Lok Sabha Question No. 235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kani K. Navas, Pratima Bhoumik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Hibi Eden, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 235

ANSWERED ON 15/09/2020

## GARIB KALYAN ROJGAR ABHIYAN

## 235. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI HIBI EDEN:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has launched  a massive employment-cum-rural public works Campaign named 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan' (GKRA) to boost employment and to provide  livelihood  opportunities  in  areas/villages  witnessing  large  number  of  returnee migrant workers affected by the devastating COVID-19 in six States;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  beneficiaries,  the  manhour  work provided and the quantum of amount spent so far, State-wise;
- (c) whether this scheme has been successful, if so, the details thereof including its current status and the steps being taken to ensure effective and timely implementation;
- (d) whether the GKRA has generated a total of around 24 crore mandays of employments during the last two months and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government is planning to expand the GKRA in other States and to continue it for the next few months also, and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the details regarding utilisation of funds under the GKRA against the outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore ?

## ANSWER

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

(a):     Yes, Sir. The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) is a 125-day Abhiyan launched by Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  on  20th  June,  2020  with  a  mission  to  address  the  issues  of  returnee migrant workers and similarly affected rural population by Covid-19 pandemic through a multipronged  strategy  of  providing  immediate  employment  &  livelihood  opportunities  to  the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities  by giving focus on 25 works in 116 selected districts across 6 States with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore.

- (b): State-wise  employment  generated  in  persondays  and  quantum  of  amount  spent  so  far under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan' is as below:
- (c):     Yes sir, so far the Abhiyaan has been successful in meeting its objectives. The objectives of  the  Abhiyaan  is  to  provide  livelihood  employment  to  the  returnee  migrants  and  similarly affected  citizens  in  the  rural  areas.  So  far  about  27.21  crore  mandays  employment  has  been provided under the Abhiyaan.

| #   | State          | Mandays Employment Generated   |   Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----|----------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1   | BIHAR          | 42,46,1946                     |                      6712.82 |
| 2   | JHARKHAND      | 40,10,287                      |                       662.24 |
| 3   | MADHYA PRADESH | 47,78,7323                     |                      4233.49 |
| 4   | ODISHA         | 74,42,323                      |                      1000.84 |
| 5   | RAJASTHAN      | 1,11,34,3237                   |                      6044.25 |
| 6   | UTTAR PRADESH  | 5,90,72124                     |                      4905.56 |
|     | Total          | 27,21,17240                    |                     23559.2  |

In the pursuit of objectives of the Abhiyaan, a large number of structures have been created so far. They inter alia includes:

|   Sl. No. | Activities                                                                                |                |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Community Sanitary Complex (in number)                                                    | 6,655          |
|         2 | Rural Houses (in number)                                                                  | 3,21,058       |
|         3 | Cattle Sheds (in number)                                                                  | 23,705         |
|         4 | Farm Ponds (in number)                                                                    | 16,571         |
|         5 | Goat Sheds (in number)                                                                    | 4,856          |
|         6 | Water Conservation &Harvesting Works (in number)                                          | 1,01,094       |
|         7 | Plantation (including through CAMPA funds)                                                | 72,748 hectare |
|         8 | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission activity (in number)                               | 6,759          |
|         9 | Solid and Liquid Waste Management work (in number)                                        | 16,219         |
|        10 | Gram Panchayat Bhawan (in number)                                                         | 1,063          |
|        11 | Gram Panchayat made live through internet connectivity (in number) under Bhartnet project | 1,254          |

Rural  Development  Ministry  and  other  11  participating  Ministries  and  six  State  Government regularly  monitors  the  implementation  of  the  Abhiyaan.    A  Central  Nodal  officer  has  been appointed for each Ahiyaan District to guide and facilitate the districts as also monitor Abhiyaan activities  therein.  Constant  dialogue  with  the  States  and  Ministries  has  been  undertaken  to facilitate the implementation of the Abhiyaan.

## (d):      The State wise details of mandays of employment generated are as below:

| #   | State          | Mandays Employment Generated   |   Mandays Employment Generated |
|-----|----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|     | BIHAR          | 1                              |                       42461946 |
|     | JHARKHAND      | 2                              |                        4010287 |
|     | MADHYA PRADESH | 3                              |                       47787323 |
|     | ODISHA         | 4                              |                        7442323 |
|     | RAJASTHAN      | 5                              |                      111343237 |
|     | UTTAR PRADESH  | 6                              |                       59072124 |
|     | Total          |                                |                      272117240 |

- (e): No, sir. No such proposal is under consideration as of now.
- (f):       The  State  wise  detail  of  expenditure  out  of  resource  envelop  of Rs.50,000  crore under the GKRA  is as below:

| #   | State          |          |
|-----|----------------|----------|
| 1   | BIHAR          |  6712.82 |
| 2   | JHARKHAND      |   662.24 |
| 3   | MADHYA PRADESH |  4233.49 |
| 4   | ODISHA         |  1000.84 |
| 5   | RAJASTHAN      |  6044.25 |
| 6   | UTTAR PRADESH  |  4905.56 |
|     | Total          | 23559.2  |

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