Lok Sabha Question No. 402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Basic Facilities for Rural Development
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 402 ANSWERED ON 04/02/2025

## BASIC FACILITIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## 402.  DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken towards facilitating basic education, skill training and health since these are the key components of rural development during the last ten years;
- (b) whether the  density  of  beneficiaries  to  basic  education,  skill training and health has been reduced; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)  to  (c):  For  facilitating  basic  education  in  the  country  including rural  areas,  Ministry  of  Education,  the  Government  of  India  is implementing  SamagraShiksha  -  an   integrated  Scheme  for  school education from 2018-19, an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education across the country including  rural  areas.  SamagraShiksha  focuses  on  improvement  in quality of education by providing support for different interventions like  in-service  training  of  teachers  and  school  heads,  conduct  of achievement surveys at state and national level, composite school grant to every school for providing a conducive learning environment,  grants  for  library, sports and  physical  activities, support for ICT and digital initiatives, school leadership development programme, remedial teaching for academically weaker  students,  etc.  The  ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  component

under SamagraShiksha  has  been  introduced to transform the process of teaching and learning from the traditional instructional teacher-centredendeavour to a learner-centred approach.

For skilling rural youth, Ministry of Rural Development is implementing two programmes viz., DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes(RSETI).   Further,  under the Government of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers  skill,  reskill  and  up-skill  training  through  an  extensive  network  of  skill development  centres  /  institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz. Pradhan MantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY), Jan SikhshanSansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country including rural areas. The brief of these schemes is as under:

For  ensuring  health  services  in  rural  areas,  as  informed  by  the Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  (MoH&FW),  under  National Health  Mission  (NHM),  steps  have  been  taken  towards  universal health  coverage  by  supporting  the  State  Government  in  providing improved health infrastructure, adequate human resources in health facilities,  improved  availability  and  accessibility  to  quality  health care especially for the underserved and marginalized groups in rural areas.

The  MoH&FW  provides  technical  and  financial  support  to  the States/UTs  to  strengthen  the  public  healthcare  system,  based  on the  proposals  received  in  the  form  of  Programme  Implementation Plans (PIPs) under NHM. Government of India provides approval for the  proposals  in  the  form  of  Record  of  Proceedings  (RoPs)  as  per norms & available resources.

Under  National  Health  Mission,  through  AyushmanArogyaMandir, comprehensive primary healthcare is provided by strengthening Sub

Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs).

The MoH&FW supports 'Free Diagnostics Service Initiative' programme  under  NHM  with  the  aim  to  provide  accessible  and affordable pathological and radiological diagnostics services closer to the community, which in turn reduces the Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE). Diagnostics services are provided free of cost at  all  levels  of  public  health  facilities.   To  ensure  availability  of essential  drugs  and  reduce  the  OOPE  of  the  patients  visiting  the public  health  facilities,  Government  has  rolled  out  the  Free  Drugs Service Initiative under NHM.

The  basic  objectives  of  these  schemes/programmes/initiatives  are to provide access to basic education, skilling and health facilities to all eligible people of the country.

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