Lok Sabha Question No. 3555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Weaker Sections
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3555 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2021

## WELFARE SCHEMES FOR WEAKER SECTIONS

## t3555. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO: DR RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the welfare schemes started for the persons of weaker sections during the current year and last three years;
- b) whether all the schemes have been implemented successfully so that targeted beneficiaries can their benefits; get
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- d) whether the Government has conducted any survey to assess the work performance of these schemes on ground level; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

- Schemes/Programmes for the persons of weaker sections of the society during the last three years and current year:
1. Support for Marginalized Individuals  for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE )
3. Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik Sahayta (VISVAS)
2. Atal Abhyudaya Yojana (AVYA Y) for Senior Citizens Vayo
- 4 Skill Development Training Scheme-Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH)

The   details of the  Schemes are at Annexure-] and state wise fund released during the last three years are at Annexure-2.

- (d) & (e): For the successful implementation of the Schemes Government undertakes steps like mandatory annual inspections by District Authorities; scrutiny of   proposals by multidisciplinary State Level Grants-in-aid Committee;, mandatory submission of audited statement of accounts and utilization Certificate and periodic review by holding meetings at national level, state   level, district level and field visits: The Department also undertakes periodic  review of the  implementation evaluation studies. The studies have found that these schemes are achieving desired objectives and have recommended their continuation:

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (c ) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3555 for 10.08.2021

The details of the Schemes started by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment during the last three years and current year

1. Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE )-An umbrella scheme has been launched in financial year 2021-22 namely 'SMILE Support for Marginalized  Individuals for  Livelihood includes two subschemes Central Sector Scheme for   Comprehensive  Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons and Central   Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of Begging' . This umbrella scheme covers several comprehensive measures including welfare measures   for both  transgender persons and persons who are provision of medical facilities, counseling; education; skill development; economic linkages etc  with the support of State Governments/UTs/Local Urban Bodies, Voluntary Organizations, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and institutions and others

2. Atal Vayo Abhyudaya Yojana (AVYAY) For senior Citizens- AVYAY together articulation of each of the current schemes, future plans, strategies and targets and maps it with schemes/programmes, accountabilities, financials and clear outcomes This Plan takes care of basic needs of the senior citizens viz financial security, food, health care and human interaction /life of dignity. It also includes the facets of safetylprotection and general well of the elderly beginning  from awareness generation and  sensitization of the society. brings being

Following schemes/programmes have been started under AVYA Y scheme, during the last three years and the current year, namely:

- State Action Plan for   Senior Citizens   (SAPSrC): The perceives a major and critical   role of all State implementing   this Action Plan   for   welfare of   senior citizens: Each is expected to plan and strategize taking into account their local  considerations and frame their own State Action Plans for the welfare of their senior citizens:
- PoshanAbhiyan for Elderly- To address the nutritional deficiencies in the senior citizens, especially indigent elderly: The objective of the Scheme is to provide one nutritious, hot and cooked meal during the (mid-day), through Gram Panchayats and Urban Municipalities. day
- Livelihood and The Scheme has two initiatives:-
- Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment  in Dignity  (SACRED);Many   senior citizens   have   experience, time and   energy which can be used by the business enterprises looking for stable employees with experience. The Human resources cells of many private enterprises seek experienced but stable persons in certain positions The allows bringing these people together by virtual matching of preferences portal
- ii. Action   Groups Aimed at   Social Reconstruction  (AGRASR  Groups): Elderly Self Help groups Senior Citizens are encouraged to form Self-Help Groups (SHGs), which will provide them with a platform to share the time constructively with each other: To attain financial assistance under the scheme SHGs will function as Action Groups Aimed at Social Reconstruction (AGRASR Groups)' . Assistance under this Scheme to any SHG will be independent of assistance under any other scheme of the Ministry and an SHG can choose to avail   assistance under any one or more Scheme(s)
- Promoting silver economy To encourage the entrepreneurs for to think about the problems of the elderly and come out with innovative solutions the Government aims to achieve the objective by providing upto Rs 1 crore as financial assistance through equity participation, through an open invitation on a namely Senior care Ageing Growth Engine (SAGE) portal
- Channelizing CSR  funds for Elderly care- To channelize the CSR funds in an appropriate manner for elderly care projects,under Schedule VII of Section 135 of the Companies Act,  by setting up old age homes, care centers and such facilities for Senior Citizens is an approved item for CSR funding: day
- Scheme for Awareness Generation and Capacity Building for welfare of Senior Citizens Training, Awareness, Sensitization, Setting up of National Helpline for Senior Citizens.

## 3. Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik   Sahayta   (VISVAS) ~Interest Subvention Scheme

This   Ministry has  introduced subvention   schemeVanchit   Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik Sahayta (VISVAS) Yojana during the year 2020-21, for the benefit of Self Help Groups (SHGs) comprising of all OBC beneficiaries with loans/borrowings up to Rs.4.00 Lakh and for OBC individual beneficiaries with loan/borrowing up to Rs.2.00 Lakh: Under @S% p.a The objective of the proposed Scheme is to provide direct benefit of lower rate of interest to the eligible Self-Help Groups (SHGs) individual beneficiaries who have availed loans through Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) or similar financial institutions:

## 4. Skill Development   Training Scheme-Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment facilitates Skill Development for the eligible members of Backward Classes through Sector Skill Councils and Government   Training Institutes so that eligible Backward Classes people could engage in developmental activities by way of selflwage employment:

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3555 for 10.08.2021

## 1. Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE ) -Rs. 70 Crore has been allocated for FY 2021-22. No fund is released till date.

## 2. Atal Vayo AbhyudayaYojana (AVYA Y) For senior Citizens .

| SL No.   |                                    |   Funds Released FY 2019-20 | Funds Released FY 2020-21   | Rs. in Cr. Funds Released FY 2021-22                        |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | JA & N Island                      |                       0.375 |                             | Proposals have not yet been received from State Governments |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                       1     |                             |                                                             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     375     |                             |                                                             |
| 4        | Assam                              |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                       1.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 6        | IChandigarh                        |                       0.375 |                             |                                                             |
| 7        | IChhattisgarh                      |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 8        | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 9        | DDelhi                             |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 10       | Goa                                |                       0.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 11       | IGujarat                           |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 12       | HHaryana                           |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 14       | IJammu and Kashmir                 |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 15       |                                    |                       0.75  | 0                           |                                                             |
| 16       | Karnataka                          |                       1.5   | 0                           |                                                             |
| 17       | Kerala                             |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 18       | [Lakshadweep                       |                       0.375 | 0                           |                                                             |
| 19       | IMadhya Pradesh                    |                       1.5   | 0                           |                                                             |
| 20       | Maharashtra                        |                       1.5   | 0                           |                                                             |
| 21       | Manipur                            |                       0.375 | 0                           |                                                             |
| 22       | IMeghalaya                         |                       0.375 | 0                           |                                                             |
| 23       | Mizoram                            |                       0.5   | 3.04                        |                                                             |
| 24       | INagaland                          |                       0.375 |                             |                                                             |
| 25       | Orissa                             |                       1     |                             |                                                             |
| 26       | Pondicherry                        |                     375     |                             |                                                             |
| 27       | [Punjab                            |                       0.75  |                             |                                                             |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |                       1.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 29       | ISikkim                            |                       0.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                         |                       1.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 31       | Telangana                          |                       1     | 4.02                        |                                                             |
| 32       | Tripura                            |                       0.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 33       | UUttar Pradesh                     |                       1.5   |                             |                                                             |
| 34       |                                    |                       0.75  | 0.19                        |                                                             |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |                       1.5   |                             |                                                             |
|          | Total                              |                      29     | 7.25                        |                                                             |

| ISL No_                                                      | State                                                        | 2018-2019                                                    | 2018-2019                                                    | 2019-2020                                                    | 2019-2020                                                    | 2020-2021                                                    | 2020-2021                                                    | 2021-22 (as on 29.07.20 21)                                  | 2021-22 (as on 29.07.20 21)                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| ISL No_                                                      | State                                                        | Allocati [Disburs on                                         | ement                                                        | ion                                                          | lement                                                       | on                                                           | Allocati [Disburse ment                                      | Allocatio                                                    |                                                              |
|                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                               | 18.00                                                        | 18.70                                                        | 15.50                                                        | 1.94                                                         | 46.32                                                        | 035                                                          | 38.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 2                                                            | [Telangana                                                   | 8.00                                                         | 1.43                                                         | 103.00                                                       | 0.72                                                         | 19.67                                                        | 24.53                                                        | 30.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 3                                                            | BBihar                                                       | 10.00                                                        | 0.54                                                         | 6.00                                                         | 2.70                                                         | 5.50                                                         | 0.69                                                         | 40.50                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 4                                                            | IChhattisgarh                                                | 8.00                                                         | 0.42                                                         | 18.00                                                        | 13.92                                                        | 13.50                                                        | 4.75                                                         | 15.00                                                        | 2.32                                                         |
| 5                                                            | Goa                                                          | 3.00                                                         | 1.51                                                         | 3.00                                                         | 1.30                                                         | 1.30                                                         | 0.50                                                         | 1.75                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 6                                                            | Gujarat                                                      | 29.00                                                        | 37.45                                                        | 46.00                                                        | 27.04                                                        | 27.50                                                        | 29.32                                                        | 35.50                                                        | 3.61                                                         |
| 7                                                            | Haryana                                                      | 12.00                                                        | 11.09                                                        | 11.00                                                        | 10.72                                                        | 10.20                                                        | 4.32                                                         | 8.00                                                         | 3.00                                                         |
| 8                                                            | Himachal Pradesh                                             | 6.00                                                         | 5.44                                                         | 5.50                                                         | 5.19                                                         | 5.00                                                         | 3.14                                                         | 5.50                                                         | 1.00                                                         |
| 9                                                            | JJammu & Kashmir                                             | 3.00                                                         | 3.00                                                         | 6.00                                                         | 6.04                                                         | 6.50                                                         | 6.05                                                         | 7.00                                                         | 0.50                                                         |
| 10                                                           | JJharkhand                                                   | 10.00                                                        | 0.03                                                         | 8.50                                                         | 4.16                                                         | 3.00                                                         | 0.48                                                         | 8.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 11                                                           | Karnataka                                                    | 35.00                                                        | 23.94                                                        | 25.00                                                        | 15.84                                                        | 16.00                                                        | 1.48                                                         | 37.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 12                                                           | Kerala                                                       | 125.00                                                       | 230.23                                                       |                                                              | 222.78                                                       | 197.00                                                       | 162.35                                                       | 213.00                                                       |                                                              |
| 13                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                               | 14.00                                                        | 14.91                                                        | 18.50                                                        | 61.80                                                        | 61.00                                                        | 37.26                                                        | 66.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 14                                                           | Maharashtra                                                  | 4.00                                                         | 1.08                                                         | 4.00                                                         | 2.28                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 038                                                          | 31.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 15                                                           | Odisha                                                       | 2.00                                                         | 0.34                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 2.21                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 0.53                                                         | 7.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 16                                                           | Punjab                                                       | 19.00                                                        | 18.01                                                        | 20.00                                                        | 15.35                                                        | 14.50                                                        | 18.69                                                        | 20.00                                                        | 6.68                                                         |
| 17                                                           | Rajasthan                                                    | 10.00                                                        | 3.75                                                         | 13.00                                                        | 30.39                                                        | 15.00                                                        | 14.14                                                        | 18.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 18                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                   | 75.00                                                        | 81.54                                                        | 80.00                                                        | 89.87                                                        | 100.00                                                       | 108.23                                                       | 110.00                                                       | 10.00                                                        |
| 19                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                  | 2.00                                                         | 1.51                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 1.66                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.26                                                         | 1.50                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 20                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                | 47.00                                                        | 35.13                                                        | 57.50                                                        | 59.72                                                        | 55.50                                                        | 35.90                                                        | 105.50                                                       | 2.00                                                         |
| 21                                                           | West Bengal                                                  | 10.00                                                        | 7.76                                                         | 20.00                                                        | 6.17                                                         | 6.00                                                         | 0.12                                                         | 20.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 22                                                           | Chandigarh                                                   | 1.00                                                         | 0.10                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.50                                                         | 0.01                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 23                                                           | Delhi                                                        | 1.00                                                         | 0.27                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.02                                                         | 0.50                                                         |                                                              | 2.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 24                                                           | [Puducherry_                                                 | 5.00                                                         | 0.41                                                         | 5.00                                                         | 0.21                                                         | 0.22                                                         | 0.04                                                         | 0.75                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 25                                                           | Assam                                                        | 6.00                                                         | 4.19                                                         | 13.50                                                        | 12.10                                                        | 12.00                                                        | 1.56                                                         | 10.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 26                                                           | Sikkim                                                       | 2.00                                                         | 0.50                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 2.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 27                                                           | Tripura                                                      | 30.00                                                        | 21.00                                                        | 45.00                                                        | 8.00                                                         | 10.00                                                        | 10.16                                                        | 15.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 28                                                           | Manipur_                                                     | 5.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.03                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.06                                                         | 1.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 29                                                           | Meghalaya                                                    |                                                              | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 30                                                           | Mizoram                                                      |                                                              | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.02                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 31                                                           | Andaman & Nicob ar Island                                    |                                                              | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.02                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| 32                                                           | Bank of Baroda                                               | 20.00                                                        |                                                              | 100.00                                                       |                                                              | 80.00                                                        |                                                              | 100.00                                                       | 0.00                                                         |
| 33                                                           | Canara Bank                                                  | 10.00                                                        |                                                              | 3.00                                                         |                                                              | 10.00                                                        |                                                              | 14.50                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 34                                                           | Punjab National Bal Ink                                      | 10.00                                                        |                                                              | 15.00                                                        |                                                              | 30.00                                                        |                                                              | 50.00                                                        | 0.00                                                         |
| 35                                                           | Dena Bank                                                    | 10.00                                                        |                                                              | 0.00                                                         |                                                              | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         | 0.00                                                         |
| Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 | Total 550.00 524.29 790.00| 604.17 754.71 466.71 100.87 |

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