(a) whether any assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana has been made
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the time by which such an assessment is likely to be made; and
(d) the percentage of recovery of the loans under this programme?
THE MINISTER OF AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI KARIYA MUNDA)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The second round of evaluation of the Prime Minister`s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) for the programme years 1995-96; 1996-97 and 1997-98 was conducted by the Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR), New Delhi in the year 2000-01 in 13 districts of five States - Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab and Rajasthan covering 16,397 beneficiaries. The provisional report of the evaluation has recently been submitted. The important findings of the evaluation study ( 2nd Round) are at Annexure-I.
(c): Does not arise in view of (a) & (b) above.
(d): As per the report received from the Reserve Bank of India, the recovery of loan overdues under the PMRY is 26.9 per cent for the half year ended September, 2001.
Annexure - I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS a) & b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION DY. NO. 817 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2002 RAISED BY SHRI RAMDAS RUPALA GAVIT.
IMPORTANT FINDINGS OF THE EVALUATION STUDY OF THE PRIME MINISTER`S ROZGAR YOJANA (SECOND ROUND)
i) 61.3% of beneficiaries belong to general category, 25.7% to OBCs, 10.9% to SCs & 2.1% to STs, Proportion of women is 14%.
ii) Sanction was 81.6% of target and 74.7% of sanctioned cases were disbursed.
iii) Average amount of loan sanctioned is Rs.57,403/- per beneficiary.
iv) Employment Generated is 1.94 persons per functional unit.
v) The distribution of the beneficiaries is rural/urban areas are 49.9% & 50.1% respectively.
vi) Assets have been created in 89.7% of the cases disbursed.
vii) About 64% of the beneficiaries have been reported to be default in the repayment . of loan.
viii) Wilful default have been found to be in 16% of the default cases.