Question : Rural Development Projects and Schemes in Tamil Nadu

(a) whether the Government has allocated any funds for various rural development projects and schemes in Tamil Nadu;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total funds allocated for the implementation of rural development projects & schemes during the last three years and the current year;

(d) whether the Government has fixed any specific norms and rules for getting both the Government and external funding for the implementation of various rural development projects and schemes in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of the external loans provided to Tamil Nadu during the said period?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Rural Development, inter alia, is implementing through States/ Union Territory Administrations Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay – Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities. The funds allocated to the State Government of Tamil Nadu under various rural development programmes during last three years and the current year are given in the following table:

(Rs. in crore)
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

MGNREGA* 3781.80 5470.37 4552.78 5856.44

PMAY-G 291.72 230.69 1320.41 975.04

PMGSY 239.65 205.00 309.58 636.39

DAY-NRLM 73.29** 26.02** 17.97 94.20

*MGNREGA is demand driven programme, so this is released amount.
**Including interest subvention (Category-II)


(d) & (e): The Government has availed a credit of US$ 500 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for implementing the National Rural Livelihood Project (NRLP) under DAY-NRLM. The project duration of NRLP was from July, 2011 to December 31, 2017, which has now been extended up to June, 2018. The National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) is being implemented in 13 high poverty states accounting for about 90% of rural poor in the country. The NRLP has been designed as a sub-set of DAY-NRLM to create ‘proof of concept’, build capacities of the Centre and States and create an enabling environment to facilitate all States and Union Territories to transit to the NRLM. The total allocation of funds to the State of Tamil Nadu under National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP), supported by loan assistance from World Bank during the last three years and current year is as under:

(Rs. In lakhs)
Central State Total

2014-15 5069.18 3379.45 8448.63

2015-16 2473.50 1649.00 4122.50

2016-17 3717.00 2478.00 6195.00

2017-18 1528.26 1018.84 2547.10


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