Lok Sabha Question No. 804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Promoting Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajashree Mallick

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 804 ANSWERED ON 07/02/2023

## PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AREAS

## 804. SHRIMATI RAJASHREE MALLICK:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote entrepreneurship in the rural areas;
- (b) the allocation made by the Government for entrepreneurship activities, State-wise including Odisha;
- (c) whether the Ministry or anybody under its administrative control has tried to gauge the efficacy and impact of these efforts and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the quantifiable impact of efforts made by the Government in this sphere?

## ANSWER

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

(a)   590  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),  promoted  by  Banks,  are functioning  across  the  country  extending  skill  and  entrepreneurship  development  training programmes to rural poor youth to facilitate them to employ themselves by commencing selfemployment  units/activities.  This  Ministry  is  reimbursing  cost  of  training  imparted  by  the RSETIs  to  the  rural  poor  youth  through  the  State  Rural  Livelihoods  Missions  (SRLMs), besides providing infrastructure grants to the  Institutions.  Since inception, a total of 43.79 lakh youth have been trained and 30.99 lakh youth have been settled up-to 31st December, 2022

The Ministry is also implementing Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) as a sub-scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) with the objective to help the rural poor (from SHG eco-system) to set-up enterprises at the village level in non-agricultural sectors. The operational unit of the project is Block. A maximum of 2,400 enterprises can be supported in one Block with the approved funds. The maximum budget for one Block under SVEP is Rs. 650.00 lakhs. A total of 2.23 Lakh enterprises across 29 States/UTs have been supported so far.

(b) The State-wise funds sanctioned/released for training of rural poor candidates in RSETIs is  placed  at  Annexure.  The  State-wise  funds  sanctioned  under  SVEP  are  also  placed  at Annexure.

(c)   A  short  study  on  'Impact  of  RSETI  Training  on  Repayment  Behaviour  of  Bank Borrowers'  was  conducted  by  the  National  Academy  of  RUDSETI,  Bengaluru  in  July 2020.The major findings are as follows:

- i. 85% of loan proposals received by the Banks from RSETIs are getting sanctioned.
- ii. Around 95% of loans given to RSETI trainees are regular in repayment.

The mid-term review of the SVEP was done during the year 2018-19 by Quality Council of India (QCI); the key findings are as follows:

- i. 82%  of  entrepreneurs  across  the  blocks  reported  being  from  SC,  ST  and  OBC categories.
- ii. 75% of the enterprises were owned and managed by women.
- iii. 57% of the total household income is through the enterprises promoted under SVEP.

(d)  Under  RSETIs,  30.99  lakh  youth  have  been  settled,  so  far.  Under  SVEP,  2.23  Lakh enterprises have been set up up-to 31 st December, 2022.

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Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 804 for answer on 07.02.2023 regarding 'Promoting Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas'

State/UT-wise  fund  sanctioned  and  central  share  under  Start-up  Village  Entrepreneurship Programme since inception (as on 31 st December, 2022)

| No   | State/UT            | Funds sanctioned (Rs. Lakhs)   | Central share (Rs. Lakhs)   |
|------|---------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh      | 4,535.30                       | 2,721.18                    |
| 2    | Aruncahal Pradesh   | 493.92                         | 444.53                      |
| 3    | Assam               | 1,571.57                       | 1,414.41                    |
| 4    | Bihar               | 6,704.21                       | 4,022.53                    |
| 5    | Chattisgarh         | 4,851.17                       | 2,910.70                    |
| 6    | Goa                 | 596.73                         | 358.04                      |
| 7    | Gujarat             | 1,617.20                       | 970.32                      |
| 8    | Haryana             | 2,967.90                       | 1,780.74                    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh    | 558.06                         | 502.25                      |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir (UT) | 2,167.09                       | 1,950.38                    |
| 11   | Jharkhand           | 7,056.03                       | 4,233.62                    |
| 12   | Karnataka           | 1,316.73                       | 790.04                      |
| 13   | Kerala              | 8,626.29                       | 5,175.77                    |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh      | 7,350.52                       | 4,410.31                    |
| 15   | Maharashtra         | 4,195.00                       | 2,517.00                    |
| 16   | Manipur             | 1,076.78                       | 969.10                      |
| 17   | Meghalaya           | 444.34                         | 399.91                      |
| 18   | Mizoram             | 900.03                         | 810.03                      |
| 19   | Nagaland            | 1,968.09                       | 1,771.28                    |
| 20   | Odisha              | 6,425.57                       | 3,855.35                    |
| 21   | Punjab              | 1,535.04                       | 921.02                      |
| 22   | Rajasthan           | 3,892.50                       | 2,335.50                    |
| 23   | Sikkim              | 463.67                         | 417.39                      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu          | 2,178.40                       | 1,307.04                    |
| 25   | Telangana           | 5,768.12                       | 3,460.87                    |
| 26   | Tripura             | 564.21                         | 507.79                      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh       | 9,705.19                       | 5,823.11                    |
| 28   | Uttarakhand         | 1,928.06                       | 1,735.26                    |
| 29   | West Bengal         | 8,389.13                       | 5,033.48                    |
|      | Total               | 99,846.85                      | 63,548.95                   |

Remark: SVEP  is a demand driven programme, hence allocations are not being made

## Fund  sanctioned/released  for  training  of  rural  poor  youth  in  RSETIs  (as  on  31 st January, 2023)

|    | S.No.State/UT     | Funds sanctioned/released from FY 2013-14 to FY 2022-23 (Rs. lakhs)   |   Funds sanctioned/released from FY 2013-14 to FY 2022-23 (Rs. lakhs) |
|----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                                                     |                                                               1723.77 |
|    | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                                                                     |                                                                  0    |
|    | Assam             | 3                                                                     |                                                               1744.67 |
|    | Bihar             | 4                                                                     |                                                               2190.44 |
|    | Chhattisgarh      | 5                                                                     |                                                               1405.51 |
|    | Gujarat           | 6                                                                     |                                                               3927.97 |
|    | Haryana           | 7                                                                     |                                                                949.97 |
|    | Himachal Pradesh  | 8                                                                     |                                                                309.23 |
| 9  | Jharkhand         |                                                                       |                                                               1880.27 |
| 10 | Karnataka         |                                                                       |                                                               4590.34 |
|    | Kerala            | 11                                                                    |                                                                747.82 |
|    | Madhya Pradesh    | 12                                                                    |                                                               5994.94 |
|    | Maharashtra       | 13                                                                    |                                                               5411.06 |
|    | Manipur           | 14                                                                    |                                                                 29.3  |
|    | Meghalaya         | 15                                                                    |                                                                312.28 |
|    | Mizoram           | 16                                                                    |                                                                 39.45 |
|    | Nagaland          | 17                                                                    |                                                                 55.25 |
| 18 | Odisha            |                                                                       |                                                               3320.76 |
| 19 | Punjab            |                                                                       |                                                               2342.11 |
| 20 | Rajasthan         |                                                                       |                                                               1704.1  |
|    | Sikkim            | 21                                                                    |                                                                  9.02 |
|    | Tamilnadu         | 22                                                                    |                                                               1811.1  |
|    | Telangana         | 23                                                                    |                                                               1331.31 |
|    | Tripura           | 24                                                                    |                                                                354.5  |
| 25 | UT - A&N Islands  |                                                                       |                                                                 22.21 |
| 26 | UT - D&N Haveli   |                                                                       |                                                                 45.24 |
|    | UT - J&K          | 27                                                                    |                                                                686.15 |
| 28 | UT - Ladhak       |                                                                       |                                                                  0    |
|    | UT - Lakshadweep  | 29                                                                    |                                                                  0    |
|    | UT - Puducherry   | 30                                                                    |                                                                 24.39 |
|    | Uttar Pradesh     | 31                                                                    |                                                               4846.2  |
|    | Uttarakhand       | 32                                                                    |                                                                630.91 |
| 33 | West Bengal       |                                                                       |                                                                696.51 |
|    | Total             |                                                                       |                                                              49136.8  |

Remark: RSETIs is a demand driven programme, hence allocations are not being made.

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