Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Villages Covered under National Rural  Livelihood Mission
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 350

ANSWERED ON 30/11/2021

## VILLAGES COVERED UNDER NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION

## 350. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages covered by the National Rural Livelihood Mission, State-wise along with Rajasthan's district and block distribution;
- (b) the number of Self Help Groups (SHGs) registered in the national network;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to introduce technical  and managerial training for women to run businesses digitally;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  improved  the  market  linkages  of  SHGs  over  the  past year, alongwith the future action plans for the same; and
- (e) whether the Government has any data to boost SHGs in rural economies across States, if so, the details thereof, State-wise and district-wise particularly Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The number of villages covered by the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood  Mission  (DAY-NRLM), State-wise is attached at ANNEXURE-I and  a list  of  districts  covered  under  DAY-NRLM with the number of blocks and villages covered in Rajasthan is attached at ANNEXURE-II.
- (b) As on 31 st October, 2021, 72,62,021 Self Help Groups (SHGs) have been promoted under  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM).
- (c) Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  the  sub-scheme  under  the Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM) supports the members of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and their family members to setup small enterprises in the non-farm sector. The entrepreneurs are provided various types of training for running their business including skill training in identified sector, managerial training etc. Specific training and other support are also provided to SHGs for on-boarding their products in e-commerce platforms including the Government-EMarketplace.
- (d) DAY-NRLM has taken several initiatives to improve the market linkages of SHGs for selling their products which are listed as below:
- i. Saras Fairs at the National and State level for selling SHG products.
- ii. Supporting SHGs to register on Government e-Market Place (GeM) and having a  dedicated   store   front  called  Saras  Collection;  329  SHG  producers  have registered 923 products on GeM.
- iii. Memorandum of Understanding with Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd to support SHG products.
- (e) Ministry is implementing Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  across  the  country  since  2011  in  a  mission  mode  with  the objective  of  organizing  the  rural  poor  women  into  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take economic activities till they attain appreciable increase in income over a period of time to improve their quality of life and  come  out  of  abject  poverty.  It  has  a  provision  for  providing  Community Investment  Support  Fund  (CISF)  to  the  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  in  the  form  of Revolving  Fund  (RF)  and  Community  Investment  Fund  (CIF)  for  supporting activities  of  SHGs.  The  total  amount  of  Capitalization  Support  i.e  CIF  and  RF provided to SHGs State-wise including Rajasthan is attached at ANNEXURE-III.

Further, in order to reduce the effective cost of bank credit to women SHGs, DAYNRLM provides  Interest  Subvention  and  additional  Interest  Subvention  to  SHGs from Financial Year 2013-14.All women SHGs whose members are from the DAYNRLM  target  group,  are  eligible  for  receiving  Interest  Subvention  equal  to  the difference  between  the  borrowing  rate  of  interest  and  7%.  The  funding  for  this subvention is being provided to the State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) by this Ministry. In addition, in respect of 250 backward districts, all women SHGs can avail  loans  up  to  Rs.3.00  Lakh  each  at  7%  rate  of  interest  per  annum,  with  an additional  interest  subvention  of  3%  on  prompt  repayment,  reducing  the  effective interest rate to 4%.

Since 2013-14 women SHGs have cumulatively leveraged a credit of Rs.4.35 Lakh Crores from Banks to take up income generating activities that contribute to growth of  rural  economy.  The  total  amount  disbursed  to  SHGs  State-wise  is  provided  in ANNEXURE-IV and the total amount disbursed to SHGs in Rajasthan, district-wise is provided in ANNEXURE-V.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Number of Villages covered State-wise under DAY-NRLM

| S. No.   | State/UTs                              | No. of Villages Covered under DAY-NRLM   |
|----------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                    | 170                                      |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH                         | 14908                                    |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | 1275                                     |
| 4        | ASSAM                                  | 24775                                    |
| 5        | BIHAR                                  | 34783                                    |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH                           | 17444                                    |
| 7        | GOA                                    | 282                                      |
| 8        | GUJARAT                                | 17470                                    |
| 9        | HARYANA                                | 5539                                     |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | 10153                                    |
| 11       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                      | 4829                                     |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                              | 25767                                    |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                              | 22610                                    |
| 14       | KERALA                                 | 15931                                    |
| 15       | LADAKH                                 | 43                                       |
| 16       | LAKSHADWEEP                            | 7                                        |
| 17       | MADHYA PRADESH                         | 44364                                    |
| 18       | MAHARASHTRA                            | 36916                                    |
| 19       | MANIPUR                                | 463                                      |
| 20       | MEGHALAYA                              | 5594                                     |
| 21       | MIZORAM                                | 603                                      |
| 22       | NAGALAND                               | 1161                                     |
| 23       | ODISHA                                 | 42713                                    |
| 24       | PUDUCHERRY                             | 268                                      |
| 25       | PUNJAB                                 | 5107                                     |
| 26       | RAJASTHAN                              | 25114                                    |
| 27       | SIKKIM                                 | 988                                      |
| 28       | TAMILNADU                              | 49784                                    |
| 29       | TELANGANA                              | 10031                                    |
| 30       | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANAND DIU | 73                                       |
| 31       | TRIPURA                                | 6546                                     |
| 32       | UTTARAKHAND                            | 6433                                     |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH                          | 85117                                    |
| 34       | WEST BENGAL                            | 47427                                    |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                                  | 5,64,688                                 |

ANNEXURE-II Number of blocks and villages covered in Rajasthan under DAY-NRLM

| S. No.   | District      |   Blocks Covered | Villages Covered   |
|----------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | AJMER         |               11 | 642                |
| 2        | ALWAR         |               16 | 747                |
| 3        | BANSWARA      |               11 | 1300               |
| 4        | BARAN         |                8 | 923                |
| 5        | BARMER        |               21 | 1127               |
| 6        | BHARATPUR     |               12 | 704                |
| 7        | BHILWARA      |               14 | 1251               |
| 8        | BIKANER       |                9 | 579                |
| 9        | BUNDI         |                5 | 677                |
| 10       | CHITTORGARH   |               11 | 978                |
| 11       | CHURU         |                7 | 676                |
| 12       | DAUSA         |               11 | 677                |
| 13       | DHOLPUR       |                6 | 626                |
| 14       | DUNGARPUR     |               10 | 881                |
| 15       | HANUMANGARH   |                7 | 341                |
| 16       | JAIPUR        |               22 | 860                |
| 17       | JAISALMER     |                7 | 244                |
| 18       | JALORE        |               10 | 327                |
| 19       | JHALAWAR      |                8 | 1173               |
| 20       | JHUNJHUNU     |               11 | 459                |
| 21       | JODHPUR       |               21 | 773                |
| 22       | KARAULI       |                8 | 646                |
| 23       | KOTA          |                5 | 718                |
| 24       | NAGAUR        |               15 | 632                |
| 25       | PALI          |               10 | 638                |
| 26       | PRATAPGARH    |                8 | 736                |
| 27       | RAJSAMAND     |                8 | 840                |
| 28       | SAWAIMADHOPUR |                7 | 521                |
| 29       | SIKAR         |               12 | 660                |
| 30       | SIROHI        |                5 | 352                |
| 31       | SRIGANGANAGAR |                9 | 745                |
| 32       | TONK          |                7 | 772                |
| 33       | UDAIPUR       |               20 | 1889               |
| Total    | Total         |              352 | 25,114             |

ANNEXURE-III

## State-wise list of total amount of Capitalization Support provided to SHGs

| S.No.   | State/UTs        | Capitalization Support provided to SHGs (RF + CIF) (amount in Lakh)   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH   | 55.05                                                                 |
| 2       | ASSAM            | 114364.15                                                             |
| 3       | BIHAR            | 274087.33                                                             |
| 4       | CHHATISGARH      | 46154.51                                                              |
| 5       | GUJARAT          | 32112.11                                                              |
| 6       | JHARKHAND        | 84896.38                                                              |
| 7       | KARNATAKA        | 44045.03                                                              |
| 8       | KERALA           | 3606.20                                                               |
| 9       | MADHYA PRADESH   | 98349.76                                                              |
| 10      | MAHARASHTRA      | 72063.87                                                              |
| 11      | ODISHA           | 108489.67                                                             |
| 12      | RAJASTHAN        | 95285.85                                                              |
| 13      | TAMILNADU        | 37854.77                                                              |
| 14      | TELANGANA        | 51.65                                                                 |
| 15      | UTTAR PRADESH    | 299474.50                                                             |
| 16      | WEST BENGAL      | 140698.92                                                             |
| 17      | HARYANA          | 12169.16                                                              |
| 18      | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 3817.13                                                               |
| 19      | JAMMU &KASHMIR   | 19506.92                                                              |
| 20      | PUNJAB           | 5650.05                                                               |
| 21      | UTTARAKHAND      | 13731.85                                                              |
| 22      | ARUNACHAL        | 1158.81                                                               |
| 23      | MANIPUR          | 1885.37                                                               |
| 24      | MEGHALAYA        | 9418.90                                                               |
| 25      | MIZORAM          | 7225.85                                                               |
| 26      | NAGALAND         | 5239.37                                                               |
| 27      | SIKIM            | 4794.64                                                               |
| 28      | TRIPURA          | 14603.92                                                              |
| 29      | ANDAMAN          | 185.40                                                                |
| 30      | GOA              | 492.40                                                                |
| 31      | LADAKH           | 109.75                                                                |
| 32      | LAKSHADWEEP      | 18.75                                                                 |
| 33      | PUDUCHERRY       | 552.86                                                                |
| 34      | DAMANDIU AND NH  | 104.76                                                                |
|         | TOTAL:           | 15,52,255.60                                                          |

*District-wise data is not being maintained

## ANNEXURE-IV

## State-wise list of total amount disbursed to SHGs

| S.No      | State/UTs                                | Amount disbursed to SHGs (Amount in Crore)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS                 | 2.38                                         |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 135233.71                                    |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 12.14                                        |
| 4         | ASSAM                                    | 2486.48                                      |
| 5         | BIHAR                                    | 17397.16                                     |
| 6         | CHATTISGARH                              | 2736.23                                      |
| 7         | GOA                                      | 147.72                                       |
| 8         | GUJARAT                                  | 1694.23                                      |
| 9         | HARYANA                                  | 492.11                                       |
| 10        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 466.85                                       |
| 11        | JAMMU &KASHMIR                           | 740.52                                       |
| 12        | JHARKHAND                                | 2896.81                                      |
| 13        | KARNATAKA                                | 70239.36                                     |
| 14        | KERALA                                   | 20365.85                                     |
| 15        | LADAKH                                   | 1.59                                         |
| 16        | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0.08                                         |
| 17        | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 2519.70                                      |
| 18        | MAHARASHTRA                              | 10740.05                                     |
| 19        | MANIPUR                                  | 25.97                                        |
| 20        | MEGHALAYA                                | 97.15                                        |
| 21        | MIZORAM                                  | 80.61                                        |
| 22        | NAGALAND                                 | 66.90                                        |
| 23        | ODISHA                                   | 13182.82                                     |
| 24        | PUDUCHERRY                               | 136.28                                       |
| 25        | PUNJAB                                   | 141.95                                       |
| 26        | RAJASTHAN                                | 3132.42                                      |
| 27        | SIKKIM                                   | 60.11                                        |
| 28        | TAMILNADU                                | 39320.69                                     |
| 29        | TELANGANA                                | 59305.23                                     |
| 30        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 0.95                                         |
| 31        | TRIPURA                                  | 281.03                                       |
| 32        | UTTARAKHAND                              | 195.64                                       |
| 33        | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 1329.84                                      |
| 34        | WEST BENGAL                              | 44060.06                                     |
|           | Sub Total                                | 4,29,590.63                                  |
| All India | Total (Including UTs)                    | 4,35,467.65                                  |

## ANNEXURE-V

## Total amount disbursed to SHGs, district-wise, in Rajasthan

|   S.No | Districts      |   Amount disbursed to SHGs (Amount in Crore) |
|--------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|
|      1 | AJMER          |                                       459.15 |
|      2 | ALWAR          |                                       362.76 |
|      3 | BANSWARA       |                                       101.61 |
|      4 | BARAN          |                                        86.96 |
|      5 | BARMER         |                                        16.64 |
|      6 | BHARATPUR      |                                        28.81 |
|      7 | BHILWARA       |                                       179.77 |
|      8 | BIKANER        |                                        43.38 |
|      9 | BUNDI          |                                        73.57 |
|     10 | CHITTORGARH    |                                        91.32 |
|     11 | CHURU          |                                        76.18 |
|     12 | DAUSA          |                                        65.1  |
|     13 | DHOLPUR        |                                        23.66 |
|     14 | DUNGARPUR      |                                       139.12 |
|     15 | HANUMANGARH    |                                        21.87 |
|     16 | JAIPUR         |                                       120.76 |
|     17 | JAISALMER      |                                         2.68 |
|     18 | JALOR          |                                        16.17 |
|     19 | JHALAWAR       |                                        86.36 |
|     20 | JHUNJHUNU      |                                        93.82 |
|     21 | JODHPUR        |                                        59.94 |
|     22 | KARAULI        |                                        34.24 |
|     23 | KOTA           |                                       160.58 |
|     24 | NAGAUR         |                                        98.16 |
|     25 | PALI           |                                        72.59 |
|     26 | PRATAPGARH     |                                        69.28 |
|     27 | RAJSAMAND      |                                       129.5  |
|     28 | SAWAIMADHOPUR  |                                        24.12 |
|     29 | SIKAR          |                                        74.02 |
|     30 | SIROHI         |                                        20.97 |
|     31 | SRIGANGANAGAR  |                                        46.31 |
|     32 | TONK           |                                        98.93 |
|     33 | UDAIPUR        |                                       146.1  |
|     34 | UNMATCHED SHGS |                                        20.21 |

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