Lok Sabha Question No. 1543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Implementation of DAY-NRLM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1543 ANSWERED ON 09/12/2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF DAY-NRLM

## 1543. Dr. KalanidhiVeeraswamy:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of implementation of the DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) in the country, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  total  number  of  Self-Help  Groups  (SHGs)  formed  and supported under the Mission during the last five years, Statewise;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  released  funds  to  Tamil Nadu on time under DAY-NRLM during the last three years;
- if not, the reasons for delay in fund release and the steps taken
- (d) to ensure timely support to SHGs; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to increase financial allocations and livelihood assistance under DAY-NRLM considering inflation and rising rural livelihood needs?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b): The DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  is  working  in  7156  blocks  of  745 districts across 34 states and UTs (except Delhi & Chandigarh), and a total of 90.90 lakh SHGs have been formed so far. The details of SHGs formed from inception and during the last five years are given in Annexure-I.

- (c) &(d): During the last three financial years, there has been no delay, and the Union Government has released funds to Tamil Nadu on time, on receipt of proposals under NRLM.

(e): The  financial  allocations  to  the  States/UTs  under  DAY-NRLM are made on the basis of the poverty ratio. The Government, in its annual budgeting exercise, provides enhanced financial allocations to  extend livelihood assistance to Self Help Groups in the form of capitalisation support (Revolving Funds/RF and Community Investment Fund/CIF) as well as for other mission activities. Further, based  on  the  utilisation  of  funds  and  the  assessed  needs  of  the States/UTs,  additional  allocations  are  provided  to  them  within  the mission's  annual  overall  budgetary  provision.  In  order  to  enhance livelihood  support  to  the  SHG  members  and  enable  them  become lakhpatididi  the  government  has  allocated  highest  amount  in  year 2024-25 in the last five years.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1543 to be answered on 09.12.2025

## Number of Self-Help Groups Formed Since inception till Oct, 25 and during the last five years under DAY-NRLM:-

|                      | SNState                                  | 2020- 21   |   2021- 22 | 2022- 23      | 2023- 24      |   2024- 25 |   Since Inception till Oct 25 |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|------------|-------------------------------|
| 1                    | Andaman And Nicobar                      | 54         |        102 | 141           | 114           |          0 |                          1294 |
| 2                    | Andhra Pradesh                           | 158        |       8959 | 33122         | 2478          |          0 |                        855600 |
| 3                    | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 369        |       1075 | 3731          | 2067          |       1850 |                         11906 |
| 4                    | Assam                                    | 10306      |      13235 | 26902         | 25673         |          0 |                        361516 |
| 5                    | Bihar                                    | 129511     |      22037 | 51785         | 42244         |          0 |                       1097100 |
| 6                    | Chhattisgarh                             | 18530      |      14477 | 48583         | 18572         |          0 |                        276375 |
| 7                    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 27         |        133 | 212           | 316           |        458 |                          1673 |
| 8                    | Goa                                      | 458        |        413 | 279           | 142           |        109 |                          3891 |
| 9                    | Gujarat                                  | 10645      |       3615 | 11494         | 9797          |          0 |                        279758 |
| 10 Haryana           | 10 Haryana                               | 5548       |       5645 | 6790          | 2936          |          0 |                         60301 |
| 11 Himachal Pradesh  | 11 Himachal Pradesh                      | 4984       |       8798 | 7911          | 3337          |          0 |                         45295 |
| 12 Jammu And Kashmir | 12 Jammu And Kashmir                     | 1873       |      14054 | 20586         | 11324         |          0 |                         91445 |
| 13 Jharkhand         | 13 Jharkhand                             | 13658      |      12758 | 10128         | 20485         |          0 |                        291601 |
| 14 Karnataka         | 14 Karnataka                             | 15475      |      25638 | 36903         | 104258        |          0 |                        360684 |
| 15 Kerala            | 15 Kerala                                | 4345       |       9998 | 4131          | 17260         |          0 |                        271209 |
| 16 Ladakh            | 16 Ladakh                                | 0          |          7 | 105           | 1053          |        267 |                          1807 |
| 17 Lakshadweep       | 17 Lakshadweep                           | 0          |        155 | 17            | 20            |          0 |                           348 |
| 18 Madhya Pradesh    | 18 Madhya Pradesh                        | 40104      |      36048 | 72487         | 51200         |          0 |                        487291 |
| 19 Maharashtra       | 19 Maharashtra                           | 69968      |      43173 | 43113         | 44070         |          0 |                        640719 |
| 20 Manipur           | 20 Manipur                               | 232        |       1267 | 4082          | 1681          |       2277 |                         11659 |
| 21 Meghalaya         | 21 Meghalaya                             | 8384       |       8311 | 4686          | 1441          |          0 |                         45312 |
| 22 Mizoram           | 22 Mizoram                               | 970        |        894 | 1688          | 940           |          0 |                         10291 |
| 23 Nagaland          | 23 Nagaland                              | 2646       |        220 | 1441          | 1478          |          0 |                         15419 |
| 24 Odisha            | 24 Odisha                                | 49467      |      38785 | 29611         | 19396         |       2324 |                        551141 |
| 25 Puducherry        | 25 Puducherry                            | 226        |        316 | 783           | 447           |          0 |                          4744 |
| 26 Punjab            | 26 Punjab                                | 7565       |       7422 | 6738          | 12525         |       2630 |                         52118 |
| 27 Rajasthan         | 27 Rajasthan                             | 24703      |      42529 | 50535         | 61857         |          0 |                        321875 |
| 28 Sikkim            | 28 Sikkim                                | 1026       |        143 | 321           | 339           |          0 |                          5915 |
| 29 Tamil Nadu        | 29 Tamil Nadu                            | 25088      |      16004 | 27821         | 18459         |          0 |                        336764 |
| 30 Telangana         | 30 Telangana                             | 974        |      10637 | 21193         | 3412          |          0 |                        442979 |
| 31 Tripura           | 31 Tripura                               | 13394      |       7048 | 12198         | 5830          |          0 |                         51841 |
| 32 Uttar Pradesh     | 32 Uttar Pradesh                         | 111493     |     171894 | 125652        | 126857        |        200 |                        842101 |
| 33 Uttarakhand       | 2480                                     |            |       4917 | 17581         | 11816         |          0 |                         65840 |
| 34 West Bengal       | 34 West Bengal                           | 27668      |      71661 | 120092        | 124304        |          0 |                       1192980 |
| Total:               | Total:                                   | 602329     |     602368 | 802842 748128 | 802842 748128 |      10115 |                       9090792 |

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