Lok Sabha Question No. 3235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratibha Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3235 ANSWERED ON 21/03/2023

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS

## 3235.   SHRIMATI PRATIBHA SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to generate more employment opportunities in rural areas to prevent migration from rural to urban areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including plan and fund allocation; and
- (c) the details of employment generation in rural areas during each of the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)  The problem of migration of rural population to urban areas is addressed by the Ministry through  multi-dimensional  course of action such as provision  of  improved infrastructural  facilities,  equitable  dispersal  of  resource  to  remove  regional  disparities, employment generation, imparting of skills, encouraging entrepreneurial activity, undertaking land reforms, enhancing literacy and providing easy access to financial assistance and  credit facilities etc.

So  far  as  efforts  for  creating  more  employment  opportunities  is  concerned, Ministry  is implementing  various  rural  development  schemes  for  creating  employment  opportunities. These measures encourage people to stay in rural areas, earn their livelihood and raise their quality of life near their places of residence and hence act as a deterrent to distress migration of rural population to cities. Some of the schemes that have a positive impact on reducing migration from rural to urban areas through employment generation are as under:

- i. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS): MGNREGS is a major employment generation programme in rural areas of the country. The MGNREGA  provides  guarantee  for  100 days of employment  in  a  financial  year  to  every  rural  household  whose  adult  members volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual  work.  Further,  an  additional  50  days  of  wage employment  is  provided  over  and  above  100  days  in  the  notified  drought  affected areas  or  natural  calamity  affected  areas  in  the  country  on  recommendation  of  the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. Under MGNREGS, Rs 89400 Cr. (RE) has been allocated for FY 2022-23. State/UT-wise persondays generated MGNREGS during the last three years are at Annexure.
- ii. Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM) is  implemented  with  the  objective  of  providing  self-employment  to  the women members of the rural poor families by mobilizing them into Self Help Groups (SHGs). Rs. 13336.42 Cr. (RE) has been allocated for FY 2022-23.
- iii. The Ministry also implements two skill development programmes, as a sub scheme of DAY-NRLM, for skilling of rural poor youth to improve their employability.
4.  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY): DDUGKY is a placement linked skill development program, being implemented since September 2014 for rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years.
5.  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs): RSETI  is  a  Bank lead and MoRD funded training programme. The sponsor banks establish institutions for  training  in  their  lead  districts  to  provide  training  for  Skill  and  Entrepreneurship Development.  MoRD  extends  financial  support  for  the  construction  of  RSETI building and  also bears the cost of  training  the  Rural  Poor  candidates.  Any unemployed youth in the age group of 18-45 years having an aptitude to take up selfemployment or wage employment and having some basic knowledge in the related field  can  undergo training  at  RSETI. Some of the trained candidates may also seek regular salaried jobs / wage employment.

State/ UT-wise details of candidates placed/ settled during the last three years under DDUGKY and RSETIs are given at Annexure .

- iv.In order to achieve the target of 'Housing for All' in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural Development  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G) with effect from 1 st April, 2016. The programme aims to provide assistance to eligible rural households with an overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities by March, 2024. Against the overall target of 2.95 crore houses, a target of 2.94 crore houses has already been allocated to various States/UTs by the Ministry, out  of  which  2.85  crore  houses  have  already  been  sanctioned  by  the  States/UTs  to beneficiaries and construction of 2.18 crore houses has already been completed as on 15.03.2023.

As per the Framework For Implementation of PMAY-G, it is mandatory to provide support  of  90  persondays  (95  persondays  in  Hill  states,  difficult  areas  and  North  Eastern States  and  IAP  districts)  unskilled  wage  employment  at  the  current  rates  to  a  PMAY-G beneficiary  for  construction  of  his  /  her  house  in  convergence  with  MGNREGA  as  per instructions  issued  from  time  to  time.   The  details  of  Mandays  generated  under  PMAY-G during last three years State/UT wise is given in Annexure .

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## Annexure referred to part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 3235 for reply       on  21.3.2023

| States/UTs-wise Gandhi Sl. No.   | NREGS in last three financial State/UT   | 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22   | 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22   | 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22   |
|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| States/UTs-wise Gandhi Sl. No.   | NREGS in last three financial State/UT   | 2019-20                        | 2020-21                        | 2021-22                        |
| 1                                | Andhra Pradesh                           | 2002.25                        | 2593.24                        | 2417.19                        |
| 2                                | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 85.99                          | 128.14                         | 158.73                         |
| 3                                | Assam                                    | 623.08                         | 911.53                         | 916.61                         |
| 4                                | Bihar                                    | 1416.23                        | 2276.27                        | 1811.79                        |
| 5                                | Chhattisgarh                             | 1361.75                        | 1840.90                        | 1692.36                        |
| 6                                | Goa                                      | 0.34                           | 1.10                           | 0.95                           |
| 7                                | Gujarat                                  | 353.70                         | 482.29                         | 568.02                         |
| 8                                | Haryana                                  | 91.19                          | 179.62                         | 146.40                         |
| 9                                | Himachal Pradesh                         | 259.19                         | 336.19                         | 370.94                         |
| 10                               | Jammu And Kashmir                        | 313.41                         | 407.01                         | 406.33                         |
| 11                               | Jharkhand                                | 641.95                         | 1176.08                        | 1132.47                        |
| 12                               | Karnataka                                | 1118.63                        | 1480.32                        | 1634.93                        |
| 13                               | Kerala                                   | 802.30                         | 1023.00                        | 1059.66                        |
| 14                               | Ladakh                                   | 19.03                          | 21.30                          | 19.27                          |
| 15                               | Madhya Pradesh                           | 1930.17                        | 3420.21                        | 3000.13                        |
| 16                               | Maharashtra                              | 629.60                         | 679.36                         | 825.42                         |
| 17                               | Manipur                                  | 234.07                         | 330.52                         | 305.59                         |
| 18                               | Meghalaya                                | 370.22                         | 383.70                         | 393.63                         |
| 19                               | Mizoram                                  | 192.59                         | 198.66                         | 200.77                         |
| 20                               | Nagaland                                 | 138.48                         | 180.12                         | 192.58                         |
| 21                               | Odisha                                   | 1113.89                        | 2080.75                        | 1977.94                        |
| 22                               | Punjab                                   | 235.25                         | 376.75                         | 331.52                         |
| 23                               | Rajasthan                                | 3286.55                        | 4605.35                        | 4242.97                        |
| 24                               | Sikkim                                   | 29.47                          | 37.34                          | 34.34                          |
| 25                               | Tamil Nadu                               | 2485.10                        | 3339.46                        | 3457.26                        |
| 26                               | Telangana                                | 1071.14                        | 1579.53                        | 1457.94                        |
| 27                               | Tripura                                  | 344.02                         | 437.22                         | 426.18                         |
| 28                               | Uttar Pradesh                            | 2444.30                        | 3945.41                        | 3257.96                        |
| 29                               | Uttarakhand                              | 206.16                         | 303.61                         | 243.18                         |
| 30                               | West Bengal                              | 2723.05                        | 4140.17                        | 3642.28                        |
| 31                               | Andaman And Nicobar                      | 2.21                           | 2.61                           | 1.14                           |
| 32                               | Lakshadweep                              | 0.04                           | 0.02                           | 0.01                           |
| 33                               | Puducherry                               | 7.65                           | 10.57                          | 6.15                           |
| 34                               | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 0.00                           | 0.00                           | 0.00                           |
|                                  | Total                                    | 26,533.02                      | 38,908.33                      | 36,332.63                      |

(As per NREGASoft)

## Annexure referred to part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 3235 for reply       on  21.3.2023

State-wise number of candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY

| Sl. No.   | State             | FY 19-20   | FY 19-20   | FY 20-21   | FY 20-21   | FY 21-22   | FY 21-22   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 15933      | 10795      | 4156       | 2177       | 1606       | 2135       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 84         | 0          | 28         | 33         | 233        | 71         |
| 3         | Assam             | 11993      | 13862      | 1966       | 3296       | 3553       | 916        |
| 4         | Bihar             | 14301      | 5916       | 2687       | 2745       | 7099       | 2491       |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 9798       | 3842       | 1109       | 3683       | 6499       | 2883       |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 3084       | 2249       | 240        | 875        | 830        | 599        |
| 7         | Haryana           | 1948       | 6013       | 26         | 1213       | 1772       | 680        |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1980       | 1073       | 0          | 117        | 334        | 10         |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir | 10516      | 1319       | 3454       | 1945       | 2300       | 1102       |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 12866      | 8224       | 1050       | 1879       | 4035       | 1354       |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 5797       | 7226       | 769        | 1649       | 1442       | 673        |
| 12        | Kerala            | 12812      | 8390       | 3053       | 2931       | 3219       | 1097       |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 10433      | 7348       | 903        | 969        | 6825       | 3977       |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 13521      | 12765      | 874        | 3319       | 348        | 1612       |
| 15        | Manipur           | 1780       | 573        | 338        | 387        | 811        | 139        |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 1518       | 686        | 83         | 158        | 456        | 241        |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 554        | 359        | 37         | 88         | 105        | 94         |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 1220       | 403        | 221        | 278        | 1009       | 614        |
| 19        | Odisha            | 43278      | 30607      | 7978       | 7729       | 10474      | 4828       |
| 20        | Punjab            | 2002       | 1311       | 2922       | 1931       | 6976       | 4188       |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 14530      | 4692       | 981        | 1759       | 3096       | 3130       |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 462        | 32         | 0          | 43         | 90         | 0          |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 9685       | 3324       | 213        | 1286       | 8228       | 2941       |
| 24        | Telangana         | 9731       | 6839       | 2752       | 1436       | 3177       | 2494       |
| 25        | Tripura           | 1407       | 524        | 21         | 609        | 1049       | 193        |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 24895      | 7341       | 1540       | 4068       | 16898      | 3765       |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 1518       | 672        | 367        | 416        | 3645       | 917        |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 9531       | 3829       | 521        | 2544       | 732        | 2424       |
| 29        | Puducherry*       |            |            |            |            | 165        | 44         |
| 30        | A. N Islands*     |            |            |            |            | 0          | 0          |
|           | Total             | 247177     | 150214     | 38289      | 49563      | 97006      | 45612      |

Source: DDU-GKY MIS (kaushalpragati.nic.in and kaushalbharat.gov.in)

* The program commenced in Puducherry and A&N Islands in 2020-21.

## Annexure referred to part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 3235 for reply       on  21.3.2023

State-wise number of Trained & Settled candidates under RSETI during the last three years

|       | Fin. year                   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2019-20   | FY-2020-21   | FY-2020-21   | FY-2021-22   | FY-2021-22   |
|-------|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| S.No. | State/UT                    | Trained      | Settled      | Trained      | Settled      | Trained      | Settled      |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 9884         | 7179         | 5002         | 3836         | 7817         | 6522         |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 211          | 294          | 18           | 57           | 225          | 0            |
| 3     | Assam                       | 11922        | 7680         | 7208         | 5145         | 10017        | 8335         |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 24961        | 18393        | 14868        | 10817        | 21268        | 14330        |
| 5     | Chattisgarh                 | 12146        | 8209         | 7003         | 4927         | 10030        | 7257         |
| 6     | Gujarat                     | 20447        | 14075        | 11233        | 7859         | 15993        | 12863        |
| 7     | Haryana                     | 14391        | 10493        | 11301        | 6744         | 11045        | 8176         |
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh            | 4949         | 3541         | 3227         | 2019         | 4750         | 3208         |
| 9     | Jharkhand                   | 15911        | 12630        | 11467        | 7982         | 13725        | 10828        |
| 10    | Karnataka                   | 24676        | 20257        | 16333        | 12649        | 18332        | 17059        |
| 11    | Kerala                      | 10236        | 9610         | 5090         | 4752         | 5980         | 5801         |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh              | 31521        | 20982        | 19180        | 15530        | 22956        | 18490        |
| 13    | Maharashtra                 | 24614        | 19668        | 16559        | 13033        | 19606        | 15251        |
| 14    | Manipur                     | 495          | 351          | 287          | 277          | 364          | 301          |
| 15    | Meghalaya                   | 1629         | 989          | 959          | 687          | 1649         | 868          |
| 16    | Mizoram                     | 939          | 957          | 613          | 457          | 651          | 636          |
| 17    | Nagaland                    | 356          | 202          | 199          | 118          | 338          | 272          |
| 18    | Odisha                      | 20489        | 14933        | 15321        | 11574        | 16049        | 13978        |
| 19    | Punjab                      | 9280         | 5605         | 7501         | 5489         | 9241         | 6972         |
| 20    | Rajasthan                   | 27023        | 18789        | 19904        | 12682        | 23160        | 19032        |
| 21    | Sikkim                      | 364          | 489          | 202          | 134          | 203          | 146          |
| 22    | Tamil Nadu                  | 27112        | 17790        | 15233        | 12517        | 17187        | 14796        |
| 23    | Telangana                   | 6435         | 5714         | 3703         | 2647         | 5413         | 5214         |
| 24    | Tripura                     | 2533         | 1775         | 1893         | 836          | 2274         | 1781         |
| 25    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 489          | 316          | 318          | 135          | 412          | 381          |
| 26    | D &NHaveli                  | 763          | 509          | 560          | 437          | 561          | 447          |
| 27    | Jammu &Kashmir              | 8662         | 7022         | 4552         | 3955         | 5277         | 4148         |
| 28    | Ladakh                      | 603          | 233          | 408          | 328          | 535          | 384          |
| 29    | Lakshadweep                 | 36           | 0            | 162          | 98           | 139          | 34           |
| 30    | Puducherry                  | 762          | 543          | 583          | 420          | 568          | 485          |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh               | 50845        | 38070        | 41995        | 27673        | 52909        | 46948        |
| 32    | Uttarakhand                 | 6765         | 5387         | 6383         | 4829         | 6258         | 4413         |
| 33    | West Bengal                 | 12576        | 8960         | 5876         | 4591         | 9182         | 7073         |

## Annexure referred to part (a) to (c) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 3235 for reply       on  21.3.2023

(Units in Number)

| State/UT wise details of Mandays generated under PMAY-G during last three years   | State/UT wise details of Mandays generated under PMAY-G during last three years   | State/UT wise details of Mandays generated under PMAY-G during last three years   | State/UT wise details of Mandays generated under PMAY-G during last three years   | State/UT wise details of Mandays generated under PMAY-G during last three years   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                             | States/UTs                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                           | 2021-22                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                               | 37224                                                                             | 25188                                                                             | 0                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                 | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                    | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                 | 6929                                                                              | 19564                                                                             | 0                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                 | ASSAM                                                                             | 14484026                                                                          | 9230144                                                                           | 13117868                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                 | BIHAR                                                                             | 89360388                                                                          | 45334343                                                                          | 1443078                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                 | CHHATTISGARH                                                                      | 11039610                                                                          | 10357                                                                             | 722                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                 | DN HAVELI AND DD                                                                  | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                 | GUJARAT                                                                           | 6146955                                                                           | 591879                                                                            | 14033                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                 | GOA                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                  | 60378                                                                             | 153158                                                                            | 442                                                                               |
| 11                                                                                | HARYANA                                                                           | 3943                                                                              | 686                                                                               | 9563                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                | JHARKHAND                                                                         | 22110561                                                                          | 18458485                                                                          | 217087                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                 | 2300419                                                                           | 2202842                                                                           | 4898                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                | KERALA                                                                            | 787559                                                                            | 193448                                                                            | 60775                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                | KARNATAKA                                                                         | 2269371                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                | LADAKH                                                                            | 25403                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                       | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                | MEGHALAYA                                                                         | 624511                                                                            | 676806                                                                            | 25349                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                | MAHARASHTRA                                                                       | 21756769                                                                          | 15393189                                                                          | 830570                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                | MANIPUR                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 5063                                                                              | 0                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                | MADHYAPRADESH                                                                     | 32871359                                                                          | 60457603                                                                          | 34682523                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                | MIZORAM                                                                           | 90930                                                                             | 17849                                                                             | 0                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                | NAGALAND                                                                          | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                | ODISHA                                                                            | 47183547                                                                          | 19176178                                                                          | 115152                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                | PUNJAB                                                                            | 451300                                                                            | 97305                                                                             | 1581                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                | PUDUCHERRY                                                                        | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                | RAJASTHAN                                                                         | 28718752                                                                          | 18152156                                                                          | 25914                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                | SIKKIM                                                                            | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                | TAMIL NADU                                                                        | 4638553                                                                           | 3386922                                                                           | 171244                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                | TRIPURA                                                                           | 1433403                                                                           | 41797                                                                             | 12418736                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                | TELANGANA                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                     | 17861847                                                                          | 348759                                                                            | 6944                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                | UTTARAKHAND                                                                       | 3469                                                                              | 1615                                                                              | 0                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                | WEST BENGAL                                                                       | 81132759                                                                          | 65241037                                                                          | 9097751                                                                           |