Lok Sabha Question No. 3476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Influx of Migrant Workers in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Abhishek Banerjee

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3476 ANSWERED ON 10/08/2021

## INFLUX OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN RURAL AREAS

## 3476.   SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any targeted plan to address the influx of migrant workers in rural areas;
- (b) whether there are any steps being taken by the Government to increase employment creation in the rural areas to stop migration; and
- (c) the details of budget disbursed for the same so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (c): Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme, which provides for at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual  work.  During  previous  financial  year 2020-21, 11.19 crore persons were provided employment and more than 389.23 crore person-days were generated. In current financial year 2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021), 7.01 crore persons have been provided  employment  and  more  than  146.71  crore  person-days  have  been  generated  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. During the financial year 2020-21, an amount Rs. 1, 11, 170.86 crore has been released and an amount of Rs. 46,705.24 crore has been released in current financial year 2021-22 (as on 06.08.2021) for the implementation of programme.

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) aims to provide financial assistance to eligible  rural  households  for  construction  of  2.95  Crore  Pucca  houses  with  basic  amenities  to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All'. Efforts taken under PMAY-G during COVID are as under:

- a. Focus on completion of those PMAY-G houses where the beneficiaries have received 2 nd and 3 rd installment.
- b. Utilise the lockdown period to upload on a campaign mode details of physically completed houses on AwaasSoft.
- c. Maximum sanctions to beneficiaries be issued against the 2020-21 targets.
- d. States/UTs advised to take up Rural Mason Training in a long way and that training can be conducted under  the  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  mode.  As  on  26 th July  2021, 1,24,382 rural masons have been trained and certified under this program. As reported by the  States/UTs  on  Awaassoft  a  total  of  2,00,35,679  houses  have  been  sanctioned  & 1,52,37,962 houses have been completed. Since inception of PMAY-G a total of 13,30,198 IAY Houses have been reported completed  and an  expenditure  of  Rs.  2,461.71  crore  is

made under IAY during PMAY-G period. In the current FY 2021-22, 14,19,031 PMAY-G houses and 45,813 IAY houses have been completed.

Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  was  launched  in  the  year  2000  as  a measure towards alleviation of poverty in rural areas to provide connectivity, by way of an allweather road with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures, which is operable throughout the year, to eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas. In the year 2019, Government launched PMGSY-III for consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations,  inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.  Since  inception  till  6 th August  2021,  a  total  of  7,67,770  km  road  length  has  been sanctioned,   out  of  which  6,71,355  km  road  length  has  been  completed.  Moreover,  over  99% habitations have been provided connectivity under the scheme.

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission, (SPMRM) is a unique programme, designed to deliver catalytic interventions to rural areas on the threshold of growth. 300 Rurban Clusters with thematic economic growth points, are being developed across the country under this Mission. The Ministry had issued an advisory to the States/UTs regarding modification in existing projects/works  proposed  in  DPR  of  cluster  due  to  Covid-19  pandemic  and  to  include  more economic activities  in  order  to  reboot  the  rural  economy.  Cluster  wise  consultations  have  been convened with PRI members, SHG representatives as well as State and district functionaries to identify issues and suggestions with respect to further improving the on-ground implementation of the Mission.

There  are  two  skill  development  programmes  for  rural  youth  namely,  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  and  Rural  Self  Employment  Training Institutes  (RSETIs)  for  increasing  employability  of  rural  youth  either  through  wage  or  selfemployment.  After  unlock  orders  and  opening  of  training  centres,  under  DDU-GKY  a  total  of 33,716 candidates have been trained and 49,528 candidates have been placed in jobs during the financial  year  2020-21.  Under  RSETI,  a  total  of  2,55,141  candidates  have  been  trained  and 1,85,235 candidates have been settled during the Financial Year 2020-21.

Further,  under  DDU-GKY,  during  current  financial  year  (upto  June,  2021),  2,691 candidates  have  been  trained  and  11,015  candidates  have  been  placed.    Under  RSETI,  during current  Financial  year  (upto  June,  2021),  13,319  candidates  have  been  trained  and  19,751 candidates have been settled.

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA): In order to boost employment opportunity in the wake  of  COVID  lockdown,  Government  of  India  had  launched  a  campaign  known  as  Garib Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyaan  (GKRA)  of  125  days  on  20 th June,  2020  to  boost  employment  and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers and similarly affected citizens in rural areas, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the Abhiyaan were to provide 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 NREGS) in 116 selected districts across 6 States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A  total of 12 Ministries/Departments of Government  of  India  has  participated  in  the  Abhiyaan.  A  total  of  50.78  crore  person-days employment has been generated during the Abhiyaan with a total expenditure of Rs. 39,293 crore.

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