Lok Sabha Question No. 2596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: SVEP in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2596 ANSWERED ON 02/08/2022

## SVEP IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 2596.   SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of villages in Andhra Pradesh where the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) is being implemented, district-wise;
- (b) the details of beneficiaries under the programme along with the number of women beneficiaries during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Ministry has undertaken any study to review the functioning of the programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b) Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP)   is  implemented  in  eight blocks  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  Under  SVEP,  the  unit  of  implementation  is  block.  The  details regarding the villages and number of beneficiaries under the SVEP programme for last three years is at Annexure.
- (c) & (d) The mid-term review of the SVEP programme was conducted during 2018-19 by Quality Council of India (QCI). The key findings of the evaluation are:
- i. 82%  of  entrepreneurs  across  the  blocks  reported  being  from  SC,  ST  and  OBC categories.
- ii. 75% of the enterprises were owned and managed by women.
- iii. 57% of the total household income is through the enterprises promoted under SVEP.
- iv. Average  gross  income  of  the  entrepreneurs  is  higher  than  the  aspirational  income stated by them from the enterprise at the time of starting the enterprise.
- v. Around 96% of the entrepreneurs reported an enhancement in savings.
- vi. 70%  of  the  entrepreneurs  interviewed  reported  that  taking  loans  from  Community Enterprise Fund (CEF) was easy.

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## Annexure referred in reply of part (a) &(b) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2596 due for 02.08.2022

| N o.   | State          | District       | Block             | Total enter- prises suppo- rted   | No. of entrepre neurs covered under SVEP   | No. of Villages covered under SVEP   | No. of Women Entre- preneurs (2019-20)   | No. of Women Entre- preneurs (2020-21)   |   No. of Women Entre- preneurs (2021-22) |
|--------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor       | Kuppam            | 3176                              | 3176                                       | 161                                  | 407                                      | 1391                                     |                                      362 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor       | Srikala- hasti    | 1596                              | 1596                                       | 169                                  | 745                                      | 212                                      |                                        2 |
| 3      | Andhra Pradesh | Prakasam       | Markapur          | 2137                              | 2137                                       | 98                                   | 273                                      | 171                                      |                                      146 |
| 4      | Andhra Pradesh | Srika- kulam   | Narasanna peta    | 2096                              | 2096                                       | 96                                   | 245                                      | 103                                      |                                      100 |
| 5      | Andhra Pradesh | Srika- kulam   | Rajam             | 1957                              | 1957                                       | 80                                   | 208                                      | 93                                       |                                       12 |
| 6      | Andhra Pradesh | Vizia- nagaram | Cheepuru- palle   | 2413                              | 2413                                       | 209                                  | 587                                      | 639                                      |                                      177 |
| 7      | Andhra Pradesh | Vizia- nagaram | Srungavar apukota | 2388                              | 2388                                       | 225                                  | 620                                      | 742                                      |                                       11 |
| 8      | Andhra Pradesh | West Godavari  | Tanuku            | 1718                              | 1718                                       | 118                                  | 283                                      | 267                                      |                                       56 |
|        |                |                |                   | 17,481                            | 17,481                                     | 1,156                                | 3,368                                    | 3,618                                    |                                      866 |