Lok Sabha Question No. 2101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2101 ANSWERED ON 15/03/2022

## START-UP VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

## 2101.   SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of entrepreneurs of Self Help Groups provided loans from community development venture funds in compliance of the festival of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav including Maharashtra;
- (b) the number of people benefitted from the rural areas of Maharashtra under Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP);
- (c) whether the entrepreneurs of the tribal area of Maharashtra have been benefited from the said programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) During Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration, a total of 2614 entrepreneurs of Self Help  Groups  (SHG)   from 18  States  were  provided  loans  from  the  Community  Enterprise Fund  (CEF)  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  a  sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), in the week of 6 th to  12 th September, 2021. However, no enterprise was provided CEF during the week of 6 th to 12 th September, 2021  in Maharashtra.
- (b) to (d) SVEP is being implemented in eight blocks of Maharashtra. So far, a total of 4506 entrepreneurs have been supported. The details are as under:

| S.No.   | Name of Block   | District   | Number of Enterprises to be supported as per DPR   | Total Enterprises supported as on 31st January 2022   | Estimated employment generated   |
|---------|-----------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Barshi          | Solapur    | 2,068                                              | 2,378                                                 | 4,922                            |
| 2       | Bhokardan       | Jalna      | 2,400                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
| 3       | Jalna           | Jalna      | 2,200                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
| 4       | Kalamb          | Osmanabad  | 1,153                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
| 5       | Kelapur         | Yavatmal   | 1,045                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
| 6       | Mohol           | Solapur    | 2,128                                              | 2,128                                                 | 4,405                            |
| 7       | Palghar         | Palghar    | 1,623                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
| 8       | Shahapur        | Thane      | 1,779                                              | 0                                                     | 0                                |
|         | Total           | Total      | 14,396                                             | 4,506                                                 | 9,327                            |

It  may  be  mentioned  that  some  areas  of  the  Palghar  block  of  the  Palghar  District  and Shahapur block of the Thane District are notified Schedule V Areas.