Lok Sabha Question No. 4254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Beneficiaries of GKRA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai, Ganesan Selvam, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4254

ANSWERED ON 29/03/2022

## BENEFICIARIES OF GKRA

## 4254.   SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has achieved the objective for which Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was launched and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the  details  of  the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  of  the  GKRA  and  the  number  of migrant labourers trained, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the number of districts in different States covered under GKRA;
- (d) the number of mandays generated so far under GKRA;
- (e) whether any skill based training programme was also conducted under GKRA and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other 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 (d)  The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was launched on 20th June 2020, for a period of 125 days, with resource envelop of Rs. 50,000 Crore to boost employment and livelihood  opportunities  for  migrant  workers  returning  to  villages  and  similarly  affected citizens in rural area. The Abhiyaan adopted a multipronged strategy of providing immediate employment & livelihood opportunities to the distressed, to saturate the villages with public infrastructure and creation of livelihood assets to boost the income generation activities and enhance long term livelihood opportunities  by  giving  focus  on  25  works  (including  works under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme) in  116  selected districts across 6 States namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. 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.

No districts of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu were included in the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. The details of physical achievements/work done during the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is given at Annexure.

State-wise number of districts covered under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan is given as below:

| Sr. No.   | State          |   Number of Districts |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Bihar          |                    32 |
| 2         | Jharkhand      |                     3 |
| 3         | Madhya Pradesh |                    24 |
| 4         | Odisha         |                     4 |
| 5         | Rajasthan      |                    22 |
| 6         | Uttar Pradesh  |                    31 |
| Total     | Total          |                   116 |

(e)       Training  has  been  conducted  through  Krishi  Vigyan  Kendra  (KVK)  during  Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan. A total of 1,922 trainings were conducted and 68,136 candidates were trained.

(f)       There  are  two  skill  development  programme  for  rural  youth  under  DAY-NRLM, namely,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self Employment Training institutes (RSETIs). Both these programmes are aimed at increasing employability of rural youth, either for wage employment or self employment.

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.

The Ministry of Rural Development has launched the Rural Mason Training (RMT) program under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G)  to  address  the  issue  of insufficient  number  of  skilled  masons  for  construction  of  quality  PMAY-G  houses.  The initiative not only avails livelihood opportunities for the rural workforce but also contributes towards  the  availability  of  a  skilled  workforce  for  the  construction  of  rural  infrastructure under different schemes. The MoRD has partnered with the Construction Skill Development Council  of  India  (CSDCI)  and  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  in  the implementation of the RMT program.

Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) under Skill India Mission for skill based training of the youth  across  the  country   (including  youth  belonging  to  rural  areas)  under  Short  Term Training (STT) courses and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Under PMKVY, STT is linked to  placement, while RPL does not mandate placements as it recognizes the existing skills of candidate.

At present, third phase of PMKVY i.e. PMKVY 3.0 is being implemented. PMKVY 3.0 is a demand driven scheme with bottom-up approach and District Skill Committees (DSCs) have been entrusted with the task of identifying local demand, based on which training has been arranged in the district which strengthens the local skill capability including in the rural areas. Also, Skill Hub Initiative has been launched under the PMKVY 3.0 wherein the focus is on the  introduction  of  skill  training  programmes  in  the  education  ecosystems.  The  initiative would consider the policy level synergy on integration of vocational education with general education as envisioned in the NEP 2020.

## Annexure referred to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4254 to be answered on 29.03.2022

The  details  of  physical  achievements/work  done  during  the  Garib  Kalyan  Rojgar Abhiyaan

| S. No.   | Scheme               | Activity/Work                           | Indicator                                            | Physical    |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | Scheme               | Activity/Work                           | Indicator                                            | Achievement |
| 1        | PMAY-G               | Rural Housing (PMAY- Gramin)            | Houses Completion (in Nos.)                          | 4,81,210    |
| 1        | PMAY-G               | Rural Housing (PMAY- Gramin)            | Houses sanctioned (In Nos.)                          | 7,70,522    |
| 2        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Anganwadi Centres                       | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 3607        |
| 3        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Cattle Shed                             | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 45,071      |
| 4        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Construction of Wells                   | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 16,399      |
| 5        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Farm Ponds                              | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 34,005      |
| 6        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Goat Shed                               | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 9,980       |
| 7        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Horticulture                            | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 14,361      |
| 8        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Poultry Shed                            | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 2,854       |
| 9        | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Solid &Liquid Waste Management works    | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 25,645      |
| 10       | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Plantation works                        | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 60,048      |
| 11       | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Vermicomposting                         | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 4,848       |
| 12       | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Water Conservation& Harvesting works    | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 15,9697     |
| 13       | Mahatma Gandhi NREGA | Total Works (Including Other works)     | (In Nos. of works)                                   | 10,82310    |
| 14       | PMGSY                | Rural Connectivity (PMGSY) Works        | No. of Ongoing Works                                 | 1,734       |
| 15       | SPMRM                | Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission | Total Works Completion (In Nos.)                     | 13,494      |
| 16       | GP Bhawan            | Gram Panchayat Bhawan                   | GP Bhawans constructed (In Nos.)                     | 1347        |
| 17       | SBM-G (ODF+)         | Community Sanitary Complexes            | CSCs constructed (In Nos.)                           | 23,010      |
| 18       | Jal Jeevan Mission   | Works under Jal Jeevan Mission          | No. of Villages where water works Taken up (In Nos.) | 17,240      |

|   19 | CAMPA       | Plantation (Including CAMPA Funds)          | Afforestation work Area (in Ha)              | 73,306.68   |
|------|-------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------|
|   20 | DMF         | Works through District Mineral Fund         | Total Projects Ongoing / Sanctioned (In No.) | 7,583       |
|   21 | PM KUSUM    | PM KUSUM Works                              | Pump Installed (In Nos.)                     | 4,713       |
|   22 | Bharat Mala | National Highway Works                      | Length (In Km) of ongoing works              | 778.05      |
|   23 | Railway     | Railway works                               | No. of ongoing works                         | 170         |
|   24 | BharatNet   | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | Laying of Optical Fiber Cable (in Km)        | 9,577.89    |
|   24 | BharatNet   | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | GPs Made Live (Nos.)                         | 2,448       |
|   24 | BharatNet   | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | WiFi Hot Spot Connections (Nos.)             | 19,341      |
|   24 | BharatNet   | Laying of Fiber Optic Cable under BharatNet | FTTH Connections (Nos.)                      | 29,720      |

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