Lok Sabha Question No. 2364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Rural Development Projects
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y, Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2364

ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

2364.   SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA: SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of rural development projects executed for the development of rural infrastructure and rural economy recently;
- (b) the funds allocated and disbursed for the above schemes during the last three years;
- (c) the manner and the extent of the funds utilized by the State;
- (d) whether the Government has any plans for development of infrastructures in rural India, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the manner in which the Government is planning to develop rural markets and related infrastructure?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  various  schemes/programmes  to bring  about  overall  improvement  in  the  quality  of  life  of  the  people  in  rural  areas  through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities . The details of the schemes/programmes implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development are given below:-

## (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  households  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 stresses on creation of durable and sustainable assets to make the beneficiaries self-dependant.

- (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 subscheme under  DAY-NRLM, has the objective  of  helping  Self  Help  Group  (SHG)  and their family members to set-up small enterprises in the non-farm 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 Micro-enterprise. 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  socioeconomic 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.

(b) & (c): The details of funds allocated/ released/ utilized/ expenditure incurred under different schemes/programmes  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  during  the  last  three  years  is  at Annexure-I.

(d)  to  (e):  The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  many  schemes  for  development  of infrastructure in rural India.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has the principal objective to provide allweather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas. The Government has approved  PMGSY-III  in  July,  2019  for  consolidation  of  1.25  lakh  Km  Through  Routes  and Major Rural Links connecting habitations inter-alia, to Gramin  Agricultural Markets(GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

Under  DAY-NRLM,  to  support  the  mahila  kisan  for  better  access  to  market,  women owned Producers Enterprises are being promoted. As on 08.03.2021, 177 Producers Enterprises have been promoted by different SRLMs (State Rural Livelihoods Missions). Further, to support States/UTs in development and implementation of value chain projects for promotion of women owned Producers Enterprises.  So  far,  10  such  value  chain  proposals  for  coverage  of  1.8  lakh women  members  have  already  been  sanctioned  to  States  under  National  Rural  Economic Transformation Project (NRETP). Further, to support the SHG women members in showcasing and selling their products SARAS fair are also being organised across the country.

Under SPMRM, 300 Rurban clusters are being developed across the country with aim of SPMRM is to create rural growth clusters through provisioning of infrastructure amenities in the area  in  an  integrated  and  time-bound  manner,  with  a  funding  support  of  upto  30%  of  the estimated investment for each Rurban cluster, given as Critical Gap Funding (CGF), while 70% of  the  funds  are  mobilized  by  the  States  through  convergence with synergic State  and Central programs as well as private investment and institutional funding. Each of these clusters also aims at thematic economic development of t he area which will also catalyzing small rural enterprise.

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.

Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is a demand driven programme with a bottom up approach where works are taken up by the respective Gram Sabha. Mahatma Gandhi NREGA has a focus for  taking  up  works  under  rural  infrastructure  which  include  rural  sanitation  related  works. School & Anganwadi toilets, rural connectivity, construction of play fields and compound walls of  schools,  flood  control  and  protection  works,  drainage,  construction  of  buildings  in  Gram Panchayat,  Women Self help Groups federations, village  haats  etc.  This  scheme  is  helping  in creation of sustainable assets which helps in augmentation of rural livelihoods.

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## Annexure-1

## 1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA):

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year   | Budget Allocation   |   Central release |   Expenditure (Including State share) |   Number of Completed Works |
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2017-18#         | 55,167.06           |           55706.1 |                               68265.8 |                        7.46 |
| 2018-19          | 61830.09            |           60861.4 |                               69618.6 |                        9.02 |
| 2019-20          | 71706.76            |           71046.3 |                               63649.5 |                        6.26 |

## 2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year      | Budget Allocation   | Release   | Expenditure (Including State share)   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| 2017-18   | 16,900.00           | 16,862.07 | 17145.62                              |
| 15,500.00 |                     | 15414.14  | 2018-19 22221.95                      |
| 2019-20   | 14070.07            | 14017.48  | 21726.82                              |

## 3. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin :

(Rs in crores)

|   FinancialYear | Budget Allocation   |   Expenditure ( Including Gross Budgetary Support &Extra Budgetary Rresource) | Funds utilized bythe state   |
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|         22832.3 |                     |                                                                       29901.7 | 2017-18 53762.72             |
|         19600   |                     |                                                                       29986.7 | 2018-19 44788.31             |
|         18455.2 |                     |                                                                       28930.6 | 2019-20 42744.88             |

## 4. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM):

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    | NRLM              | NRLM            | NRLM                                |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|         | Budget Allocation | Central Release | Expenditure (Including State share) |
| 2017-18 | 2028.00           | 2134.27         | 3708.43                             |
| 2018-19 | 3043.37           | 3013.70         | 4410.32                             |
| 2019-20 | 4292.91           | 4088.16         | 5376.00                             |

5. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY):

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year    |   Budget Allocation |   Central Release |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 2017-18 |              811.55 |            790.83 |       1361.1  |
| 2018-19 |             1215.31 |           1204.82 |       1435.53 |
| 2019-20 |             1872.17 |           1766.66 |       1268.02 |

6. Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs):

(Rs. in Crore)

(Rs. in Crore)

|   FinancialYear |   Revised Estimate | Released                    | Expenditure   |
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|          600    |             550.76 | 1804.99* (as on 27.01.2021) | 2017-18       |
|          451.03 |             432.35 | 1804.99* (as on 27.01.2021) | 2018-19       |
|          300    |             302.18 | 1804.99* (as on 27.01.2021) | 2019-20       |

*Year  wise  expenditure  figure  is  not  maintained  in  the  Ministry  as  RurbanSoft  MIS  portal developed in 2020-21, so the year wise expenditure figure is maintained from 2020-21 onwards.

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| Year    |   Budget Allocation |   Central Release |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 2017-18 |               58.74 |             55.75 |         55.75 |
| 2018-19 |               67.84 |             67.84 |         67.84 |
| 2019-20 |               61.85 |             61.84 |         61.84 |

7. Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission: