Lok Sabha Question No. 1836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: Development of Gujarat
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1836 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF GUJARAT

## †1836. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  projects  approved  by  the  NITI  Aayog  for  the  development  of  Gujarat during the last three years;
- (b) the current status of the implementation of the said development projects, especially in Bharuch district of Gujarat; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  amount  released  by  the  Government  for  the  purpose  during  the  last three years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (c) : The details of the Projects supported by the NITI Aayog during the period of last three years are in Annexure : 'A'.

## (I) Aspirational Districts Programme, Gujarat State:

Under  the  Aspirational  Districts  Programme,  the  main  strategy  is  bringing  convergence  of existing  schemes  and  programs  of  the  Central,  State  and  District  Administration,  which  have their own funding arrangements. Therefore, large infusion of additional funds is not envisaged under  this  programme.  However,  to  foster  a  competitive  spirit  and  address  critical  gaps,  a provision  of  additional  allocation  has  been  devised  for  districts  securing  good  ranks  based  on their  monthly  incremental  progress.  Under  this  arrangement  the  2  Aspirational  Districts  of Gujarat have been sanctioned the amounts mentioned below. On the basis of a critical need felt by the District  Administration, the amount has been sanctioned for projects formulated by the Districts. These projects ( as detailed below ) are under various stages of implementation.

|   Sl. No. | District   |   Funds Sanctioned (Rs. in Crore, approx.) | Details of Projects                                                                                                                    |
|-----------|------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Dahod      |                                       4.93 | Livelihood improvement of tribals through repairing check dams, building surface water harvesting structure, crop diversification etc. |
|         2 | Narmada    |                                       6    | E-learning System (Smart Class) for 21 Primary, 19 Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools                                              |

## (II) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) :

Under  the  Atal  Innovation  Mission  (AIM),  the  NITI  Aayog  selected  791  Schools  for  the establishment  of  Atal  Tinkering  Labs  (ATLs)  in  Gujarat  State  and  till  October,  2021;  out  of which, a total of 585 Schools were funded; 5 Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) were operationalized and a total of 130+ Start-ups were incubated through AICs. In addition, under the Atal New India Challenge (ANIC) Start-ups - one Start-up from Gujarat has won the Atal New India Challenge.

In Bharuch District, 9 Atal Tinkering Lab Schools were operationalized.

Each Atal Tinkering Lab School (ATL) has been funded with 1 st tranche grant of INR 12 Lakh, collectively it is amounting to INR 70.20 Crore for 585 Schools. A total of INR 14.15 Crore has been disbursed out of the sanctioned amount of INR 43.88 Crore for AICs. The winner of the Atal  New  India  Challenge  (ANIC)  Start-up  was  supported  with  the  1 st tranche  of  INR  20.00 Lakh out of the approved amount of INR 68.00 Lakh. The Bharuch district received the total funding of Rs. 1.08 Crore for the 9-ATLs.

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Annexure : 'A'