Lok Sabha Question No. 1484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-28
Subject: Wayanad District Action Plan
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1484

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2021

## WAYANAD DISTRICT ACTION PLAN

## 1484. SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  programmes  are  being  implemented  to  capitalize  on  the opportunities identified in the Wayanad district action plan in the agriculture and animal husbandry sector under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP);
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  improving  access  to  crop  insurance  and  microirrigation facilities;
- (c) the  initiatives/programmes being undertaken to improve financial inclusion and skill development  in  Wayanad  district  under  the  ADP  especially  regarding  financial literacy;
- (d) the  measures  being  taken  to  facilitate  access  to  credit  for  micro  entrepreneurs, especially in rural agrientrepreneurs in Wayanad district;
- (e) details  of  the  performance  of  Wayanad  district  in  improving  financial  inclusion  and skill development since March 2020;
- (f) whether an appraisal of the ADP has been conducted by an independent agency; and
- (g) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  key  recommendations  to  address  gaps  in  the programme implementation?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) One  of  the  important  roles  of  district  planning  is  to  strategize  the  efforts  for development by identifying gaps, setting targets after taking into account the resource availability by suitably converging  the Schemes  of  the  Central and  the State Governments and to monitor the progress in achieving the identified targets. Therefore, the launch of the Aspirational Districts Programme was accompanied by preparation of District  Action  Plans  (DAPs)  for  Aspirational  Districts  by  the  respective  District Magistrates/  Collectors.  While  the  onus  of  implementing  the  vision  of  the  DAPs

primarily  rests  with  the  implementing  agency  i.e.  the  District  Administration,  NITI Aayog has created the 'Champions of Change' dashboard for monitoring the real-time progress of districts  on 49  Key  Performance Indicators (KPIs). The dashboard helps the District Magistrates/Collectors to keep track of the performance of their district on each selected KPI and therefore, encourages the district to implement the programmes and proposals incorporated in the DAP. At the same time, NITI Aayog also rewards the  best  performing  districts  in  each  sector,  including  in  Agriculture  &  Water Resources,  on  a  monthly  basis  to  incentivize  them  to  keep  improving  their  districts performance on each KPI.

As per the data  of  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  and  Dairying,  in  2020-21,  the Peste  des  Petits  Ruminants  (PPR)  vaccination  of  25,000  sheep  and  goats  has  been successfully completed as against the target of 45,588 in Wayanad district. Similarly, the  Foot  &  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  vaccination  of  67,846  bovines  have  been successfully completed as against the target of 84,104 in Wayanad district, under the National Animal Disease Control Programme.

- (b) With respect to micro-irrigation, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare  (DAC&FW)  is  implementing  Per  Drop  More  Crop  component  of  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY- PDMC) which is operational in the country including Kerala from 2015-16. The PMKSY- PDMC focuses on enhancing water use efficiency  at  farm  level  through  Micro  Irrigation  viz  Drip  and  Sprinkler  Irrigation System.  The  details  of  Central  Assistance  released  and  area  covered  under  Micro Irrigation from 2015-16 to 2020-21 under PMKSY- PDMC in the State of Kerala and Wayanad district is attached as Annexure - I.
- (c) &  (d) Targeted Financial Inclusion Intervention Programme  (TFIIP) is being implemented in Wayanad district under the Aspirational Districts Programme. The key objective  of  the  ongoing  programme  is  to  achieve  100%  targets  before  the  end  of September 2021 as under:
- i. Ensuring availability of at least one banking touch-point (branch / BC kiosk) within 5 kms of every inhabited village in the district
- ii. Enhancing  coverage  under  identified  KPIs  for  financial  inclusion  in  camp/  mission mode to reach 100% of the benchmark level for Aspirational Districts in January 2020. These  KPIs  relate  to  number  of  banks  accounts  (CASA)  and  enrolments  under  the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

In  order  to  give  fillip  to  activities  under  the  Programme,  the  following  3-tier implementation and monitoring structure has been established:

- i. National Level Steering Committee (NLSC)
- ii. State Level Implementation Committee (SLIC)
- iii. District Level Implementation Committee (DLIC)

For  implementing  the  programme,  district  administration  is  organizing  camps  and outreach  programme  in  order  to  achieve  the  targets  within  the  stipulated  time.  For effective implementation of TFIIP in 112 Aspirational Districts, Senior Officers from Public Sector Banks have been nominated as Nodal officers. Monthly progress under the  Programme  is  being  shared  by  DFS  with  all  112  Districts,  including  Wayanad district. The details of specific inputs received from SBLC, Kerala and from Mission Office (Banks), DFS are attached as Annexure II.

The details of the initiatives/programmes being undertaken to improve skill development in Wayanad district are attached as Annexure III.

- (e) Wayanad district has shown improvement of 23.17% in the Financial Inclusion & Skill Development  sector  since  the  inception  of  the  Programme.  The  district  theme composite  score  of  Wayanad  for  Financial  Inclusion  and  Skill  Development  sector, across different months, is as follows:

| Financial Inclusion and Skill Development   | Financial Inclusion and Skill Development   |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Month                                       | District Theme Composite Score              |
| Feb-20                                      | 38.0                                        |
| Jun-20                                      | 29.4                                        |
| Feb-21                                      | 27.8                                        |

The fall in the thematic composite score of Wayanad district in Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, post February 2020, is representative of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic as the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) were not operational during the lockdown  measures  and  thus,  have  adversely  affected  the  KPIs  relating  to  fresh enrolments  and  training  of  those  already  enrolled.  Once  the  impact  of  pandemic lessens, the progress of the district in key parameters of financial inclusion is likely to improve.

- (f) Yes, two independent assessments of the Aspirational Districts Programme have been done  in  the  last  one  year.  Firstly,  a  study  by  Social  Progress  Imperative,  under  the supervision of Prof. Michael Porter (Harvard Business School) and Prof. Scott Stern (MIT Sloan) was launched in August 2020 which is publicly available on the weblink: https://socialprogress.blog/an-assessment-of-the-aspirational-districts-programme/

More  recently,  in  June  2021,  United  Nations  Development  Program  (UNDP)  also conducted a detailed appraisal of the Programme which recommends the replication of ADP in other developing countries. The Appraisal Report is also publicly available on the weblink:

https://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/library/poverty/Aspirational\_District\_ Programme\_Appraisal.html

- (g) Both reports have made some recommendations and provided constructive feedback to further  improve  the  Programme.  While  the  detailed  recommendations  may  be  read directly for the respective reports, some of the key recommendations are as below.

The report by Social Progress Imperative recommends that the third-party survey and data  collection  mechanism  could  be  further  streamlined  by  grouping  of  indicators which are heavily co-related  and  by  adjusting  the  frequency  of  data  collection  from monthly  to  quarterly  or  yearly,  depending  upon  the  time  taken  by  the  indicators  to show  any  significant  change.  The  report  also  encourages  the  respective  District Administrations  to  regularly  update  their  Action  Plans  as  per  their  performance  on various KPIs and also replicate the emerging best practices from other districts, with suitable  modifications,  as  per  the  need  of  the  district.  With  respect  to  the  role  of development  partners,  the  report  recommends  that  the  partners  should  define  their areas of operation based on their length and intensity of their engagement, such that all Aspirational Districts benefit from their presence on the ground. Lastly, the report also recommends that young professionals should be engaged to work directly at the local level with the district administration and development partners.

The  UNDP  Appraisal  Report  also  makes  a  number  of  key  recommendations  for dealing with the existing challenges in the Programme.  Firstly, to make  the competition between the districts fairer, districts should be grouped together based on their  common  characteristics  and  supported  accordingly.  Further,  the  KPIs  of  the Programme  should  be  revised  periodically  to  removed  indicators  which  are  nearing saturation and replacing them with new areas that need to be prioritized. Thirdly, the UNDP Report too recommends that dedicated personnel like the Aspirational Districts Fellows  need  to  be  deployed  in  all  Aspirational  Districts  to  bring  in  additional accountability and ownership for the Programme. Lastly, the report also recommends inclusion of new sectors in the Programme, such as environment and gender, as they are essential for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth.

## Central Assistance released and area covered under Micro Irrigation from 2015-16 to 2020-21 under PMKSY- PDMC in the State of Kerala and Wayanad District

## (Rs. in crore; Area in Hectare)

| Year                                                    |   2015- 16 | 2016-17   |   2017-18 | 2018- 19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | Total   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Central Assistance released                             |       8.53 | -         |        25 | 4.00       | -         |         5 | 42.53   |
| Total Area covered under Micro Irrigation*              |     561    | 310       |       358 | 965        | 583       |       389 | 3166*   |
| Area covered under Micro Irrigation in Wayanad District |     180    | 13        |         8 | -          | -         |         3 | 204     |

2021-22: Allocation is Rs. 10.00 crore (Central Assistance) for State of Kerala.

## i. Initiatives being undertaken to improve Financial Inclusion in Wayanad District (Period from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021)

| No. of Financial Literacy Camps (FLC) conducted   | No. of Financial Literacy Camps (FLC) conducted   | No. of Financial Literacy Camps (FLC) conducted   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Credit Deposit Ratio                              | No. of FLC                                        | No. of FLCs conducted by FL Camps                 |
| 122                                               | 5                                                 | 145                                               |

| Rural Self Employment Training Institutes - Training Programme conducted in Wayanad District during 2020-21   | Rural Self Employment Training Institutes - Training Programme conducted in Wayanad District during 2020-21   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No. of Programme                                                                                              | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                                            | 300                                                                                                           |

## ii. Credit Disbursement Details - Access to credit for Micro-enterprises and Agriculturalist (Amount in Rs. crores)

| Credit Disbursed to Agriculture   | Credit Disbursed to Agriculture   | Credit Disbursed to MSME   | Credit Disbursed to MSME   | Credit disbursed to Weaker Sections   | Credit disbursed to Weaker Sections   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Account                           | Amount                            | Account                    | Amount                     | Account                               | Amount                                |
| 339527                            | 3641                              | 13848                      | 691                        | 195846                                | 3263                                  |

| No. of Banking Outlets     | No. of Banking Outlets                 |                       |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Manned by Banks' own Staff | Banned by Banking Correspondents (BCs) | No. of PMJDY Accounts |
| 207                        | 31                                     | 15129                 |

## iii. Flagship Schemes data as on 16.07.2021of Wayanad district

| PMJDY           | PMJDY    | PMJJBY Enrol- ments   | PMSBY Enrol- ments   | APY Subs- cribers   | MUDRA (2020-21)   | MUDRA (2020-21)   | MUDRA (2020-21)   | Stand-up India   | Stand-up India    | Stand-up India   |
|-----------------|----------|-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| No. of Accounts | Deposits | PMJJBY Enrol- ments   | PMSBY Enrol- ments   | APY Subs- cribers   | No. of A/cs       | Amount Sanctioned | Amount Disbursed  | No. of A/cs      | Amount Sanctioned | Amount Disbursed |
| 1,25,316        | 51.32    | 32,137                | 1,31,183             | 14,66 5             | 39,213            | 137.84            | 137.18            | 61               | 9.90              | 7.67             |

## Programmes being undertaken to improve skill development in Wayanad district

## 1. Status under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY):

- (a) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) centre details in Wayanad, Kerala
- (b) Training details in Wayanad, Kerala (as on 10.07.2021):
- (c) The year-wise training details of PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0 (as on 10.7.2021)
2. Status  of  Industrial  Training  Institutes: There  are  total  of  7  ITIs  in  Wayanad,  out  of which 3 are Government ITI and 4 are Private ITI with a combined capacity of 800.
3. Sankalp  Project :  A  sum  of  Rs.10  lakh  was  released  to  the  District  Skill  Committee  of Wayanad  under  SANKALP  project  to  develop  District  Skill  Development  Plans  by conducting Skill Gaps Studies and other measures and support the implementation of the identified measures.
4. Apprenticeship: There are 25 establishments registered in Wayanad district for apprenticeship and 06 (six) apprentices are undergoing training.

|   S.No. | Training Partner            | Parliamentary Constituency   |   Year of Allocation | Status as on June 30th, 2021   |
|---------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | JITM Skills Private Limited | Wayanad                      |                 2019 | Centre Established             |

| State   | District   | Scheme    | PMKK   | Enrolled   | Trained   | Assessed   | Certified   |   Reported Placed |
|---------|------------|-----------|--------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|-------------------|
| Kerala  | Wayanad    | PMKVY 2.0 | No     | 2,730      | 2,617     | 2,084      | 1,851       |               327 |
| Kerala  | Wayanad    | PMKVY 2.0 | Yes    | 345        | 180       | 176        | 160         |                 0 |
| Kerala  | Wayanad    | PMKVY 3.0 | No     | 140        | 60        | 58         | 0           |                 0 |
| Kerala  | Wayanad    | PMKVY 3.0 | Yes    | 120        | 0         | 0          | 0           |                 0 |
| Total   |            |           |        | 3,335*     | 2,857     | 2,318      | 2,011       |               327 |

| State   | District   | FY       | Enrolled   | Trained   | Assessed   | Certified   |   Reported Placed |
|---------|------------|----------|------------|-----------|------------|-------------|-------------------|
| Kerala  | Wayanad    | FY-16-17 | 180        | 0         | 0          | 0           |                 0 |
| Kerala  |            | FY-17-18 | 520        | 550       | 417        | 394         |               148 |
| Kerala  |            | FY-18-19 | 152        | 209       | 254        | 189         |               148 |
| Kerala  |            | FY-19-20 | 2,223      | 1,112     | 1,052      | 638         |                24 |
| Kerala  |            | FY-20-21 | 240        | 903       | 469        | 729         |                 7 |
| Kerala  |            | FY-21-22 | 20         | 83        | 126        | 61          |                 0 |
| Total   |            |          | 3,335*     | 2,857     | 2,318      | 2,011       |               327 |

5. Indicators of Aspirational Districts: The performance of Wayanad on the major indicators of Aspirational Districts of key skill development schemes of PMKVY, DDUGKY, NULM, are as under:

| District Name   | Indicator                                                                                      | Number   |
|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Wayanad         | Total cumulative number of youth certified in short term training schemes till May 2021        | 3704*    |
| Wayanad         | Total cumulative number of youth placed in short term training schemes till May 2021           | 1698     |
| Wayanad         | Total cumulative registered under apprenticeship till May 2021                                 | 1065     |
| Wayanad         | Total cumulative number of people certified under Recognition of Prior Learning as on May 2021 | 0        |

Note: The figure 3,335 (The cumulative figure for enrolled beneficiaries under PMKVY) and the figure 3,704 (the cumulative figure of certified beneficiaries under key skill development schemes of the Government of India including PMKVY of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, DDUGKY of Ministry of Rural Development, and NULM of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) have different components, especially since the latter figure pertains to skilled persons in the age-group 15-29 years whereas the former pertains to all age groups.

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