Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Self-Help Groups
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 121 ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021

## SELF-HELP GROUPS

- *121.   SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the current rural development schemes in the country in which Self-Help Groups (SHGs) are involved, State/UT-wise and scheme-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to enhance the annual income of SHGs which are the backbone of rural economy and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether rural products from SHGs have huge potential of acceptance among masses in the country and abroad; and
- (d) whether the Government has identified e-commerce as an effective tool to harness it and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT (a) to  (d)  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021.

(a) The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development,  inter-alia,  is  implementing  Deendayal  Antyodaya Yojana  -National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in which Self Help Groups (SHGs) are involved. These Schemes are implemented through  State  Governments/UT  Administrations.  In  addition,  SHGs  are  being  involved  by other Departments/Ministries and State Government Departments dealing with rural development from time to time.

DAY-NRLM is being implemented across the country in a mission mode since 2011 with the aim to bring at least one woman member from each rural poor household, as per the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data and process of  Participatory  Identification  of Poor (PIP), into the fold of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and to support them to take economic activities.  As  on  30 th November,  2021  about  8.01  crore  Women  households  have  been mobilized into 73.19 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs). The State/UT wise details of the number of households mobilized into SHGs since 2011 under the Mission is attached at Annexure.

Under  MGNREGA,  SHG  members  are  involved  in  the  planning  of  works  through participation in Gram Sabha projects, play the role of Social Auditors and are also engaged as worksite  supervisors  (mates).  In  addition,  efforts  are  being  made  to  progressively  engage Federations  of  Women  Self-help  Groups  as  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIA)  at  the Gram Panchayat / Block / District level.

- (b) Under DAY-NRLM sub-schemes like Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP), are being implemented for enhancing the income on sustainable basis of the SHGs. The Mission seeks to achieve its objective  through  investing  in  four  core  components  viz.,  (i)  social  mobilization  and promotion of sustainable community institutions of the rural poor [Self Help Groups (SHGs), Village Organisations (VOs), Cluster Level Federations (CLFs)] (ii) financial inclusion (iii) sustainable livelihoods and (iv) convergence & entitlements. Within the ambit of the mission, SHG members are being facilitated for promotion of sustainable livelihood so that they may reach an aspirational goal of having minimum of a lakh rupee as annual income. Further, the Ministry has also taken initiatives through convergence with other Ministries/Departments for enhanced livelihoods support of the SHG households.
- (c) & (d) The Ministry in collaboration with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has created 'SARAS Collection' as a Store Front in GeM for marketing of SHG products. The States of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have supported SHGs in registering on GeM portal. Also, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been entered on 2 nd November, 2021 between Ministry of Rural Development and Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd. to allow the Self Help Groups (SHGs) producers including the artisans, weavers and craftsmen to access national markets through the Flipkart Samarth programme. Further, some States have also developed their own e-Commerce platform to support marketing of products of SHGs.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *121 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  07.12.2021 REGARDING  'SELF-HELP GROUPS'.

| Sl No   | State/UTs                              | SHGs Formed   | Households Mobilised   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                         | 819936        | 8301530                |
| 2       | Assam                                  | 301513        | 3265264                |
| 3       | Bihar                                  | 990215        | 11466669               |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh                           | 204410        | 2198991                |
| 5       | Gujarat                                | 260646        | 2662062                |
| 6       | Jharkhand                              | 264292        | 3298778                |
| 7       | Karnataka                              | 207388        | 2581690                |
| 8       | Kerala                                 | 245390        | 3567827                |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 342876        | 3910444                |
| 10      | Maharashtra                            | 532517        | 5455304                |
| 11      | Odisha                                 | 487689        | 5158435                |
| 12      | Rajasthan                              | 196441        | 2233544                |
| 13      | Tamil Nadu                             | 290170        | 3477123                |
| 14      | Telangana                              | 407737        | 4292558                |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh                          | 551227        | 5838600                |
| 16      | West Bengal                            | 910693        | 9582816                |
| 17      | Haryana                                | 47992         | 509371                 |
| 18      | Himachal Pradesh                       | 30118         | 242550                 |
| 19      | Jammu &Kashmir                         | 54789         | 466652                 |
| 20      | Punjab                                 | 28572         | 293740                 |
| 21      | Uttarakhand                            | 35959         | 279961                 |
| 22      | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 4195          | 36837                  |
| 23      | Manipur                                | 3138          | 34980                  |
| 24      | Meghalaya                              | 36603         | 362587                 |
| 25      | Mizoram                                | 7285          | 63901                  |
| 26      | Nagaland                               | 12380         | 109792                 |
| 27      | Sikkim                                 | 5225          | 49130                  |
| 28      | Tripura                                | 30830         | 284839                 |
| 29      | Andaman &Nicobar                       | 1009          | 9986                   |
| 30      | Goa                                    | 3162          | 40731                  |
| 31      | Ladakh                                 | 414           | 2537                   |
| 32      | Lakshadweep                            | 296           | 3448                   |
| 33      | Puducherry                             | 3409          | 44950                  |
| 34      | Daman and Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 585           | 6349                   |
|         | Total:                                 | 73,19,101     | 8,01,33,976            |

* As on 30th November, 2021

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