(a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to generate employment in
villages and small townships in rural areas under the liberalisation programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof, its modus operandi and the estimated number of
employment opportunities generated thereby so far; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government for operationalising and popularising the
scheme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT(SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)
(a): The Ministry of Rural Development through State Governments and Union
Territory Administrations, implements the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(NREGA) as wage employment programme and Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SGSY) as self employment programme in all the rural areas of the country.
(b): The NREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas
of the country by providing atleast 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a
financial year to every household whose adult member volunteer to do unskilled manual
work.Under NREGA, 4.51 crore rural households were provided 216.32 crore persondays
of employment during 2008-09. The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) is a
holistic progrmame of self employment covering all aspects including provision of
income generating assets, training and capacity building,credit, technology,
infrastructure and marketing support.Under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SGSY),18.62 lakh Swarozgaris were assisted during 2008-09.
(c): The Ministry has adopted five pronged strategy comprising
(i) creation of
awareness about the schemes,
(ii) people`s participation,
(iii) transparency,
(iv) accountability and
(v) vigilance and monitoring of rural development programmes
for operationalising and popularizing the schemes and for their effective
implementation.