(a) whether the Government has started various new schemes to eradicate poverty in the country during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the implementation of the said schemes has been done according to the target set so far;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the number of families living below poverty line has decreased in the country during the said period; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 259* REGARDING “SCHEMES TO ERADICATE POVERTY” RAISED BY SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI DUE FOR ANSWER ON 10th JULY, 2019.
(a) to (c) The Government has started various schemes to eradicate poverty in the country. The details of the schemes are as under:
1. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G): Ministry of Rural Development, with a aim of “Housing for All” by 2022, has restructured the scheme of Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) into Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f 1st April, 2016. Under PMAY-G, beneficiaries are provided unit assistance of Rs. 1.2 lakh in plains and Rs. 1.3 lakh in hilly states, difficult areas and IAP districts for construction of pucca house. In addition, beneficiaries are provided assistance of 90/95 persondays of unskilled labour wages through convergence with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Rs. 12,000 for construction of toilets through convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (SBM-G), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding. The overall target of PMAY-G is to achieve 2.95 Crore houses by the year 2021-22. As on 05.07.2019 , 90,71,628 houses have been constructed across the country.
2. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY): Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana(DDU-GKY) , Antyodaya Diwas on 25th September 2014. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) , tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.
The target and Physical Achievement (number of candidates trained) under DDU-GKY during the last five years and current year is given below:-
Year DDU-GKY
Target Achievement
2014-15 210000 86120
2015-16 177986 270392
2016-17 200014 162586
2017-18 200000 131527
2018-19 200000 228955
2019-20 250000
27919
As on 31.05.2019)
3. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission(NRuM) :The SPMRM was launched on 21st February 2016 with an attempt to make the selected rural areas in form of the cluster, socially, economically and physically sustainable regions by providing economic, social and infrastructure amenities, thus leading to sustainable and balanced regional development in the country. 300Rurban Clusters with thematic economic growth points are proposed to be developed across the country under this innovative Mission. To ensure an optimum level of development, fourteen components have been suggested as desirable for the Cluster. States/UTs may choose the components based on the detailed analysis of their clusters though their Integrated Cluster Action Plans. The funding for Rurban Clusters will be through various schemes of the Government converged into the Cluster. The SPMRM provides an additional funding support of up to 30% of project cost as Critical Gap Fund (CGF) to enable development of such Rurban Clusters. The funding under the mission is shared in ratio of 60:40 for the States and 90:10 for 8 North Eastern State, 3 Himalayan States. For Union Territories, 100 per cent funding is provided by the Government of India.
The Mission aims to complete its target of 300 Rurban Clusters by end of FY 2019-20. As on date 295 Clusters have been identified across 29 States and 6 UTs. Out of these, 279 ICAPs of Clusters with an total estimated investment of Rs.27,018 crore have been approved by the Ministry. The reported expenditure as on 31st May 2019 is Rs. 800 crore under CGF and Rs. 4,350 crore under Convergence, totaling to Rs. 5,150 crore.
4. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY): Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), a pathbreaking initiative in rural development was launched on 11 October 2014 with the objective of creating Adarsh Grams across the country. The scheme Guidelines called upon the Hon’ble Members of Parliament to make one Gram Panchayat of their choice, a Model Village by 2016, and another two by 2019. It is a unique scheme that leverages the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of Hon’ble MPs at Gram Panchayat level.The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) converges resources available from a range of existing Central Sector, Centrally Sponsored and State Schemes to achieve the programme objectives and not depends on additional funds.
The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepare Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon’ble Members of Parliament. The VDP would be prepared for every identified Gram Panchayat with special focus on enabling every poor household to come out of poverty. The Hon’ble Members of Parliament have identified 1,484 Gram Panchayats under SaansadAdarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) till 3rd July 2019. The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepared Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon’ble Members of Parliament. The VDP included prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic progress of the village. So far 1,297 Gram Panchayats have uploaded their VDP containing 68,407 projects, as per the data available on SAGY website (http://saanjhi.gov.in). Out of these, 38,031 (56%) projects have been completed as on 3rd July 2019. Under the SAGY framework, the development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through convergence and implementation of existing Government Schemes and Programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocating additional funds.
The State/UT-wise number of Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY and the progress of implementation of Village Development Plans (VDP), as per the information uploaded by the States/UTs on SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in), as on 03 July 2019 are given at Annexure I.
5. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY):
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is available to people in the age group of 18-70 years with a bank account who give their consent to join/enable auto-debit on or before 31st May for the coverage period 1st June to 31st May on an annual renewal basis.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account who give their consent to join / enable auto-debit. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. The life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs shall be for the one year period stretching from 1st June to 31st May and will be renewable. Risk coverage under this scheme is for Rs. 2 Lakh in case of death of the insured, due to any reason
Atal Pension Yojana was aunched in May 2015 and is available to all the citizens of India in the age group of 18-40 years. Under the scheme, a subscriber would receive a minimum guaranteed pension of Rs.1000 to Rs. 5000 per month, depending upon his contribution, available from the age of 60 years. The same pension would be paid to the spouse of the subscriber and on the demise of both the subscriber and the spouse, the accumulated pension wealth is returned to the nominee.
Till May, 2019, 1055 banks including Public and Private Sector, RRBs, Cooperative and foreign banks have tied up with 10 life insurance companies and 1045 banks have tied up with 10 general insurance companies for PMJJBY & PMSBY under the universal social security system for all Indians, especially the poor and underprivileged. An extensive media based campaign was undertaken to create awareness about the schemes including disseminating the material in Hindi, English and Regional languages. A simple claim settlement procedure/ process involving minimum documentation has been put in place for minimising settlement time and large scale awareness generation has been undertaken to this effect. As on 03.06.2019 gross enrolment by banks, subject to verification of eligibility criteria, is as under:
Category No. of Enrollments (in crore) No. of claims disbursed
PMSBY 15.91 33,580
PMJJBY 6.05 1,39,917
As far as APY is concerned, a total number of 160.76 Lakh people have enrolled as on 30.05.2019 under this scheme.
6. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY): Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana was launched in August 2014 to ensure comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country by providing universal access to banking facilities with at least one basic bank account to every household, financial literacy, access to credit, insurance and pension facility. The Financial Inclusion (FI) initiatives implemented through PMJDY since August, 2014 has provided an enabling environment for people to avail banking & financial services in the country. As a result of the consistent efforts made over time, as on May, 2019, 35.75 crore Jan-Dhan beneficiaries have been added under PMJDY with a total deposit of Rs. 98320 Crore as on 29.05.2019.
(d) to (e) The Government of India had decided to conduct a combined Census (Rural BPL Census, Urban BPL and Religion & Caste Census) known subsequently as "Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) for collecting Socio-economic and caste data of households in the rural and urban areas of the country. The SECC has captured data on several attributes on Demographic, Education, Disability, Dwelling, Income, Employment, Amenities, Assets etc. at Household & Individual level. SECC 2011 provides grading of multidimensionality of poverty and generates granularity that allows fine tuning of development programmes to meet challenges of public financial resources. The State wise count of Automatically included and deprived households in SECC Data is given at Annexure II.
**********
Annexure I
Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *259 for reply on 10.07.2019:
State/UT-wise number of Gram Panchayats adopted under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) and the present status of implementation of Village Development Plans (VDP), as per the information uploaded by the States/UTs on SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in), as on 03 July 2019
Sl State / UT No. of SAGY GPs No. of GPs that uploaded VDP No. of projects in VDP No. of projects completed
1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 3 2 276 192
2 Andhra Pradesh 65 64 1350 776
3 Arunachal Pradesh 7 3 216 28
4 Assam 35 27 2429 580
5 Bihar 82 60 4817 1614
6 Chandigarh 2 2 31 15
7 Chhattisgarh 44 39 3247 1952
8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli 1 0 0 0
9 Daman And Diu 1 1 52 32
10 Delhi 13 0 0 0
11 Goa 5 4 609 102
12 Gujarat 75 61 1551 1241
13 Haryana 32 33 1574 996
14 Himachal Pradesh 15 14 1291 420
15 Jammu And Kashmir 14 14 917 444
16 Jharkhand 51 46 4142 1946
17 Karnataka 57 55 9650 5085
18 Kerala 82 71 4270 1963
19 Lakshadweep 1 1 79 4
20 Madhya Pradesh 68 55 2600 1765
21 Maharashtra 134 102 7073 3054
22 Manipur 12 12 786 517
23 Meghalaya 7 4 320 86
24 Mizoram 5 5 511 346
25 Nagaland 3 2 71 16
26 Odisha 47 36 941 170
27 Puducherry 2 2 72 17
28 Punjab 32 23 815 257
29 Rajasthan 80 77 4358 2258
30 Sikkim 7 6 224 117
31 Tamil Nadu 159 158 5282 4591
32 Telangana 45 35 1756 893
33 Tripura 4 3 159 86
34 Uttar Pradesh 270 268 6312 6062
35 Uttarakhand 15 11 565 406
36 West Bengal 9 1 61 0
Grand Total 1484 1297 68407 38031
Annexure –II
Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *259 for reply on 10.07.2019:
State-wise count of Automatically Included and Deprived households in SECC data
State name Total Households Automatically Included HHs Deprived HHs Total Poor Households % Poor Households
1 2 3 4 5 = 3+4 6
0.89% 48.56% 49.45%
179787454 1595469 87303948 88899417 49.45%
CHHATTISGARH 4540999 112084 3179327 3291411 72%
MEGHALAYA 485897 1224 327506 328730 68%
ODISHA 8677615 119772 5730372 5850144 67%
WEST BENGAL 15756750 203209 10056266 10259475 65%
NAGALAND 284310 969 182441 183410 65%
MADHYA PRADESH 11288946 396787 6748026 7144813 63%
TRIPURA 697062 33343 401458 434801 62%
BIHAR 17829066 37657 10876054 10913711 61%
MIZORAM 111626 512 66499 67011 60%
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 45352 298 25378 25676 57%
JHARKHAND 5044234 52045 2694061 2746106 54%
MANIPUR 448163 4963 236653 241616 54%
ANDHRA PRADESH 9344180 59470 4822104 4881574 52%
RAJASTHAN 10223073 72091 5165212 5237303 51%
ASSAM 5743835 33451 2892859 2926310 51%
TAMILNADU 10088119 38549 4704939 4743488 47%
MAHARASHTRA 13841960 227678 6064157 6291835 45%
GUJARAT 6920473 31216 2967972 2999188 43%
UTTAR PRADESH 26015592 68190 10381355 10449545 40%
TELANGANA 5643739 13543 2136159 2149702 38%
SIKKIM 88723 235 33480 33715 38%
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 201842 3559 72937 76496 38%
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1601606 13791 586345 600136 37%
KARNATAKA 8048664 30074 2836539 2866613 36%
PUDUCHERRY 115249 311 40336 40647 35%
HARYANA 2969509 6519 997129 1003648 34%
DAMAN AND DIU 31795 3519 6313 9832 31%
UTTARAKHAND 1479742 4726 429888 434614 29%
CHANDIGARH 15657 10 3925 3935 25%
PUNJAB 3269467 8004 778245 786249 24%
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 68481 168 15976 16144 24%
KERALA 6319215 14289 1469167 1483456 23%
HIMACHAL PRADESH 1263756 1938 259855 261793 21%
LAKSHADWEEP 10929 13 1455 1468 13%
GOA 220731 135 23816 23951 11%
NCT OF DELHI 1051097 1127 89744 90871 9%
***