Lok Sabha Question No. 1374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Lakhpati Didis & SHGs
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1374 ANSWERED ON 03/12/2024

## LAKHPATI DIDIS & SHGS

## 1374. SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY: SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of women who have benefited from the LakhpatiDidi and Nano Didi initiatives, State-wise and category-wise (SC/ST/OBC);
- (b) the details of the number of Self-Help-Groups (SHGs) benefited under the programme  and the timeline for coverage of remaining SHGs State-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any assessments on the  economic  independence  of  these  women  following  the programme, if so, the details  thereof,  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The  DeendayalAntodayaYojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development. This is being implemented across the country (except  Delhi  &  Chandigarh)  with  the  objective  to  alleviate  rural poverty inter-alia, through organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and continuously nurturing and supporting them till they attain appreciable increase in income over a period of time, improve  their  quality  of  life  and  come  out  of  abject  poverty. LakhpatiDidi  initiative  is  one  of  the  outcomes  of DAY-NRLM.  A structured approach has been adopted to make the Self-Help Group (SHG) members Lakhpati, i.e. they earn minimum income of Rupees one lakh per year on a sustainable basis. The State/UT- wise number

of LakhpatiDidis is placed at Annexure-I. The category-wise data is not being maintained in the Ministry.

The  NAMO  drone  Didi  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and Farmers'  Welfare  aims  to  provide  drones  to  15,000  SHG  members under the DAY-NRLM from 2023-24 to 2025-26. During the year 202324,  the  fertilizer  companies  through  their  own  resources  have distributed  503  drones  to  SHG  Members.  State-wise  details  are placed at Annexure-II.

- (b): Under DAY-NRLM, 10.05 crore women have been mobilized into 90.87  lakh  SHGs  till  October,  2024.  The  DAY  NRLM  is  a  process driven program where various benefits, e.g., Revolving Fund, Community Investment Fund, Bank Linkage etc. are extended to the SHGs as per their eligibility and their demands.
- (c):  The  Ministry  has  commissioned  impact  evaluation  studies  to understand  the implication on financial  independence  of  SHG women through the interventions under the DAY-NRLM. An impact evaluation study of DAY-NRLM was conducted during 2019-20 by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) with the support of the World Bank. The evaluation indicates following major findings:
- i.        Increase in income by 19% over the base amount.
- ii.       Decline in share of informal loans by 20%
- iii.      Increase in savings by 28%
- iv. Improvedlabour  force  participation -proportion of  females reporting secondary occupation is higher (4%) in treatment areas.
- v.    Improved  access  to  other  Schemes  -  Significant  increase  in number of  social  schemes  availed  by  treatment  households  (6.5% higher over the base value of 2.8 schemes).

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Annexure - I

## Annexure  -  I  referred  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.1374 for answer on 03.12.2024 regarding LakhpatiDidis& SHGs

|   S. No | State                                | No. of LakhpatiDidis   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicobar islands            | 482                    |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                       | 14,87,631              |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 5,057                  |
|       4 | Assam                                | 5,18,359               |
|       5 | Bihar                                | 13,47,649              |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh                         | 3,37,097               |
|       7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 2,021                  |
|       8 | Goa                                  | 866                    |
|       9 | Gujarat                              | 5,38,760               |
|      10 | Haryana                              | 62,743                 |
|      11 | Himachal Pradesh                     | 40,417                 |
|      12 | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 43,050                 |
|      13 | Jharkhand                            | 3,51,808               |
|      14 | Karnataka                            | 2,36,315               |
|      15 | Kerala                               | 2,84,616               |
|      16 | Lakshadweep                          | 60                     |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh                       | 10,51,069              |
|      18 | Maharashtra                          | 10,04,338              |
|      19 | Manipur                              | 15,559                 |
|      20 | Meghalaya                            | 39,976                 |
|      21 | Mizoram                              | 17,167                 |
|      22 | Nagaland                             | 12,294                 |
|      23 | Odisha                               | 5,37,350               |
|      24 | Puducherry                           | 7,546                  |
|      25 | Punjab                               | 31,700                 |
|      26 | Rajasthan                            | 2,70,405               |
|      27 | Sikkim                               | 7,794                  |
|      28 | Tamil Nadu                           | 3,18,101               |
|      29 | Telangana                            | 7,58,693               |
|      30 | Tripura                              | 58,495                 |
|      31 | Ladakh                               | 51,903                 |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh                        | 8,41,923               |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                          | 37,178                 |
|      34 | West Bengal                          | 11,81,852              |

Annexure - II

## Annexure  -  II  referred  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.1374 for answer on 03.12.2024 regardingLakhpatiDidis& SHGs

| Drones provided to States under Namo Drone Didi Scheme   | Drones provided to States under Namo Drone Didi Scheme   | Drones provided to States under Namo Drone Didi Scheme   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                     | State                                                    | No. of Drones                                            |
| 1                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                           | 97                                                       |
| 2                                                        | Assam                                                    | 9                                                        |
| 3                                                        | Bihar                                                    | 5                                                        |
| 4                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                             | 12                                                       |
| 5                                                        | Gujarat                                                  | 18                                                       |
| 6                                                        | Haryana                                                  | 22                                                       |
| 7                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                         | 4                                                        |
| 8                                                        | Jharkhand                                                | 1                                                        |
| 9                                                        | Karnataka                                                | 84                                                       |
| 10                                                       | Kerala                                                   | 2                                                        |
| 11                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                           | 34                                                       |
| 12                                                       | Maharashtra                                              | 30                                                       |
| 13                                                       | Odisha                                                   | 12                                                       |
| 14                                                       | Punjab                                                   | 23                                                       |
| 15                                                       | Rajasthan                                                | 19                                                       |
| 16                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                               | 17                                                       |
| 17                                                       | Telangana                                                | 72                                                       |
|                                                          |                                                          | 32                                                       |
| 18                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                            |                                                          |
| 19                                                       | Uttarakhand                                              | 3                                                        |
| Total                                                    | Total                                                    | 503                                                      |

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