Lok Sabha Question No. 1592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Implementation of SPMRM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1592 ANSWERED ON 20/09/2020

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SPMRM

## 1592.   SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of implementation of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM) including the number of projects sanctioned, initiated and implemented;
- (b) the number of people benefited under the Mission;
- (c) whether it is being linked to increasing rural investment and improving rural development and if so, the details thereof,
- (d) the level of participation of people in the selection and development of 'Rurban Clusters' and the extent to which the selection is based on needs, income, vulnerability and level of development of the area; and
- (e) whether  there  is  overlap  of  funds  for  the  implementation  of  the  Mission  with  other ongoing national schemes, if so, the details and the quantum thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Out of the mandated 300 clusters to be developed under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), 296 clusters have been identified and approved across 28 States and 7 Union Territories.  289  Integrated  Cluster  Action  Plans(ICAPs),  which  are  investment  plans  for  each clusters,  have  been  approved.  Further,  Detailed  Project  Reports  of  272  clusters  have  been approved by respective State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC). The summary of investment approved and expenditure till 14.09.2020 is as tabulated below:

| Total Investments approved in the 289 ICAPs (in Rs. Cr.)   | Total Investments approved in the 289 ICAPs (in Rs. Cr.)   | Total Investments approved in the 289 ICAPs (in Rs. Cr.)   | Total Expenditure till 14.09.2020 date (in Rs. Cr.)   | Total Expenditure till 14.09.2020 date (in Rs. Cr.)   | Total Expenditure till 14.09.2020 date (in Rs. Cr.)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Convergence                                                | * CGF                                                      | Total                                                      | Convergence                                           | * CGF                                                 | Total                                                 |
| 21,031.48                                                  | 6,903.50                                                   | 27,934.99                                                  | 7,828.95                                              | 1,518.88                                              | 9,347.83                                              |

(b)  SPMRM is not an individual beneficiary focused programme rather it provides for holistic development  of  the  entire  area  by  providing,  social,  digital  and  economic  infrastructure  and amenities  are  taken  up  which  may  lead  to  direct  /  indirect  benefit  to  the  communities  and cluster's population.

(c)   SPMRM  clusters  focus  on   interventions  which  can  be  broadly  categorized  under  basic, economic,  social  and  digital  amenities.  The  interventions  depend  on  locally  felt  needs,  as identified  through  stakeholder  consultations  including  Gram  Sabha.  Strengthening  economic activities  is  one  of  the  key  priorities  in  cluster  development.  This  is  being  achieved  through investments in skill development  linked to economic activities, employment generation through promotion of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and  agri- processing and tourism development etc.

(d)   Selection  of  Rurban  clusters  is  based  on  the  predefined  methodology,  detailed  in  the Framework of Implementation, which factors in parameters such as (i) Decadal Growth in Rural Population (ii) Decadal Growth in Non-Farm work force participation (iii) Presence of Economic Clusters  (iv)  Presence  of  places  of  Tourism  and  Pilgrimage  significance  and  (v)  Proximity  to Transport Corridors, (vi) Decadal growth in Tribal Population (vii) Current Tribal Literacy Rate. The clusters are selected and approved by States/ UTs and sent to Ministry for final approval.

Development of 'Rurban Clusters' involves identification and formulation of desired interventions  based  on  local  needs  identified  during  stakeholder  consultations  including  Gram Sabha, finalization of projects by the District Level Committees which has officers of concerned line departments, Block Development Officer, Sarpanches and representatives of the concerned Panchayati Raj Institutions.The District Collector / Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad chairs the Committee.The State Level Empowered Committee(SLEC) headed by the Chief Secretary of the  State/UT  then  recommends  the  ICAP  of  the  cluster  to  the  Ministry.  Thus,  peoples' participation is ensured through involvement of public representatives  in the process of selection of proposed interventions in a Rurban cluster.

(e)   At  least  70  percent  of  the  total  funds  for  cluster  development  is  envisaged  through convergence  of  various  Central  Sector,  Centrally  Sponsored  and  State  Schemes.  The  Mission provides for additional Critical Gap Funds(CGF) of up to 30% of the project cost or Rs. 30 crore, whichever  is  less  for  non-tribal  clusters  and  up  to  30%  of  the  project  cost  or  Rs.  15  crore, whichever is less for tribal and hilly clusters. There is no overlap of funds.