Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Livelihoods in Full Employment in MGNREGA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 236

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2020

## LIVELIHOODS IN FULL EMPLOYMENT IN MGNREGA

## 236. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of implementation of the 'Livelihoods in Full Employment' project under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA);
- (b) the  number  of  individuals  who  are  undergoing/have  completed  skill  development training under LIFE-MGNREGA, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the reasons for the slow progress of LIFE-MGNREGA project?

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

- (a):  The  Project  Livelihoods  in  Full  Employment  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (LIFE-Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), aimed at promoting selfreliance  and  improving  the  skill-base  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  workers,  thereby improving  their  livelihoods  so  that  they  can  move  from  partial  employment  to  full employment  status.  The  project,  targets  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  worker  who  had completed  100  days  of  work  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS.  There  are  three  broad categories of skilling identified under the project:
- (i) Skilling  for  wages  [This  pertains  to  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)]
- (ii) Livelihood Upgradation
- (iii) Skilling  for  self-employment  [This  pertains  to  Rural  Self  Employment  Training Institutes (RSETIs)]

Rs. 7000.00 Lakh has been released for facilitating conduct of capacity building under Skilling for Wages component of Project LIFE-Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for 12 States to be met out of Annual plan for Capacity building (Capacity building, PRI and Planning) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the FY 2015-16.   Rs. 11983.74 lakh has been released to 6 States under skilling for wages component under project LIFE- MGNREGA for FY 2016-17. Details in this regard is at Annexure -I

- (b): State/UT-wise details of Project Livelihoods in Full Employment (Pro-Life) under DDUGKY and RSETIs are given at Annexure-II.
- (c): The reasons for slow progress of LIFE-Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in DDU-GKY & RSETI are given below:-
- (i) There was no provision for compensation of wage loss for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workers undergoing training.
- (ii) There  was  no  formal  inbuilt  mechanism  for  monitoring  of  implementation  of  the project in the guidelines.
- (iii) Lack of proper mobilisation of eligible candidates for skilling training programme.
- (iv) The project was providing training cost reimbursement for only placed candidates.

Annexure-I  referred  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.236 dated 04.02.2020

Release of funds to States for facilitating conduct of capacity building under Skilling for Wages component of Project LIFE-Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

## FY 2015-16

| S. No.   | State          |   Funds Released |
|----------|----------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |           360.81 |
| 2        | Gujarat        |           125.13 |
| 3        | Haryana        |            16.67 |
| 4        | Jharkhand      |           240.52 |
| 5        | Karnataka      |           234.17 |
| 6        | Maharashtra    |            72.16 |
| 7        | Rajasthan      |          1861.78 |
| 8        | Tamil Nadu     |          1554.15 |
| 9        | Telangana      |           372.5  |
| 10       | Tripura        |            86.59 |
| 11       | Uttar Pradesh  |           543.02 |
| 12       | West Bengal    |          1532.5  |
|          | Total          |          7000    |

FY 2016-17

| S. No.   | State          |   Funds Released |
|----------|----------------|------------------|
| 1        | Assam          |           104.25 |
| 2        | Bihar          |           742.1  |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh   |          2766.21 |
| 4        | Kerala         |          2104.65 |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh |          6045.26 |
| 6        | Uttarakhand    |           221.27 |
|          | Total          |         11983.7  |

Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.236 dated 04.02.2020

| Progress of Project- Livelihoods in Full Employment (Pro-Life) under DDU-GKY   | Progress of Project- Livelihoods in Full Employment (Pro-Life) under DDU-GKY   | Progress of Project- Livelihoods in Full Employment (Pro-Life) under DDU-GKY   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                         | States/UTs                                                                     | Trained                                                                        |
| 1                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                 | 2040                                                                           |
| 2                                                                              | Assam                                                                          | 806                                                                            |
| 3                                                                              | Bihar                                                                          | 2299                                                                           |
| 4                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                   | 1491                                                                           |
| 5                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                        | 0                                                                              |
| 6                                                                              | Haryana                                                                        | 2299                                                                           |
| 7                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                               | 0                                                                              |
| 8                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                      | 1211                                                                           |
| 9                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                      | 189                                                                            |
| 10                                                                             | Kerala                                                                         | 4256                                                                           |
| 11                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                 | 3519                                                                           |
| 12                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                    | 1891                                                                           |
| 13                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                      | 0                                                                              |
| 14                                                                             | Odisha                                                                         | 5487                                                                           |
| 15                                                                             | Punjab                                                                         | 252                                                                            |
| 16                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                      | 1448                                                                           |
| 17                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                         | 0                                                                              |
| 18                                                                             | Tamil nadu                                                                     | 13639                                                                          |
| 19                                                                             | Telangana                                                                      | 402                                                                            |
| 20                                                                             | Tripura                                                                        | 443                                                                            |
| 21                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                  | 3843                                                                           |
| 22                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                    | 0                                                                              |
| 23                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                    | 196                                                                            |
|                                                                                | Total                                                                          | 45711                                                                          |

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## The overall progress of Pro-LIFE under RSETIs

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| State-wise progress made under LIFE- Mahatma Gandhi NREGA from 2016-17 to 2019-20 (as on 31-12-2019)   | State-wise progress made under LIFE- Mahatma Gandhi NREGA from 2016-17 to 2019-20 (as on 31-12-2019)   | State-wise progress made under LIFE- Mahatma Gandhi NREGA from 2016-17 to 2019-20 (as on 31-12-2019)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                                                                | States/UTs                                                                                             | No. of Candidates Trained                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                            | 66                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                         | 6760                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                                      | Assam                                                                                                  | 892                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                      | Bihar                                                                                                  | 465                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                                           | 2905                                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                                      | Dadar &Nagar Haveli                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                                | 2872                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                                | 368                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                       | 1104                                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                                     | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                         | 444                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                                              | 5897                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                                              | 672                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                                 | 419                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                     | Lakshadweep                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                      |
| 16                                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                         | 6451                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                                            | 5375                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                      |
| 19                                                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                                                              | 3201                                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                      |
| 22                                                                                                     | Odisha                                                                                                 | 7307                                                                                                   |
| 23                                                                                                     | Pondicherry                                                                                            | 121                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                                 | 332                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                                              | 8340                                                                                                   |
| 26                                                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                                                 | 61                                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                                                             | 3836                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                     | Tripura                                                                                                | 3044                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                          | 5011                                                                                                   |
| 30                                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                                            | 1076                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                                            | 2136                                                                                                   |
| 32                                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                                              | 2323                                                                                                   |
| 33                                                                                                     | Ladakh                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                      |
| TOTAL :                                                                                                |                                                                                                        | 71478                                                                                                  |