Lok Sabha Question No. 1935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

## 1935. SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM);
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this mission in Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the target set and achievements made so far under this mission in Tamil Nadu;
- (d) whether the Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) under this mission;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the aims and objectives of the MoU;
- (f) whether the Government has included employment opportunities especially for rural women of Tamil Nadu under this MoU; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  is  a programme for providing livelihoods for rural poor women by organizing them into Self Help Groups (SHGs). The programme is being implemented in all the States and Union Territories, except Delhi and Chandigarh. Under DAY - NRLM programme, Community Investment Fund (CIF) and Revolving Funds (RF) is provided to Self Help Groups (SHGs) and their federations to take up self-employment activities for income generation.

## The salient features of the DAY-NRLM are:

- a. Promotion of Sustainable Institutions of the poor
- b. Ensuring access to financial services
- c. Promote diversified livelihoods opportunities for the poor, in farm and non-farm sectors.
- d. Promotion of Skill Development and Access to Jobs

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1935

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM

## e. Promotion of Social Inclusion and Human Development

- (b) The details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this mission in Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year are given below:-

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Year                    |   Central Allocation | Central Release   |   Expenditure |
|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 2016-17                 |              1797.46 | 1,797.46          |       6288.75 |
| 2017-18                 |              9420.09 | 13,907.84         |      17951.5  |
| 2018-19                 |             13094.9  | 17,444.53         |      32340.4  |
| 2019-20 (upto Dec.2019) |             18074.7  | 16,092.67         |      22486    |

- (c) The details of the target set and achievements made so far under this mission in Tamil Nadu are given below:-
- (d)  and  (e)  Yes  Sir,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  signed  a  Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU)  with  the  Bill  and  Melinda  Gates  Foundation  (BMGF)  on  22 nd January 2020 for the strengthening of grassroots institutions.

| S.No   | Year                               | 2016-17   | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2017-18     | 2018-19   | 2018-19     | 2019-20 (upto Dec. 2019)   | 2019-20 (upto Dec. 2019)   |
|--------|------------------------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No   | Parameters                         | Targ et   | Achievement | Target    | Achievement | Target    | Achievement | Target                     | Achievem ent               |
| 1      | SHG Promoted                       | 6000      | 15155       | 20000     | 13550       | 5000      | 8766        | 5000                       | 9763                       |
| 2      | No. of SHGs received RF            | 250       | 9534        | 4000      | 5449        | 11000     | 11627       | 7000                       | 2286                       |
| 3      | RF Disbursed (Rs. in Lakhs)        | 225       | 1353.00     | 600       | 804.97      | 1650      | 1754.45     | 1050                       | 341.58                     |
| 4      | No. of SHGs received CIF Disbursed | 6000      | 6332        | 5899      | 13837       | 16000     | 28325       | 15000                      | 6365                       |
| 5      | CIF Disbursed (Rs. in Lakhs)       | 4500      | 1353.00     | 7288      | 5777.05     | 8000      | 12294.75    | 7500                       | 3054.92                    |

This MoU aims to use the BMGF expertise as well as the expertise of its grantees and partners to provide technical assistance to the DAY-NRLM to enable the Mission to achieve its mandates. It provides for set-up Technical Support Unit to act as a comprehensive technical arm to the DAYNRLM at national level and also to assist  in  providing  oversight  for  implementation  of  statelevel  initiatives  in  selected  states,  based  on  agreed  parameters.  Primarily  this  MoU  will  focus on:-

-  The development of the digital design and its strengthening.
-  Financial  Inclusion  for  assessing  the  need  of  an  alternate  rural  distribution  strategy  for loans, insurance, pension schemes.
-  Women's  economic  empowerment:    Through  this,  DAY-NRLM  will  be  supported  to develop a resource hub to document lessons and insights to inform strategies and capacity for gender, social inclusion, women's  leadership &  institution-strengthening and improving convergence.
-  Agriculture  and  Rural  livelihoods:  To  provide  strategic  support  to  DAY-NRLM  for learning  and  generating  evidence  on  improving  farm,  off  farm  and  non-farm  related outcomes.
-  Health & Nutrition:  to support DAY-NRLM for integrating Health and Nutrition as a key program component to improve overall quality of life.

Constitution  of  a  Program  Advisory  Committee  is  proposed  to  provide  a  formal  institutional mechanism  for  collaboration  between  the  Foundation  and  its  grantees,  contractors,  and/or relevant  partners  and  the  DAY-NRLM  during  the  implementation  of  these  activities  in connection with this MoU.

(f) and (g) Under this MoU, BMGF will provide technical assistance to DAY-NRLM at national level which facilitates setting up One Stop Facility Centres, Clusters and Incubators which will support  enterprise  development  that  can  generate  employment  opportunities.  This  technical assistance extends to Tamil Nadu also.