Lok Sabha Question No. 2313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Employment Scheme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balak Nath

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2313

ANSWERED ON 03/08/2021

## EMPLOYMENT SCHEME

## 2313.   SHRI BALAK NATH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  approved  any  employment  scheme  to  provide employment in villages, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of villages covered and funds spent under the said scheme, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase village-based industries?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)   Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is a demand driven wage employment programme which provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual  work.  States/UTs-wise  number  of  Gram Panchayats covered under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is given at Annexure-I.

States/UTs-wise  central  fund  released  and  expenditure  incurred  by  the  States/UTs  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in last financial year 2020-21 and current financial year 2021-22 (as on 01.08.2021) is given at Annexure-II.

(c)  As per information shared by the Ministry of MSME, the Ministry is implementing Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  which  is  a  major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. Khadi & Village Industry Commission (KVIC), Mumbai is the national level nodal agency for implementing  PMEGP.  Under  PMEGP,  General  Category  beneficiaries  can  avail  of  margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For special categories such as SC/ST/OBC/minorities/ women/ ex-serviceman/ physically handicapped/NER/Hill and Border areas etc. the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. Maximum project cost for manufacturing unit is Rs.25 lakh and for service sector it is Rs.10 lakh.

Under the Scheme, since inception and upto June, 2021, about 6.86 lakh micro units have been assisted with margin money subsidy of Rs.16,200 cr. providing employment to estimated 56.5 lakh youths. About 80% of the units are setup in rural areas.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2313 dated 03.08.2021.

| S. No.   | State/UTs                                    | Total number of GPs   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                          | 78                    |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 12914                 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 1967                  |
| 4        | ASSAM                                        | 2672                  |
| 5        | BIHAR                                        | 8526                  |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH                                 | 11665                 |
| 7        | GOA                                          | 190                   |
| 8        | GUJARAT                                      | 14137                 |
| 9        | HARYANA                                      | 6214                  |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 3640                  |
| 11       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 4542                  |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                                    | 4403                  |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                                    | 6013                  |
| 14       | KERALA                                       | 941                   |
| 15       | LADAKH                                       | 193                   |
| 16       | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 10                    |
| 17       | MADHYA PRADESH                               | 22777                 |
| 18       | MAHARASHTRA                                  | 28488                 |
| 19       | MANIPUR                                      | 3150                  |
| 20       | MEGHALAYA                                    | 6338                  |
| 21       | MIZORAM                                      | 888                   |
| 22       | NAGALAND                                     | 1257                  |
| 23       | ODISHA                                       | 6798                  |
| 24       | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 12                    |
| 25       | PUNJAB                                       | 13325                 |
| 26       | RAJASTHAN                                    | 11349                 |
| 27       | SIKKIM                                       | 185                   |
| 28       | TAMIL NADU                                   | 12525                 |
| 29       | TELANGANA                                    | 12770                 |
| 30       | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 20                    |
| 31       | TRIPURA                                      | 1178                  |
| 32       | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 59113                 |
| 33       | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 7817                  |
| 34       | WEST BENGAL                                  | 3341                  |
|          | Total                                        | 2,69,436              |

Source: Management Information System

## Annexure-II referred in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2313 dated 03.08.2021

(Rs. in crore)

| S.                                           |                                              | Central fund released   | Central fund released   | Total Expenditure#   | Total Expenditure#   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| No.                                          | State/UTs                                    | 2020-21                 | 2021-22*                | 2020-21              | 2021-22*             |
| 1                                            | ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 10365.48                | 4286.16                 | 10901.14             | 5922.00              |
| 2                                            | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 348.95                  | 190.27                  | 485.55               | 48.64                |
| 3                                            | ASSAM                                        | 2635.91                 | 852.55                  | 2525.27              | 737.46               |
| 4                                            | BIHAR                                        | 6647.26                 | 3705.16                 | 6425.81              | 4087.13              |
| 5                                            | CHHATTISGARH                                 | 4144.19                 | 1914.12                 | 4113.08              | 2112.89              |
| 6                                            | GOA                                          | 0.91                    | 0.00                    | 3.26                 | 1.29                 |
| 7                                            | GUJARAT                                      | 1513.75                 | 869.78                  | 1334.86              | 1089.12              |
| 8                                            | HARYANA                                      | 776.67                  | 349.17                  | 802.63               | 301.41               |
| 9                                            | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 964.98                  | 375.96                  | 988.96               | 410.88               |
| 10                                           | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 1166.63                 | 119.01                  | 1550.18              | 217.83               |
| 11                                           | JHARKHAND                                    | 3490.25                 | 1300.87                 | 3150.33              | 1276.81              |
| 12                                           | KARNATAKA                                    | 5605.01                 | 3052.89                 | 5617.46              | 2578.20              |
| 13                                           | KERALA                                       | 4300.32                 | 779.17                  | 3867.75              | 1096.95              |
| 14                                           | LADAKH                                       | 22.49                   | 7.98                    | 50.35                | 7.39                 |
| 15                                           | MADHYA PRADESH                               | 9225.40                 | 4535.36                 | 9142.20              | 3970.26              |
| 16                                           | MAHARASHTRA                                  | 1639.78                 | 924.47                  | 2018.67              | 738.51               |
| 17                                           | MANIPUR                                      | 737.57                  | 0.00                    | 1052.90              | 379.40               |
| 18                                           | MEGHALAYA                                    | 1286.63                 | 299.28                  | 1367.13              | 220.62               |
| 19                                           | MIZORAM                                      | 576.81                  | 256.44                  | 549.22               | 186.95               |
| 20                                           | NAGALAND                                     | 483.82                  | 4.74                    | 442.91               | 60.10                |
| 21                                           | ODISHA                                       | 5409.50                 | 2520.93                 | 5839.68              | 2474.23              |
| 22                                           | PUNJAB                                       | 1287.86                 | 611.96                  | 1240.83              | 503.84               |
| 23                                           | RAJASTHAN                                    | 9129.03                 | 4397.42                 | 9803.50              | 4095.91              |
| 24                                           | SIKKIM                                       | 101.46                  | 31.05                   | 107.62               | 33.45                |
| 25                                           | TAMIL NADU                                   | 8941.26                 | 3543.56                 | 8435.04              | 2540.02              |
| 26                                           | TELANGANA                                    | 4163.57                 | 3340.38                 | 4594.82              | 2096.49              |
| 27                                           | TRIPURA                                      | 1199.93                 | 417.50                  | 1064.06              | 393.19               |
| 28                                           | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 12257.35                | 2744.79                 | 12626.35             | 1843.41              |
| 29                                           | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 908.89                  | 228.50                  | 853.81               | 252.69               |
| 30                                           | WEST BENGAL                                  | 10993.56                | 4111.30                 | 10404.97             | 3362.61              |
| 31                                           | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                          | 4.86                    | 7.63                    | 6.68                 | 4.49                 |
| 32                                           | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.06                 | 0.00                 |
| 33                                           | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 27.13                   | 3.35                    | 25.32                | 4.05                 |
| 34 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANANDDIU | 34 THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANANDDIU | 0.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |
| Total                                        | Total                                        | 110357.20               | 45781.76                | 111392.38            | 43048.24             |

(# Including State Share) *As on 01.08.2021 (as per MIS)

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