Lok Sabha Question No. 3172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Schemes in Rajasthan
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3172 ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCHEMES IN

## RAJASTHAN

## 3172. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

## Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds  sanctioned/released  and  utilized  under various  rural  development  and  poverty  alleviation  schemes, scheme-wise in Rajasthan during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the details of the achievements made under each scheme during the said period;
- (c) the number of the persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs) who have been benefited under each of these scheme; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  full  utilization  of funds and timely completion of works?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing a number of welfare  schemes  viz.,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana  Gramin  (PMAY-G),  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY), Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhayay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Shyama Prasad

Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) and Watershed Development Component (WDC) of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for rural development and poverty alleviation in the State of Rajasthan. Scheme-wise details of the funds sanctioned/released and utilized in Rajasthan,  wherever  maintained,   during  the  last  three  years  and current year are at Annexure.

- (b): The achievements during the last three years and current year in the State of Rajasthan is as follows: (i) Under MGNREGS, 139.76 crore person-days have been generated (as on 04.08.2023), (ii) Under PMAYG, 8,59,052 houses completed, (iii) Under PMGSY, the details of road length and  bridges  constructed,  State-wise  and  year-wise  under various interventions is accessible through the website omms.nic.in => progress  monitoring  =>  Financial  Year-wise  Achievement,  (iv)  Under DAY-NRLM, 1903598 households mobilized into SHGs and 167704 Self Help  Groups  (SHGs)  promoted  upto  June,  2023,  (v)  Under  DDU-GKY, 10965  rural  youth  trained  and  9305  placed  and  under  RSETI,  81562 rural  youth  trained  and  60139  settled  as  on  30.06.2023,  (vi)  Under SPMRM,  out  of  the  6563  number  of  works,  75  number  of  work  is ongoing  and  3844  number  of  work  is  completed,  (vii)  Under  NSAP, 10,69,320 beneficiaries covered in 2020-21, 11,68,697 in 2021-22 and 11,95,049 in 2022-23, and (viii) Under WDC of PMKSY-2.0, which was approved  by  Government  on  15 th   December  2021,  a  total  of  149 watershed  projects  covering  an  area  of  7.507  lakh  hectare  (as  on 25.07.2023) and also 29170 water harvesting structures were created/rejuvenated including Amrit Sarovar, benefiting 75,748 number of  farmers and 5,40,653 man-days of employment were generated.
- (c) Under  the  above  schemes,  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  wherever applicable, are also getting the benefits. Under MGNREGS, the rate of participation  of  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  (percentage  of  Scheduled Tribes person-days out of total) in the State of Rajasthan in the last three years  and current year (as on 04.08.2023) is as under:

| Financial Year                                |   2020-21 |   2021- 22 |   2022- 23 |   2023-24 |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|
| Scheduled Tribes (STs) participation rate (%) |     21.76 |      21.86 |      21.09 |     30.05 |

Under  DAY-NRLM,  from  the  Financial  Year  2020-21  upto  June  2023, 165032 ST households mobilized and 13357 ST SHGs promoted were brought under the ambit of the Scheme. Under PMAY-G, as reported by the State, a total of 6,22,818 houses have been sanctioned under ST category, out of which 6,09, 228 houses have been completed in the state of  Rajasthan. Under  DDU-GKY, 2689 ST rural youth trained and 2067  placed.  Under  RSETI,  14042  ST  rural  youth  trained  and  10692 settled  as  on  30.06.2023.  Under  NSAP  scheme,  the  number  of  ST benefited in the State of Rajasthan is as under:

| FY      |   No. of ST beneficiaries |
|---------|---------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                    108688 |
| 2022-23 |                    111239 |

PMGSY  is  not  an  individual/  community  centric  scheme.  The  roads constructed  under  PMGSY  cater  to  all  the  strata  of  the  society. Nevertheless, Scheduled Tribes Areas have got specific focus in the scheme  by  giving  special  dispensation.  While  eligibility  criteria  for other  habitations  for  getting  connectivity  under  the  scheme  is  a population of 500 persons (as per 2001 census), for Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  and  Planning  Commission)  and  for  NorthEastern and Himalayan States, unconnected habitations with a population of 250 persons and above (as per Census 2001) are eligible for providing all-weather road connectivity under the scheme.

So  far  as  WDC  of  PMKSY  is  concerned,  out  of  the  total  budget allocation 10% is released under Tribal Sub-Plan. Since WDC-PMKSY is a  rainfed/degraded  area  development  programme,  all  the  people including STs residing in project area are benefited.

(d): MoRD accords emphasis on proper implementation of all its rural development schemes. In order to ensure that the programme benefits reach the rural poor, the Ministry has evolved a comprehensive multilevel  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  (NLMs),  Area  Officers  Schemes,  Common  Review Mission, Concurrent Evaluation and Impact Assessment  Studies. Social  Audits  are  also  conducted  by  some  Schemes  like  Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and PMAY-G. Third-Party evaluation of the Schemes is also carried out regularly and actions, as appropriate, are taken on the findings. In addition to above, steps have also been  taken to strengthen transparency and accountability using transaction based IT systems  for  MIS  which  include  geo-tagging  of  assets,  Direct  Benefit Transfer  (DBT),  National  electronic  Fund  Management  System  (NeFMS), Aadhaar Based Payment System (ABPS), Software for Estimate Calculation using Rural rates for Employment (SECURE) and establishment  of  independent  social  audit  units  and  appointment  of Ombudsman. State specific reviews of States/UTs are also undertaken from time to time.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3172 due for 08.08.2023

Scheme-wise details of the funds sanctioned/released and utilized in Rajasthan, wherever maintained, during the last three years and current year

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | Centrally Sponsored                                   | 2020-21       | 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       | 2022-23       | 2023-24                     | 2023-24                   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|          | Schemes                                               | Fund Released | Fund Utilized | Fund Released | Fund Utilized | Fund Released | Fund Utilized | Fund Released               | Fund Utilized             |
| 1        | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee    | 8,920.76 --   | 9,867.74      |               | --            | 9,662.99      | --            | 3,662.77 (as on 04.08.2023) | --                        |
| 2        | National Rural Livelihood Mission                     | 132.19 228.48 | 247.38        |               | 326.56        | 340.24        | 500.95        | 61.86 (upto July,2023)      | 140.57* (upto July,2023)  |
| 3        | National 14.77                                        | --            | 8.60          |               | --            | 37.25         | --            | --                          | --                        |
| 4        | Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G) 1108.59 | 3679.45       | 1405.46       |               | 2332.48       | 2157.52       | 3036.53       | 0.00                        | 307.99* (as on 4.8.2023)  |
| 5        | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)              | 237.15 492.13 | 917.50        |               | 1452.62       | 199.90        | 373.25        | 0                           | 43.79* (as on 28.07.2023) |

|   6 | Deen Dayal Upadhayay - Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY)   | 97.15   |      -- | 0.00   |     -- | 0.00   | --               | No fund released   | --                         |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
|   7 | Rural Self Employment 4.37                                  |         |   0     |        |  13.23 |        | No fund released | --                 |                            |
|   8 | National Social 329.29                                      | --      |  93.78  | --     | 621.76 | --     | No fund          | released           | --                         |
|   9 | Shyama 21.60                                                | --      |  10.18  |        |   0    | --     |                  | --                 | --                         |
|  10 | Watershed Development Component - 449.89                    | 626.05  | 282.564 | 100.21 |   0    | 108.69 | 0.00 (as on      | 31.07.2023)        | 112.28* (as on 31.07.2023) |

* Including State share.

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