Lok Sabha Question No. 746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Basic Facilities in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 746 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04 .201 6

## BASIC FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS

## 746. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating to launch a rural - urban scheme with a view to providing facilities similar to the cities in the villages in order to improv people living there;
- (b) ifso,  the  details  of  the  funds  earmarked  and  released  for  the  scheme  in State/UT - wise;
- (c) the number of villages in Rajasthan proposed to be covered under the scheme i phase;
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating to prepare a road map for creating jobs in rur areas as per the report of SP Gupta Committee;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the scheme formulated by the Government for providing additional oppor employment in rural areas?

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

(a): Yes Sir, the Hon'ble Prime Minister has launched the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) on 21.02.2016. The Mission aims at development of 300 clusters in a ates and UTs. These clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, skills& local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities The Rurban M thus develop a cluster of Smart Villages. It is desirable that the State Government identified Gram Panchayats that are potential growth centers with resources available in the area an the economic transformation of the region.

(b): In  the  Financial  Year  2015 - 16  Rs  32.05  crore  has  been  released  to  the S ates  for  the preparation of Integrated Cluster Action Plan(ICAP). The details are given at Annexure .

(c): In the first phase of the mission State of Rajasthan has been allocated 5 C following details.

|   Sl.No. | Cluster     | Sub -District   | District   |
|----------|-------------|-----------------|------------|
|        1 | Jurahara    | Kaman           | Bharatpur  |
|        2 | Budsoo      | Makrana         | Nagaur     |
|        3 | Majivala    | Barmer          | Barmer     |
|        4 | Salawas     | Looni           | Jodhpur    |
|        5 | Gogunda (T) | Gogunda         | Udaipur    |

(d) to (e): Ministry of Rural Development is not contemplating to prepare a road creating jobs in rural areas as per the Report of S.P.Gupta Committee. Under the Sh Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), employment opportunities in rural areas are expect ed to be created in the Clusters.

## Release of funds during the FY 2015- 16

| S.No   | Name of the State   |   Amount (R sin lakhs) |
|--------|---------------------|------------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh      |                    135 |
| 2.     | Arunachal Pradesh   |                     25 |
| 3.     | Bihar               |                    140 |
| 4.     | Chhattisgarh        |                    130 |
| 5.     | Goa                 |                     35 |
| 6.     | Gujarat             |                    130 |
| 7.     | Haryana             |                    175 |
| 8.     | Himachal Pradesh    |                     50 |
| 9.     | Jammu & Kashmir     |                     25 |
| 10.    | Jharkhand           |                    100 |
| 11.    | Karnataka           |                     95 |
| 12.    | Kerala              |                    140 |
| 13.    | Madhya Pradesh      |                    235 |
| 14.    | Maharashtra         |                    240 |
| 15.    | Manipur             |                     35 |
| 16.    | Meghalaya           |                     25 |
| 17.    | Mizoram             |                     25 |
| 18.    | Odisha (Orissa)     |                    165 |
| 19.    | Punjab              |                     70 |
| 20.    | Rajasthan           |                    170 |
| 21.    | Sikkim              |                     25 |
| 22.    | Tamil Nadu          |                    175 |
| 23.    | Telangana           |                    135 |
| 24.    | Tripura             |                     70 |
| 25.    | Uttar Pradesh       |                    350 |
| 26.    | Uttarakhand         |                     70 |
| 27.    | West Bengal         |                    235 |
| Total  | Total               |                   3205 |