Lok Sabha Question No. 2382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Funds for Rural Development Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Kapil Moreshwar Patil

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2382

ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## FUNDS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

## 2382.   SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  rural  development  programmes/schemes  being  implemented  in  various States of the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  allocate  more  funds  to  the  State  of Maharashtra as well as other States for this purpose considering the Covid-19 pandemic and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  funds  allocated  to  various  States  during  the  previous  year  and  the current year, year-wise and project-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  -  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana (DDU-GKY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  -  Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas including the State of Maharashtra through  employment  generation,  strengthening  of  livelihood  opportunities,  promoting  selfemployment, skilling of rural  youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities . The details of schemes implemented by the Department of Rural Development are at Annexure.

(b): Government has taken several measures post COVID-19 to provide relief to the people in rural areas in all States/UTs including Maharashtra. Ministry of Finance, Government of India, on  26th  March  2020,  announced  relief  package  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Garib  Kalyan  Yojana (PMGKY) for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus. The relief package announced includes, inter-alia i. One-time  ex-gratia  payment  of  Rs  500  per  month  for  3  months  (April,  May  and  June 2020) to women Jan Dhan Account holders. In pursuance of this, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) implemented the scheme of relief package of one-time ex-gratia payment of Rs 500 per month for 3 months (April, May and June 2020) to women Jan Dhan Account holders through various Banks. A total of Rs. 30956.97 crores has been released towards direct benefit transfers

to  20.64  crore  Women  beneficiaries  of  Jan  Dhan  account  holders  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) @ Rs. 500/- each for three months.

- ii. Ex-gratia of Rs.1000 in two instalments (Rs.500/- each) to the existing old age, widow and disabled/Divyangjan beneficiaries of the schemes of National Social Assistance Programme(NSAP).  A total of Rs. 2814.50 crore as ex-gratia was released in two tranches in April  and  May,  2020  to  States/UTs  under  PMGKY  for  the  existing  282  lakh  beneficiaries  of NSAP schemes.
- iii. Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment  Guarantee Act (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA) wage rate revised w.e.f. 1.4.2020 with average wage rate increase of Rs.20 over the wage rate of 2019-20.
- iv. The collateral free  credit limit for the Self Help  Group(SHG) members under National Rural Livelihood Scheme (NRLM) enhanced from Rs.10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh.

Apart from this, Government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) on 20 th June, 2020 for a period of 125 days to boost employment and livelihood opportunities for returnee migrant workers and similarly affected citizens in rural area, 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  in  116  selected  districts  across  6  States  of  Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The Abhiyaan is a convergent effort of ongoing 25 schemes of 12 Ministries/ Department of Central Government.

Four schemes of the MoRD namely, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS),  Pradhan  MantriAwaasYojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G), Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  and  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  RURBAN Mission (SPMRM) have been identified under the GKRA. The achievement in this regard is as under:

- i. Under GKRA, a total of 50.78 Crore Persondays employment has been generated during the Abhiyaan with an expenditure of Rs. 39292.81 crore.
- ii. PMAY-G has sanctioned a total of 770522 houses and completed 481210 houses with a total expenditure of Rs.5618.19 crore.
- iii. Under PMGSY, as against the target of Rs. 2902 crore, an expenditure of Rs. 1529 crore has been incurred as on 30.11.2020.
- iv. Under SPMRM, the development works in 47 Rurban clusters under GKRA have been implemented with fast pace for providing employment and livelihood opportunities to the rural citizens.  During  the  abhiyaan  period,  13494  works  have  been  completed  against  the  target  of 13886  which  is  97%  of  overall  physical  target  and  Rs.  693.55  crore  expenditure  (including convergence expenditure) has been made which is 87% of financial targets taken by SPMRM under GKRA.

Other major steps taken by the MoRD under various schemes during the outbreak of Covid-19 for socio- economic development in rural areas are listed below:

- i. Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  which  is  a  demand  driven  wage  employment  programme provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year is to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. During FY 2020-21  (upto  06.02.2021),  more  than  326  crore  person-days  have  been  generated,  which  is approximately 44% more than the employment generated during the same period in FY 2019-20

and    more  than  1.61  crore  new  job  cards  have  been  issued.  Government  has  enhanced  the allocation under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for Financial Year 2020-21 from BE Rs.61,500 crore to Rs.1,11,500 crore.

ii. PMAY-G aims to provide assistance to eligible rural households for construction of 2.95 Crore Pucca houses with basic amenities to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022. In  the  current  FY,  35.44  lakh  houses  have been  sanctioned and 24.44 lakh houses have been completed in PMAY-G and 0.64 lakhs in Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) with an expenditure of Rs.39195 crore.

iii. PMGSY was launched in the year 2000 as a measure towards alleviation of poverty in rural areas by providing access to basic services to the rural population by providing them good quality roads. During the period of COVID states were directed to accelerate the pace of works so  as  to  create  more  employment  opportunities  and  boost  rural  economy.  Under  PMGSY, 25,943 Kms. of road length has been completed in 2020-21 and expenditure of Rs. 18,923 Cr. Incurred during this financial year.

iv. 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. Under SPMRM, a total  expenditure  Rs.  3089  Cr.  including  convergence  funds  and  critical  gap  funds  has  been incurred during financial year 2020-21.

- v. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission(DAY-NRLM) aims to  reduce  poverty  by  organizing  the  rural  poor  women  into  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs),  and continuously  nurturing  and  supporting  them  to  take  economic  activities  till  they attain appreciable increase in income over a period of time. During the year 2020-21 (till Jan 2021), the Ministry of Rural Development under DAY-NRLM facilitated women Self Help Groups to leverage credit of Rs 56417 Crores from formal banking system for investing for continuation of  their  exiting  economic  ventures  and  also  acquire  new  productive  assets  to  start  new enterprises.

There are two other skill development programmes for rural poor  youth under DAY-NRLM, namely,  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  and  Rural  Self Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs).   Both  these  schemes  are  aimed  at  increasing employability of rural poor youth either for wage or self-employment. After unlock orders and opening of training centres, under DDU-GKY a total of 9986 candidates have been trained and 36933  candidates  have  been  placed  in  jobs  during  the  current  financial  year  2020-21  (upto December,  2020).  Under  RSETI  a  total  of  111367  candidates  have  been  trained  and  93874 candidates have been settled during the current Financial Year 2020-21(upto December, 2020).

Allocation of funds to the States/UTs under various schemes/programmes of the Ministry of Rural development is a continuous process and is done as per due procedure prescribed under each scheme/programme.

- (c): The fund allocated under major Rural Development schemes/programmes during the last one year and current year to the States/UTs including the State of Maharashtra is given in the table below. There is no budget allocation under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana(SAGY). Budget outlay  of  Deen  Dayal  Upadhayay  -  Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Rural  Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs) is included under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).

|                                                                | Budget Allocation   | Budget Allocation   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Schemes/Programmes                                             | 2019-20             | 2020-21             |
| MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME      | 71706.76            | 101499.35           |
| DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA - NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION | 9024.02             | 9210.05             |
| NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME                           | 8692.41             | 42971.48            |
| PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJNA - GRAMIN                             | 18455.21            | 19500.01            |
| PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMSADAK YOJANA                                | 14045.75            | 19500.00            |
| SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE RURBAN MISSION                         | 303.88              | 600.00              |

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Annexure referred in reply to Part(a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2382  due for answer on 09/03/2021

## (i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:

The principal objective of the scheme is to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the household by providing 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.  It  stressed  on  creation  of  durable  and  sustainable  assets  to  make  the  beneficiaries  selfdependant.

(ii) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM): The Ministry is implementing DAY-NRLM, to tackle the problem of unemployment, especially  among  women,  in  a  mission  mode  with  the  objective  of  organizing  the  rural  poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take economic  activities  till  they  attain  appreciable  increase  in  income  over  a  period  of  time  to improve  their  quality  of  life  and  come  out  of  abject  poverty.  Besides,  Start-up  Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), the sub-scheme under DAY-NRLM, has the objective of helping Self Help Group (SHG) and their family members to set-up small enterprises in the nonfarm sector.

## (iii) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs ):

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing two skill development initiatives for rural poor youth under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM). These schemes are aimed at increasing  employability  of  rural  poor  youth  either  for  wage  or  self  employment  leading  to economic and social development of youth of rural area of the country by removing the hurdles of the rural livelihoods and by strengthening rural economy and rural income.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is the placement linked skill development programme for rural poor youth under NRLM being in operation since September, 2014.

Skill  development  through  Rural  Self  Employment and Training  Institutes (RSETIs) is also  being  undertaken  to  enable  a  trainee  to  take  bank  credit  and  start  his/her  own  Microenterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.

(iv) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G): PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all rural houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated houses in rural areas. The target under PMAY-G is to construct 2.95 crore houses during the period 2016-17 to 2021-22.

(v)  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY): PMGSY was started in the year 2000 with the objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations. The mandate of the scheme was subsequently widened and new interventions viz. PMGSY-II and PMGSY-III were added for upgradation of the existing rural road network which connect habitations to the various facilities and services. The implementation of the ongoing PMGSY has helped immensely in lifting the socio-economic conditions of rural masses by providing them access  to  the  various  services  and  facilities,  market  place  and  employment  opportunities  in various forms.

(vi) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM): The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  launched  in  February  2016,  is  a  scheme  with  the  objective  to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters. The mission takes cluster as a unit for development. 300 Clusters from all the States/ UTs are selected in the first phase of the Mission in Tribal and Non-Tribal categories. SPMRM provides  the  Critical  Gap  Funding  to  the  projects  which  directly  or  indirectly  bring  economic growth. SPMRM aims to provide amenities in four categories viz Basic, Economic, Social and Digital and promotes economic growth through integrated and balanced investments with social inclusion.

(vii)  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY): Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  was launched  on  11  October  2014.  Under  the  SAGY  framework,  the  development  of  Gram Panchayats is envisaged through effective convergence and implementation of existing development Schemes of Government under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocation of any additional fund.

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