Lok Sabha Question No. 858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Women Rural Coordinators
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 858

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04. 2016

## WOMEN RURAL COORDINA TORS

## 858. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has appointed/propo ses to appoint rural women co ordinators to ensure socioeconomic development of women in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Chhattisgarh;
- (c) whethersuch projects are likely to be launched from tribal and remote forest areas, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  time  by  which  the  said  scheme  is  likely  to  be  launched  throughout  the  cou including State of Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to (d): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  not  appointed  any  women  rural coordinators. Further, at present there is no such proposal under consideration. This Mi implementing Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY - NRLM) with a mandate to focus on poor rural households to ensure their socio - conomic development in rural areas. 10 - 20 poor women from the rural households are organized to form self - help groups (SHGs),  10 - 20  SHGs  are  aggregated/  federated  into  village  level  organization  (VLO),  25 - 40 VLOs are aggregated to form cluster level federation (CLF). DAY -NRLM has promoted 26.29 lakh SHGs covering about 3.05 crore poor households. These SHGs ar e aggregated to form 1.35 lakhs Village Organisation and 5485 Cluster Level Federations. Under DAY - NRLM, the State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs), which are implementing the programme in the states, setting  up  Block  Mission  Management  Units  (BMMUs) that  include  area  coordinators  and cluster coordinators in select blocks to mobilize support to poor women. Women Activist also identified in the villages (approximately 2 women activist per village) for facil implementation of the program me. The programme is being presently implemented in a phased manner in all States and three Union Territories, and envisages u niversal coverage of rural poor households  by  2024 - 25. A  statement  giving  State - wise  number  of  professionals  working  as Block Proj ect Managers/Area - Coordinators/Cluster - Coordinators is enclosed as Annexure - I .

## Statement indicating professionals -(Block Project Manager/Area - Coordinator/Cluster -Coordinator) -at the block level

| S.No        | State                     | No. of Intensive Blocks   | No. of Perso ns at block level   |
|-------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Transited in FY 2016 - 17 | Transited in FY 2016 - 17        |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh            | 656                       | 3672                             |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh         | 7                         | 18                               |
| 4           | Assam                     | 63                        | 327                              |
| 5           | Bihar                     | 534                       | 4353                             |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh              | 29                        | 183                              |
| 7           | Goa                       | 2                         | NIL                              |
| 8           | Gujarat                   | 85                        | 215                              |
| 9           | Haryana                   | 21                        | 76                               |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh          | 5                         | 13                               |
| 11          | Jammu And Kashmir         | 21                        | 8                                |
| 12          | Jharkhand                 | 80                        | 344                              |
| 13          | Karnataka                 | 84                        | 120                              |
| 14          | Kerala                    | 152                       | 954                              |
| 15          | Lakshadweep               | Transited in FY 2016 - 17 | Transited in FY 2016 - 17        |
| 16          | Madhya Pradesh            | 164                       | 1402                             |
| 17          | Maharashtra               | 50                        | 296                              |
| 18          | Manipur                   | 4                         | 20                               |
| 19          | Meghalaya                 | 4                         | 32                               |
| 20          | Mizoram                   | 4                         | 25                               |
| 21          | Nagaland                  | 9                         | 86                               |
| 22          | Odisha                    | 88                        | 392                              |
| 23          | Puducherry                | 4                         | 16                               |
| 24          | Punjab                    | 14                        | 52                               |
| 25          | Rajasthan                 | 101                       | 257                              |
| 26          | Sikkim                    | 3                         | 3                                |
| 27          | Tamil Nadu                | 290                       | 753                              |
| 28          | Telangana                 | 442                       | 2887                             |
| 29          | Tripura                   | 6                         | 63                               |
| 30          | Uttar Pradesh             | 78                        | 59                               |
| 31          | Uttarakhand               | 15                        | 50                               |
| 32          | West Bengal               | 43                        | 80                               |
| Grand Total | Grand Total               | 3058                      | 16756                            |