Lok Sabha Question No. 2450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-09
Subject: Funds for Rural Areas in Maharashtra
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2450 ANSWERED ON 09.03.2021

## FUNDS FOR RURAL AREAS IN MAHARASHTRA

## 2450.   SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  amount  of  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  to  the  State  Government  of Maharashtra for rural areas during the last four years and the purpose for providing the said funds;
- (b) the funds allocated and utilized so far in Ramtek, Maharashtra; and
- (c) the details of all the schemes implemented in Ramtek district of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Ministry of Rural Development, inter-alia, is implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY),  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  National  Rurban  Mission,  Saansad  Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas of the country including the state of Maharashtra through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities .

The amount of fund allocated under the schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development during the last four years in the State of Maharashtra is at Annexure-I .

(b)&(c):    Details  of  the  schemes/programmes  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  being implemented for the development of rural areas of the country including Ramtek in Maharashtra are given below:-

## (i)  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS):

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  (DAY-NRLM): 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.

## (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 socio-economic 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 2014Under 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.

The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  during  the  last  four  years  under  schemes  of  The Ministry of Rural Development in the Ramtek of Maharashtra is at Annexure-II .

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Annexure referred in the statement in the reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Question No.  2450  due  for  answer  on  09.03.2021  regarding  'Funds  for  Rural  Areas  in Maharashtra'

## 1. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin

(Rs. In Crores)

| Financial Year   |   Fund Allocation/release |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2016-17          |                    735.66 |
| 2017-18          |                   1102.07 |
| 2018-19          |                   1135.52 |
| 2019-20          |                   1815.32 |

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

(Rs. In Crores)

| NRLM    | NRLM            |
|---------|-----------------|
| YEAR    | Fund Allocation |
| 2016-17 | 146.80          |
| 2017-18 | 159.03          |
| 2018-19 | 221.07          |
| 2019-20 | 305.13          |

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

(Rs. In Crores)

| Year (s)   |   Fund Allocation |
|------------|-------------------|
| 2016-17    |            606    |
| 2017-18    |            270.58 |
| 2018-19    |              6.75 |
| 2019-20    |            150    |

## 4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

Being a demand driven programme no State/UT-wise financial allocation is made. However,  the  details  of  fund  released  to  Maharashtra  and  expenditure  incurred  by Maharashtra under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last four years are as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

| Financial Year   |   Central release |
|------------------|-------------------|
| 2016-17          |           1657.09 |
| 2017-18          |           1858.29 |
| 2018-19          |           1948.92 |
| 2019-20          |           1670.66 |

## 5. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

(Rs. in Crores)

| Year      |   Fund Allocation/Release |
|-----------|---------------------------|
| 2016-2017 |                    149.27 |
| 2017-2018 |                    419.99 |
| 2018-2019 |                    366.12 |
| 2019-2020 |                    335.3  |

## 6. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) & Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)

| Funds released under DDU-GKY and RSETIs to the State of Maharashtra   | Funds released under DDU-GKY and RSETIs to the State of Maharashtra   | Funds released under DDU-GKY and RSETIs to the State of Maharashtra   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| FY                                                                    | DDU-GKY (in Rs. cr)                                                   | RSETI (in Rs. cr)                                                     |
| 2016-17                                                               | 0.26                                                                  | 2.19                                                                  |
| 2017-18                                                               | 0.00                                                                  | 3.79                                                                  |
| 2018-19                                                               | 53.27                                                                 | 3.14                                                                  |
| 2019-20                                                               | 219.25                                                                | 2.38                                                                  |

Note: DDU-GKY and RSETI Schemes are demand driven schemes and funds are allocated to States as per demands against approved Action Plans. As such, there is no allocation State/UT-wise under both the schemes.

## 7. Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM):

Under SPMRM, there is no provision of state-wise allocation of funds, however funds  are  released  based  on  the  progress  achieved  by  the  states  as  defined  in  the guidelines of the mission. Funds approved to the state of Maharashtra is as under:

(Rs. in crore)

|   Total Investment approved | Convergence Investment Approved   |   Critical Gap Funds (CGF) Approved |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                     2667.99 | 2,232.99                          |                                 435 |

Annexure  referred  in  the  statement  in  the  reply  to  part  (b)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha Question No. 2450 due for answer on 09.03.2021 regarding 'Funds for Rural Areas in Maharashtra'

## 1. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin

The details of Ramtek are not being reported on Awaassoft. However, the Municipal Council of Ramtek  comes  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Nagpur  District.  The  details  of  Funds  Allocated  and Utilized so far in Nagpur District is given below:-

(Rs. In Crores)

| Financial Year   |   Funds Allocated |   Funds Utilized |
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 2017-18          |             81.34 |            62.33 |
| 2018-19          |             30.85 |             0.57 |
| 2019-20          |            139.63 |            34.37 |
| 2020-21          |            217.46 |             7.33 |

Source: Allcoation as per B1 report of Awaassoft as on 03.03.2021

Utilization as per B3 report of Awaassoft as on 03.03.2021

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

As reported by the State Government, the funds allocated and utilized for construction of works under PMGSY in Ramtek is given below:-

| Year (s)   | Allocation (Rs. in Cr.)   | Utilized (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| 2017-18    | 0.48                      | 0.48                    |
| 2018-19    | -                         | -                       |
| 2019-20    | -                         | -                       |
| 2020-21    | -                         | -                       |

## 3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

The  details  of  expenditure  incurred  in  Ramtek  Block  in  Nagpur  district  of  Mahashtra  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS are as under -

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year (s)   |   Expenditure |
|------------|---------------|
| 2017-18    |          8.64 |
| 2018-19    |          6.69 |
| 2019-20    |          5.1  |
| 2020-21    |          6.29 |

## 4. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

Under  NSAP,  fund  is  allocated  State/UT-wise.  The  fund  allocated  and  utilized  in  Ramtek, Maharashtra is not maintained.

## 5. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) & Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)

Funds are released to the State Government as per demands against approved Action Plans of the State. Funds are not released at District level, so information in respect of fund allocation and utilization  at  Block/Panchayat  level  is  not  maintained.  However,  since  the  inception  of DDUGKY, Rs. 209.12 Cr. Has been allotted to Nagpur district.

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

The funds allocated to Nagpur District so far is as follows -

(Rs. in Crore)

| Financial Year   |   Allocation |   Utilized |
|------------------|--------------|------------|
| 2017-18          |         3.9  |       3.4  |
| 2018-19          |         3.94 |       3.64 |
| 2019-20          |        13.67 |       9.05 |
| 2020-2021        |        27.15 |       6.31 |

## 7. Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)

In  Ramtek  Parliamentary  Constituency,  Nagpur,  Maharashtra  there  are  two  Rurban  clusters under  SPMRM . The details of funds allocated and utilized so far in Ramtek, Maharashtra are as under:

| Sl.   |              |          | Convergence           | Convergence   | CGF                   | CGF               | CGF            | CGF            | CGF          | Total                 | Total        |
|-------|--------------|----------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------------|--------------|
| No.   | Cluster      | District | Invest ment Approv ed | Expen diture  | Invest ment Appro ved | Centr al Releas e | State Rele ase | Total Releas e | Expen diture | Invest ment Appro ved | Expen diture |
| 1     | Kanholiba ra | NAGPUR   | 179.94                | 26.46         | 30.0                  | 5.4               | 3.6            | 9.0            | 1.29         | 209.94                | 27.75        |
| 2     | Wadoda       | NAGPUR   | 124.84                | 60.52         | 30.0                  | 5.37              | 3.58           | 8.95           | 5.72         | 154.84                | 66.24        |
| Total | Total        | Total    | 304.78                | 86.98         | 60.00                 | 10.77             | 7.18           | 17.95          | 7.01         | 364.78                | 93.99        |

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