Lok Sabha Question No. 253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Employment of Rural Youths under Employment Generation Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 253

ANSWERED ON 30/11/2021

## EMPLOYMENT OF RURAL YOUTHS UNDER EMPLOYMENT GENERATION SCHEMES

## 253. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the rural youths of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Economically Weaker Sections are provided employment as guaranteed under the employment generation schemes in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the amount of funds provided by the Government under the said schemes during the said period;
- (d) whether the Government has assessed implementation of the said schemes and if so, the details of the assessment; and
- (e) the further steps taken / being taken by the Government for effective implementation of the said schemes in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c):   The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  presently  implementing  three  welfare schemes  for  employment  generation  which  provide  employment  to  people  in  rural  areas inclusive  of  rural  youths  of  Scheduled  Castes/Scheduled  Tribes/Economically  Weaker Sections of the country including the State of Uttar Pradesh.  The details in this regard are as follows: -
- i. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS): This 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.
- ii. Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY): This  is  a placement linked skill development programme for wage employment.
- iii. Skill  development  through  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training  Institutes (RSETIs): This  enables  a  trainee  to  take  bank  credit  and  start  his/her  own  Microenterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.

While  MGNREGS  provides  direct  employment,  DDU-GKY  and  RSETI  schemes promote  employability  through  either  wage  or  self-employment  leading  to  economic  and social  development  of  youths  of  rural  area  of  the  country.  The  Scheme-wise  details  of physical and financial achievements for the last three years and the current year in respect of the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  with  respect  to  MGNREGS,  DDU-GKY  and  RSETI  are  at Annexure-1 .

2.          Apart  from  the  above  mentioned  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development, various  other  Ministries/Departments  are  also  implementing  the  programmes/schemes  for employment generation which are as follows:
- i. Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY): Under  Skill  India  Mission, Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is  implementing  its  flagship scheme PMKVY for Skill based training of the youth across the country including of youth belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe/ Economically weaker Section under  Short  Term  Training  (STT)  courses  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning (RPL).Under  PMKVY,  STT  is  linked  to  placement,  while  RPL  does  not  mandate placements  as  it  recognizes  the  existing  skills  of  candidate.   PMKVY  has  two components  known  as  Centrally  Sponsored  Centrally  Managed  (CSCM)  being implemented  by  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  and  Centrally Sponsored  State  Managed  (CSSM)  being  implemented  by  State  Skill  Development Missions  (SSDMs)  of  the  States  /  UTs  popularly  known  as  State-  Component  of PMKVY. Under the CSCM component of PMKVY, funds are disbursed to NSDC for implementation of the scheme, while under State component, the funds are disbursed to the States/State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs) for implementation.
- ii. Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP): Ministry  of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises 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 microenterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector  by  helping  traditional  artisans  and  unemployed youth.  The  scheme  was  launched  during  2008-09.  PMEGP  Scheme  facilitates generation of self-employment opportunities through establishment of microenterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector  by  helping  traditional  artisans  and  unemployed youth. General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to special  categories  such  as  ST/SC/OBC/women/Minorities  etc.  the  margin  money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas.  The maximum projects cost is Rs 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs 10 lakh in the service sector.

The  Scheme-wise  details  of  physical  and  financial  achievements  for  the  last  three years and the current year in respect of the State of Uttar Pradesh are at Annexure - II .

- (d)  &(e):  The  assessments  of  the  schemes/programmes  in  respect  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development  are  being  made  at  regular  intervals.   Review  meetings  are  held  regularly  by senior  officers  of  this  Ministry  every  week.  Programme  Divisions  also  convene  meetings with the concerned State Governments for smooth/proper functioning of the programmes at regular  intervals.   All  the  schemes  being  implemented  in  the  various  States  are  reviewed periodically  through  Common Review Mission (CRM), which is a multi-disciplinary team comprising ex-civil servants, senior academicians and field practitioners, visit the States to understand the issues in implementation of rural development programmes and to document good  practices  leading  to  improvement  in  the  well  being  of  the  people  through  improved public service delivery. Further, meetings of Performance Review Committee (PRC) are held with  the  State  Governments  every  year  to  review  the  implementation  of  schemes  of  the Department and to discuss the problem areas along with identification and replication of best practices in the programmes/schemes. The schemes/programmes are also reviewed at regular interval  by  National  Institution  for  Transforming  India  (NITI)  Aayog.  The  suggestions/ recommendations  emerged  from  the  above  are  taken  note  of  and  necessary  corrective measures are taken wherever necessary for the effective implementation of these schemes, which is a continuous process.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.253 for 30.11.2021 regarding Employment of Rural Youth under Employment Generation Schemes

Physical  and  financial  achievements  under  MGNREGS,  DDU-GKY  &  RSETI  of  the Ministry of Rural Development in the State of Uttar Pradesh for employment generation for the last three years and current year

## i. MGNREGS

- a. The detail of SCs/STs persondays generated in the State of Uttar Pradesh
- b. Detail of the central funds released to the State of Uttar Pradesh and central fund released to all States/UTs (as on 25.11.2021):

| Financial Year                    |   FY 2018-19 |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22* |
|-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
| SC persondays generated (in lakh) |       666.42 |       743.9  |      1230.55 |        645.04 |
| ST Persondays generated (in lakh) |        20.21 |        23.28 |        39.12 |         22.89 |

|                                        |            |            | (Rs. In crore)   | (Rs. In crore)   |
|----------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------------|------------------|
| Financial Year                         | FY 2018-19 | FY 2019-20 | FY 2020-21       | FY 2021-22*      |
| Central fund released in Uttar Pradesh | 5464.65    | 6240.16    | 12257.34         | 5,898.52         |

## ii. DDUGKY & RSETI

- a. Total Number of Candidates trained and placed/ Settled under in SC category
- b. Total Number of Candidates trained and placed/ Settled under in ST category
- c. Total funds allocated/ released for SC/ ST category under DDU-GKY in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

| Scheme   |   Trained in SC in 2018-19 |   Placed in SC in 2018-19 |   Trained in SC in 2019-20 |   Placed in SC in 2019-20 |   Trained in SC in 2020-21 |   Placed in SC in 2020-21 |   Trained in SC in 2021-22 |   Placed in SC in 2021-22 |
|----------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| DDU-GKY  |                       8255 |                      2175 |                      10594 |                      3281 |                        730 |                      1713 |                        488 |                       467 |
| RSETIs   |                      15461 |                     10540 |                      14084 |                     11161 |                      13050 |                      8565 |                       8245 |                      3442 |

| Scheme   |   Trained in ST in 2018-19 |   Placed in ST in 2018-19 |   Trained in ST in 2019-20 |   Placed in ST in 2019-20 |   Trained in ST in 2020-21 |   Placed in ST in 2020-21 |   Trained in ST in 2021-22 |   Placed in ST in 2021-22 |
|----------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| DDU-GKY  |                        102 |                        67 |                        178 |                        42 |                         41 |                        31 |                          3 |                         6 |
| RSETIs   |                        514 |                        73 |                        724 |                       183 |                        350 |                       110 |                        191 |                        91 |

(Rs. in lakhs)

| FY      |   SC Allocation |   SC Release |   ST Allocation |   ST Release |
|---------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
| 2018-19 |         34162   |     34162    |         23688   |     23688    |
| 2019-20 |         51549.5 |     51549.5  |         37097.9 |     37097.9  |
| 2020-21 |         30272.3 |     30272.3  |         21921.3 |     21921.3  |
| 2021-22 |         56323   |        99.95 |         40677   |        72.38 |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.253  for  30.11.2021  regarding  Employment  of  Rural  Youth  under  Employment Generation Schemes

Physical  and  Financial  achievements  under  PMKVY  and  PMEGP  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh for employment generation for the last three year and current year

## i. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

- a. Physical & Financial achievement in respect of SC/ST

| FY      | Candidates reported placed in UP under PMKVY scheme   | Candidates reported placed in UP under PMKVY scheme   | Candidates reported placed in UP under PMKVY scheme   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| FY      | SC                                                    | ST                                                    | Grand Total                                           |
| 2018-19 | 17,266                                                | 315                                                   | 17,581                                                |
| 2019-20 | 12,609                                                | 242                                                   | 12,851                                                |
| 2020-21 | 5,171                                                 | 120                                                   | 5,291                                                 |
| 2021-22 | 1,910                                                 | 110                                                   | 2,020                                                 |

## b. Funds released

| Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released to Uttar Pradesh under PMKVY scheme (PMKVY 2.0 &PMKVY 3.0) (Amount in Rs.)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                                                                                     | 2017-18                                                                                     | 2018-19                                                                                     | 2019-20                                                                                     | 2020-21                                                                                     | 2021-22                                                                                     |
| 52,26,00,000                                                                                | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 62,95,37,298                                                                                | 0                                                                                           |

## ii. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

| Year      |   Margin Money allocation (Rs. in lakh) |   Margin Money utilized** (Rs. in lakh) |   Units assisted (Number) |   Estimated employment generated (Number) |   Unit established by SC beneficiaries |   Unit established by ST beneficiaries |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2018-19   |                                 22171.6 |                                 19033.3 |                      5243 |                                     41944 |                                    698 |                                      8 |
| 2019-20   |                                 25763.2 |                                 21652.5 |                      6120 |                                     48960 |                                    785 |                                     18 |
| 2020-21   |                                 25719.7 |                                 32985.4 |                      9994 |                                     79952 |                                   1109 |                                     27 |
| 2021- 22* |                                 34875.5 |                                 16005.6 |                      4646 |                                     37168 |                                    518 |                                     12 |

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