Lok Sabha Question No. 4098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: NRLM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA ^T\4INISTRY OF RURAL  DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  oF RURAL DEVeI-opT,,1ei,IT

## LOKSABHA

## UXSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4098

TO BE ANSWERED  ON I3.08.2015

## NRLM

## ADV. NARENDRA  KESHAV SAWAIKAR: 4098

Will the Minisrer  of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased  to srate:

- whether the Nationar  Rurar Liveriho-od  Mission  (NRLM)  is a flagship  programme  of the Ministry  and if so, the details thereof;  and ---'"" t'  i'.\LM' ro ' (a)
- whether  it is a fact that  NRLM tras.not  been extended  to some  states incruding  Goa and if sb, the  details  rhereof along  with  rhr;;il;;i;" """ (b)

## MrNrsrER oF srArErN-rHE  frTiXTL  o" or*L DEvELopMENT (sHRr  SUDARSHAII  BITAGAT)

(a): yes,  Madam.  Nationar  Rural Liverihoods  Mission (NRLM)  is a centrally  sponsored tl:ffi  #;'^iiffi T#: i'#;::'f,  T;:,'#;*iii#, b""r *u i, -","' i,n ii"'il*i,o., woman member  from each rural poo, horsehord i;il;A;fi::ffi: !:,"rH[ 8tr#  l;trHl; a phased  manner  by 2024-25.  rhe rcv features;iffiLM"; as forows:-

- 1' Mobirization  of at least\_  one woman  member  from each rurar poor  household  in the . country  into SHC  network  in a phased  rnunn"., '""
- 2' promotion of SHG feaerations  ;,;*;;';;; cluster  levcrs  - virage  Lever  Serf ,{erp ffilitl:j1i:j,"]ns (vLF) at village  r"'Ei*Jc-r,#, Federation  (cF) at cruster (groups
- : i::HT:T:iil::Hi':,ii:':,:'J:i,.*'*'tv buirding  to SHCs  and  SerHerp  Group
- 5' provision of vulnerabirity  Reduction  Fund (vRF) as per norms  to erigibre  vLF to meet :ifrH:il,lil::food securitv'  health  and  n'i,iiioi  icuritv  and such oiher priority  needs
- : lffi,iU;,H:X?trJlXX(RF) support  at the rate orRs' t0,000 -  r5,000 per erigibre
- 6' provision of community  Investment  support Fund  (crF) as per norms  to each erigibre cluster Lever Federarion.  (cLFr,  r.o, Ji;"r,  vlir lra'sHc, "", o"*"*-ilr'..oirg , :-",::Tl  f,11l1 ry*f,ion.credit needs of their members;
- / rnrens,ve  support  to Iink each sHG to Bank credit  such  that each  sHG member  wourd be able  to leverage  a cumurative  bank  .."dii;ii{;.  i ^#Lkh  or.. u p..iod of 5 to 8 years;
8. AII women SHGS in select 150 districts,  which include  all IAp dishicts,  will bp eligible to avail credit at 7%o  intprest  up to the maximum  credit  outotanding "ini. a'iJt[. Wu,""n sHGs. who will. repay in time wilr get an additionar subventio-n  or.'id 'i"Ir"i"g tt " effective  rate of interest  to 4%
- l0' 25% of NRLM arocation is earmarked ror st<itt Deveropment  (now renamed  as Deen Dayal Upadhayay Grameen  Kaushal  yojana tDDU-GKyr) *i"t, p.opor",  i.."[".r.r, acquisition  aspirational  amongst  the rural poor, thereby tetping to'c.elte " r,i*rrir rm .a and productive  work force.  There is mandatory  urrrr.i  ptu'..,i"n  iriii")" "i"inJ o.i*a candidates.
- 9' For the remaining  districts  which  are not part  of the I 50 districts  mentioned  above, all the women sHGs, where members are from rhe NRLM target group,  *iiii. Jigiur.  r". interest  subvention to avail the credit at 7yo pet annum,  upio ti'e c."at outstanJii!1rRs. 3.00 lakh against prompt  repayment.  This is subject  to aviilability offunds..
- I l. Mahila Kisan sashaktikaran.  pariyojana  (MKSP)  is one of the components  of NRLM to promote agriculture  based Iivelihoods  of rurar  women  by ,,r"ngti,.ning-.ommunity institutions  of poor  women farmers  to achieve  sustainabre  agiicultui.  rraiis'p  ro"u.". o, agriculture,  non-timber  forest  produce  and Iivestock  interventions.
13.  The Govemment has recently. Iaunched Start-up Village Entrepren"r.riip  pr"grr.r" (SVEP)  which aims to provide  enormous opportunilies  to iuild ,p",i *"  "liiriu ecosystem that provides an impulse  to entrepreneurial  pursuits.
12.  Rur-al Serf Emproyment  Training .Institute (RSETI)  is arso a sub component  of NRi,M. NRLM provides  support for estabrishing  Rural Seli Employment  Trai;in;l;;,iri"r, "r" in each district of the country,  in collabo-ruion  with the banks and the state Govemmenrs.
- (b): NRLM has been extended to all the states and it is being implemented  by alr of them except  Goa' The state Govemment  of Goa has informed  that due to administratirle  Jifficurties for the last two years,  NRLM implementation  could  norbe-initiated  in the State.  Recently, the State Government  has approved  the proposal for launching ofNRLM.