Lok Sabha Question No. 462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Self Help Groups
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram, Vishnu Dayal Ram

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 462 ANSWERED ON 06/02/2024

## SELF HELP GROUPS

462.  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand, Village and district-wise;
- (b) the details of the current status of implementation and major achievements in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand;
- (c) the details of central funds granted, allocated, released and utilised from 2014-15 to till date under the said scheme in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand;
- (d) the details of the beneficiaries including women and persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, who have benefitted under the scheme in the State of Jharkhand, districtwise; and
- (e) the future roadmap to increase the number of beneficiaries of
- this scheme in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  details  of  district  wise  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  in  Tamil Nadu  is  given  at  Annexure-I  and  Jharkhand  at  Annexure-IV.  Further, district  wise  and  village  wise  data  may  be  seen  at  Deendayal Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM) Monitoring Information System(MIS), website link of which is:

https://nrlm.gov.in/SHGandMemberProfileMonitoringAction.do?methodN ame=showViewNew

(b) The  details  of  the  current  status  of  implementation  and  major achievements  under  DAY-NRLM  for  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  and Jharkhand are given at Annexure-II. (c) The  details  of  central  funds  granted,  allocated,  released  and utilised from 2014-15 to till 31 st  January 2024 under the said scheme in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand are given at Annexure-III. (d) The  number  of  beneficiaries  with  SHG  members  belonging  to Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes,  who  have  benefitted  under DAY-NRLM  in  the  State of Jharkhand, district-wise is given at Annexure-IV. (e) The  Ministry  under  DAY-NRLM  receives  Annual  Action  Plans (AAPs)  from  States/UTs  including  that  of  Jharkhand  which  includes physical targets for mobilization of rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs). The Annual Action Plans are approved by the Empowered Committee set up in the Ministry under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Rural Development) for each financial year. The ultimate aim  of  DAY-NRLM  is  to  cover  at  least  one  woman  member  from  10 crore rural poor households and bring them  under the fold of Self Help Groups (SHGs). All households with at least one deprivation as per the Socio-Economic  and  Caste  Census  (SECC)  database  and  identified through  the  process  of  Participatory  Identification  of  Poor  (PIP)  and vetted  by  the  respective  Gram  Sabhas,  are  the  potential  target  for coverage under DAY-NRLM. This is a continuous and ongoing process till  all  the  rural  poor  women  under  SECC  database  and  identified through the process of PIP are covered.

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## Annexure  I  -referred  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  462  for  answer  on 06.02.2024 regarding 'Self Help Groups'

District Wise number of households and SHGs formed in Tamil Nadu under DAY-NRLM as on 31 st  January 2024

|   S.No. | District Name   |   No. of SHGs mobilized |   No. of Households Covered |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | ARIYALUR        |                    6032 |                       74146 |
|       2 | CHENGALPATTU    |                   10331 |                      134572 |
|       3 | COIMBATORE      |                    6663 |                       68561 |
|       4 | CUDDALORE       |                   17059 |                      229946 |
|       5 | DHARMAPURI      |                   10850 |                       89375 |
|       6 | DINDIGUL        |                    9864 |                      119543 |
|       7 | ERODE           |                    8615 |                      100633 |
|       8 | KALLAKURICHI    |                    7488 |                       93618 |
|       9 | KANCHIPURAM     |                    7921 |                       92918 |
|      10 | KANNIYAKUMARI   |                    5077 |                       75426 |
|      11 | KARUR           |                    4831 |                       48350 |
|      12 | KRISHNAGIRI     |                    7328 |                       80439 |
|      13 | MADURAI         |                    9532 |                      115272 |
|      14 | MAYILADUTHURAI  |                    7402 |                       86954 |
|      15 | NAGAPATTINAM    |                    6475 |                       79837 |
|      16 | NAMAKKAL        |                    8376 |                      102255 |
|      17 | PERAMBALUR      |                    4547 |                       51401 |
|      18 | PUDUKKOTTAI     |                   11297 |                      134727 |
|      19 | RAMANATHAPURAM  |                    7685 |                       91219 |
|      20 | RANIPET         |                    8167 |                       90824 |
|      21 | SALEM           |                   13781 |                      174381 |
|      22 | SIVAGANGAI      |                   10117 |                      123005 |
|      23 | TENKASI         |                    5347 |                       63058 |
|      24 | THANJAVUR       |                   15833 |                      179009 |
|      25 | THE NILGIRIS    |                    3415 |                       36793 |
|      26 | THENI           |                    6037 |                       69468 |
|      27 | THIRPPUR        |                    6198 |                       71430 |
|      28 | THOOTHUKKUDI    |                    8957 |                      104894 |
|      29 | TIRUCHIRAPPALLI |                   13386 |                      154695 |
|      30 | TIRUNELVELI     |                    6979 |                       71619 |
|      31 | TIRUPATTUR      |                    6272 |                       72858 |
|      32 | TIRUVALLUR      |                   14773 |                      170534 |
|      33 | TIRUVANNAMALAI  |                   18820 |                      247834 |
|      34 | TIRUVARUR       |                   11266 |                      129588 |
|      35 | VELLORE         |                    7600 |                       85013 |
|      36 | VILLUPURAM      |                   12555 |                      174993 |
|      37 | VIRUDHUNAGAR    |                    9168 |                      113693 |

## Annexure II -referred in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 462 for answer on 06.02.2024 regarding 'Self Help Groups'

## Status of implementation and major achievements in Jharkhand

|   SL No. | Indicators                                                                       | Cumulative Achievement as on 31.01.2024   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Number of SHGs formed                                                            | 291417                                    |
|        2 | Number of Households mobilized into all SHGs                                     | 3586912                                   |
|        3 | Amount of Capitalization Support provided to SHGs (in Rs.Crore)                  | 1,152.32                                  |
|        4 | Percentage of Non-Performing Assets                                              | 1.24                                      |
|        5 | Amount of Bank Credit disbursed (in Rs Crore)                                    | 9345.79                                   |
|        6 | No. of Mahila Kisans covered under Agro Ecological Practices (AEP) interventions | 26,79,356                                 |
|        7 | No. of Mahila Kisan having Agri-Nutri Garden                                     | 6,12,469                                  |
|        8 | No. of Enterprises supported under SVEP                                          | 20,955                                    |

## Status of implementation and major achievements in Tamil Nadu

|   SL No. | Indicators                                                                                  | Cumulative Achievement as on 31.01.2024   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Number of SHGs formed                                                                       | 336044                                    |
|        2 | Number of Households mobilized into all SHGs                                                | 4002881                                   |
|        3 | Amount of Capitalization Support provided to SHGs (in Rs. Crore)                            | 1,874.08                                  |
|        4 | Percentage of Non-Performing Assets%                                                        | 4.48                                      |
|        5 | Amount of Bank Credit disbursed (in Rs Crore)                                               | 68187.29                                  |
|        6 | No. of Mahila Kisans covered under Agro Ecological Practices (AEP) interventions (in crore) | 18,97,643                                 |
|        7 | No. of Mahila Kisan having Agri-Nutri Garden (in crore)                                     | 8,89,373                                  |
|        8 | No. of Enterprises supported under SVEP                                                     | 4,409                                     |

Annexure III-referred in reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 462 for answer on 06.02.2024 regarding 'Self Help Groups'

Fund release to Jharkhand under DAY-NRLM (in crore):

| FY              | NRLM               | NRLM            | NRLM          | NRETP*             | NRETP*          | NRETP*        |
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
| From FY 2014-15 | Central Allocation | Central Release | Utilisation** | Central Allocation | Central Release | Utilisation** |
| to FY 2023-24   | 1856.28            | 1851.85         | 3248.35       | 236.63             | 160.50          | 249.91        |

Fund release to Tamil Nadu under DAY-NRLM (in crore):

| FY              | NRLM               | NRLM            | NRLM          | NRETP*             | NRETP*          | NRETP*        |
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|-----------------|---------------|
| From FY 2014-15 | Central Allocation | Central Release | Utilisation** | Central Allocation | Central Release | Utilisation** |
| to FY 2023-24   | 1871.65            | 1835.95         | 3354.80       | 79.75              | 51.10           | 90.43         |

Remark:  There  is  a  provision  of  giving  third  installment  to  better  performing States/UTs. *National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) commenced in February, 2019 ** Utilisation includes State Share & Unspent Balance of previous year

Annexure IV -referred in reply to Part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 462 for answer on 06.02.2024 regarding 'Self Help Groups'

| S.no                   | District name          |   No. of SHGs |   Total members | Scheduled Caste (SC) members   | Scheduled Tribe (ST) members   |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1BOKARO                | 1BOKARO                |         14708 |          181121 | 31474                          | 28384                          |
| 2CHATRA                | 2CHATRA                |         11339 |          143488 | 51852                          | 6789                           |
| 3DEOGHAR               | 3DEOGHAR               |         12026 |          142396 | 18703                          | 17959                          |
| 4DHANBAD               | 4DHANBAD               |         11179 |          142611 | 23593                          | 19846                          |
| 5DUMKA                 | 5DUMKA                 |         15432 |          190517 | 13226                          | 79882                          |
| 6EAST SINGHBUM         | 6EAST SINGHBUM         |         16343 |          190673 | 12448                          | 81807                          |
| 7GARHWA                | 7GARHWA                |         12993 |          146422 | 41645                          | 27931                          |
| 8GIRIDIH               | 8GIRIDIH               |         19584 |          240788 | 42402                          | 20402                          |
| 9GODDA                 | 9GODDA                 |         12109 |          149910 | 19554                          | 29397                          |
| 10GUMLA                | 10GUMLA                |         11296 |          147817 | 9515                           | 97811                          |
| 11HAZARIBAGH           | 11HAZARIBAGH           |         16820 |          215344 | 45906                          | 13939                          |
| 12JAMTARA              | 12JAMTARA              |          7400 |           90375 | 10006                          | 30589                          |
| 13KHUNTI               | 13KHUNTI               |          7155 |           92011 | 7414                           | 58822                          |
| 14KODERMA              | 14KODERMA              |          6928 |           87885 | 14274                          | 1229                           |
| 15LATEHAR              | 15LATEHAR              |          9023 |          111724 | 27317                          | 51108                          |
| 16LOHARDAGA            | 16LOHARDAGA            |          5314 |           69023 | 4601                           | 40802                          |
| 17PAKUR                | 17PAKUR                |         10818 |          134022 | 5277                           | 58134                          |
| 18PALAMU               | 18PALAMU               |         18457 |          222255 | 83084                          | 26213                          |
| 19RAMGARH              | 19RAMGARH              |          7771 |           96396 | 9253                           | 22842                          |
| 20RANCHI               | 20RANCHI               |         22155 |          266293 | 21548                          | 117461                         |
| 21SAHEBGANJ            | 21SAHEBGANJ            |         11297 |          138225 | 9369                           | 40682                          |
| 22 SARAIKELA KHARSAWAN | 22 SARAIKELA KHARSAWAN |          9706 |          120071 | 8399                           | 46730                          |
| 23SIMDEGA              | 23SIMDEGA              |          7067 |           87483 | 14729                          | 51323                          |
| WEST                   | WEST                   |         14497 |          180062 |                                |                                |
| Total                  | Total                  |        291417 |         3586912 | 535550                         | 1079629                        |