Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Poverty Alleviation Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 237

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCHEMES

## 237. SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total outlay of the Government on poverty alleviation schemes; and
- (b) whether the Government has made any definitive time-bound target to end absolute poverty in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Multi-pronged strategies are being taken by the Ministry of Rural Development to address rural poverty and improve the economic well-being of the people in rural areas with emphasis on increasing livelihood opportunities, empowering rural women, providing social safety  net,  skilling  of  rural  youth,  infrastructure  development  etc.  through  its  programmes viz.Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS), Deendayal AntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission(DAY-NRLM),Deen Dayal  Upadhyay  Gramin  KaushalyaYojana  (DDU-GKY),Pradhan  MantriAwaasYojana  Gramin (PMAY-G),Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY),Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National RuRBAN  Mission (SPMRM) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). Various schemes of Ministry of Rural Development which are being implemented with a focus on alleviating poverty are as given below:

## i. Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana - Gramin (PMAY-G)

In  order  to  achieve  the  target  of  'Housing  for  All'  in  rural  areas,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development is implementing Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect from 1 st April, 2016 to provide assistance to eligible rural households with overall target to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic amenities by March, 2024.  The PMAY-G aims to  provide  assistance  to  eligible  rural  households  identification  and  selection  of  those households is  based on the housing deprivation parameters and inclusion/exclusion criteria prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC), 2011 and new survey Awaas+ 2018 conducted to identify eligible households left out of SECC 2011.  Under PMAY-G, a total target 2.70 crore has been allocated to States/UTs, 2.43 crore houses have been sanctioned to beneficiaries  by  States/UTs  and  1.87  crore  houses  have  completed  under  PMAY-G  as  on 11.7.2022.  An  amount  of  Rs.1,74,219.48  crore  had  been  released    as Central share to States/UTs under PMAY-G.

## ii. DeendayalAntyodayaYojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM)

DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - DAY-NRLM intends to reach out to about 10 crore rural poor households and organize one woman member from each rural household into women SHGs by  the  end  of  year  2023,  and  further  federate  the  SHGs  at  village  and  higher  levels.The scheme  aims  at  providing  them  with  long-term  support  such  that  they  diversify  their livelihoods,  improve  their  incomes  and  quality  of  life.  As  of  June,  2022,  a  total  of  6840 blocks were covered under intensive block strategy.  More than 8.37 crore households have been mobilized into 76.94 lakh SHGs. The SHGs have been federated into 4.47 lakh Village Organizations  (VOs),  which  are  in  turn  federated  into  27,723  Cluster  Level  Federations (CLFs).

## iii. Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)

The  Government  of  India, as  a  part  of  the  poverty  reduction  strategy ,  launched  the Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY-I)  on  25th  December,  2000  as  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme to assist the states, through 'Rural Roads'.

Since inception till 13 th July, 2022, 1,84,056 roads of 7,93,567 km and 10,082 bridges have been  sanctioned  with  value  of  projects  of  Rs.  3,50,306  crore  under  all  the  interventions/ verticals of PMGSY, against which 1,70,839 roads of 7,12,250 km and 7,209 bridges have been constructed at an expenditure of Rs. 2,79,337 crore (including state share) .

PMGSY roads address the issues of poverty, hunger and infrastructure for growth. The roads increase  access  to  market  and  livelihood  opportunities,  health  and  education  facilities . Connectivity created by PMGSY roadshas been able to bring about socio- economic change in the life of the poor, thereby reducing the gap as compared to other sections of the society.

## iv. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma GandhiNREGS)

MGNREGS  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme  which  provide  for  the enhancement  of  livelihood  security  of  the  households  in  rural  areas  of  the  country  by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manualwork. It provides livelihood  security,  i.e.  fall  back  options  for  livelihood  for  the  rural  households,  when  no better employment  opportunity  is available.Year-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA since inception is at Annexure I .

## v. Shyama Prasad MukherjiRurban Mission (SPMRM)

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) was launched on 21st February 2016 with a view to organize rural areas in selected clusters which are socially, economically and physically  sustainable  regions  by  providing  economic,  social  and  infrastructure  amenities, which  in  turn  leads  to  sustainable  and  balanced  regional  development  in  the  country.  300 Rurban clusters with thematic economic growth points have been approved to be developed across the country under this innovative Mission in a stipulated time period. The total outlay of the scheme is Rs. 5142.08 crore.

The  SPMRM is  especially  designed  for  holistic  development  of  clusters  and  to  ensure  an optimum  level  of  development.  Based  on  the  need  of  the  clusters,  different  activities  are being taken for holistic development of clusters from the above mentioned components with a major focus on income generating activities. SPMRM thus, tackles poverty in a systematic manner, providing sustainable and long lasting solutions.

## vi. DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana(DDU-GKY) and RuralSelfEmployment Training Institutes (RSETIs)

There  are  two  skill  development  programmes  for  rural  poor  youth  under  DAY-NRLM, namely,Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana(DDU-GKY)  and  Rura  lSelf Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs).Both  these  schemes  are  aimed  at  increasing employability  of  rural  poor  youth  either  for  wage  or  self-employment.  During  current  FY 2022-23 (as on 22.6.2022), 30291 and 83831 candidates have been trained under DDU-GKY and RSETIs respectively.

## vii. SaansadAdarsh Gram Yojana(SAGY)

Under  the  SaansadAdarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  framework,  integrated  and  holistic development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through convergence and implementation of existing Government schemes and programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocating additional funds.

The  above  mentioned  schemes  of  MoRD  are  being  implemented  by  the  States/UTs  in consultation with the Ministry with a view to ameliorate absolute poverty in the country. The Budgetallocation  for  implementation  of  major  Rural  Development  Programmes  invarious States/UTs during the last two years and current year is given at Annexure II .

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Annexure-I referred to part (a) and  (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.237for reply on 19.7.2022

## Year-wise details of fund released under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA since inception is as under:

|   S. No. | Year                       | Fund released (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | 2006-07                    | 8,694.25                       |
|        2 | 2007-08                    | 12,661.22                      |
|        3 | 2008-09                    | 30,000.19                      |
|        4 | 2009-10                    | 33,539.38                      |
|        5 | 2010-11                    | 35,841.49                      |
|        6 | 2011-12                    | 29,215.05                      |
|        7 | 2012-13                    | 30,274.69                      |
|        8 | 2013-14                    | 32,994.12                      |
|        9 | 2014-15                    | 32,977.43                      |
|       10 | 2015-16                    | 37,340.72                      |
|       11 | 2016-17                    | 48,219.05                      |
|       12 | 2017-18                    | 55,166.06                      |
|       13 | 2018-19                    | 61,829.5 5                     |
|       14 | 2019-20                    | 71,687.71                      |
|       15 | 2020-21                    | 1,11,170.86                    |
|       16 | 2021-22                    | 98,467.85                      |
|       17 | 2022-23 (as on 13.07.2022) | 31,740.43                      |

Annexure-II referred to part (a) and  (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No.237for reply on 19.7.2022

The  Budget  allocation  for  implementation  of  major  Rural  Development  Programmes  in various States/UTs during the last two years and current year is given as under:

(Rs. in Crore)

|    | Central SponsoredSchemes                                |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 BE |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|  1 | Mahatma GandhiNational Rural Employment GuaranteeScheme | 111500    |  99117.5  |     73000    |
|  2 | National Rural LivelihoodMission- Aajeevika             |   9210.04 |  10813.9  |     13336.4  |
|  3 | Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Grameen                      |  19500    |  30057.2  |     20000    |
|  4 | Pradhan Mantri GramSadakYojana                          |  13706.2  |  14000    |     19000    |
|  5 | National Social AssistanceProgramme                     |  42617.2  |   8730    |      9652.31 |
|  6 | Shyama PrasadMukherjee RURBANMission                    |    372.33 |    153.69 |       550    |