Lok Sabha Question No. 752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: SPMRM in Bihar
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 752

## ANSWERED ON 25/07/2023

## SPMRM IN BIHAR

## 752.  DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds allocated and spent by the State of Bihar under Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM) during each of the last three years;
- (b) the details of works done in the State of Bihar including in district Gopalganj under this mission during each of the last three years;
- (c) whether any measures are being/have been taken to reduce urban migration by ensuring basic services under SPMRM in Bihar;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether it is fact that under the Mission, the data regarding reducing urban migration by ensuring basic services under SPMRM are not being maintained and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) Under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), funds  are  not  allocated  but  are  released  to  States  based  on  their progress  and  requirements.  The  details  of  funds  released  to  the State of Bihar and expenditure is given at Annexure 1.
- (b) 11  clusters  have  been  allocated  to  the  State  of  Bihar  under SPMRM. No cluster was selected in the district of Gopalganj under the mission.  The details of work undertaken in the State of Bihar is at Annexure 2.
- (c) & (d) The objective of SPMRM was to stimulate local economic development,  enhance  basic  services,  and  create  well  planned Rurban clusters. Projects pertaining to economic activity have been

taken under SPMRM in the State of Bihar to promote livelihood at local  level  and  thereby  contain  distress  migration  to  urban  areas. Some  of  the  projects  undertaken  are  cultivation  of  mushroom farming,  poly  house,  agri  processing  unit,  dairy  processing  unit, work  sheds,  marketing  sheds,  E-auto  Rickshaw,  construction  of godown/cold storage etc. The component wise detail is at Annexure 3.

(e) The data regarding migration is not maintained by the Ministry of Rural Development.

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## Annexure-1

## Details of funds released and expenditure in the State of Bihar

| Financial Year                    | 2020-21    | 2021-22    | 2022-23     |
|-----------------------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
| Funds released                    | 0          | 0          | 0           |
| Expenditure incurred by the State | 6.91 crore | 9.51 crore | 24.14 crore |

## Annexure 2

## Details of Works done in the State of Bihar

|   S.No. | District   | Name of the cluster   | No. of works completed                                                                                | Components under which work was undertaken                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Patna      | Bairiya               | 20Social infrastructure, Health, LPG Connection,                                                      | Gas Rural Sanitation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       2 | Patna      | Saksohara             |                                                                                                       | Housing, 107Access to Villages streets with Drains, Agri-Services Processing and allied activities, Digital Literacy, Education, Inter Village roads connectivity, LPG Gas connection, piped Water Supply, Public Transport, Rural Housing, Sanitation, Social infrastructure, Solid and Liquid Waste management, Village Street Lights and Electrification |
|       3 | Saharsa    | Sonbarsa              | 108Education, Sanitation, infrastructure, Street Electrification, Village Drains, Connection, supply, | Health, Social Village Lights and Access to Streets with LPG Gas Piped water Skill Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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|             |          | Economic Activities, Social infrastructure.                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|-------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4.Rohtas    | Kuchhila | 57Agri-services Processing                                                                                                                                                                                    | 57Agri-services Processing                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5Samastipur | Kariyan  | Public Transport 29Agri-services Processing and allied activities, Education, Public                                                                                                                          | Public Transport 29Agri-services Processing and allied activities, Education, Public                                                                                                                          |
| 6West       | Barwat   | 37Education, Piped Water                                                                                                                                                                                      | 37Education, Piped Water                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7 Purnia    | Khokha   | Linked to Economic Activities 141Inter Village roads connectivity, LPG gas Connection, Piped water supply, Public Transport, Rural Housing, Sanitation, Access to villages streets with Drains, Agri-services | Linked to Economic Activities 141Inter Village roads connectivity, LPG gas Connection, Piped water supply, Public Transport, Rural Housing, Sanitation, Access to villages streets with Drains, Agri-services |
| 8           |          | processing and activities, Social infrastructure, Piped water Education, Development Linked to Activities, infrastructure                                                                                     | allied education, supply, Skill training Economic Social                                                                                                                                                      |
|             | Pipariya | 78Agri-services and allied Education,                                                                                                                                                                         | Processing activities, Public                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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|    |        |          | Transport, Skill Development training Linked to Economic Activities, Village Street Lights and Electrification, Rural Housing                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----|--------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  9 | Kaimur | Tori     | 76Agri-services Processing and allied activities, Education, Piped Water Supply, Sanitation, Skill                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 10 | Gaya   | Nauranga | Literacy, Public Transport 45Villages Streets Lights and Electrification, Skill Development training Linked to Economic Activities, Sanitation, Rural Housing, Piped water Supply, LPG Gas Connection, Agri-services Processing and allied activities, Access to village Streets with Drains.       |
| 11 | Gaya   | Tankuppa | Agri-services Processing and allied activities, Piped water supply, sanitation, skill Development training Linked to economic activities, access to villages streets with Drains, Health, inter village roads connectivity, Rural Housing, Solid and liquid waste Management, Social Infrastructure |

Annexure-3

## Works undertaken to promote economic activities under SPMRM in the State of Bihar

|   Sl.No. | Component                                                | Subcomponent                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 4                                                        | 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        1 | Agriculture and allied activities                        | 1. Cultivation of mushroom farming 2. Poly House with Shade Net for cultivation of flowers and vegetables 3. Agri Processing Unit (Flour/Pulses/Vegetables/Fruits/Honey etc.) 4. DAIRY Development or PROCESSING |
|        2 | Skill Development training Linked to Economic Activities | 1. Provision for Work Sheds, 2.Training halls with electric Power Supply, 3.Marketing sheds & warehouses for 39 Vos of JEEVIKA                                                                                   |
|        3 | Public transport 1. E-Auto                               | Rickshaw                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|        4 | Agri-services Processing and allied activities           | 1. Construction of Godown/Cold Storage for crops 2. Peppermint oil extraction plant                                                                                                                              |