Lok Sabha Question No. 2442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme(SVEP)
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Vijay Kumar Dubey

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2442

ANSWERED ON 03/08/2021

## START-UP VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME(SVEP)

2442.   SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of districts in the country including backward villages where the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) is being implemented;
- (b) whether the Government has been able to achieve the objective of helping rural poor to set up enterprises at village level;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (d) the details of beneficiaries/villages benefitted under the programme during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry is implementing the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), as a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM) since 2015-16. Under this programme, block is the unit of implementation. As on 30 th June, 2021, 183 project proposals have been approved across 29 States/Union Territories across the country. These projects cover 160 districts and 205 blocks. SVEP allows for more than one block to be combined under one project.
- (b)  &  (c)  Yes  sir.  A  mid-term  review  of  SVEP  was  carried  out  during  2018-19  by  Quality Council of  India  (QCI),  which  indicated  that  the  programme  was  able  to  meet  the  objectives. Some of the key findings were:
- i. 82%  of  entrepreneurs  across  the  blocks  reported  being  from  Scheduled  Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class categories.
- ii. 75% of the enterprises were owned and managed by women.
- iii. 57%  of  the  total  household  income  is  through  the  enterprises  promoted  under SVEP.
- iv. Average gross income of the entrepreneurs is higher than the aspirational income stated by them from the enterprise at the time of starting the enterprise.
- v. Around 96% of the entrepreneurs reported an enhancement in savings.
- vi. 70% of the entrepreneurs interviewed reported that taking loans from Community Enterprise Fund (CEF) was easy.
- (d) The number of enterprises supported in Blocks during the last three years and current year States/UT wise is provided at Annexure .

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Annexure- referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2442 to be answered on  03.08.2021 regarding 'Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme(SVEP)'.

## Number of Blocks where implementation has started and number of Enterprises formed

| S.N o   | States/UT         |   Enter- prises formed in no. of Blocks 2018-19 | Enter- prises forme d in 2018- 19   |   Enter- prises formed in no. of Blocks 2019-20 | Enter- prises formed in 2019- 20   |   Enter- prises forme d in no. of Blocks 2020- 21 | Enter- prises forme d in 2020- 21   |   Enter- prises formed in no. of Blocks 2021-22 | Enter- prises formed in 2021- 22 (Up to June, 2021)   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                               8 | 1,783                               |                                               8 | 4,324                              |                                                10 | 5,586                               |                                              10 | 480                                                   |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               3 | 0                                                     |
| 3       | Assam             |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 3 | 548                                 |                                               3 | 122                                                   |
| 4       | Bihar             |                                              12 | 3,167                               |                                              12 | 5,541                              |                                                12 | 6,844                               |                                              12 | 1,482                                                 |
| 5       | Goa               |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               5 | 0                                                     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |                                               7 | 3,179                               |                                               7 | 2,791                              |                                                 9 | 2,707                               |                                               9 | 118                                                   |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                                               3 | 356                                 |                                               3 | 1,788                              |                                                 3 | 984                                 |                                               3 | 280                                                   |
| 8       | Haryana           |                                               6 | 1,283                               |                                               6 | 1,924                              |                                                 9 | 2,492                               |                                               9 | 0                                                     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               1 | 0                                                     |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                               2 | 575                                 |                                               2 | 418                                |                                                 6 | 973                                 |                                               6 | 0                                                     |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                                              16 | 3,437                               |                                              16 | 2,294                              |                                                18 | 5,218                               |                                              18 | 188                                                   |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               2 | 0                                                     |
| 13      | Kerala            |                                              14 | 2,808                               |                                              14 | 7,602                              |                                                15 | 7,327                               |                                              15 | 501                                                   |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                              14 | 2,901                               |                                              14 | 4,550                              |                                                14 | 4,791                               |                                              14 | 264                                                   |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                                               8 | 1,527                               |                                               8 | 1,161                              |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               8 | 0                                                     |
| 16      | Manipur           |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 1 | 108                                 |                                               1 | 410                                                   |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               1 | 53                                 |                                                 1 | 81                                  |                                               1 | 0                                                     |
| 18      | Mizoram           |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 4 | 320                                 |                                               4 | 0                                                     |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                                               2 | 1,417                               |                                               2 | 1,487                              |                                                 6 | 12                                  |                                               6 | 0                                                     |
| 20      | Odisha            |                                              10 | 2,404                               |                                              10 | 2,969                              |                                                10 | 4,087                               |                                              10 | 287                                                   |
| 21      | Punjab            |                                               1 | 146                                 |                                               1 | 537                                |                                                 4 | 637                                 |                                               4 | 116                                                   |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |                                               5 | 1,140                               |                                               5 | 2,436                              |                                                 7 | 1,733                               |                                               7 | 191                                                   |
| 23      | Sikkim            |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               3 | 0                                                     |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               2 | 859                                |                                                 5 | 1,681                               |                                               5 | 526                                                   |
| 25      | Tripura           |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               0 | 0                                  |                                                 0 | 0                                   |                                               2 | 0                                                     |
| 26      | Telangana         |                                               8 | 858                                 |                                               8 | 2,264                              |                                                10 | 2,659                               |                                              10 | 510                                                   |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                              18 | 1,808                               |                                              18 | 2,456                              |                                                19 | 5,109                               |                                              19 | 548                                                   |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                                               0 | 0                                   |                                               2 | 9                                  |                                                 2 | 459                                 |                                               2 | 93                                                    |
| 29      | West Bengal       |                                              11 | 912                                 |                                              11 | 2,102                              |                                                13 | 2,853                               |                                              13 | 1                                                     |
|         | Total             |                                             145 | 29,701                              |                                             150 | 47,565                             |                                               181 | 57,209                              |                                             205 | 6,117                                                 |