MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing a number of welfare schemes for rural areas of the Country. The names and details of various ongoing rural development schemes in the country are as under:
(i) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) is demand driven programme, which provide at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. Being a demand driven programme, no State/UT-wise financial allocation is made.
(ii) Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM): The Ministry is implementing Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) across the country in a mission mode since 2011 with the objectives of organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting them to take economic activities till they attain appreciable increase in incomes over a period of time to improve their quality of life and come out of abject poverty. The programme aims to ensure that at least one-woman member from each rural poor household (about 9 crore) is brought into women SHGs and their federations within a definite time frame.
(iii) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana(DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs):
The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing two skill development initiatives for rural poor youth under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM). These schemes are aimed at increasing employability of rural poor youth either for wage or self-employment leading to economic and social development of youth of rural area of the country by removing the hurdles of the rural livelihoods and by strengthening rural economy and rural income.
DeenDayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is the placement linked skill development programme for rural poor youth under NRLM being in operation since September, 2014.
Skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs) is also being undertaken to enable a trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.
(iv) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G): PradhanMantriAwaasYojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all rural houseless households and households living in kutcha and dilapidated house upto two rooms in rural areas by 2022. Besides, the Government of India has rolled out Rural Mason Training (RMT) Programme under PMAY-G. The initiative is being assisted by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
(v) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY):
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), which is a onetime special intervention to provide rural road connectivity, was launched on 25th December, 2000 as a fully funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the objective to provide single all-weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations, existing in the Core Network, in rural areas of country. The programmeenvisages connecting all eligible unconnected habitations with a population of 500 persons and above(as per 2001 Census) in plain areas and 250 persons and above (as per 2001 Census) in Special Category States(Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura , Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), Tribal (Schedule-V) areas, the Desert Areas (as indentified in Desert Development Programme) and in Selected Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission). Over a period of time other verticals of the scheme have also been launched which are as follows:
PMGSY.II
PMGSY-II was launched in May, 2013 and envisages consolidation of the existing Rural Road Network to improve its overall efficiency as a provider of transportation services for people, goods and services. 50,000 km road length is targeted for upgradation under PMGSY-II
Road Connectivity Project on Left Wing Extremism Areas (RCPLWEA)
The Government launched “Road Connectivity project in LWE Affected Areas” in the year 2016 as a separate vertical under PMGSY to provide an all-weather road connectivity with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures in 44 districts (35 are worst LWE affected districts and 09 are adjoining districts), which are critical from security and communication point of view.
PMGSY.III
The Government approved PMGSY-III on 10th July, 2019 for consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.
From the year 2015-16, the funding pattern of the scheme has been changed from being 100% centrally funded to a 60:40 shared between the center and the states (except in North-Eastern states including Sikkim, 2 hill states namely Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as well as UT of Jammu & Kashmir, where the sharing pattern is kept at 90:10).
(vii) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a social security/social welfare programme for below poverty line households applicable to senior citizens, widows, disabled persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread winner. Under NSAP, five welfare schemes, namely: a) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme(IGNOAPS), b) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme(IGNWPS), c) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme(IGNDPS), d) National Family Benefit Scheme and e) Annapurna Scheme are implemented for the persons belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. In respect of first three schemes, targeted beneficiaries are provided with monthly financial assistance ranging between Rs.200/ to Rs 500/, as the case may be. Under the National Family Benefit Scheme, a one-time lump-sum amount of Rs 20,000/- is provided to a bereaved family, on the death of primary breadwinner, aged between 18 and 59 years, whereas under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 kg of food grains per month is provided free of cost to those identified beneficiaries who are otherwise eligible but are not receiving the old age pension. It is universally implemented in all States/UTs.
(vii) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM): The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) launched in February 2016, is a scheme with the objective to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well planned Rurban clusters. The mission takes cluster as a unit for development. 300 Clusters from all the States/ UTs are selected in the first phase of the Mission in Tribal and Non-Tribal categories. SPMRM provides the Critical Gap Funding to the projects which directly or indirectly bring economic growth. SPMRM aims to provide amenities in four categories viz Basic, Economic, Social and Digital and promotes economic growth through integrated and balanced investments with social inclusion.
(viii) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY):
The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched on 11th October, 2014 with the objective of creating model Gram Panchayats in different parts of the country. Primarily, the goal was to develop three Adarsh Grams under each Hon’ble Member of Parliament (MP) by March 2019. SAGY is a unique scheme of the Department wherein, for the first time the leadership, capacity, commitment, and energy of the Hon’ble Members of Parliament are being leveraged directly for development at the Gram Panchayat level. Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year under each Hon’ble MP) were to be selected and developed by 2024. Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana 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 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 includes prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic and integrated development of the villages.
(b): the details of allocation made for these rural development schemes in Rajasthan and Maharashtra during the years 2014 and 2019 respectively and the works for which the above allocation has been spent, year-wise is at Annexure – I.
(c): the amount allocated and spent in Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu and Alwar districts of Rajasthan and Latur district of Maharashtra from the years 2014 and 2019 till date along with the details of the works undertaken scheme-wise and place-wise along with the cost thereof in Latur district of Maharashtra is at Annexure – II.
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