(a) whether the Ministry are conducting some schemes for rural unemployed youths;
(b) if so, the number of rural unemployed youths benefited from these schemes during the current year, State-wise, scheme-wise; and
(c) the amount allocated by the Government for implementation of these schemes during the said period, State-wise and scheme wise?
MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.VENKAIAH NAIDU)
(a) The schemes being implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development for the benefit of persons Below Poverty Line (BPL) including unemployed youths in the rural areas are:
(i) The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), a scheme for self-employment of the rural poor.
(ii) Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS), a scheme for wage employment.
(iii) Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY), a scheme for Infrastructure Development at the village level.
The EAS & the JGSY have since been merged and a new scheme namely the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), for the wage employment of the rural poor has been launched w.e.f. 25.9.2001. During the current financial year i.e.2001-2002 JGSY and EAS will continue as part of SGRY, with which, these schemes would stand fully integrated from the next financial year (2002-2003) onwards. The requisite funds and adequate quantities of food grains on account of the new scheme have been provided, this year, in the EAS and JGSY.
(b) Benefits accruing to unemployed youths under the scheme are not monitored separately.
(c) The scheme-wise Central allocation during 2001-02 is given in the statement at Annexure-I.
Annexure- I
Statement in respect of part (c) to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1437
for 27.11.2001 regarding Central Allocation under the SGSY, JGSY and EAS
during 2001-2002
(Rs. In lakhs)
Sl. STATES /U.T. Central EAS JGSY No. Allocation Central Funds for Central Funds for under the Allocation Food Allocation Food SGSY Grains Grains
1 Andhra Pradesh 3068.31 9952.7 13286.01 9921.52 13259.81 2 Arunachal Pradesh 164.76 519.21 692 519.38 694.14 3 Assam 4281.13 13490.96 17988 13495.28 18036.04 4 Bihar 7300 19930.1 26605 18730.78 25033.12 5 Chattisgarh 1620.58 5616.92 7498.12 4197.65 5610.04 6 Goa 50 22.94 30.62 145.98 195.1 7 Gujarat 1154.96 3746.38 5001.1 3734.65 4991.25 8 Haryana 679.48 2204.06 2942.24 2197.16 2936.44 9 Himachal Pradesh 286.16 928.21 1239.09 925.31 1236.65 10 Jammu & Kashmir 354.16 1148.8 1533.54 1145.2 1530.52 11 Jharkhand 2751.41 12673.8 16918.46 13771.01 18404.53 12 Karnataka 2317 7515.7 10032.82 7492.16 10013.05 13 Kerala 1039.63 3372.27 4501.7 3361.7 4492.81 14 Madhya Pradesh 3474.22 10909.15 14562.79 12276.64 16407.36 15 Maharashtra 4580.15 14856.7 19832.43 14810.16 19793.33 16 Manipur 287 904.42 1206 904.72 1209.13 17 Meghalaya 321.55 1013.29 1351 1013.61 1354.66 18 Mizoram 74.41 234.48 313 234.54 313.46 19 Nagaland 220.57 695.06 927 695.29 929.24 20 Orissa 3509.5 11383.84 15196.46 11348.19 15166.5 21 Punjab 330.22 1071.15 1429.9 1067.8 1427.08 22 Rajasthan 1759.38 5706.92 7618.25 5689.04 7603.23 23 Sikkim 82.38 259.6 346 259.69 347.06 24 Tamil Nadu 2713.06 8800.37 11747.75 8772.8 11724.58 25 Tripura 518.2 1632.98 2177 1633.5 2183.12 26 Uttar Pradesh 10509.37 33634.47 44899.18 2228.37 2978.15 27 Uttaranchal 552.3 2246.42 2998.78 33540.13 44825.37 28 West Bengal 3900.11 12650.87 16887.83 12611.26 16854.53 29 A&N Islands 50 52.94 70.67 96.21 128.59 30 Daman & Diu 50 1.76 2.36 30.77 84.88 31 D & N Haveli 50 52.94 70.67 63.51 41.12 32 Lakshadweep 50 3.53 4.71 48.23 64.46 33 Pondicherry 50 67.06 89.52 97.76 130.65
TOTAL 58150 187300 250000 187060 250000