Lok Sabha Question No. 1895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: DISHA Committee
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rajeev Rai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1895 ANSWERED ON 11/03/2025

## DISHA COMMITTEE

## 1895. SHRI RAJEEV RAI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the guidelines for establishment of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee  (DISHA) in every districts of the country and the timeline prescribed for convening of its meeting;
- (b) the  number  of  meetings  of  DISHA  Committee  held  in  various districts of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2023 and 2024;
- (c) whether  these  Committees  have  adhered  to  the  timeline prescribed in the guidelines, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the  number  of  schemes  being  run  for  development  of  rural areas by the Government and the number of schemes functional in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the  total  amount  of  funds  released  for  these  schemes  during the last two years, scheme-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): For effective implementation of District Development Coordination  and  Monitoring Committee  (DISHA),  Ministry  of  Rural Development (MRD) has formulated comprehensive guidelines and it is available in public domain on MRD's website <disha.gov.in/guidelines>which inter-alia define the objectives, composition  and  scope  of  DISHA  Committees.  The  Guidelines provides  for  Constitution  of  the  Committees  with  Chairperson,  CoChairperson, Special Invitee, Non-official Members in District Committees and nomination of members in the State Committees. As regards frequency of DISHA meetings, it is

mandated that the State level DISHA meetings should be held once in  every  six  months  and  District  level  DISHA  meetings  once every quarter.

- (b): The details of total number of district level DISHA Committee meetings  held  in  Uttar  Pradesh  during  2023-24  and  2024-25  (till date),  district-wise  (as  reported  by  Uttar  Pradesh  Administration) are at Annexure I.
- (c): Timely convening of the DISHA  meetings is crucial for ensuring effective implementation of Central Government Schemes and promoting the holistic development of the districts. Recognizing the  critical  importance  of  DISHA,  Ministry  of  Rural  Development (MRD)  is  persistently  working  to  ensure  that  these  meetings  are convened on a regular basis. All States/UTs have been urged to take necessary  actions  and  instruct  the  relevant  Member  Secretaries (District Collectors, Magistrates, Deputy Commissioners) to ensure that District Level DISHA meetings are held as per DISHA guidelines.  The  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  have  also  been requested  from  time  to  time  to  hold  DISHA  meetings  in  their respective districts on regular basis.
- (d): The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has adopted multipronged strategies to improve the economic well being of people in rural areas with the main focus on increasing livelihood opportunities, empowering rural women, providing social safety net, skilling  of  rural  youth,  infrastructure  development  etc.  through  its programmes.  In  this  regard,  MoRD  is  implementing  a  number  of targeted  programmes  in  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Pradhan MantriAwasYojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY),  DeendayalAntyodayaYojana  National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment  Training Institutes (RSETIs), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Watershed Development Component  (WDC)  of  the  Pradhan  MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (WDC-PMKSY).
- (e): The funds are released for the schemes run by Government of India to the State Governments. Funds are further released by the State  Governments  to  the  respective  districts.   The  details  of  the

fund  released  scheme-wise  in  respect  of  Uttar  Pradesh  are  at Annexure-II.

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Annexure I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1895 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2025

The  details  of  total  number  of  District  Development  Coordination  and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meetings at district level held in districts of Uttar Pradesh during 2023-24 and 2024-25:

| S.N.                    | Districts               | Meetings held in 2024-25   |   Meetings held in 2023 - 24 |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1Agra                   | 1Agra                   | 2                          |                            1 |
| 2Aligarh                | 2Aligarh                | 0                          |                            1 |
| 3Allahabad (Prayagraj)  | 3Allahabad (Prayagraj)  | 0                          |                            3 |
| 4Ambedkar Nagar         | 4Ambedkar Nagar         | 1                          |                            2 |
| 5Amethi                 | 5Amethi                 | 0                          |                            0 |
| 6 Amroha(J PHULE NAGAR) | 6 Amroha(J PHULE NAGAR) | 1                          |                            2 |
| 7Auraiya                | 7Auraiya                | 0                          |                            1 |
| 8Azamgarh               | 8Azamgarh               | 1                          |                            2 |
| 9Baghpat                | 9Baghpat                | 1                          |                            1 |
| 10Bahraich              | 10Bahraich              | 1                          |                            2 |
| 11Ballia                | 11Ballia                | 1                          |                            2 |
| 12Balrampur (UP)        | 12Balrampur (UP)        | 1                          |                            2 |
| 13Banda                 | 13Banda                 | 1                          |                            2 |
| 14Barabanki             | 14Barabanki             | 1                          |                            2 |
| 15Bareilly              | 15Bareilly              | 2                          |                            3 |
| 16Basti                 | 16Basti                 | 1                          |                            1 |
| 17Bijnor                | 17Bijnor                | 3                          |                            3 |
| 18Budaun                | 18Budaun                | 0                          |                            1 |
| 19Bulandshahar          | 19Bulandshahar          | 1                          |                            2 |
| 20Chandauli             | 20Chandauli             | 1                          |                            2 |
| 21Chitrakoot            | 21Chitrakoot            | 1                          |                            2 |
| 22Deoria                | 22Deoria                | 1                          |                            2 |
| 23Etah                  | 23Etah                  | 1                          |                            2 |
| 24Etawah                | 24Etawah                | 0                          |                            1 |
| 25Faizabad (Ayodhya)    | 25Faizabad (Ayodhya)    | 1                          |                            3 |
| 26Farrukhabad           | 26Farrukhabad           | 0                          |                            1 |
| 27Fatehpur              | 27Fatehpur              | 1                          |                            3 |
| 28Firozabad             | 28Firozabad             | 0                          |                            2 |
| 29GautamBuddh Nagar     | 0                       |                            |                            1 |

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| 30Ghaziabad                    | 1   | 1   |
|--------------------------------|-----|-----|
| 31Ghazipur                     | 1   | 0   |
| 32Gonda                        | 1   | 2   |
| 33Gorakhpur                    | 1   | 1   |
| 34Hamirpur (UP)                | 0   | 0   |
| 35Hapur                        | 1   | 3   |
| 36Hardoi                       | 1   | 1   |
| 37 Hathras (Mahamaya Nagar)    | 0   | 4   |
| 38Jalaun                       | 1   | 3   |
| 39Jaunpur                      | 1   | 1   |
| 40Jhansi                       | 2   | 2   |
| 41Kannauj                      | 0   | 1   |
| 42Kanpur Dehat                 | 0   | 3   |
| 43Kanpur Nagar                 | 1   | 2   |
| Kanshiram Nagar                | 1   | 2   |
| 44 (Kasganj)                   |     |     |
| 45Kaushambi                    | 1   | 2   |
| 46Kheri                        | 1   | 4   |
| 47Kushinagar                   | 1   | 2   |
| 48Lalitpur                     | 2   | 1   |
| 49Lucknow                      | 0   | 1   |
| 50Maharajganj                  | 1   | 2   |
| 51Mahoba                       | 0   | 1   |
| 52Mainpuri                     | 0   | 0   |
| 53Mathura                      | 1   | 1   |
| 54Mau                          | 1   | 0   |
| 55Meerut                       | 1   | 1   |
| 56Mirzapur                     | 1   | 3   |
| 57Moradabad                    | 1   | 1   |
| 58Muzaffarnagar                | 1   | 1   |
| 59Pilibhit                     | 1   | 2   |
| 60Pratapgarh (UP)              | 1   | 2   |
| 61Rae Bareli                   | 1   | 0   |
| 62Rampur                       | 1   | 1   |
| 63Saharanpur                   | 1   | 2   |
| 64Sambhal                      | 1   | 1   |
| 65SantKabir Nagar              | 1   | 1   |
| 66 SantRavidas Nagar (Bhadohi) | 0   | 2   |
| 67Shahjahanpur                 | 1   | 2   |
| 68Shamli                       | 1   | 2   |
| 69Shravasti                    | 1   | 2   |
| 70Siddharth Nagar              | 0   | 3   |
| 71Sitapur                      | 1   | 1   |
| 72Sonbhadra                    | 0   | 1   |

| 73Sultanpur   |   1 |   2 |
|---------------|-----|-----|
| 74Unnao       |   0 |   2 |
| 75Varanasi    |   0 |   0 |

Annexure-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1895 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2025

## The details of the fund released scheme-wise in respect of Uttar Pradesh:

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl No   | Name of Scheme                                                                               | Funds release by Central Govt.   | Funds release by Central Govt.   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| .       |                                                                                              | FY 2022- 23 FY 2023- 24          | FY 2022- 23 FY 2023- 24          |
| 1       | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)                          | 10629.0 1                        | 9808.5 5                         |
| 2       | Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (PMAY-G)                                                            | 4777.03                          | 2620.9 3                         |
| 3       | Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)                                                      | 2068.57                          | 2679.6 3                         |
| 4       | DeendayalAntyodayaYojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY NRLM)                     | 1108.45                          | 1477.9 4                         |
| 5       | DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojan a (DDU GKY)                                          | 0.00*                            | 0.00*                            |
| 6       | Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)                                           | 0.00*                            | 0.00*                            |
| 7       | National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)                                                  | 1835.18                          | 1393.0 1                         |
| 8       | Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (WDC-PMKSY) | 0.00                             | 86.20                            |

* These are demand driven schemes and funds are released on the basis of demands raised by the States.

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