Lok Sabha Question No. 2319 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: National Employment Scheme other Than (MGNREGA)
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2319

ANSWERED ON 03/08/2021

## NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SCHEME OTHER THAN (MGNREGA)

## 2319.   SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to provide employment under some other scheme other than the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to the labourers in villages especially during the non-agriculture seasons;
- (b) the details of the schemes being implemented earlier for the same other than MGNREGA; and
- (c) the number of beneficiaries of these scheme during the last two and a half year, yearwise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (c): Ministry of Rural Development is presently implementing two welfare schemes other than Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), in the field of skill development and employment of rural poor youth which are as follows -

- (i) Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY):  It  is  a  placement linked skill development program for wage employment, and,
- (ii) Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs):  It  is  s  skill  development programme enabling a trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.

The  number  of  candidates  trained  and  placed/  settled  under  both  the  above  mentioned schemes for the last three years and current year is at Annexure-I.

Apart from the above mentioned schemes of Department of Rural Development, various other Ministries/ Departments are also implementing the Programmes/ Schemes for employment of labour in rural areas which are as follows -

- (i) Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP): Ministry of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprise  is  implementing  Prime  Minister's Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  which  is  a  major credit-linked subsidy  programme  aimed  at  generating  self-employment  opportunities  through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by  helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. Details of estimated employment generated under

PMEGP  for  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  (up  to  30.06.2021)  is  at Annexure-II .

- (ii) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): Under Skill India Mission, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) for Skill based training of  the  youth  across  the  country  including  people  in  villages  under  Short  Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).The number of the candidates trained under PMKVY 2.0 during the last three years and current year (upto 10 th July, 2021) is at Annexure-II .

(b): Before  the  enactment  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act (MGNREGA), in order  to  provide  wage  employment/  self  employment  to  rural  poor  through public works, many programmes were initiated by the Government of India, namely, National Rural  Employment  Programme,  Rural  Landless  Employment  Guarantee  Programme,  Jawahar Rozgar  Yojana  and  Swarnajayanti  Gram  Swarojgar  Yojana    (SGSY).  Further,  Sampoorna Gramin Rojagar Yojana or National Food for Work Programme was also implemented earlier to provide wage employment in rural area.

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## Annexure  referred  in  statement  in  reply  to  part  (a)  and  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred question no. 2319 due for answer on 03.08.2021 regarding 'National employment scheme other than (MGNREGA)'

The  number  of  candidates  trained  and  placed/Settled  under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes (RSETI) schemes during FYs 2018-19 to 2021-22 (till 30 th June, 2021) are given below:

| Sl. No.   | Financial Year                  | DDUGKY   | DDUGKY   | RSETI   | RSETI   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
|           |                                 | Trained  | Placed   | Trained | Settled |
| 1         | 2018-19                         | 241080   | 138248   | 403672  | 296307  |
| 2         | 2019-20                         | 238336   | 150199   | 384025  | 281645  |
| 3         | 2020-21                         | 33716    | 49528    | 255141  | 185234  |
| 4         | 2021-22 (Upto 30 th June, 2021) | 2691     | 11015    | 13319   | 19751   |

Annexure  referred  in  statement  in  reply  to  part  (a)  and  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred question no. 2319 due for answer on 03.08.2021 regarding 'National employment scheme other than (MGNREGA)'

- (i) Details of estimated employment  generated under Prime Minister's  Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for the last three years and current year (up to 30.06.2021) are given below:
- (ii) Details  of  the  number  of  the  candidates  trained  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana  (PMKVY 2.0)  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  (upto  10 th July,  2021)  are given below:

|   S.No. | Financial Year             |   Estimated employment generated |
|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | 2018-19                    |                           587416 |
|       2 | 2019-20                    |                           533224 |
|       3 | 2020-21                    |                           595320 |
|       4 | 2021-22 (Up to 30.06.2021) |                           118560 |

|   S.No. | Financial Year             |   Number of candidates Trained |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | 2018-19                    |                        2040206 |
|       2 | 2019-20                    |                        4565306 |
|       3 | 2020-21                    |                        1916738 |
|       4 | 2021-22 (Up to 10.07.2021) |                          28020 |