Lok Sabha Question No. 2623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: North East Rural Livelihood Project
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 2623

To be answered on

Wednesday, December 4, 2019/Agrahayana 13, 1941(Saka)

## QUESTION North East Rural Livelihood Project

2623.  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of progress made under North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP), State-
- wise; (b) the total number of people skilled under the above mentioned project with State-wise details thereof; (c) whether the Government intends to introduce more such projects for the development of North East region of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

(a) North  East  Rural  Livelihood  Project  (NERLP),  a  World  Bank  aided  project  launched  in 2012, was implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), to improve  rural  livelihoods  especially  that  of  women,  unemployed  youth  and  the  most disadvantaged people by building community based organizations and developing partnership  with  Government  and  other  institutions  for  knowledge,  skill,  credit,  insurance, extension  and  market.  The  project  covered  1,645  villages  under  58  development  blocks across 11 districts of 4  states of  Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The Project has concluded on 30.09.2019 and is running on an extended time upto 31.12.2019 for completion of  closure  related  activities,  mainly  audit  of  the  scheme.  The  major  achievements  of  the project are as under:

(i) 10462 boys and girls were trained in various job skills.

(ii) 2,92,889 households were covered through formation of 28,154 Self Help Groups (SHGs) and  1,212  Village  Federations,  as  well  as  formation  of  1599  Community  Development Groups  (CDG).  As  a  result  women  have  become  more  enterprising  resulting  increase  in family incomes. State-wise detail of SHGs, CDGs is at Annexure I .

(iii) 97% of the members of SHGs formed by the project have Savings Bank Accounts with a cumulative  savings  to  the  tune  of  Rs.60.51  crores.  Project  has  released  a  Community Investment Fund (CIF) of Rs.319.15 crores to 28,154 SHGs. A total number of 5,535 SHGs have availed bank linkage with a total sanctioned bank loan amount of Rs.58.19 crores. The average loan amount per SHG from Bank is Rs.1.02 Lakh.

(b) State-wise details of people skilled are as under:

| STATE         |   NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED |
|---------------|----------------------------|
| Mizoram       |                       1601 |
| Nagaland      |                       1438 |
| Sikkim        |                       3491 |
| Tripura       |                       3932 |
| Total Trained |                      10462 |

(c)  &  (d) MDoNER  has  implemented  two  Livelihood  programs,  namely,  North  East  Rural Livelihood  Project  (NERLP)  and  North  Eastern  Region  Community  Resource  Management Project (NERCORMP). NERLP has concluded on 30 th September, 2019 and NERCORMP is scheduled for completion on 31 st March, 2020. Ministry of Rural Development has extended its Scheme, DAY-NRLM (Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission), to  all  the  blocks  in  all  the  districts  of  the  North  East  Region  with  focus  on  community mobilisation,  institution  building  and  livelihood  financing.  In  order  to  avoid  duplication  of efforts and resources, MDONER has decided to restructure the two livelihood programmes of MDoNER  i.e.  NERLP  and  NERCORMP  by  merging  them  into  one  and  rename  the  new project as 'North East Agri-Horticulture and Economic Development Project'.

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## INSTITUTIONS FORMED UNDER NERLP

| State    | Name of District   |   No. of Villages Covered |   No. of House Hold Covered |   No. of Self Help Groups Formed |   No. of Self Help Group Federations Formed | No. of Community Development Groups Formed   |
|----------|--------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Mizoram  | Aizawl 88          |                     16057 |                        1619 |                               87 |                                          88 |                                              |
| Mizoram  | Lunglei            |                       159 |                       19553 |                             2036 |                                         131 | 157                                          |
| Nagaland | Peren              |                        79 |                       10561 |                             1033 |                                          93 | 81                                           |
| Nagaland | Tuensang           |                       117 |                       22445 |                             2180 |                                         126 | 121                                          |
| Sikkim   | South Sikkim       |                       271 |                       16379 |                             1531 |                                          59 | 271                                          |
| Sikkim   | West Sikkim        |                       317 |                       18753 |                             1754 |                                          65 | 316                                          |
| Tripura  | West Tripura       |                       164 |                       49809 |                             4704 |                                         173 | 164                                          |
| Tripura  | North Tripura      |                       121 |                       40717 |                             3900 |                                         146 | 115                                          |
| Tripura  | Sepahijala         |                       161 |                       39753 |                             3760 |                                         141 | 152                                          |
| Tripura  | Khowai             |                       113 |                       30297 |                             2966 |                                         104 | 72                                           |
| Tripura  | Unakoti            |                        86 |                       28557 |                             2671 |                                          87 | 62                                           |
| Total    | Total              |                      1676 |                      292881 |                            28154 |                                        1212 | 1599                                         |

Annexure I