372        | 5850144                 | 67%                |
| WEST BENGAL         | 15756750           | 203209                        | 10056266       | 10259475                | 65%                |
| NAGALAND            | 284310             | 969                           | 182441         | 183410                  | 65%                |
| MADHYA PRADESH      | 11288946           | 396787                        | 6748026        | 7144813                 | 63%                |
| TRIPURA             | 697062             | 33343                         | 401458         | 434801                  | 62%                |
| BIHAR               | 17829066           | 37657                         | 10876054       | 10913711                | 61%                |
| MIZORAM             | 111626             | 512                           | 66499          | 67011                   | 60%                |
| DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI | 45352              | 298                           | 25378          | 25676                   | 57%                |
| JHARKHAND           | 5044234            | 52045                         | 2694061        | 2746106                 | 54%                |
| MANIPUR             | 448163             | 4963                          | 236653         | 241616                  | 54%                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | 9344180            | 59470                         | 4822104        | 4881574                 | 52%                |
| RAJASTHAN           | 10223073           | 72091                         | 5165212        | 5237303                 | 51%                |
| ASSAM               | 5743835            | 33451                         | 2892859        | 2926310                 | 51%                |
| TAMILNADU           | 10088119           | 38549                         | 4704939        | 4743488                 | 47%                |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 13841960           | 227678                        | 6064157        | 6291835                 | 45%                |
| GUJARAT             | 6920473            | 31216                         | 2967972        | 2999188                 | 43%                |
| UTTAR               | 26015592           | 68190                         | 10381355       | 10449545                | 40%                |

| PRADESH                  |         |       |         |         |     |
|--------------------------|---------|-------|---------|---------|-----|
| TELANGANA                | 5643739 | 13543 | 2136159 | 2149702 | 38% |
| SIKKIM                   |   88723 |   235 |   33480 |   33715 | 38% |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |  201842 |  3559 |   72937 |   76496 | 38% |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR           | 1601606 | 13791 |  586345 |  600136 | 37% |
| KARNATAKA                | 8048664 | 30074 | 2836539 | 2866613 | 36% |
| PUDUCHERRY               |  115249 |   311 |   40336 |   40647 | 35% |
| HARYANA                  | 2969509 |  6519 |  997129 | 1003648 | 34% |
| DAMANAND DIU             |   31795 |  3519 |    6313 |    9832 | 31% |
| UTTARAKHAND              | 1479742 |  4726 |  429888 |  434614 | 29% |
| CHANDIGARH               |   15657 |    10 |    3925 |    3935 | 25% |
| PUNJAB                   | 3269467 |  8004 |  778245 |  786249 | 24% |
| ANDAMAN& NICOBAR ISLANDS |   68481 |   168 |   15976 |   16144 | 24% |
| KERALA                   | 6319215 | 14289 | 1469167 | 1483456 | 23% |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 1263756 |  1938 |  259855 |  261793 | 21% |
| LAKSHADWEEP              |   10929 |    13 |    1455 |    1468 | 13% |
| GOA                      |  220731 |   135 |   23816 |   23951 | 11% |
| NCT OF DELHI             | 1051097 |  1127 |   89744 |   90871 | 9%  |

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