(a) the criterion for allocation to States under National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) -
Aajeevika for support to livelihood programmes;
(b) whether the Ministry has any planning for making it more rational by linking it to
percentage for numbers of poor and population of the States;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether in the absence of specific rational principles grant is being allocated randomly at
present; and
(e) if so, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a) to (c): NRLM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, implemented in all states & UTs except in
Delhi and Chandigarh. The financing of the Mission shall be shared between the Centre and the
States/UTs on the following basis:
S.No. States/UTs Central State Share (%) Share (%)
1. North Eastern States ( Arunachal Pradesh, 90 10 Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim)
2. All Other States 75 25
3. Union Territories 100 0