Lok Sabha Question No. 3672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Key Components for Rural Development
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3672 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## KEY COMPONENTS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## 3672. DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken towards facilitating basic education, skill training and health during the last ten years since these are the key components of rural development;
- (b) whether the density  of  beneficiaries  to  basic  education,  skill training and health has been reduced; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): For  facilitating  basic  education  in  the  country  including rural  areas,  Ministry  of  Education,  the  Government  of  India  is implementing  SamagraShiksha  -  an   integrated  Scheme  for  school education from 2018-19, an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education across the country including  rural  areas.  SamagraShiksha  focuses  on  improvement  in quality of education by providing support for different interventions like  in-service  training  of  teachers  and  school  heads,  conduct  of achievement surveys at state and national level, composite school grant to every school for providing a conducive learning environment,  grants  for  library, sports and  physical  activities, support for ICT and digital initiatives, school leadership development programme, remedial teaching for academically weaker  students,  etc.  The  ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  component under SamagraShiksha  has  been  introduced to transform the process of teaching and learning from the traditional instructional teacher-centredendeavour to a learner-centred approach.

For  skilling  rural  youth,  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is implementing two programmes viz., DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes(RSETI). Further, under the Government of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres / institutes etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan MantriKaushalVikasYojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  SikhshanSansthan  (JSS), National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country including rural areas. The brief of these schemes is as under:

For ensuring health services in rural areas, as informed by the Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  (MoH&FW),  under  National Health  Mission  (NHM),  steps  have  been  taken  towards  universal health  coverage  by  supporting  the  State  Government  in  providing improved health infrastructure, adequate human resources in health facilities,  improved  availability  and  accessibility  to  quality  health care especially for the underserved and marginalized groups in rural areas.

The MoH&FW provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs  to  strengthen  the  public  healthcare  system,  based  on the  proposals  received  in  the  form  of  Programme  Implementation Plans (PIPs) under NHM. Government of India provides approval for the  proposals  in  the  form  of  Record  of  Proceedings  (RoPs)  as  per norms & available resources.

Under National Health Mission, through AyushmanArogyaMandir, comprehensive primary healthcare is provided by strengthening Sub Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs).

The  MoH&FW  supports  'Free  Diagnostics  Service  Initiative' programme  under  NHM  with  the  aim  to  provide  accessible  and affordable pathological and radiological diagnostics services closer to the community, which in turn reduces the Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE). Diagnostics services are provided free of cost at  all  levels  of  public  health  facilities.   To  ensure  availability  of essential  drugs  and  reduce  the  OOPE  of  the  patients  visiting  the public  health  facilities,  Government  has  rolled  out  the  Free  Drugs Service Initiative under NHM.

The basic objectives of these schemes/programmes/initiatives are  to  provide  access  to  basic  education,  skilling  and  health facilities to all eligible people of the country.

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