Lok Sabha Question No. 904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: SHGs under IWMP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 904 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2023

## SHGs under IWMP

## 904.      SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Self-help Groups (SHGs) currently functioning under the Livelihood Activities for  the  Landless/Assetless  Households  under  Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme (IWMP), State-wise;

(b) the amount of seed funds released for Self-Help Groups under the Livelihood Activities for the Landless/Assetless Households under IWMP, State-wise; and

(c) whether there are incentives provided to well-performing SHGs in terms of multiple cycles of seed money grants and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a)  to  (c) The  Department  of  Land  Resources  (DoLR)  was  earlier  implementing  area development  programmes  called 'Integrated  Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP)' with effect from 26.02.2009.  for development of rainfed/degraded areas including wastelands in the country which was amalgamated in 2015-16 with the Umbrella Scheme of PMKSY as one  of  components and  named  as  the  Watershed  Development  Component of  the  Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY). Keeping focus on the completion of the sanctioned  projects,  Government  has  not  sanctioned  any  new  watershed  project  under IWMP/WDC-PMKSY  1.0  from  2015-16  onwards  in  the  country.  The  project  period  of IWMP/WDC-PMKSY 1.0 got over on 31.03.2021. However, as per requests received from various  States/UTs  project  period  was  extended  upto  31.03.2022  without  any  financial assistance.

Under IWMP/WDC-PMKSY 1.0, 9% of the total project cost was earmarked for livelihood activities for the assetless persons. Out of this fund, the eligible SHGs are provided an amount of Rs.25000 as revolving fund, which was to be refunded within a period of 18 months.

As per the information received from States/UTs, since inception, 2.47 lakh SHGs have been formed and Rs.837.14 crore was given as revolving fund for taking up the income generating activities under IWMP/WDC-PMKSY 1.0. State/UT wise details are given at Annexure .

In addition, as per the provisions of livelihood guidelines the enterprising SHG federations could also be provided for major livelihood activities in the form of grants in aid, which was 50% of the cost of the activity or Rs.2.0 lakh whichever is less. However, grants in aid should not exceed 30% of the livelihood component (i.e. 9% of the total project cost) of the project.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 904 for answer on 25.07.2023

Details  of  Self-Help  Groups  (SHGs) and  funds  provided  to  SHGs  under  IWMP  /  WDCPMKSY 1.0

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | State /UTs            |   No of SHGs |   Funds provided to SHGs |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        |        21910 |                   167.77 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh     |          312 |                     4.2  |
| 3        | Assam                 |         9035 |                    28.3  |
| 4        | Bihar                 |         6071 |                    15.18 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh          |         2510 |                     5.55 |
| 6        | Gujarat               |         7344 |                     3.23 |
| 7        | Haryana               |          395 |                     0.98 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh      |         2479 |                     5.69 |
| 9        | UT of Jammu & Kashmir |          839 |                     0.2  |
| 10       | Jharkhand             |         3628 |                     7.96 |
| 11       | Karnataka             |        19914 |                    51.61 |
| 12       | Kerala                |         8828 |                     4.33 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh        |        24972 |                    48.54 |
| 14       | Maharashtra           |        49005 |                   115.16 |
| 15       | Manipur               |           67 |                     0.17 |
| 16       | Meghalaya             |          510 |                     7.31 |
| 17       | Mizoram               |          147 |                     1.1  |
| 18       | Nagaland              |         1499 |                     5.99 |
| 19       | Odisha                |        21091 |                    44.76 |
| 20       | Punjab                |          380 |                     0.61 |
| 21       | Rajasthan             |         9329 |                    22.52 |
| 22       | Sikkim                |          203 |                     0.58 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu            |        26187 |                    68.49 |
| 24       | Telangana             |         5092 |                   149.34 |
| 25       | Tripura               |          440 |                    20.88 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh         |        13432 |                    32.34 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand           |         3250 |                     8.13 |
| 28       | West Bengal           |         8587 |                    16.22 |
|          | Total                 |       247456 |                   837.14 |

As per information received from States/UTs.

Note: No project sanctioned in Goa under IWMP.

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