Lok Sabha Question No. 853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-03
Subject: Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise-2
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 853

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12 .2015

## INTENSIVE PARTICIPATORY PLANNING EXERCISE - 2

## 853. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the objectives and salient features of IPPE- 2;
- (b) the  evaluation/review  of  IPPE - 2,  if any,  carried  out  across  the  country  along with  the outcome thereof;
- (c) the number of youths identified to b  skilled in rural areas under this exercise, State/UT wise;
- (d) whether  the  exercise  is  carried  out/implemented  in  a  proper  way,  if  not, reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a): Objectives and Salient f eatures of IPPE -II/Mission Antyodaya are as under: -
- To  achieve  improved  participation  of  workers  in  the  planning  process  of  w employment under MGNREGS. Special focus is given on the most vulnerable groups, i.e. the  Automatically  Included  and  Deprived  households  identified through  the  Socio Economic and C aste C ensus (SECC) .
- The process also seeks to prepare livelihood plans integrating various pover initiatives  of  th e Central  and  S tateG overnment.throughMGNREGA,  N ational  Rural Livelihood Mission , D eenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenYojna, Indira AawasYojna and National Social Assistance Programme.
- This process is expected to be facilitated by about 1.5 lakh grassroots worker lock Planning Team Members) who are trained in skills related to participatory pl demand estimation.
- IPPE-II is being undertaken in 2569 backward blocks spread across the country.
- (b): IPPE -II /Mission Antyodaya is an ongoing process and will be completed by 31 st January 2016 -except for five States where the pro cess was held up due to elections .

The  M inistry has  set  up  teams  to  visit  all  S tates to evaluate  the planningprocess O nline monitoring system has also been established. The key findings are:

- Training  of  Block  Planning  Team  Members  has  been  completed  in  all  states Bihar,  Haryana, Jharkhand,Kerala  and  UP  where  it  was  held  up  on  account

Assembly/Local  Elections) More  than  200,000  Block  Planning  Team  members  have already been trained.

- The process was launched across the country through Gram Sabha held on 2 nd October 2015.  Reports  have  been  received  for  47,983  Gram  Panchayats  (about  80%  of Panchayats belonging toStates other than those under Elections . Average participation of women in such Gram Sabhas was 40%.
- Planning  Process  in  the  villages  is  currently  under  way  in  all States  except  Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Kerala, and Uttar Pradesh where the process was held up on account of elections.

(c) : The process of identification of youth for skill building through the IPPE -II process is under progress and the data entry will be completed by 31 st January , 2016 .

(d) : The process is being implemented inproperway. However, in few States it has been h up on account of Election.

(e): The Ministry of Rural Development has provided proper training to State Level Train . Comprehensive Guidelines and Manuals have been prepared and shared with the S tates to guide the process.States have been provided adequate resources to undertake the process.Teams  have  been  formed  in  the M inistry  to  undertake  regular  monitoring  visit states . Meeting s and Video Conferencing is being used to keep tra ck of the pro gress .Comp rehensive  computerised  and  web  b ased  MIS  has  been  created  to  process information emerging from grassroots level planning process in the IPPE -II.

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