Lok Sabha Question No. 194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Allocation for Rural Development Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 194

ANSWERED ON 02.02.2021

## ALLOCATION FOR RURALDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

## 194. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has failed in the efficacy of the rural schemes due to their poor implementation process and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has not yet sanctioned the allocated funds for  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  and  Pradhan Mantri  Awas Yojana (Rural) for 2019  -2020  and  2020-2021and has changed the revised budget over (-)2 percent for 2020-21;
- (c) if so, the budget allocation and expenditure sanctioned from 2017-18 till December 2020; and
- (d) the  present  status  of  women  Self-Help  Groups(SHG)  under  MUDRA  scheme during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): No, Sir.  The Ministry of Rural Developmentaccords emphasis on proper implementation of all its rural development schemes. In order to ensure the programme benefits reach the rural poor,  the  Ministry  has  evolved  a  comprehensive  multi-level  and  multi-format  system  of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of rural development programmes, including Performance Review Committee Meetings, District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee  ('DISHA')  meetings,  National  Level  Monitors,  Area  Officers  Schemes,  Common Review Mission, Concurrent Evaluation and Impact Assessment Studies. As per the reports/returns received from the state governments/UT Administrations, the implementation of these programmes have been found to be satisfactory. Third-Party evaluation of the Schemes is also carried out regularly and actions, as appropriate, are taken on the findings.

(b)&(c):  The  persondays  generated,  allocations  of  fund  and  release  under  Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) during the last three years and current year are detailed below:

## (Rs. in crore)

|   S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released | S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released   |   S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released | S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released   | S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released   | S. NoFinancial YearPersondays generated Budget EstimateRevised BudgetTotal Funds Released   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                           1 | 2017-18                                                                                     |                                                                                      233.74 | 48,000.00                                                                                   | 55,167.06                                                                                   | 55,659.93                                                                                   |

|   2 | 2018-19   | 267.96                   |   55000.00 | 61,830.09    | 62,125.07                    |
|-----|-----------|--------------------------|------------|--------------|------------------------------|
|   3 | 2019-20   | 265.39                   |      60000 | 71,001.81    | 71,020.35                    |
|   4 | 2020-21   | 318.7 (As on 29.01.2021) |      61500 | 1,11,500.00* | 90,111.99 (As on 29.01.2021) |

Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-Gramin(PMAY-G),  the  overall  target  is  to construct 2.95 Crore houses during the period 2016-17 to 2021-22, wherein 1 Crore houses were set to be achieved in Phase-I (2016-17 to 2018-19) and 1.95 Crore houses in Phase-II (2019-20 to   2021-22). A total of 1.26 crore houses have been constructed so far as on 28 th January, 2021.

The details of Budget Estimate (B.E), Revised Budget(R.E) and expenditure for FY 2017-18 to FY 2020-21 for the scheme is given below:

( Rs. In crores )

|   S. No | Year    |   B.E |     R.E |   Funds released under Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) |   Funds released under Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR) | Total Funds Released        |
|---------|---------|-------|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | 2       |     3 |     4   |                                                  5   |                                                   6    | 7=6+5                       |
|       1 | 2017-18 | 23000 | 22832.3 |                                              22572.3 |                                                7329.43 | 29901.72                    |
|       2 | 2018-19 | 21000 | 19600   |                                              19308   |                                               10678.8  | 29986.75                    |
|       3 | 2019-20 | 19000 | 18455.2 |                                              18119.6 |                                               10811    | 28,930.63                   |
|       4 | 2020-21 | 19500 | 19500   |                                              18088.7 |                                                8133.62 | 26222.31 (As on 31.12.2020) |

(d): In pursuance of the budget announcement made on 05 th July 2019, "One woman in every SHG will also be made eligible for a loan up to Rs.1.00 lakh under the MUDRA Scheme", action was taken by Ministry of Rural Development for linkage of SHG members under the MUDRA Scheme. Based on the budget announcement, an advisory to all States was sent by Ministry of Rural  Development.  Till  December  2020,  43306  women  SHG  members  formed  under Deen Dayal Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  in  rural  areas have availed MUDRA loans from various banks.

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