(a) whether the Government have been implementing rural employment generation programmes
in the country;
(b) if so, the names of the States where the above programmes were launched during
the Ninth Plan; and
(c) the achievements made thereunder and the amounts spent thereon during the said
period, State-wise alongwith the projections for Tenth Plan?
THE MINISTER OF AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES ( SHRI KARIYA MUNDA )
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 401
BY SHRI VIRENDRA KUMAR, MP, FOR ANSWER ON 12.08.2002.
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b) & (c): The Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) was launched on 01.04.1995
by the Government through the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in all the
States for the development of Khadi and Village Industries Sector. The programme
continued for the entire 9th Plan period.
The State-wise achievements made under the REGP scheme in respect of employment and
projects financed (till 31.03.2002) are given at Annexure-I.
Funds are not released to individual States. The Government releases funds to the KVIC who
in turn gives the money to the participating banks. The funds released by the Government
to KVIC for implementing the REGP scheme in the country during 9th Plan period are as under :-
Year Rs. in lakhs
1997-98 10500 1998-99 4665 1999-00 1103 2000-01 11000 2001-02 15000
S.No. States/UTs Projects Employment financed
1. Andhra Pradesh 9955 105293
2. Arunachal Pradesh 317 2904
3. Assam 425 4743
4. Bihar 529 4288
5. Goa 1931 18699 6. Gujarat 682 6180
7 Haryana 3509 44261
8. Himachal Pradesh 1068 19021
9. Jammu & Kashmir 5754 53550 10. Karanataka 10326 102444 11. Kerala 5592 66240 12. Madhya Pradesh 16779 165741 13. Maharashtra 16805 162099 14. Manipur 623 5658 15. Meghalaya 2784 25426 16. Mizoram 732 6808 17. Nagaland 4665 44143 18. Orissa 1467 12744 19. Punjab 7363 84153 20. Rajasthan 20365 206848 21. Sikkim 18 219 22. Tamil Nadu 3484 48385 23. Tripura 48 922 24. Uttar Pradesh 11704 132683 25. West Bengal 11416 93319 26. Andaman & Nicobar 162 1365 27. Chandigarh 139 1684 28. Dadra Nagar Haveli 8 82 29. Delhi 203 1837 30 Lakshdweep 01 46 31. Pondicherry 899 8212 32. Chhatisgarh 197 5104 33 Jharkhand 218 1364 34 Uttaranchal 313 5663
Total : 140481 1442128