Lok Sabha Question No. 1154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Implementation of GKRA
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Meenakashi Lekhi

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1154

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF GKRA

## 1154.   SHRI MAHESH SAHOO: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA) in the country, if so, the details thereof alongwith the names of States and districts covered and the salient features including present status of the scheme;
- (b) the details of funds allocated and released to various States under the Abhiyan;
- (c) the details and percentage of employment achieved, amount of wages disbursed and the total structure built under the Abhiyan since its inception;
- (d) the details of the criteria under which workers can be enrolled under the Abhiyan; and
- (e) whether the Government is planning to extend the programme for more days, as the COVID-19 pandemic situation is still grim in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  Garib  Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyaan  (GKRA)  was  launched  on  20th  June  2020  for  a period  of  125  days  with  a  resource  envelop  of  Rs.50,000  Crores  to  boost  employment  and livelihood opportunities for migrant workers returning to villages and similarly affected citizens in rural areas. The  Abhiyaan  adopted  a  multipronged  strategy of providing  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 namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. A total of 12 Ministries/Departments of Government of India has participated in the Abhiyaan. The names of States and districts covered under Abhiyaan are at Annexure-I .

(b):  The  State-wise  detail  of  expenditure  incurred  out  of  resource  envelop  of  Rs.50,000  crore under the Abhiyaan is as below:

|   # | State          | Expenditure (Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----|----------------|------------------------------|
|   1 | BIHAR          | 10,992                       |
|   2 | JHARKHAND      | 1,396                        |
|   3 | MADHYA PRADESH | 6,819                        |
|   4 | ODISHA         | 2,042                        |

| 5   | RAJASTHAN     | 8,715   |
|-----|---------------|---------|
| 6   | UTTAR PRADESH | 9,330   |
|     | Total         | 39,293  |

- (c): Employment of 50.78 crore Persondays was generated during the Abhiyan. The details of works during the Abhiyan period are at Annexure-II.
- (d): The Abhiyaan was for a period of 125 days from 20 th June, 2020 and has being over on 22 nd October, 2020. The intended beneficiaries of the Abhiyaan were returnee migrant workers and similarly affected citizens of rural areas of selected 116 districts of 6 States namely Bihar, Jharkhand,  Odisha,  Rajasthan,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Uttar  Pradesh.      Every  such  beneficiary could avail the benefit of the Abhiyaan  in 25   works of 12 participating Ministries/departments during the Abhiyaan period, as per conditions of the schemes included therein.
- (e): No such proposal is under consideration.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1154 dated 09.02.2021

|   Sr. No. | State          | District           |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------|
|         1 | Bihar          | ARARIA             |
|         2 | Bihar          | AURANGABAD         |
|         3 | Bihar          | BANKA              |
|         4 | Bihar          | BEGUSARAI          |
|         5 | Bihar          | BHAGALPUR          |
|         6 | Bihar          | BHOJPUR            |
|         7 | Bihar          | BUXAR              |
|         8 | Bihar          | DARBHANGA          |
|         9 | Bihar          | GAYA               |
|        10 | Bihar          | GOPALGANJ          |
|        11 | Bihar          | JAMUI              |
|        12 | Bihar          | KAIMUR (BHABUA)    |
|        13 | Bihar          | KATIHAR            |
|        14 | Bihar          | KHAGARIA           |
|        15 | Bihar          | KISHANGANJ         |
|        16 | Bihar          | MADHEPURA          |
|        17 | Bihar          | MADHUBANI          |
|        18 | Bihar          | MUZAFFARPUR        |
|        19 | Bihar          | NALANDA            |
|        20 | Bihar          | NAWADA             |
|        21 | Bihar          | PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN |
|        22 | Bihar          | PATNA              |
|        23 | Bihar          | PURBI CHAMPARAN    |
|        24 | Bihar          | PURNIA             |
|        25 | Bihar          | ROHTAS             |
|        26 | Bihar          | SAHARSA            |
|        27 | Bihar          | SAMASTIPUR         |
|        28 | Bihar          | SARAN              |
|        29 | Bihar          | SITAMARHI          |
|        30 | Bihar          | SIWAN              |
|        31 | Bihar          | SUPAUL             |
|        32 | Bihar          | VAISHALI           |
|        33 | Jharkhand      | GIRIDIH            |
|        34 | Jharkhand      | GODDA              |
|        35 | Jharkhand      | HAZARIBAGH         |
|        36 | Madhya Pradesh | ALIRAJPUR          |
|        37 | Madhya Pradesh | BALAGHAT           |
|        38 | Madhya Pradesh | BARWANI            |
|        39 | Madhya Pradesh | BETUL              |

|   Sr. No. | State          | District    |
|-----------|----------------|-------------|
|        40 | Madhya Pradesh | BHIND       |
|        41 | Madhya Pradesh | CHHATARPUR  |
|        42 | Madhya Pradesh | CHHINDWARA  |
|        43 | Madhya Pradesh | DHAR        |
|        44 | Madhya Pradesh | DINDORI     |
|        45 | Madhya Pradesh | JHABUA      |
|        46 | Madhya Pradesh | KATNI       |
|        47 | Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa     |
|        48 | Madhya Pradesh | KHARGONE    |
|        49 | Madhya Pradesh | MANDLA      |
|        50 | Madhya Pradesh | PANNA       |
|        51 | Madhya Pradesh | REWA        |
|        52 | Madhya Pradesh | SAGAR       |
|        53 | Madhya Pradesh | SATNA       |
|        54 | Madhya Pradesh | SEONI       |
|        55 | Madhya Pradesh | SHAHDOL     |
|        56 | Madhya Pradesh | SHIVPURI    |
|        57 | Madhya Pradesh | SIDHI       |
|        58 | Madhya Pradesh | SINGRAULI   |
|        59 | Madhya Pradesh | TIKAMGARH   |
|        60 | Odisha         | BALANGIR    |
|        61 | Odisha         | BALESHWAR   |
|        62 | Odisha         | BHADRAK     |
|        63 | Odisha         | GANJAM      |
|        64 | Rajasthan      | AJMER       |
|        65 | Rajasthan      | ALWAR       |
|        66 | Rajasthan      | BANSWARA    |
|        67 | Rajasthan      | BARMER      |
|        68 | Rajasthan      | BHARATPUR   |
|        69 | Rajasthan      | BHILWARA    |
|        70 | Rajasthan      | BIKANER     |
|        71 | Rajasthan      | CHITTORGARH |
|        72 | Rajasthan      | CHURU       |
|        73 | Rajasthan      | DUNGARPUR   |
|        74 | Rajasthan      | HANUMANGARH |
|        75 | Rajasthan      | JAIPUR      |
|        76 | Rajasthan      | JALORE      |
|        77 | Rajasthan      | JHUNJHUNU   |
|        78 | Rajasthan      | JODHPUR     |
|        79 | Rajasthan      | KARAULI     |
|        80 | Rajasthan      | NAGAUR      |

|   Sr. No. | State         | District          |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------|
|        81 | Rajasthan     | PALI              |
|        82 | Rajasthan     | RAJSAMAND         |
|        83 | Rajasthan     | SIKAR             |
|        84 | Rajasthan     | SIROHI            |
|        85 | Rajasthan     | UDAIPUR           |
|        86 | Uttar Pradesh | AMBEDKAR NAGAR    |
|        87 | Uttar Pradesh | AMETHI            |
|        88 | Uttar Pradesh | AYODHYA           |
|        89 | Uttar Pradesh | AZAMGARH          |
|        90 | Uttar Pradesh | BAHRAICH          |
|        91 | Uttar Pradesh | BALRAMPUR         |
|        92 | Uttar Pradesh | BANDA             |
|        93 | Uttar Pradesh | BASTI             |
|        94 | Uttar Pradesh | DEORIA            |
|        95 | Uttar Pradesh | FATEHPUR          |
|        96 | Uttar Pradesh | GHAZIPUR          |
|        97 | Uttar Pradesh | GONDA             |
|        98 | Uttar Pradesh | GORAKHPUR         |
|        99 | Uttar Pradesh | HARDOI            |
|       100 | Uttar Pradesh | JALAUN            |
|       101 | Uttar Pradesh | JAUNPUR           |
|       102 | Uttar Pradesh | KAUSHAMBI         |
|       103 | Uttar Pradesh | KHERI             |
|       104 | Uttar Pradesh | KUSHI NAGAR       |
|       105 | Uttar Pradesh | MAHARAJGANJ       |
|       106 | Uttar Pradesh | MIRZAPUR          |
|       107 | Uttar Pradesh | PRATAPGARH        |
|       108 | Uttar Pradesh | PRAYAGRAJ         |
|       109 | Uttar Pradesh | RAE BARELI        |
|       110 | Uttar Pradesh | SANT KABEER NAGAR |
|       111 | Uttar Pradesh | SHRAVASTI         |
|       112 | Uttar Pradesh | SIDDHARTH NAGAR   |
|       113 | Uttar Pradesh | SITAPUR           |
|       114 | Uttar Pradesh | SULTANPUR         |
|       115 | Uttar Pradesh | UNNAO             |
|       116 | Uttar Pradesh | VARANASI          |

|   S. No. | Type of Work / Activity                         |   Work Done / Activities Completed |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Community Sanitary Complex                      |                              23010 |
|        2 | Gram Panchayat Bhawan                           |                               1347 |
|        3 | National Highway Works * (In km)                |                               7069 |
|        4 | Water conservation &Harvesting Works            |                             159697 |
|        5 | Construction of Wells                           |                              16399 |
|        6 | Horticulture works                              |                              14361 |
|        7 | Anganwadi Centers                               |                               3607 |
|        8 | Rural Housing (PMAY-Gramin)                     |                             481210 |
|        9 | Rural Connectivity (PMGSY) &Border Road Works * |                               1402 |
|       10 | Railway Works *                                 |                                147 |
|       11 | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee RURBAN Mission          |                              13494 |
|       12 | PM KUSUM Works                                  |                               4713 |
|       13 | Works under Jal Jeevan Mission                  |                              17240 |
|       14 | Solid and Liquid Waste Management Works         |                              25645 |
|       15 | Farm Ponds                                      |                              34005 |
|       16 | Cattle Sheds                                    |                              45071 |
|       17 | Goat Sheds                                      |                               9980 |
|       18 | Poultry Sheds                                   |                               2854 |
|       19 | Vermicomposting                                 |                               4848 |
|       20 | Plantation (including through CAMPA funds)      |                              73307 |