Lok Sabha Question No. 1575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: SHGs under IWMP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1575

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## SHGs under IWMP

## 1575.      SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  currently  functioning  under  the  livelihood activities  for  the  landless/assetless  households  under  Integrated  Watershed  Management Plan (IWMP), State-wise;
- (b) the amount of seed funds released for SHGs under the livelihood activities for the landless/ assetless households under IWMP, State-wise;
- (c) whether  incentives are provided to well-performing SHGs  in terms of  multiple cycles of seed money grants; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (d) The Department of Land Resources (DoLR) was earlier implementing area development programmes called 'Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)' with effect from 26.02.2009.  for development of rainfed/degraded areas including wastelands in the country which was  amalgamated in 2015-16 with the Umbrella Scheme of PMKSY as one of components  and named as the Watershed Development Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY). Keeping focus on the completion of the sanctioned  projects,  Government  has  not  sanctioned  any  new  watershed  project  under WDC-PMKSY 1.0 from 2015-16 onwards in the country. The project period of WDCPMKSY  1.0 got  over  on  31.03.2021.  However,  as  per  requests  received  from  various States/UTs project period was extended upto 31.03.2022 without any financial assistance.

Under  IWMP/WDC-PMKSY  1.0,  9%  of  the  total  project  cost  was  earmarked  for livelihood  activities  for  the  assetless  persons.  Out  of  this  fund,  the  eligible  SHGs  are provided an amount of Rs.25000 as revolving  fund, which was to be refunded within  a period of 18 months.

In addition, as per the provisions of livelihood guidelines the enterprising SHG federations could also be provided for major livelihood activities in the form of grants in aid, which was 50% of the cost of the activity or Rs. 2.0 lakh whichever is less. However, grants in aid should not exceed 30% of the livelihood component (i.e.9% of the total project cost) of the project.

As per the information received from States/UTs, since inception, 2.47 lakh SHGs have been formed  and Rs.837.14 crore was given as revolving fund for taking up the income generating  activities  under  WDC-PMKSY  1.0.  State/UT  wise  details  are  given  at Annexure .

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1575 for answer on 26.07.2022

Details  of  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  functioning  and  funds  provided  to  SHGs  under  WDCPMKSY 1.0

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States /UTs           |   No of SHGs functioning |   Funds provided to SHGs |
|-----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh        |                    21910 |                   167.77 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh     |                      312 |                     4.2  |
| 3         | Assam                 |                     9035 |                    28.3  |
| 4         | Bihar                 |                     6071 |                    15.18 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh          |                     2510 |                     5.55 |
| 6         | Gujarat               |                     7344 |                     3.23 |
| 7         | Haryana               |                      395 |                     0.98 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh      |                     2479 |                     5.69 |
| 9         | UT of Jammu & Kashmir |                      839 |                     0.2  |
| 10        | Jharkhand             |                     3628 |                     7.96 |
| 11        | Karnataka             |                    19914 |                    51.61 |
| 12        | Kerala                |                     8828 |                     4.33 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh        |                    24972 |                    48.54 |
| 14        | Maharashtra           |                    49005 |                   115.16 |
| 15        | Manipur               |                       67 |                     0.17 |
| 16        | Meghalaya             |                      510 |                     7.31 |
| 17        | Mizoram               |                      147 |                     1.1  |
| 18        | Nagaland              |                     1499 |                     5.99 |
| 19        | Odisha                |                    21091 |                    44.76 |
| 20        | Punjab                |                      380 |                     0.61 |
| 21        | Rajasthan             |                     9329 |                    22.52 |
| 22        | Sikkim                |                      203 |                     0.58 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu            |                    26187 |                    68.49 |
| 24        | Telangana             |                     5092 |                   149.34 |
| 25        | Tripura               |                      440 |                    20.88 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh         |                    13432 |                    32.34 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand           |                     3250 |                     8.13 |
| 28        | West Bengal           |                     8587 |                    16.22 |
|           | Grand Total           |                   247456 |                   837.14 |

As per information received from States/UTs

Note: No project sanctioned in Goa.