Question : POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMME



(a) the State-wise amount fixed annualy for the poverty alleviation programme under the Tenth Five Year Plan;

(b) the State-wise details of training programmes being launched by the Union Government and State Governments for the benefit of poor people so that they could be able to earn their livelihood;

(c) whether the Government proposes to launch more training programmes related to various trades with a view to generate self-employment opportunities for alleviation of poverty; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN EMPLOYMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( KUMARI SELJA )

(a): Total allocation for the Tenth Five Year Plan period for the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana, the urban poverty alleviation programme being implemented by the Ministry of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation is Rs.541 Crore. The annual allocation to the States/UTs is made in proportion to the incidence of urban poverty in the States/UTs and is also dependent upon the availability of budget allocation made in the Scheme. State-wise allocations made in the last three years under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana are at Annexure-I.

(b): Under the Self employment component of the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana, skill training is provided to the urban poor, living below the poverty line, in variety of services in manufacture and trades as well as in local skills and local crafts trades, suited to their aptitude and local conditions so that they can set up self-employment ventures or secure salaried employment with enhanced remuneration. State-wise details of the persons provided skill training under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana, since its inception on 1.12.1997 and as reported upto 30.6.2005 is given at ANNEXURE-II.

(c)&(d): Emphasis is given to skill training of the urban poor under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana as it helps in the capacity building of the beneficiaries to make them qualified for better opportunities. During the Tenth Plan period, Ministry has fixed a target of providing skill training/upgradation to 5,00,000 urban poor under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)&(b) OF LOK SABHA USQ NO. 1339 FOR 2.8.2005.

ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT SHOWING STATEWISE CENTRAL FUND ALLOCATION DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS UNDER SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROZGAR YOJANA(SJSRY)

 (Rs. in lakhs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SL. NAME OF THE STATE/UTs 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 NO. Allocation Allocation Allocation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 784.37 790.19 773.35 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 58.54 53.63 53.26 3 ASSAM 478.03 506.43 496.32 4 BIHAR 427.02 425.38 468.09 5 CHHATTISGARH 236.41 235.88 278.58 6 GOA 17.52 7.66 7.50 7 GUJARAT 366.69 364.59 356.82 8 HARYANA 70.62 69.95 68.47 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 55.21 44.77 44.75 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 62.98 52.93 52.88 11 JHARKHAND 213.37 212.31 156.02 12 KARNATAKA 580.09 577.46 565.15 13 KERALA 261.98 260.50 254.95 14 MADHYA PRADESH 813.93 818.32 753.15 15 MAHARASHTRA 1331.81 1335.21 1306.75 16 MANIPUR 133.72 140.43 137.64 17 MEGHALAYA 70.10 72.36 70.91 18 MIZORAM 91.22 95.76 93.84 19 NAGALAND 59.67 59.58 58.38 20 ORISSA 330.94 329.69 322.65 21 PUNJAB 58.45 55.69 54.49 22 RAJASTHAN 349.20 347.59 340.19 23 SIKKIM 25.59 17.55 17.47 24 TAMIL NADU 651.70 648.58 634.76 25 TRIPURA 99.17 104.26 102.18 26 UTTRANCHAL 76.18 76.49 74.82 27 UTTAR PRADESH 1450.29 1453.55 1422.61 28 WEST BENGAL 435.20 433.26 424.02 29 A & N ISLANDS 114.30 117.01 131.03 30 CHANDIGARH 122.27 136.98 154.29 31 D & N HAVELI 23.91 14.63 16.38 32 DAMAN & DIU 32.52 24.38 27.30 33 DELHI 125.15 132.30 132.47 34 PONDICHERRY 65.85 58.70 58.53 Total 10074.00 10074.00 9910.00	ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE CUMULATIVE DETAILS OF PERSONS PROVIDED SKILL TRAINING UNDER SWARNA JAYANTI SHAHARI ROZGAR YOJANA (SJSRY) SINCE ITS INCEPTION (AS REPORTED UPTO 30-6-2005). ------------------------------------------------------ Sl. Name of the State NO. OF PERSONS TRAINED No. ------------------------------------------------------ 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 35894 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 211 3 ASSAM 5819 4 BIHAR 629 5 CHHATTISGARH 5955 6 GOA 996 7 GUJARAT 47315 8 HARYANA 14488 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3421 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 14285 11 JHARKHAND 0 12 KARNATAKA 112726 13 KERALA 33536 14 MADHYA PRADESH 79762 15 MAHARASHTRA 121994 16 MANIPUR 2506 17 MEGHALAYA 1345 18 MIZORAM 2117 19 NAGALAND 1970 20 ORISSA 18387 21 PUNJAB 13464 22 RAJASTHAN 15226 23 SIKKIM 1360 24 TAMIL NADU 16225 25 TRIPURA 7448 26 UTTARANCHAL 1414 27 UTTAR PRADESH 91995 28 WEST BENGAL 73714 29 A&N ISLANDS 0 30 CHANDIGARH 2130 31 D&N HAVELI 219 32 DAMAN & DIU 0 33 DELHI 1995 34 PONDICHERRY 3052 TOTAL 731598