Lok Sabha Question No. 1974 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Women Rural Coordinators
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1974 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 . 12.2015

## WOMEN RURAL COORDINATORS

## 1974. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has appointed/proposes to appoint women rural coordinator to ensure socio -economic development of women in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise;
- (c) whether such projects are likely to be launched from tribal areas;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  manner  in  which  the  aforementioned  proposal/plan  is  likely  to  benefit  r women?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BIRENDER SINGH)

(a) to  (e) : The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  not  appointed  any  women  rural coordinators. H owever, the State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLM s) , which are implementing  the  National Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  ( NRLM )  at  the  State  level , ar appointing Block Mission Management Units (BMMU s) that include cluster coordinators in select  blocks including  tribal  blocks to  mobilize  support  to  poor  women. NRLM has  a mandate to focus on poor rura l households to ensure their socio -economic development in rural areas. 10 - 20  poor  women  from  the  rural  households  are  organized  to  form  self - help groups (SHGs), 10 - 20 SHGs are aggregated/federated into village level organization (VLO) 25- 40  VLOs  are  aggr egated  to  form  cluster  level  federation  (CLF).  NRLM  is under implementation in all states and one union territory (Puducherry) . NRLM has promoted 24.62 lakh SHGs covering about2.70 crore poor households. These SHGs are aggregated to form 1.23 lakhs Villag e Organisation and 9546 Cluster Level Federations.The benefits of NRLM inter - aliaare: - women  get  mobilized  and  the  institutions  of  poor  get  built,  they  prov support in terms o f solidarity, increasein capacity in terms of knowledge, skills and resources, augmented  access  to  rights,  entitlements  and  schemes,  bank  linkages,  community  fun improved livelihoods and quality of life. It is expected that over a period of 8 - 10 years time, the rural poor households would have access to credit through various fin ancial institutions/ banking linkages and they will be able to increase their income considerably and come poverty .At the block unit of the State Missions ,clus ter/area/community coordinators are the persons  who  are  in  touch  with  the  community . The  statistical  data reg rding women  rural coordinators is not maintained. A statement indicating State - wise professionals working as Block Project Manager/Area - Coordinator/Cluster - Coordinator is enclosed as A nnexure 1 .

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## Annexure - I

## Statementindicating professionals -(Block Project Manager/Area -Coordinator/Cluster -Coordinator) -at the block level

| S.No        | State             |   No. of Intensive Blocks | No. of Persons block level   |
|-------------|-------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    |                       656 | 3672                         |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh |                         7 | Nil                          |
| 3           | Assam             |                        63 | 308                          |
| 4           | Bihar             |                       534 | 3303                         |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      |                        23 | 183                          |
| 6           | Goa               |                         2 | Nil                          |
| 7           | Gujarat           |                        85 | 98                           |
| 8           | Haryana           |                        21 | 77                           |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  |                         5 | 13                           |
| 10          | Jammu And Kashmir |                        17 | 7                            |
| 11          | Jharkhand         |                        46 | 344                          |
| 12          | Karnataka         |                        20 | 105                          |
| 13          | Kerala            |                       152 | 954                          |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh    |                       115 | 1415                         |
| 15          | Maharashtra       |                        36 | 282                          |
| 16          | Manipur           |                         4 | 20                           |
| 17          | Meghalaya         |                         4 | 31                           |
| 18          | Mizoram           |                         4 | 24                           |
| 19          | Nagaland          |                         9 | 76                           |
| 20          | Odisha            |                        88 | 163                          |
| 21          | Pondicherry       |                         4 | 2                            |
| 22          | Punjab            |                        14 | 56                           |
| 23          | Rajasthan         |                        63 | 59                           |
| 24          | Sikkim            |                         3 | 3                            |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu        |                       290 | 647                          |
| 26          | Telangana         |                       442 | 2887                         |
| 27          | Tripura           |                         6 | 57                           |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh     |                        22 | 58                           |
| 29          | Uttarakhand       |                        13 | 45                           |
| 30          | West Bengal       |                        32 | 32                           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       |                      2780 | 14921                        |