Lok Sabha Question No. 2600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. C. Mohan

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2600

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2021

## GARIB KALYAN ROJGAR ABHIYAAN

## 2600.   SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the expenditure made under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) so far;
- (b) the details about the infrastructure developed under GKRA;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  carry  the  programme  beyond  the  initial mandates; and
- (d) the fresh steps taken by the Government to promote skilling and entrepreneurship for rural development?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  In  order  to  boost  employment  opportunities  in  the  wake  of  COVID  pandemic, Government  of  India  had  launched  a  campaign  known  as  Garib  Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyaan (GKRA) of 125 days on 20th June, 2020 to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers and similarly affected citizens in rural areas. The objectives of the  Abhiyaan  were  to  provide  immediate  employment  and  livelihood  opportunities  to  the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities by giving focus on 25 works {including works under Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS)}  in  116  selected  districts  across  6  States  of  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 12 Ministries/Departments of Government of India  participated in the Abhiyaan. The GKRA ended on 22nd October, 2020 and a total of 50.78 crore person-days employment were generated with a total expenditure of Rs. 39,293 crore during the Abhiyaan.

The details of achievements/works completed under the GKRA are given at Annexure.

(d)  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  is  a  sub-scheme  under  the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) programme  to  support  the  Self-Help  Groups  (SHGs)  and  their  family  members  to  set-up small  enterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector.  SVEP  develops  an  eco-system  for  enterprise development  in  the  rural  areas  which  consists  of  Community  Enterprise  Fund  (CEF)  for enterprise financing, Cadre of Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP) for  providing  Business  Support  Services  comprising  of  preparation  of  business  plans, trainings, market linkages etc. and dedicated Block Resource Center (BRC) for providing all necessary  information  to  entrepreneurs.  As  on  31st  October,  2021,   a  total  number  of  232 project proposals and 158 Detailed Project Reports (DPR) have been approved covering 29 States and Union Territories.

There are two skill development programmes for rural youth under DAY-NRLM,  namely, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs). Both these programmes are aimed at increasing employability of rural youth either for wage or self-employment. In respect of DDU-GKY and RSETIs, the physical achievement (number of candidates trained and placed in jobs/ settled) during the last  three  financial  years  and  the  current  financial  year  (up  to  November  2021)  is  given below:

| Year    | DDU-GKY   | DDU-GKY   | RSETIs   | RSETIs   |
|---------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|
|         | Trained   | Placed    | Trained  | Settled  |
| 2018-19 | 2,41,509  | 1,37,251  | 403672   | 296307   |
| 2019-20 | 2,47,177  | 1,50,214  | 384025   | 281645   |
| 2020-21 | 38,289    | 49,563    | 255141   | 185234   |
| 2021-22 | 23,186    | 22,067    | 161690   | 97845    |

Project 'UNNATI', launched in December 2019 by Government of India, is a skilling project that intends to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS workers, and thereby improve their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full employment. A total number of 11,604 candidates have been trained so far.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2600 dated 14.12.2021.

|   S. No. | Scheme             | Activity/Work                           | Indicator                                              | Physical Achievement   | Financial Achievement (Rs. in Crore)   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | PMAY-G             | Rural Housing (PMAY- Gramin)            | Houses for Completion (in number)                      | 4,81,210               | -                                      |
|        1 | PMAY-G             | Rural Housing (PMAY- Gramin)            | Houses which can be sanctioned (in number)             | 7,70,522               | -                                      |
|        1 | PMAY-G             | Rural Housing (PMAY- Gramin)            | Total Expenditure (Rs. in crore)                       | -                      | 5,618                                  |
|        2 |                    | Anganwadi Centres                       | (In Nos. of works)                                     | 3607                   | -                                      |
|        3 |                    | Cattle Shed                             | (In number of works)                                   | 45,071                 | -                                      |
|        4 |                    | Construction of Wells                   | (In number of works)                                   | 16,399                 | -                                      |
|        5 |                    | Farm Ponds                              | (In number of works)                                   | 34,005                 | -                                      |
|        6 |                    | Goat Shed                               | (In number of works)                                   | 9,980                  | -                                      |
|        7 |                    | Horticulture                            | (In number of works))                                  | 14,361                 | -                                      |
|        8 |                    | Poultry Shed                            | (In number of works)                                   | 2,854                  | -                                      |
|        9 | Mahatma Gandhi     | Solid& Liquid Waste Management works    | (In number of works)                                   | 25,645                 | -                                      |
|       10 | NREGA              | Plantation works                        | (In number of works)                                   | 60,048                 |                                        |
|       11 |                    | Vermicomposting                         | (In number of works)                                   | 4,848                  | -                                      |
|       12 |                    | Water Conservation& Harvesting works    | (In number of works)                                   | 15,9697                | -                                      |
|       13 |                    | Total Works (Including Other works)     | (In number of works)                                   | 10,82310               |                                        |
|       14 |                    | Persondays Generated                    | In number Persondays                                   | 39,5995,616            |                                        |
|       15 |                    | Total Expenditure                       | (Rs. in Crore)                                         | -                      | 11,019                                 |
|       16 | PMGSY              | Rural Connectivity (PMGSY) Works        | No. of Ongoing Works                                   | 1,734                  | 1254                                   |
|       17 | SPMRM              | Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission | Total Works Completion (in number)                     | 13,494                 | 694                                    |
|       18 | FFC                | Works under Finance Commission          | Total Expenditure (In Rs. crore)                       | -                      | 5811                                   |
|       19 | GP Bhawan          | Gram Panchayat Bhawan                   | GP Bhawans to be constructed (in number)               | 1347                   | -                                      |
|       20 | SBM-G (ODF+)       | Community Sanitary Complexes            | CSCs constructed (In Nos.)                             | 23,010                 | 514                                    |
|       21 | Jal Jeevan Mission | Works under Jal Jeevan Mission          | No. of Villages where water works Taken up (in number) | 17,240                 | 3,199                                  |
|       22 | CAMPA              | Plantation (Including CAMPA Funds)      | Afforestation work Area (in Ha)                        | 73,306.68              | 229                                    |
|       23 | DMF                | Works through District Mineral Fund     | Total Projects Ongoing / Sanctioned (in number)        | 7,583                  | 1,043                                  |
|       24 | PM                 | PM KUSUM Works                          | Pump Installed (in                                     | 4,713                  | 118                                    |

|                   | KUSUM                            |                                             | number)                               |                   |        |
|-------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------|--------|
| 25                | BharatMalaNational Highway Works | BharatMalaNational Highway Works            | Length (In km) of ongoing works       | 778.05            | 6,036  |
| 26                | PM Urja Ganga Project            | Works under PM Urja Ganga Project           | Total Expenditure (Rs. in crore)      | -                 | 327    |
| 27                | Railway                          | Railway works                               | No. of ongoing works                  | 170               | 2,968  |
| 28                | KVK                              | Training through KVKs for livelihoods       | Training Conducted (in number)        | 1,922             | -      |
| 28                | KVK                              | Training through KVKs for livelihoods       | Person Skilled (in number)            | 68,136            | -      |
| 28                | KVK                              | Training through KVKs for livelihoods       | Total Expenditure (Rs. in crore)      | -                 | 4      |
| 29                | BharatNet                        | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | Laying of Optical Fiber Cable (in km) | 9,577.89          | -      |
| 29                | BharatNet                        | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | GPs Made Live (Nos.)                  | 2,448             | -      |
| 29                | BharatNet                        | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | WiFi Hot Spot Connections (in number) | 19,341            | -      |
| 29                | BharatNet                        | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | FTTH Connections (in number)          | 29,720            | -      |
| 29                | BharatNet                        | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | Total Expenditure (Rs. in crore)      | -                 | 375    |
| 30                | Border Roads                     | Border Road Works                           | (Rs. in crore)                        | -                 | 85     |
| Total Expenditure | Total Expenditure                | Total Expenditure                           | Total Expenditure                     | Total Expenditure | 39,293 |

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