(a) whether ten per cent grant is provided to self help groups underthe Swarna
Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana;
(b) if so, whether this grant provided to self help groups is likely to be
increased from ten to twenty-five per cent;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether any provision is likely to be made for disbursing the grant
directly to the self help groups instead of paying through the banks; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a) to (e): Under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) the Self Help Groups
(SHGs) receive Revolving Fund in the form of a grant, equal to the group corpus, with a
minimum of Rs. 5,000/- and a maximum of Rs. 10,000/- as first dose and up to a
maximum of Rs. 20,000 as second dose, inclusive of the first dose.
Subsidy under the SGSY is uniform at 30% of the project cost, subject to a
maximum of Rs.7,500/-. In respect of SC/STs and differently abled, however, these will
be 50% and Rs.10,000/- respectively. For groups of Swarozgaris (SHGs), the subsidy is
at 50% of the cost of the scheme or per capita subsidy of Rs.7,500/- for general category
or Rs.10,000/- for SC/ST and differently abled or Rs.1.25 lakh, whichever is less.
The SGSY has now been restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission
(NRLM) to implement it in a mission mode in a phased manner for targeted and time
bound delivery of results. To meet the requirement both in terms of consumption and
taking up the income generating activities, it is proposed under NRLM, to raise the
amount of revolving fund to Rs 15000 per SHG. It is proposed to provide capital subsidy
of Rs 15,000 to individual Swarozgaries of general category and Rs 20,000 to SC/ST and
differently abled. For SHGs, subsidy will be Rs 15,000 per capita to individual
Swarozgaries of general category and Rs 20,000 to per capita to SC/ST and differently
abled, subject to a maximum of Rs 2.50 lakh, whichever is less. The capital subsidy will
be provided to the SHGs directly or through their federations.