Lok Sabha Question No. 4856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Rural Development in UP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4856

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN UP

## 4856.  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various rural development schemes being implemented in various backward areas of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated for the said purpose during the last four years schemewise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give ownership rights to the SC/ST people living in forest land in rural areas of the State and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  rural  development  in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): For development of rural areas through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance,  infrastructure  development  etc.,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter  alia,  is implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM), Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  and  National  Social Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)  in  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  funds  allocated under various rural development programmes in the State of Uttar Pradesh are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Name of Programme   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| MGNREGA*            |   2695.69 |   3677.82 |   3691.77 |   5464.65 |
| PMAY-G              |   1566.14 |   4328.9  |   2985.44 |   1503.25 |
| PMGSY               |   1110.35 |    994.65 |    866.81 |    246.62 |
| DAY-NRLM            |     82.61 |     69.62 |    364.86 |    507.2  |
| NSAP                |   1127.59 |   1740.69 |   1519.06 |   1054.73 |
| DDU-GKY*            |     10.48 |      5.49 |      0    |     71.15 |
| SPMRM               |      3.5  |      0    |     86.77 |     43.04 |

*Released amount as these are demand driven programme

(c): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs administers the implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional  Forest Dwellers  (Recognition of Forest Rights)  Act, 2006. Section 3(1) and  Section  4  of  the  said  Act  provide  for  various  forest  rights  of  forest  dwelling  Scheduled Tribes  and  other  traditional  forest  dwellers  of  all  forest  lands,  which  also  includes  right  of ownership,  access  to  collect,  use,  and  dispose  of  minor  forest  produce  which  has  been traditionally collected within or outside village boundaries.

(d): In order to ensure the programme benefits reach the rural poor of the country, including Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry has evolved a comprehensive multi-level and multi-tool system of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of rural development programmes, including Performance Review Committee Meetings, District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee named as 'DISHA' Committee meetings, National  Level  Monitors,  Area  Officers Schemes,  Common  Review  Mission,  Concurrent  Evaluation  and  Impact  Assessment  Studies. Based on the outcome of these reviews, steps as appropriate are taken to benefit the poor people of the country including the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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