Lok Sabha Question No. 2301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Poverty Alleviation Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Haji Fazlur Rehman

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2301 ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCHEMES

## 2301.   SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided financial assistance to the States in order to deal with the problem of poverty;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the families living below poverty line, State-wise;
- (d) the details of Centrally sponsored schemes introduced for poverty alleviation in the country;
- (e) whether all the said programmes have achieved the targets set thereunder; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  Multi-pronged  strategies  are  being  taken  by  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  to address rural poverty and improve the economic well-being of the people in rural areas with the main focus on increasing livelihood opportunities, empowering rural women, providing social safety  net,  skilling  of  rural  youth,  infrastructure  development  etc  through  its  programmes  viz. Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAYG),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  National RuRBAN Mission(SPMRM) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP).  The Budget allocation  and  expenditure  for  implementation  of  major  Rural  Development  Programmes  in various States/UTs during the last two years and current year is at Annexure-I

(c) The estimation of poverty using poverty line had been done by the erstwhile Planning Commission  (now  NITI  Ayog).  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  had  been  conducting Below Poverty Line (BPL) Census to identify the poor households in the rural areas. The first BPL Census was conducted in 1992, and then in the year 1997 and the last one in 2002.

After 2002 BPL Census, recognizing the multi-dimensional nature of poverty, Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) was conducted in association with the States/UTs. SECC2011  provides  data  of  households  on  various  aspects  of  their  socio-economic  status  viz., housing, land-holding/landlessness, educational status, status of women, the differently abled, occupation, possession of assets, scheduled caste/ scheduled tribe (SC/ST) households, income, etc.  The  beneficiaries  under  several  schemes  of  Government  of  India  as  well  as  many  state governments are selected based on the (i) 'automatically excluded households', (ii) 'automatically included households' and (iii) 'deprived households' data of SECC-2011. The State/Union Territory- wise numbers of rural households in these three categories are given at Annexure-II.

(d) to (f):  The details of Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development for poverty alleviation and achievements under these schemes are given below:

Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM) is  a centrally sponsored anti-poverty programme launched in June 2011. The Mission seeks to reach out to all rural poor households in a phased manner and impact their livelihoods significantly. DAY-NRLM has been designed to be implemented in a Mission mode, with both the GoI and the  states  sharing  the  cost.  The  Mission  has  covered  6360  blocks  spread  over  691  districts across  28  States  and  6  UTs  up  to  January'  2021.  The  achievement  under  the  scheme  for  the previous year and the current financial year is given below:

|   S No | Key Parameter Indicators                          | 2019-20   | 2020-21 (Dec'20)   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|      1 | Social Mobilization of SHGs                       | 9,76,317  | 4,71,626           |
|      2 | Number of SHGs provided Revolving Fund            | 4,62,534  | 4,36,529           |
|      3 | Number of SHGs provided Community Investment Fund | 2,28,743  | 2,22,156           |

There are two skill development programmes for rural poor youth under DAY-NRLM, namely, Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY) , and Rural  Self Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs) .   Both  these  schemes  are  aimed  at  increasing employability of rural poor youth either for wage or self-employment. The achievements under these schemes are given below:

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

| Year                      |   Target |   Total candidates trained under DDU-GKY |   Total candidates placed under DDU- GKY |
|---------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20                   |   250000 |                                   238336 |                                   150199 |
| 2020-21(Up to 31.01.2021) |    65694 |                                    15094 |                                    38359 |

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)

| Year                      |   Target |   Trained |   Settled |
|---------------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| 2019-20                   |   386129 |    384025 |    281645 |
| 2020-21(Up to 31.01.2021) |   242040 |    152509 |    108931 |

During  the FY 2020-21, training activity remain suspended over considerable period due to lock down following advent of Pandemic Covid19 resulting in affecting achievements of desired training targets.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme  which  provide  for  the enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the  households  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to  every  household  whose  adult  members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. During FY 2019-20, 265.36 crore persondays were generated and in the current FY 2020-21(as on 03.03.2021), 354.17 crore persondays have been generated under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.

National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP) is  a  social  welfare  programme  for  the aged, widows, disabled and in the cases of death of the primary breadwinner belonging to Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  Households.  It  is  100%  centrally  funded  Central  Sponsored Schemes (CSS) implemented in the entire country including rural and remote areas. During the FY 2019-20, a total of 2.93 crore beneficiaries were covered under the scheme.  In the current FY 2020-21, out of the total target of 3.09 crore, a total of 296 lakh beneficiaries have been covered under NSAP.

Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Grameen  (PMAY-G) aims  to  provide  a  pucca  house with basic amenities to all rural houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated house upto two rooms in rural areas by 2022. The achievements under PMAY-G for FY2019-20 and current FY 2020-21 are given as under:

|   S. No. | Key Parameter Indicators   | 2019-20   | 2020-21 (As on 03.03.2021)   |
|----------|----------------------------|-----------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Total Target               | 59,76,600 | 64,71,828                    |
|        4 | Total House Sanctioned     | 56,19,800 | 36,15,885                    |
|        5 | Total House Completed      | 36,52,301 | 3,25,725                     |

Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY) was  launched  in  the  year  2000  as  a measure towards alleviation of poverty in rural areas by providing access to basic services to the  rural  population  by  providing  them  good  quality  roads.  PMGSY  has  helped  in  better access  of  market  place  for  the  rural  masses  and  generate  employments  in  various  forms. Since  inception  till  28 th February  2021,  a  total  of  7,50,896  km  road  length  has  been sanctioned,  out  of  which  6,50,458  km  road  length  has  been  completed  (87%).  Moreover, 99% habitation connectivity has been achieved under PMGSY.

Under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) , the Government proposes to  develop  300  Rurban  rural  clusters  in  the  country.  SPMRM  is  intended  for  a  holistic development  of  the  selected  clusters  of  villages.  The  scheme  is  aimed  to  achieve  an integrated  development,  which  effectively  reduce  the  poverty  by  encouraging  cluster growth. The physical progress under the SPMRM is given as under:

|   S.No | Parameters                                              |   Progress |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|      1 | Total clusters allotted                                 |        300 |
|      2 | No. of clusters approved                                |        292 |
|      3 | No. of Integrated Cluster Action Plans (ICAPs) approved |        290 |
|      4 | No. of DPRs approved by SLEC                            |        281 |
|      5 | No. of clusters notified as planning area               |        232 |

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Annexure-I referred in part (a) & (b) reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No.2301  for reply on  9.3.2021

(Rs. in crore)

| S. n.   | Name of the Schemes                                       | 2018-19 (R.E.)   | 2018-19 (R.E.)   | 2019-20 (R.E.)   | 2019-20 (R.E.)   | 2020-21(R.E.)   | 2020-21(R.E.)                 |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|         | Central Sponsored Schemes                                 | RE               | Actual Exp.      | RE               | Actual Exp.      | RE              | Actual Exp.(As on 31.01.2021) |
| 1       | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | 61830.09         | 61829.55         | 71001.81         | 71679.31         | 111500          | 89287.63                      |
| 2       | National Rural Livelihood Mission- Aajeevika              | 5783.5           | 5783.48          | 9024             | 8989.56          | 9210.04         | 6906.69                       |
| 3       | Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana -Grameen                      | 19600            | 19307.95         | 18475            | 18116.02         | 19500           | 18313.52                      |
| 4       | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana                          | 15500            | 15417.55         | 14070.07         | 14017.48         | 13706.23        | 11431.15                      |
| 5       | National Social Assistance Programme                      | 8467.46          | 8418.47          | 9200             | 8692.42          | 42617.22        | 41278.26                      |
| 6       | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission                    | 451.03           | 432.61           | 300              | 303.75           | 372.33          | 365.09                        |
|         | Total                                                     | 111632.08        | 111189.61        | 122070.88        | 121798.54        | 196905.82       | 167582.34                     |

## Annexure-II referred in part (c) reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2301  for reply on 9.3.2021:

## The State-wise result of SECC-2011 (rural):

| States/UTs               |   Total Households |   Automatically Excluded Households |   Automatically Included Households |   Deprived Households |
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| JAMMU &KASHMIR           |            1601606 |                              761875 |                               13791 |                586345 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH         |            1263756 |                              840852 |                                1938 |                259855 |
| PUNJAB                   |            3269467 |                             2438567 |                                8004 |                778245 |
| CHANDIGARH               |              15657 |                                9250 |                                  10 |                  3925 |
| UTTARAKHAND              |            1479742 |                              823330 |                                4726 |                429888 |
| HARYANA                  |            2969509 |                             1779954 |                                6519 |                997129 |
| NCT OF DELHI             |            1051097 |                              881667 |                                1127 |                 89744 |
| RAJASTHAN                |           10223073 |                             4069999 |                               72091 |               5165212 |
| UTTAR PRADESH            |           26015592 |                            12466832 |                               68190 |              10381355 |
| BIHAR                    |           17829066 |                             4793001 |                               37657 |              10876054 |
| SIKKIM                   |              88723 |                               39442 |                                 235 |                 33480 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |             201842 |                              118987 |                                3559 |                 72937 |
| NAGALAND                 |             284310 |                               97323 |                                 969 |                182441 |
| MANIPUR                  |             448163 |                              147003 |                                4963 |                236653 |
| MIZORAM                  |             111626 |                               44437 |                                 512 |                 66499 |
| TRIPURA                  |             697062 |                              165435 |                               33343 |                401458 |
| MEGHALAYA                |             485897 |                              151711 |                                1224 |                327506 |
| ASSAM                    |            5743835 |                             1689138 |                               33451 |               2892859 |
| WEST BENGAL              |           15756750 |                             3302481 |                              203209 |              10056266 |
| JHARKHAND                |            5044234 |                             1566811 |                               52045 |               2694061 |
| ODISHA                   |            8677615 |                             1628400 |                              119772 |               5730372 |
| CHHATTISGARH             |            4540999 |                              819609 |                              112084 |               3179327 |
| MADHYAPRADESH            |           11288946 |                             3301696 |                              396787 |               6748026 |
| GUJARAT                  |            6920473 |                             3236193 |                               31216 |               2967972 |
| DAMAN AND DIU            |              31795 |                               16707 |                                3519 |                  6313 |
| DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       |              45352 |                               15780 |                                 298 |                 25378 |
| MAHARASHTRA              |           13841960 |                             5440356 |                              227678 |               6064157 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH           |            9344180 |                             3595077 |                               59470 |               4822104 |
| TELANGANA                |            5643739 |                             3143322 |                               13543 |               2136159 |
| KARNATAKA                |            8048664 |                             4022702 |                               30074 |               2836539 |
| GOA                      |             220731 |                              185010 |                                 135 |                 23816 |
| LAKSHADWEEP              |              10929 |                                9410 |                                  13 |                  1455 |
| KERALA                   |            6319215 |                             4388457 |                               14289 |               1469167 |
| TAMILNADU                |           10088119 |                             4657981 |                               38549 |               4704939 |
| PUDUCHERRY               |             115249 |                               65854 |                                 311 |                 40336 |
| ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |              68481 |                               39354 |                                 168 |                 15976 |
| Total                    |          179787454 |                            70754003 |                             1595469 |              87303948 |