Lok Sabha Question No. 363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Progress of DISHA Initiatives
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 363

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## PROGRESS OF DISHA INITIATIVES

## 363. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

## SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the progress of the DISHA initiative since its initiation, State-wise;
- (b) the progress of schemes in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh after introduction of DISHA;
- (c) the  details  of  meetings  of  the  DISHA  Committee  headed  by  public  representatives during the last three years;
- (d) the details of discrepancy, if any, found out in such meetings and the details of action taken in this regard; and
- (e) whether meeting count and minutes are regularly updated on portal, 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)  &  (c)  The  District  Development  Coordination  and  Monitoring  Committee  (DISHA) functions  both  at  State/  Union  Territory  (UT)  and  district  levels.  At  present,  district-level DISHA Committees have been constituted in 711 districts in the country, while as reported by  the  States/  UTs,  the  State/  UT-level  DISHA  Committees  have  been  constituted  in  ten States/ UTs. The details are enclosed in Annexure -I .
- (b)  The  DISHA  was  constituted  in  June  2016  and  meetings  of  the  Committees  have  an important role in the effective implementation of various schemes of the Government of India across the States and Union Territories (UTs), including Rajasthan and  Uttar Pradesh. The comparative progress of schemes implemented by the Department of Rural Development in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh after introduction of DISHA under major performance indicators during the last four years is given as below:
- (d)   As  per  DISHA  guidelines,  the  Action  Taken  Report (ATR)  on  recommendations  of previous meeting should be the first agenda item of next meeting. Any discrepancies pointed out in DISHA Committee meeting are addressed in the ATRs. Further, the District authorities upload  the  minutes  of  the  meetings  held  on  the  designated  web  portal  provided  by  the Ministry of Rural Development ( https://dashboard.rural.nic.in/disha/vigi\_home.aspx ).
- (e)   The District authorities upload the information on the number of meetings held and the minutes of those meetings on the designated web portal. The details of meetings count and minutes uploaded on the portal for the year 2021-22 are enclosed at Annexure-II .

| Schemes                                                                             | Rajasthan   | Rajasthan   | Uttar Pradesh   | Uttar Pradesh   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                                                                                     | 2018-19     | 2021-22     | 2018-19         | 2021-22         |
| Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS )                | 2,942.46    | 4,243.02    | 2,121.24        | 3,258.88        |
| Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) (cumulative number of houses completed) | 6,44,430    | 12,68,021   | 12,43,618       | 25,50,162       |
| Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana                                                    | 67,116      | 72,313      | 56,002          | 60,062          |

| (PMGSY) (cumulative road length completed: in kms)                                                                                       |           |           |           |           |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY ) (cumulative number of candidates trained)                                        | 49,095    | 64,687    | 98,825    | 1,25,341  |
| Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) (number of households mobilized into Self- Help Groups-SHGs) | 2,43,027  | 4,70,176  | 6,18,398  | 18,59,308 |
| National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) (number of beneficiaries)                                                                    | 10,28,282 | 11,68,697 | 53,44,371 | 54,85,153 |

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Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) and (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 363 to be answered on 19.07.2022.

|                          | No. of DISHA   | No. of state-level DISHA meetings since inception   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   | No. of district-level DISHA meetings held   |
|--------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| State/ UTs               | District       |                                                     | 2017- 18                                    | 2018 - 19                                   | 2019 - 20                                   | 2020 - 21                                   | 2021 - 22                                   | 2022 - 23                                   |
| A&N Islands              | 3              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 1                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 13             | 0                                                   | 5                                           | 5                                           | 9                                           | 4                                           | 10                                          | 1                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 25             | 0                                                   | 8                                           | 9                                           | 15                                          | 1                                           | 6                                           | 11                                          |
| Assam                    | 33             | 0                                                   | 33                                          | 29                                          | 26                                          | 20                                          | 37                                          | 15                                          |
| Bihar                    | 38             | 0                                                   | 19                                          | 13                                          | 8                                           | 26                                          | 16                                          | 27                                          |
| Chandigargh              | 1              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 1                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| Chhattisgargh*           | 27             | 1                                                   | 0                                           | 41                                          | 19                                          | 40                                          | 48                                          | 16                                          |
| D&N Haveli               | 1              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 1                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| Daman &Diu*              | 2              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 2                                           | 0                                           | 1                                           | 0                                           | 1                                           |
| Goa                      | 2              | 0                                                   | 3                                           | 3                                           | 1                                           | 3                                           | 3                                           | 1                                           |
| Gujarat                  | 33             | 0                                                   | 46                                          | 53                                          | 43                                          | 46                                          | 61                                          | 16                                          |
| Haryana*                 | 22             | 4                                                   | 38                                          | 23                                          | 17                                          | 41                                          | 44                                          | 9                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh*        | 12             | 0                                                   | 13                                          | 6                                           | 5                                           | 18                                          | 10                                          | 4                                           |
| Jammu &Kashmir           | 20             | 0                                                   | 3                                           | 6                                           | 1                                           | 7                                           | 9                                           | 3                                           |
| Jharkhand                | 24             | 0                                                   | 50                                          | 33                                          | 13                                          | 19                                          | 25                                          | 8                                           |
| Karnataka*               | 30             | 0                                                   | 51                                          | 55                                          | 37                                          | 47                                          | 53                                          | 7                                           |
| Kerala*                  | 14             | 1                                                   | 43                                          | 47                                          | 24                                          | 26                                          | 39                                          | 11                                          |
| Ladakh                   | 2              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 1                                           |                                             |
| Lakshadweep              | 1              | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 51             | 0                                                   | 46                                          | 48                                          | 42                                          | 97                                          | 74                                          | 15                                          |
| Maharashtra              | 36             | 0                                                   | 54                                          | 29                                          | 18                                          | 24                                          | 19                                          | 3                                           |
| Manipur                  | 9              | 0                                                   | 3                                           | 1                                           | 3                                           | 1                                           | 0                                           | 5                                           |
| Meghalaya                | 7              | 0                                                   | 13                                          | 2                                           | 0                                           | 6                                           | 4                                           | 6                                           |
| Mizoram                  | 8              | 0                                                   | 23                                          | 14                                          | 1                                           | 6                                           | 12                                          | 7                                           |
| Nagaland                 | 11             | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 3                                           | 0                                           | 1                                           | 2                                           | 2                                           |
| Delhi                    | 11             | 0                                                   | 0                                           | 1                                           | 1                                           | 12                                          | 3                                           | 1                                           |
| Odisha                   | 30             | 0                                                   | 35                                          | 21                                          | 16                                          | 31                                          | 20                                          | 17                                          |
| Puducherry*              | 2              | 1                                                   | 1                                           | 1                                           | 2                                           | 2                                           | 4                                           | 0                                           |
| Punjab                   | 22             | 0                                                   | 21                                          | 15                                          | 7                                           | 16                                          | 9                                           | 4                                           |
| Rajasthan*               | 33             | 1                                                   | 56                                          | 31                                          | 12                                          | 28                                          | 44                                          | 22                                          |
| Sikkim                   | 4              | 0                                                   | 3                                           | 5                                           | 3                                           | 2                                           | 5                                           | 0                                           |
| Tamil Nadu*              | 37             | 1                                                   | 8                                           | 26                                          | 29                                          | 31                                          | 41                                          | 26                                          |
| Telangana                | 31             | 0                                                   | 17                                          | 12                                          | 8                                           | 28                                          | 14                                          | 5                                           |
| Tripura                  | 8              | 0                                                   | 6                                           | 5                                           | 6                                           | 3                                           | 7                                           | 4                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 75             | 0                                                   | 112                                         | 109                                         | 84                                          |                                             | 71                                          | 56                                          |
|                          | 13             | 1                                                   | 35                                          |                                             |                                             | 105                                         |                                             |                                             |
| Uttarakhand* West Bengal | 20             | 0                                                   | 3                                           | 30 3                                        | 13 0                                        | 21 0                                        | 17 0                                        | 13 0                                        |
| All India                | 711            | 10                                                  | 748                                         | 683                                         | 463                                         | 714                                         | 708                                         | 316                                         |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 363 to be answered on 19.07.2022.

|                     | 2021 - 22                     | 2021 - 22        |
|---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
| State               | Number of DISHA meetings held | Minutes uploaded |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 10                            | 6                |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 6                             | 2                |
| Assam               | 37                            | 27               |
| Bihar               | 16                            | 10               |
| Chandigarh          | 0                             | 0                |
| Chhattisgarh        | 48                            | 47               |
| Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 0                             | 0                |
| Daman &Diu          | 0                             | 0                |
| Goa                 | 3                             | 2                |
| Gujarat             | 61                            | 52               |
| Haryana             | 44                            |                  |
| Himachal            |                               | 41               |
| Pradesh             | 10                            | 9                |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 9                             | 7                |
| Jharkhand           | 25                            | 17               |
| Karnataka           | 53                            | 38               |
|                     | 1                             | 0                |
| Ladakh Lakshadweep  | 0                             | 0                |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 74                            | 58               |
| Maharashtra         | 19                            | 13               |
| Manipur             | 0                             | 0                |
| Meghalaya           | 4                             | 3                |
| Mizoram             | 12                            | 7                |
| Nagaland            | 2                             | 1                |
| Delhi               | 3                             | 2                |
| Odisha              | 20                            | 14               |
|                     | 4                             |                  |
| Puducherry          |                               | 4                |
| Punjab              | 9                             | 6                |
| Rajasthan           | 44                            | 39               |
| Sikkim              | 5                             | 3                |
| Tamil Nadu          | 41                            | 24               |
| Telangana           | 14                            | 6                |
| Tripura             | 7                             | 6                |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 71                            | 55               |
| Uttarakhand         | 17                            | 15               |
| West Bengal         | 0                             | 0                |
| All India           | 708                           | 547              |