Lok Sabha Question No. 3270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Achieving of Target for Self Help Group Members
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3270

ANSWERED ON 21/03/2023

## ACHIEVING OF TARGET FOR SELF HELP GROUP MEMBERS

## 3270.   SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government is well on its way to reach the target of 10 crore Self Help Group members by 2024 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also true that the number of members had now touched 9 crore as of now and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether it is also true that the Government had entered into agreements with an ecommerce platform for marketing of products made by Self Help Groups and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)   Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAYNRLM) is being implemented since 2011  with the objective of organizing the  rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs). The Mission aims to reach out to 10 crore women from rural households by Financial Year 2023-24. The Mission has mobilised 8.93 crore women from rural households into 82.61 lakh SHGs as on 28 th February, 2023. The Statewise details of  the households mobilised and Self Help Groups (SHGs)  formed are placed at Annexure.
- (c) Yes  Sir,  The  Ministry  has  entered  into   Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MOUs) with  various  e-commerce  platform  for  marketing  of  products  made  by  SHGs  under  DAYNRLM. The details of MOUs   are as below:
- i. The  Ministry  in  collaboration  with  Government  e-Marketplace  (GeM)  has  created 'SARAS Collection' as a Store Front at GeM e-Commerce portal for the marketing of SHGs products  to Government Departments .
- ii. The  Ministry  has  signed  MOUs   with   Flipkart  Internet  Pvt.  Ltd.,  Amazon  & Fashnear Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Meesho) for  marketing of SHGs products.
- iii. The Ministry  has also  signed MoU  with Patanjali  for collaboration in various fields including online marketing of SHGs products.

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## Annexure referred in part (a) & (b)of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question number 3270 to be answered on 21.03.2023

State-wise details  of  the households mobilised & Self  Help Groups (SHGs) formed under DAY-NRLM cumulatively

| Sl No   | State                      |   SHGs formed |   Households mobilised |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh             |        853122 |                8929363 |
| 2       | Assam                      |        332315 |                3707450 |
| 3       | Bihar                      |       1054925 |               12200889 |
| 4       | Chhatisgarh                |        253030 |                2727056 |
| 5       | Gujarat                    |        270672 |                2694386 |
| 6       | Jharkhand                  |        277850 |                3446912 |
| 7       | Karnataka                  |        252285 |                2989060 |
| 8       | Kerala                     |        254191 |                3644669 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh             |        427281 |                4797967 |
| 10      | Maharashtra                |        597697 |                5950619 |
| 11      | Odisha                     |        528056 |                5442834 |
| 12      | Rajasthan                  |        252952 |                2793620 |
| 13      | Tamil Nadu                 |        318137 |                3675989 |
| 14      | Telangana                  |        439019 |                4603338 |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh              |        693324 |                7265721 |
| 16      | West Bengal                |       1047555 |               10771352 |
| 17      | Haryana                    |         56053 |                 576813 |
| 18      | Himachal Pradesh           |         41775 |                 338103 |
| 19      | Jammu &Kashmir             |         77346 |                 620421 |
| 20      | Punjab                     |         39145 |                 393040 |
| 21      | Uttarakhand                |         54201 |                 403868 |
| 22      | Arunachal                  |          5849 |                  47848 |
| 23      | Manipur                    |          6442 |                  68186 |
| 24      | Meghalaya                  |         43656 |                 424208 |
| 25      | Mizoram                    |          9214 |                  73765 |
| 26      | Nagaland                   |         13487 |                 116365 |
| 27      | Sikim                      |          5441 |                  50779 |
| 28      | Tripura                    |         45357 |                 407996 |
| 29      | Andaman                    |          1128 |                  10997 |
| 30      | Goa                        |          3640 |                  46906 |
| 31      | Ladakh                     |           519 |                   4315 |
| 32      | Lakshadweep                |           325 |                   3704 |
| 33      | Puducherry                 |          4188 |                  53349 |
| 34      | Daman DIU and Nagar Haveli |           914 |                   9510 |
|         | Total:                     |       8261091 |               89291398 |