Lok Sabha Question No. 1101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: DAY-NRLM in West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1101

ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## DAY-NRLM IN WEST BENGAL

## 1101.   SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the scheme Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAYNRLM);
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned/allocated during the last five years in West Bengal;
- (c) the number of Self Help Groups (SHGs) being benefited in West Bengal under the scheme, district-wise;
- (d) the total amount of funds allocated and released to SHGs in West Bengal from financial year 2014-15 to financial year 2022-23;
- (e) the details of the total loan disbursed by Banks to SHGs since financial year 2014-15 in West Bengal, district-wise;
- (f) whether there is any such loan is waived for women's SHGs, in West Bengal during the said period and if so, the details thereof;
- (g) whether there is any specific Government guideline to monitor and supervise the implementation of such centrally sponsored schemes at district and State level; and
- (h) if so, the details of the monitoring committee and the number of such committee meetings during last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) a centrally  sponsored  scheme was launched in June 2011.It is being implemented across the country  in  a  mission  mode  in  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories,  except  Delhi  and Chandigarh.  As  on  30 th November,  2022  more  than  8.71  crore  rural  women  have  been mobilized into 80.61 Self Help Groups (SHGs). The Mission  aims to reduce poverty through promotion of diversified and gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment resulting in appreciable income increase of the rural poor on sustainable basis. The mission seeks to achieve its objective through investing in four core components viz., (i) social mobilization and  promotion  of  sustainable  community  institutions  of  the  rural  poor  (Self  Help  Groups (SHGs),  Village  Organisations  (VOs),  Cluster  Level  Federations  (CLFs);  (ii)  financial inclusion,  (iii)  sustainable  livelihoods;  and  (iv)  convergence  and  entitlements.   In  addition, there are various sub-schemes like Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), Start-up Village  Entrepreneurship  Programme  (SVEP),  National  Rural  Economic  Transformation Project (NRETP), Deendayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETI),  being  implemented  within  the  Mission,  for enhancing the income on sustainable basis of the rural poor.

(b) The details of funds allocated under DAY-NRLM during the last five years in West Bengal is given in the table below:

| FY      |   Funds allocated in Rs crore |
|---------|-------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                        313.74 |
| 2019-20 |                        492.6  |
| 2020-21 |                        532.53 |
| 2021-22 |                       1073.39 |
| 2022-23 |                       1041.7  |

(c) The number of Self Help groups (SHGs) benefitted in West Bengal, district-wise is given in Annexure-I.

(d) Against the target of Rs 2560.47 Crore Capitalization Support (Revolving Funds & Community Investment Funds) Rs 2158.15 Crore has been provided to the SHGs in West Bengal from financial year 2014-15 to 30 th November, 2022.

(e) The total  loan  disbursed  by  Banks  to  SHGs  since  financial  year  2014-15  in  West Bengal, district-wise is given in Annexure-II.

(f) No loan is waived off for women SHGs in West Bengal from FY 2014-15 to the FY 2022-23.

(g)  &  (h)  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM)  provides  for  a  comprehensive monitoring  and  evaluation  system  of  the  programme.  Several  steps  have  been  taken  to effectively monitor the program. These include submission of periodical reports by the State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs),  periodic meeting of the  Performance  Review Committee  (PRC)  of  the  Ministry,  monitoring  the  submission  of  Utilization  Certificates, submission of reports by third party monitoring through National Level Monitors and Area Officers, monitoring through various MIS  modules  as well as bi-monthly financial management review of all states.

Further, the  Ministry has  now  developed  an  improved  application  for  capturing  the transactions in the SHGs, Village Organisations and Cluster level Federations with Android based technology to monitor the performance and activity being carried out by SHGs. DAYNRLM has adopted an online fund disbursement module to track the disbursal of Community Investment Support Funds to SHGs and their federations.

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ANNEXURE  I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1101  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  13.12.2022  REGARDING  'DAYNRLM IN WEST BENGAL'.

| S.No.   | District                  |   Number of Self Help Group (SHG) |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1       | 24 PARGANAS NORTH         |                             60380 |
| 2       | 24 PARGANAS SOUTH         |                             89422 |
| 3       | ALIPURUDUAR               |                             24525 |
| 4       | BANKURA                   |                             56606 |
| 5       | BIRBHUM                   |                             62958 |
| 6       | COOCHBEHAR                |                             54654 |
| 7       | DARJEELING GTA            |                              6806 |
| 8       | DINAJPUR DAKSHIN          |                             23579 |
| 9       | DINAJPUR UTTAR            |                             39018 |
| 10      | HOOGHLY                   |                             45743 |
| 11      | HOWRAH                    |                             41180 |
| 12      | JALPAIGURI                |                             34470 |
| 13      | JHARGRAM                  |                             20764 |
| 14      | KALIMPONG                 |                              2177 |
| 15      | MALDAH                    |                             58546 |
| 16      | MURSHIDABAD               |                             98823 |
| 17      | NADIA                     |                             57019 |
| 18      | PASCHIM BARDHAMAN         |                             11231 |
| 19      | PASCHIM MEDINIPUR         |                             61329 |
| 20      | PURBA BARDHAMAN           |                             53918 |
| 21      | PURBA MEDINIPUR           |                             82427 |
| 22      | PURULIA                   |                             42467 |
| 23      | SILIGURIMAHAKUMA PARISHAD |                             10121 |
|         | Total                     |                           1038163 |

ANNEXURE  II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1101  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  13.12.2022  REGARDING  'DAYNRLM IN WEST BENGAL'.

| Sl No   | Districts                 |   Total Loan disbursed to SHGs from FY 2014-15 to 30 th November, 2022 (Rs in Crore) |
|---------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ALIPURDUAR                |                                                                              1124.44 |
| 2       | BANKURA                   |                                                                              2990.45 |
| 3       | BIRBHUM                   |                                                                              5594.75 |
| 4       | COOCHBEHAR                |                                                                              3078.52 |
| 5       | DAKSHIN DINAJPUR          |                                                                              1163.83 |
| 6       | DARJILING GTA             |                                                                               991.05 |
| 7       | HOOGHLY                   |                                                                              3224.7  |
| 8       | HOWRAH                    |                                                                              3484.5  |
| 9       | JALPAIGURI                |                                                                              2226.94 |
| 10      | JHARGRAM                  |                                                                               755.82 |
| 11      | KALIMPONG                 |                                                                               224.68 |
| 12      | MALDAH                    |                                                                              2859.32 |
| 13      | MURSHIDABAD               |                                                                              3421.24 |
| 14      | NADIA                     |                                                                              2269.22 |
| 15      | 24 NORTH PARGANAS         |                                                                              3258.8  |
| 16      | PASCHIM BARDDHAMAN        |                                                                               656.38 |
| 17      | PASCHIM MEDINIPUR         |                                                                              3813.77 |
| 18      | PURBA BARDDHAMAN          |                                                                              4934.11 |
| 19      | PURBA MEDINIPUR           |                                                                              6940.1  |
| 20      | PURULIA                   |                                                                              1326.05 |
| 21      | SILIGURIMAHAKUMA PARISHAD |                                                                               124.4  |
| 22      | 24 SOUTH PARGANAS         |                                                                              4067.47 |
| 23      | UTTAR DINAJPUR            |                                                                              1698.99 |
|         | Total:                    |                                                                             60229.5  |