Lok Sabha Question No. 1551 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Self and Skilled Wage Employment
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1551 ANSWERED ON 09/12/2025

## SELF AND SKILLED WAGE EMPLOYMENT

## 1551. Shri ChavdaVinodLakhamshi:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) to reduce rural poverty by promoting selfemployment and skilled wage-employment opportunities, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  extended  the  benefits  of  DAYNRLM to  Self  Help  Groups  (SHGs)  and  rural  entrepreneurs  in Bhuj, Kutch, Abdasa, Gandhidham, Rapar, Mandvi and AnjarLokSabha Constituencies, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  and  total  number  of  beneficiaries  and  financial assistance provided; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor and the steps taken to increase the said coverage and effectiveness of the said scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): DeendayalAntyodayaYojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission  (DAY  -  NRLM)  is  a  poverty  alleviation  programme  of  the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), which was launched in June, 2011.  It  is  being  implemented  across  the  country  (except  Delhi  & Chandigarh) with the objective of organizing the rural poor households into Self Help Groups (SHGs) and continuously nurturing and supporting them till they attain appreciable increase in income over a period of time and improve their quality of life and come out of  abject  poverty.  So  far  10.05  crore  rural  women  household  have been  mobilized  into  more  than  90.90  lakh  Self-Help  Groups  in  the country. The Mission seeks to achieve its objective through investing in four core components viz.

- (i)  Social  mobilization  and  promotion  and  strengthening  of  selfmanaged and financially sustainable community institutions of the rural poor.
- (ii) Financial inclusion of the rural poor.
- (iii) Sustainable livelihoods; and
- (iv) Social inclusion, social development and convergence.

Further, under the umbrella scheme of DeendayalAntyodayaYojana  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NRLM),  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  implementing  the following two Centrally Sponsored Schemes namely DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) & Rural Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETI)  in  the  field  of  skill development for rural poor youth for their gainful employment with a view to eradicate poverty in the country. A brief on the Schemes are as under:

- I.  DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY): DDUGKY is a placement-linked skill development program for rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years. It empowers the rural poor youth  with  employable  skills  and  facilitates  their  participation  in regular labour markets, thus providing them with jobs having regular monthly wages at or above the minimum wages. DDU-GKY guideline provides social inclusion of SC/ST (50%),  Women (33%), and PwDs (5%).
- II.  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs): RSETI  is  a Bank lead  -  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD)  funded  training institutions established by the Sponsoring Banks in their Districts, to  provide  training  for  skill  and  entrepreneurship  development. MoRD  extends  financial  support  for  the  construction  of  RSETI poor' candidates. Any unemployed youth in the age group of 18-50 years having an aptitude to take up self-employment or wage employment can undergo training at RSETI. Some of the trained candidates may
3. building and also bears the cost of training the 'rural also seek regular salaried jobs / wage employment.
4. (b) & (c): Yes, the  Government  has  extended  the  benefits  of rural entrepreneurs programme to Bhuj, Kutch, Abdasa, Gandhidham, Rapar, Mandvi and AnjarLokSabha Constituencies. For DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), data is maintained as per district and  block  wise  and  not  as  per  constituency  wise.  However, information pertaining to DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM)  on  the  basis  of  districts  in  which

these  constituencies  (Bhuj,  Kutch,  Abdasa,  Gandhidham,  Rapar, Mandvi and AnjarLokSabha Constituencies)  fall is given as under:-

'Under DAY- NRLM,  as of October 2025,  in district of Kachch,  a total  of  61,177  women  members  have  been  mobilised  into  6907 SHGs   while  in  district  Morbi,  a  total of  22,522  women  members have  been  mobilised  in  2233  SHGs  while  for  Rural  Entrepreneurs, Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) is not approved in any of these districts.'

Further, for RSETI, the State-wise details of beneficiaries trained and  settled  including  Bhuj,  Kutch,  Abdasa,  Gandhidham, Rapar,  Mandvi  and  AnjarLokSabha  Constituencies  are  given  in Annexure-I.

Under RSETI, funds are released to the State/ UTs, hence the State/UT  wise  details  of  funds  released  under  the  scheme  from FY 2014-2015 to 2025-2026 till October, 2025 are given in AnnexureII.

(d): Does not arise.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) and (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1551 due for reply on 09.12.2025

State/UT wise details of candidates trained and  settled since inception till Oct. 2025 under RSETI:

| SL No.   | Name of the State           |   Trained |   Settled |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |      5587 |      4317 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |    184760 |    135742 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |      4706 |      2652 |
| 4        | Assam                       |    189061 |    123587 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |    382085 |    274028 |
| 6        | Chattisgarh                 |    167151 |    118923 |
| 7        | D & N Haveli                |      8978 |      5924 |
| 8        | Goa                         |       368 |        57 |
| 9        | Gujarat                     |    351893 |    249314 |
| 10       | Haryana                     |    194976 |    128905 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh            |     84742 |     58967 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir             |    119497 |     87362 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                   |    241469 |    165755 |
| 14       | Karnataka                   |    430354 |    314003 |
| 15       | Kerala                      |    161049 |    123635 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                 |      2469 |      1424 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh              |    453883 |    318636 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                 |    336257 |    248758 |
| 19       | Manipur                     |      9098 |      6316 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                   |     24429 |     13877 |
| 21       | Mizoram                     |      9456 |      7908 |
| 22       | Nagaland                    |      5031 |      3325 |
| 23       | Odisha                      |    300300 |    234353 |
| 24       | Pondicherry                 |     11336 |      8534 |
| 25       | Punjab                      |    158934 |    109181 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                   |    445697 |    329917 |
| 27       | Sikkim                      |      5984 |      4119 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                  |    343479 |    257395 |
| 29       | Telangana                   |    104022 |     81012 |
| 30       | Tripura                     |     40309 |     26400 |
| 31       | UT Ladakh                   |      5647 |      3806 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh               |    780843 |    573586 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                 |    104436 |     75109 |
| 34       | West Bengal                 |    192745 |    140168 |
|          | Total                       |   5861031 |   4236995 |

Source: NACER

Note: Bhuj, Kutch, Abdasa, Gandhidham, Rapar, Mandvi and AnjarLokSabha Constituencies are covered in the Kutch District. In Kutch  District  a  total  of 11994  candidates  have  been  trained  and a total of 8490 candidates have been placed since inception till Oct 2025.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) and (c) LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 1551 due for reply on 09.12.2025

State/UT wise details of funds released from FY 2014-15 to FY 202526 till October 2025 under RSETI:

(₹ in lakhs)

| S.N.   | State/ UT         |   Funds released |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1      | A&N Islands       |            22.21 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |          4455.87 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |            53.36 |
| 4      | Assam             |          3856.04 |
| 5      | Bihar             |          8119.76 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |          4674.07 |
| 7      | D&N Haveli        |            45.24 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |          5607.86 |
| 9      | Haryana           |          2251.75 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  |          1336.09 |
| 11     | J&K               |          1046.73 |
| 12     | Jharkhand         |          5019.92 |
| 13     | Karnataka         |          9478.75 |
| 14     | Kerala            |          2634.62 |
| 15     | Lakshadweep       |             0    |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh    |         10694.9  |
| 17     | Maharashtra       |          9774.53 |
| 18     | Manipur           |           277.33 |
| 19     | Meghalaya         |           593.65 |
| 20     | Mizoram           |           164.39 |
| 21     | Nagaland          |           144.1  |
| 22     | Odisha            |          8991.88 |
| 23     | Pondicherry       |           213.73 |
| 24     | Punjab            |          4570.05 |
| 25     | Rajasthan         |          4245.43 |
| 26     | Sikkim            |           102.03 |
| 27     | Tamilnadu         |          5962.05 |
| 28     | Telangana         |          2478.94 |
| 29     | Tripura           |           757.31 |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh     |          4846.2  |
| 31     | Uttarakhand       |          1002.56 |
| 32     | West Bengal       |          1933.17 |
|        | Total             |        105355    |

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