Lok Sabha Question No. 2195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Special Funds to Tamil Nadu
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2195 ANSWERED ON 20/12/2022

## SPECIAL FUNDS TO TAMIL NADU

## 2195.   DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned any special funds for the Districts in Tamil Nadu to mitigate and solve the important local needs of the people and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has provided funds for implementing Rural Development Schemes especially the Rural Livelihood scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the total number of working days from 100 to 150 days per year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS); and
- (d) the total funds allocated, disbursed to Tamil Nadu during the last eight years under MGNREGS?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No  Sir. However,  the programmes  being  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Rural Development  in  all  States  including  Tamil  Nadu  viz.  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya YojanaNational Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Grameen  (PMAY-G),National  Social Assistance  Programme  (NSAP),  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  RURBAN  Mission  (SPMRM) are aimed at addressing the local needs of rural people.
- (b) The  Government of India has allocated  Rs. 135538.73 Crore to Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development  for implementing rural development schemes like  DAY-NRLM, MGNREGS, PMAY-G, PMGSY,, NSAP and SPMRM for the year 202223. Scheme wise details are annexed at annexure -I.
- (c) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA),  2005,  is  an  Act  to  provide  for  the  enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

In  addition  to  this,  there  is  a  provision  for  up  to  additional  50  days  of  wage employment in a financial year in drought/natural calamity affected notified rural areas. As per  Section  3  (4)  of  the  Act,  the  State  Governments  may  make  provision  for  providing additional days of employment beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds.

(d)  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  scheme.  There  is  no State/UT-wise  allocation  of  funds  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS.  The  details  of  fund released  to  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  during  last  eight financial years are given below:

| Years   |   Amount (Rs. in lakh) |
|---------|------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                 378180 |
| 2015-16 |                 547037 |
| 2016-17 |                 455278 |
| 2017-18 |                 583166 |
| 2018-19 |                 488286 |
| 2019-20 |                 555969 |
| 2020-21 |                 878882 |
| 2021-22 |                 963813 |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  part  (b)  of   LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2022 REGARDING 'Special Funds to Tamil Nadu'

## Scheme-wise allocation of funds under Department of Rural Development for the year 2022-23

( Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Scheme                                                     | B.E. 2022-2023   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1         | 2                                                                      | 3                |
| 1         | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission(DAY-NRLM) | 13336.42         |
| 2         | Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G)                            | 20000.00*        |
| 3         | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)                               | 19000.00         |
| 4         | National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)                            | 9652.31          |
| 5         | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission (SPMRM)                         | 550.00           |
| 6         | MGNational Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)                    | 73000.00         |
|           | Total                                                                  | 135538.73        |

* Rs. 13000 cr. has also been received under PMAY-G through Contingency Fund of India

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