Lok Sabha Question No. 3129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: World Inequality Report-2022
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3129

ANSWERED ON 22/03/2022

## WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT-2022

## 3129.   SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether steps have been taken to prevent rural indebtedness and unemployment in light of the growing economic inequality between the urban and the rural segments of country's population as per the World Inequality Report-2022; and
- (b) 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) To  bring  about  sustainable and  inclusive growth  of  rural India and  correct the developmental  imbalances,  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  through  its  multi-pronged strategy strives to address rural poverty and improve the economic well-being of the people in rural areas with the main focus on increasing livelihood opportunities, empowering rural women, providing social safety net, skilling of rural  youth, infrastructure development etc. through  its  programmes  viz.  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)  and  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  National RuRBAN  Mission(SPMRM).  This  is  in  addition  to  schemes  being  implemented  by  the domain Ministries of the Government.
- (b)  The  details  of  the  above  mentioned  Schemes  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development are given below:
- i. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Since FY 2018-19, a total of 1026.24 crore person days have been generated so far.
- ii. Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM) was launched in June, 2011 with the objective to organize the rural poor women into Self Help  Groups  (SHGs),  to  continuously  nurture  and  support  them  till  they attain appreciable increase in incomes over a period of time and improve their quality of life and come out of abject poverty. The core financial support under the programme is the

Revolving  Fund  (RF)  and  Community  Investment  Fund  (CIF)  provided  to  SHGs  and their  Federations  to  facilitate  their  livelihood  activities.  DAY-NRLM  also  has  a provision for Interest Subvention to women SHGs to avail loans upto Rs. 3.00 lakh from banks at an interest rate of 7% per annum. In select 250 backward districts, an additional subvention is given to reduce the interest rate to 4% if the loan is repaid on time. Since FY 2018-19, a total number of 339.22 lakh households have been mobilized, 31.54 lakh SHGs promoted, a total amount of Rs. 306007.2 crore of Bank loan has been disbursed to SHGs and a total expenditure of Rs. 23615.02 crore has been incurred under NRLM.

- iii. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) are two skill development programmes for rural  poor  youth  under  DAY-NRLM.  Both  these  schemes  are  aimed  at  increasing employability  of  rural  poor  youth  either  for  wage  or  self-employment.  Since  the  FY 2018-19,  a  total  of  564037  candidates  have  been  trained  and  361206  candidates  have been  placed  under  DDU-GKY  and  under  RESTI,  a  total  of  1317798  candidates  have been trained and 966971 candidates have been settled.
- iv. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a social welfare programme for the aged, widows, disabled and in the cases of death of the primary breadwinner belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) Households. Since FY 2018-19, a total expenditure of Rs 32253.41 Cr. has been incurred under NSAP.
- v. Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Grameen  (PMAY-G) is  a  flagship  scheme  of  the Ministry  that  aims  to  provide  assistance  for  construction  of  pucca  house  to  all  rural houseless  households  and  households  living  in  kutcha  and  dilapidated  houses.  To achieve the objective of 'Housing For All', a total target of 2.95 crore households is set under PMAY-G. Since its inception, a total number of 1.75 crore houses has been built under the scheme.
- vi. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in the year 2000 as a measure  towards  alleviation  of  poverty  in  rural  areas  by  providing  all-weather  road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas. Since inception (till 15 th March, 2022) 7,82,850 km road length has been sanctioned and 6,95,351 km road length has been constructed.
- vii. Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) is  a  programme,  designed  to deliver  catalytic  interventions  to  rural  areas  experiencing  rapid  growth.  The  main objectives  of  SPMRM  are  to  stimulate  local  economic  development,  enhance  basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters. Clusters are developed by provisioning of basic, economic, social and digital infrastructure facilities covering 21 components  under  the  Mission.  Since  its  inception,  299  clusters  have  been  approved under  SPMRM  against  a  target  of  300  as  on  today  and  a  total  expenditure  of  Rs. 16265.95  crore  (Rs.13600.41  under  Convergence  Expenditure  and  Rs.  2665.54  crore under Critical Gap Fund (CGF)) has been incurred.

Since FY 2018-19, an overall expenditure of Rs.559932.16 crore (up to February, 2022) has been incurred under various schemes of the Department of Rural Development.