Lok Sabha Question No. 2596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Assessment of PMJVK
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2596

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## ASSESSMENT OF PMJVK

## 2596 . SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  impact  of  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas Karyakram  (PMJVK)  and  the  erstwhile  Multi-Sectoral  Development  Programme  in Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received the detailed perspective plan for the 15th Finance Commission for the implementation of the PMJVK from Kerala;
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the specific goals for Kerala;
- (e) the measures being taken to improve the process of project selection and approval;
- (f) the details of the projects recommended by the Kerala State Level Committee during the last three years and the current year, district-wise; and
- (g) the details of the completed and pending projects along with the projects that have been not started under PMJVK in Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  & (b) The Government implements various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every strata,  including minorities, specially  the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections of the society, through various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry  of  Textiles,  Ministry  of  Culture,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  and Ministry  of  Rural  Development.  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  specifically  implements  various schemes  across  the  country  for  socio-economic  and  educational  empowerment  of  the  six  (6) centrally notified minority communities.

The  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  was  restructured  and  implemented  with effect  from May, 2018, so as to reduce gaps, if any, in the socio-economic parameters in 1300 identified areas of the country. An evaluation study of PMJVK conducted by the NITI Aayog in the year 2020-2021, observed that the scheme was helpful in bridging the development deficit in the identified areas of the country and had contributed in up-gradation of school infrastructure, providing  additional  classrooms,  new  hostels,  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs),  Primary Health Centres  (PHCs), Industrial  Training Institutes  (ITIs),  polytechnics,  skill training  centres, etc.  The  restructuring  of  the  programme  in  the  year  2018-19  has  brought  in  significant improvement with a greater focus on women-centric projects. It was, inter alia, recommended by the  NITI  Aayog  to  increase  coverage  of  the  scheme,  to  ensure  that  projects  should  reach  the minority communities across all States/ UTs.

District-wise impact assessment of the scheme has not been conducted by the Ministry.

(c) & (d)   The perspective plan for implementation of PMJVK scheme during the 15 th Finance Commission has not been received from the State Government of Kerala.

- (e)  The proposals under PMJVK are recommended by the State Level Committee (SLC) headed by  the  Chief  Secretary  of  the  respective  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  based  on  demand  for infrastructure development in the identified areas. The proposals recommended by the SLC are considered and approved by the Empowered Committee (EC) of PMJVK in the Ministry after due consultation with the concerned Central Ministries. Projects under PMJVK are implemented and managed by the concerned State/ UT  Government.   Detailed guidelines on  long term plan and annual formulation by the States/ UTs under PMJVK, preparation of project reports and priority sectors, etc have been included in the revised guidelines of PMJVK. Under revised guidelines, the SLC is required to certify the location of the project being in a minority area, no duplication of the proposed project with any other schemes of the Central or State Government/ UT Administration and  also  to  ensure  that  the  recurring  expenditure/  maintenance  cost  would  be  borne  by  the concerned Department, and that on completion of the infrastructure it would immediately be made functional.  While submitting the proposals, the State/UT is also required to prioritise the projects to be undertaken in a financial year. The entire process of proposal submission by the States has been  digitised  and  the  PMJVK  Portal  has  been  upgraded  as  per  the  revised  guidelines  for submission of consolidated annual plan proposals by the States/ UTs.

(f)   The details of projects considered and approved by the EC for the State of Kerala is given in the Minutes of EC which can be accessed on the website of the Ministry www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

(g)     In Wayanad District of Kerala, 297 infrastructure projects/ units have been approved under PMJVK.  As  per  the  information  submitted  by  the  State  Government  from  time  to  time,  295 projects/ units have been completed and 2 projects/ units have not started.

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