Lok Sabha Question No. 3686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Employment through Self-Help Group
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3686 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025

## EMPLOYMENT THROUGH SELF-HELP GROUP

## 3686. Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  running  any  specific  programme aimed at connecting rural women of Uttar Pradesh with selfemployment  through  Self-Help  Group  (SHG),  startup  training, training  of  sewing  and  embroidery,  digital  learning  and  small enterprises;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  particularly  Uttar  Pradesh  including Baghpat, district-wise; and
- (c) the details of the women benefitted under the said programme/schemes  in  Uttar  Pradesh  including  Baghpat  Lok Sabha Constituency during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)

(a)  Yes.  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), launched in June 2011, is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, which is being implemented in partnership of States and UTs through their State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM), with an aim to reduce rural poverty, improve the livelihoods of rural poor and organize rural poor households into the Self-Help Group (SHG), for their  social  and  financial  inclusion.    So  far,  10.05  crore  rural households have been organised into 90.90 lakh SHGs in the country

- including Uttar Pradesh.

Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), the sub- scheme under the DAY-NRLM supports the Self-Help Group (SHG) and their  family  members  to  set-up  small  enterprises  in  the  non-farm sector. Under SVEP, a total of 3.74 lakhs SHG members enterprises

in 31 States including 30,037 enterprises in Uttar Pradesh have been supported  and  trained  by  the  implementing  agencies/Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP).

The training strategy under the Mission is designed to strengthen  community  institutions,  improve  financial  literacy  and access to entitlements, enhance entrepreneurial skills and livelihood diversification, greater inclusion of vulnerable groups through awareness  and  sensitisation.  The  training  focuses  to  build  skill, create knowledge and awarness among  members,  CRPs  and empower the community institutions like Self Help Groups, Village Organizations, Cluster Level Federations, Farmer Producer Organizations etc. through structured training modules using pedagogy for adult learning. Training is conducted at multiple levels -  National,  State,  District,  Block,  and  Village  -  for  different  target groups.  Modules  are  tailored  to  the  needs  of  SHG  members, Community Cadres, Panchayati Raj Institution members and SRLM staff  on  various  aspects  like  Institution  Building  (IB),  Financial Inclusion (FI), Livelihoods (Farm and Non-Farm), Social Development and Inclusion, Enterprise development and Value Chains etc. DAYNRLM  has  promoted  about  5  lakhs  e-bookkeepers  and  trained  to digitise SHG books of records.

(b): The district-wise details of SHG formed and SHG members/women  benefitted  under  DAY-NRLM  in  Uttar  Pradesh, including Baghpat district, are provided at Annexure 1.

- (c): The details of the SHG members/women benefitted under the DAY-NRLM in Uttar Pradesh including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency, during the last three years and the current year are as under.

| State         | 2022-23    | 2022-23         | 2023-24    | 2023-24         | 2024-25    | 2024-25         | 2025-26    | 2025-26         |
|---------------|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|               | SHG formed | Members covered | SHG formed | Members covered | SHG formed | Members covered | SHG formed | Members covered |
| Uttar Pradesh | 128789     | 1371896         | 105871     | 1102718         | 48811      | 481598          | 9973       | 95239           |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3686  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  12.08.2025 REGARDING 'Employment through Self-Help Group'

|   SL No | District            |   Self Help Groups |   Members in Self Help Groups |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | AGRA                |              14057 |                        150968 |
|       2 | ALIGARH             |              16768 |                        178149 |
|       3 | AMBEDKAR NAGAR      |              12611 |                        140990 |
|       4 | AMETHI              |              10371 |                        120115 |
|       5 | AMROHA              |               5485 |                         57010 |
|       6 | AURAIYA             |               9121 |                         96704 |
|       7 | AYODHYA             |              13533 |                        140300 |
|       8 | AZAMGARH            |              18519 |                        212006 |
|       9 | BAGHPAT             |               5270 |                         53114 |
|      10 | BAHRAICH            |              20534 |                        238006 |
|      11 | BALLIA              |              13658 |                        152218 |
|      12 | BALRAMPUR           |              11621 |                        117101 |
|      13 | BANDA               |               9882 |                        109530 |
|      14 | BARABANKI           |              20630 |                        230162 |
|      15 | BAREILLY            |              13935 |                        147068 |
|      16 | BASTI               |              16409 |                        173156 |
|      17 | BIJNOR              |              22051 |                        232690 |
|      18 | BUDAUN              |              19396 |                        195529 |
|      19 | BULANDSHAHR         |              13528 |                        152626 |
|      20 | CHANDAULI           |              11996 |                        131295 |
|      21 | CHITRAKOOT          |               6485 |                         69304 |
|      22 | DEORIA              |              16529 |                        173211 |
|      23 | ETAH                |               7763 |                         94680 |
|      24 | ETAWAH              |               9676 |                        100638 |
|      25 | FARRUKHABAD         |               7442 |                         83066 |
|      26 | FATEHPUR            |              18182 |                        193076 |
|      27 | FIROZABAD           |               7863 |                         90743 |
|      28 | GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR |               1716 |                         17006 |
|      29 | GHAZIABAD           |               2871 |                         29559 |
|      30 | GHAZIPUR            |              11047 |                        137617 |
|      31 | GONDA               |              14670 |                        159560 |
|      32 | GORAKHPUR           |              21004 |                        294694 |
|      33 | HAMIRPUR            |               7416 |                         82304 |
|      34 | HAPUR               |               3641 |                         41936 |
|      35 | HARDOI              |              20734 |                        226888 |
|      36 | HATHRAS             |               4769 |                         51020 |
|      37 | JALAUN              |               8951 |                         87993 |
|      38 | JAUNPUR             |              17483 |                        196303 |
|      39 | JHANSI              |               7793 |                         79204 |
|      40 | KANNAUJ             |               9759 |                        108643 |
|      41 | KANPUR DEHAT        |               9229 |                         92159 |
|      42 | KANPUR NAGAR        |               7955 |                         93184 |
|      43 | KASGANJ             |               5808 |                         62091 |

| 44   | KAUSHAMBI               | 8093   |   82090 |
|------|-------------------------|--------|---------|
| 45   | KHERI                   | 25304  |  306090 |
| 46   | KUSHI NAGAR             | 17965  |  194317 |
| 47   | LALITPUR                | 7092   |   72679 |
| 48   | LUCKNOW                 | 10195  |  113300 |
| 49   | MAHARAJGANJ             | 14470  |  159276 |
| 50   | MAHOBA                  | 4390   |   44314 |
| 51   | MAINPURI                | 10527  |  108525 |
| 52   | MATHURA                 | 7150   |   72813 |
| 53   | MAU                     | 8761   |   95450 |
| 54   | MEERUT                  | 8094   |   89408 |
| 55   | MIRZAPUR 15589          |        |  164349 |
| 56   | MORADABAD               | 12583  |  132124 |
| 57   | MUZAFFARNAGAR           | 5589   |   58876 |
| 58   | PILIBHIT                | 12881  |  129101 |
| 59   | PRATAPGARH 13722        |        |  153961 |
| 60   | PRAYAGRAJ               | 25607  |  286238 |
| 61   | RAE BARELI              | 15925  |  185072 |
| 62   | RAMPUR                  | 6085   |   72556 |
| 63   | SAHARANPUR              | 9887   |  102604 |
| 64   | SAMBHAL                 | 8903   |   90756 |
| 65   | SANT KABEER NAGAR       | 8359   |   98213 |
| 66   | SANT RAVIDAS NAGAR 7174 |        |   87407 |
| 67   | SHAHJAHANPUR            | 15142  |  156936 |
| 68   | SHAMLI                  | 5080   |   50319 |
| 69   | SHRAVASTI               | 7696   |   76003 |
| 70   | SIDDHARTH NAGAR         | 12457  |  141911 |
| 71   | SITAPUR                 | 22175  |  233413 |
| 72   | SONBHADRA               | 16106  |  180632 |
| 73   | SULTANPUR               | 16310  |  170026 |
| 74   | UNNAO                   | 13883  |  178804 |
| 75   | VARANASI                | 11860  |  138018 |
|      | Total                   | 893215 | 9819197 |

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