Nabard Schemes for Rural Workers

Government of India 

Ministry of Finance 

Department of Financial Services 

LOK SABHA 

Starred Question No. 70 

To be answered on Friday, December 14, 2018/Agrahayana 23, 1940 (Saka) 

NABARD Schemes for Rural Workers 

70. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI: 

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state: 

• (a) whether the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has prepared/proposes to prepare any schemes for rural workers in the country; 
• (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT and scheme-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and 
• (c) the details of the financial assistance provided by NABARD for this purpose and the number of workers benefited there under during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise? 

The Minister of Finance 

(Shri Arun Jaitley) 

(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. 

Statement referred in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 70 to be answered on 14.12.2018 regarding NABARD Schemes for Rural Workers by SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI: 

(a) to (c): National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has reported that they follow an inclusive approach to supporting promotion of rural non- farm sector covering interventions in the areas of skill development, marketing, entrepreneurship development, promotion of innovations, etc. Some of the major initiatives under implementation are given below: 

1. SHG Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) 

This savings led, women-centric, door-step, self-managed micro finance programme has enabled organising the poor into groups and linking them with banks for credit facilities. During 2017-18, 87,44,437 SHGs have been linked with bank accounts with a total deposit of Rs.19,592 crore. 

2. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) 

Out of its RIDF, till 31 March 2018, NABARD has supported 6,27,179 projects with loan assistance of Rs. 3,13,876 crore for creation of rural infrastructure. It is estimated that over the years on their completion, these investments would help create 10.68 lakh jobs and 1.59 lakh man-days of non-recurring employment. The state-wise details of recurring (No. of jobs) and non-recurring employment (Man- days) generated is furnished in Annexure I. 

3. Skill Development Initiatives by NABARD 

By end of March 2018, NABARD had supported 32,520 Skill Development Programmes (SDPs) with grant assistance of ₹121.42 crore, imparting training to around 8.37 lakh unemployed rural youth. During the current year i.e. 2018-19, as on 30 September 2018, 1573 SDPs covering 38,819 trainees  have been supported. All India position vis-à-vis State specific position including State of Uttar Pradesh for the last three years is furnished in Annexure II. 

4. Tribal Development Programme 

Projects for livelihood promotion in tribal areas are implemented by partnering with State Governments, NGOs and CSR initiatives. As on 31 March 2018, 712 Tribal Development Fund (TDF) projects were under different stages of implementation with total financial outlay of ₹2,120 crore, benefitting 5.21 lakh tribal families. State-wise status under the programme during the last 4 years (including the current year) is given in Annexure III. 

5. Micro Enterprise Development Programme 

For supporting skill development of rural women, NABARD supports skill development programmes through the Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP), under which around 27,800 SHG members were trained through 854 MEDPs during 2017–18 for enabling them to start micro-enterprises. As on 31 March 2018, around 4.68 lakh SHG members have received training through 16,406 MEDPs. The state-wise details are furnished in Annexure IV. 

6. Off-farm Producers Organisations 

To promote collectiv isation of rural artisans so as to make them strong enough to take up business activities, through capacity building, business planning, and development of marketing linkages, Off-Farm Producers Organisations (OFPOs) were promoted on a pilot basis during the year 2016–17 in existing artisan clusters. Cumulatively, NABARD has supported promotion of 10 OFPOs with a grant assistance of Rs.3.17 crore. These clusters are expected to benefit around 3,000 artisans / weavers. Additionally, 25 proposals for promotion of OFPOs from 15 states have been given in-principle approval. Details of the 10 sanctioned OFPOs are given in Annexure V. 

7. Marketing Initiatives 

NABARD supports marketing activities of artisans by way of encouraging their participation in many exhibitions, melas, rural haats and marts. Cumulatively, during last three years, NABARD has extended grant support of nearly Rs.20 crore for such market interventions. During 2017–18, NABARD organised/sponsored 247 melas/ exhibitions of rural crafts in different parts of the country with financial assistance of ₹4.04 crore. 

8. Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme 

Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme (LEDP), targeting SHG-clusters in contiguous villages involved in farm and off-farm activities, supports intensive skill building, refresher training, backward-forward linkages, value chain management, end-to-end solutions and hand holding services. As on 31 March 2018, 15,382 SHG members had been supported through 324 LEDP programmes. The state-wise details for the amount sanctioned, released and the number of members trained is furnished in Annexure VI. 

9. Programme for Farmer Producer Organisations 

For farmer centric livelihood promotion, NABARD provides financial and development support for promotion and nurturing of Producer Organisations (POs) through ‘Producers’ Organization Development and Up liftment Corpus’ Fund (PRODUCE fund). The aggregate membership of the 2154 FPOs promoted so far is around 6.50 lakh farmers, out of which around 80% farmers are small & marginal farmers. The State wise grant assistance provided by NABARD during the last three years and current financial year is furnished in Annexure VII. 

10. Watershed Development Programme 

A Watershed Development Fund (WDF) was set up in NABARD in 1999-2000 with an initial corpus of ₹200 crore contributed by GoI and NABARD in equal proportion. The scheme is being implemented in 19 major states. Various projects implemented under the scheme have covered nearly 48,000 families in last three years. State wise number of projects sanctioned, grant sanctioned and the number of families benefitted during the last 3 years is given in Annexure VIII.

Annexure I to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATED (anticipated) during last three years under RIDF
Sr. No.	STATE	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18
		Recurring Employme nt (Number of jobs)	Non Recurring Employment (Lakh Mandays)	Recurring Employment (Number of jobs)	Non Recurring Employmen t (Lakh Mandays)	Recurring Employme nt (Number of jobs)	Non Recurring Employment (Lakh Mandays)
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	33196	142.72	17202	2696.86	19568	224.88
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	0	71.87	15	73.18	0	76.75
3	ASSAM	14769	145.42	38900	76.93	11614	135.34
4	BIHAR	19156	828.54	13925	362.68	14360	416.13
5	CHATTISGARH	4418	215.7	7888	771.59	48646	326.16
6	GOA	3925	48.58		0	1000	15
7	GUJARAT	8840	27.26	11486	359.16	0	457.15
8	HARYANA	8554	22.58	44	22.53	5810	81.73
9	HIMACHAL PRADESH	18415	100.49	1988	47.94	5310	66.48
10	JAMMU & KASHMIR	0	1156.79	47	134.52	197	89.03
11	JHARKHAND	7276	392.72	74584	248.03	0	195.29
12	KARNATAKA	1539	251.01	1324	178.25	2272	165.11
13	KERALA	3901	58.23	1331	59.47	235	53.39
14	MADHYA PRADESH	60	341.74	0	505.7	0	348.44
15	MAHARASHTRA	8412	544.57	24747	345.96	114	982.48
16	MANIPUR	0	30.86	0	9.3	0	21.55
17	MEGHALAYA	0	2.03	0	33.94	0	29.83
18	MIZORAM	139	29.82	0	20.21	0	26.53
19	NAGALAND	0	0.8	308	57.59	137	21
20	ODISHA	120484	1006.34	136832	879.69	83715	839.29
21	PUDUCHERRY	0	3.2	0	6.88	27	3.42
22	PUNJAB	2520	143.66	6894	89528.97	331	101.65
23	RAJASTHAN	628	520.72	517	237.12	128	246.28
24	SIKKIM		0	31	3.79	20	8.53
25	TAMILNADU	5382	377.31	2606	217.67	5703	268.72
26	TELANGANA	14201	6408.36	536	65.15	3064	49.8
27	TRIPURA	13971	400.22	106	59.48	612	32.09
28	UTTAR PRADESH	24498	446.22	35519	645.92	286	27.68
29	UTTARAKHAND	0	204.62	20	4203.45	15172	36087.38
30	WEST BENGAL	31650	762.78	89713	471.79	36773	356.01
	Total	345934	14685.16	466563	102323.75	255094	41753.12

Annexure II to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
Details of financial assistance given to RUDSETIs/RSETIs/Other agencies during last 3 years
		2015-16		2016-17		2017-18
Sr. No.	Regional Offices	No. of persons trained	Amount Released (Rs. lakh)	No. of persons trained	Amount Released (Rs. lakh)	No. of persons trained	Amount Released (Rs. Lakh)
1	Andaman & Nicobar	0	0	60	0.85	130	2.06
2	Andhra Pradesh	602	3.10	1265	6.08	1814	19.60
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	1.01	0	0.00	0	0.00
4	Assam	293	1.46	1158	3.17	45	0.00
5	Bihar	915	14.35	848	21.33	2867	30.71
6	Chhattisgarh	0	0.00	0	0.00	120	0.00
7	Goa	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
8	Gujarat	4212	8.00	633	0.64	619	13.86
9	Haryana	357	9.76	470	12.01	3145	31.48
10	Himachal Pradesh	100	10.96	260	1.11	1388	4.39
11	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0.00	0	0.00	80	5.28
12	Jharkhand	1549	9.16	534	4.12	1135	11.82
13	Karnataka	576	9.55	541	7.76	975	11.58
14	Kerala	412	7.50	1097	15.06	1367	17.57
15	Madhya Pradesh	206	2.61	394	4.63	2310	15.99
16	Maharashtra	50	2.28	2276	13.40	1006	20.00
17	Manipur	0	0.00	0	0.00	65	2.65
18	Meghalaya	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
19	Mizoram	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
20	Nagaland	0	0.00	0	0.00	30	0.30
21	New Delhi	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
22	Odisha	1397	4.20	1440	7.53	2058	17.25
23	Punjab	555	30.00	558	8.51	426	8.43
24	Rajasthan	241	4.37	138	2.78	300	4.63
25	Sikkim	0	0.00	224	1.94	0	0.00
26	Tamil Nadu	3098	27.97	3504	44.42	3945	67.75
27	Telangana	4592	5.88	1265	6.21	1891	13.02
28	Tripura	0	0.00	0	0.00	50	0.00
29	Uttar Pradesh	1565	19.53	2140	16.38	3223	54.29
30	Uttarakhand	913	7.18	0	2.74	736	9.40
31	West Bengal	896	16.34	798	14.68	1430	17.99
32	Mumbai Head Office	0	0.00	0	0.00	4307	273.59
TOTAL		22529	195.19	19603	195.33	35462	653.64

Annexure III to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
Tribal Development Programme- Status of assistance sanctioned during last 3 years
								(Amount in Rs. Lakh)
Sn	STATE	2015-16		2016-17		2017-18		2018-19
		NO OF FAMILI ES	GRANT ASSITAN CE	NO. OF FAMILIES	GRANT ASSISTAN CE	NO. OF FAMILIES	GRANT ASSITAN CE	NO. OF FAMILIES	GRANT ASSITAN CE
1	Assam			1100	412.56	750	393.75
2	Bihar	955	425.96	1100	499.05	1000	493.98
3	Chhattisgarh	2000	896.32	1500	542.37	1000	534.03	500	274.94
4	Gujarat	3250	1341.20			500	183.96	500	228.63
5	Himachal Pradesh	332	157.46	293	144.65
6	Jammu & Kashmir					500	298.40	220	131.49
7	Jharkhand	550	123.27	1100	310.98	500	269.81
8	Karnataka			1093	463.09	944	499.49
9	Kerala	250	125.00	883	387.05	500	247.84	500	226.23
10	Madhya Pradesh					800	435.87
11	Maharashtra	2200	678.13	1650	625.00	1000	463.41
12	Meghalaya			210	112.99	220	131.09
13	Mizoram			500	247.28	350	208.24
14	Nagaland					200	119.60
15	Odisha	1100	239.73	1100	376.97	2450	1019.77
16	Rajasthan	950	434.55	1500	674.64	1500	769.72
17	Sikkim					270	135.00
18	Tamil Nadu	500	222.65	428	192.57	974	535.69
19	Telengana			1025	458.81	500	275.35
20	Tripura					300	147.57
21	Uttar Pradesh			3300	1402.47	1000	513.20
22	Uttarakhand			700	384.58
23	West Bengal			1500	617.56	2500	1363.31
	TOTAL	12087	4644.27	18982	7852.62	17758	9039.08	1720	861.29

Annexure IV to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
MEDP programmes								Amount Rs. Lakh
S N	State	During 2015-16			During 2016-17			During 2017-18
		No.of Progr amme s	No.of Partic ipants	Grant disbu rsed by NAB ARD	No. of Progra mmes	No. of Participa nts	Grant disbursed by NABARD	No. of Progra mmes	No. of Partici pants	Amount
1	A & N Islands	41	1195	16.61	80	2400	18.42	24	745	9.67
2	Andhra Pradesh	195	5805	71.31	104	3261	50.41	109	4980	27.81
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	2	60	1
4	Assam	41	1231	12.79	0	0	0.00	19	570	6.09
5	Bihar	45	1297	13.95	29	1386	19.23	12	360	5.68
6	Chhattisgarh	12	360	2.12	13	630	15.97	6	180	1.71
7	Goa	11	390	4.53	115	4069	30.05	7	216	2.69
8	Gujarat	77	2447	28.00	4	132	3.11	35	1050	18.72
9	Haryana	8	240	4.00	24	810	10.60	14	500	6.39
10	Himachal Pradesh	57	1438	19.35	14	420	7.00	33	965	13.43
11	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0.00	35	1050	18.66	0	0	0.25
12	Jharkhand	220	7152	39.32	64	1920	17.32	76	2409	24.07
13	Karnataka	26	815	12.18	71	2130	35.29	0	0	0
14	Kerala	104	2500	31.87	80	2263	38.65	37	1185	15
15	Madhya Pradesh	83	2548	242.8 2	7	150	1.47	1	50	0.98
16	Maharashtra	149	4993	47.03	70	2125	17.85	33	992	12.56
17	Manipur	5	187	2.47	0	0	0.00	7	216	3.5
18	Meghalaya	6	180	2.89	40	1200	17.60	10	300	4.31
19	Mizoram	3	90	0.57	7	210	3.49	3	350	1.23
20	Nagaland	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
21	New Delhi	0	0	0.00	38	1140	12.69	0	0	0
22	Odisha	69	2070	17.06	52	1320	22.64	107	3210	34.47
23	Punjab	152	4549	60.92	0	0	0.00	26	768	13
24	Rajasthan	49	1470	17.71	88	3493	48.06	9	270	3.39
25	Sikkim	0	0	0.00	2	90	1.66	2	60	0.9
26	Tamil Nadu & Puducherry	176	5163	60.80	106	4000	53.14	116	3441	37.36
27	Telangana	89	2630	34.8	6	180	3.00	72	2160	29.73
28	Tripura	0	0	0.00	7	251	2.06	0	0	0
29	Uttar Pradesh	29	875	11.15	27	822	11.37	59	1735	26.63
30	Uttarakhand	0	0	0.00	21	630	9.89	12	410	5.79
31	West Bengal	174	5220	45.42	96	2840	34.02	23	690	8.99
	Grand Total	1821	54845	799.7	1200	38922	503.65	854	27872	315.4

Annexure V to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
Status of OFPO proposals-Sanctioned (As on 10.12.2018)
Sl. No.	Year of Sanction	Name of State	District	Activity	Artisans Benefitted	Amount (Rs. Lakh)
1	2016-17	Jammu & Kashmir	Baramulla	HandloomShawl & embroidery	100	7.53
2	2016-17	Jharkhand	Lohardaga	Multicraft-bamboo, Dhokra, Jute and Durie Making	250	22.66
3	2016-17	Tamil Nadu	Elampillai Salem	Powerloom Weaving of Fabrics	350	23.24
4	2016-17	West Bengal	Birbhum	Handloom- Embriodery & Stitching work	200	22.66
5	2017-18	Uttar Pradesh	Baghpat	Major OFPO on Handloom	200	22.66
6	2017-18	Mizoram	Serchip	Handloom-Mega Cluster	500	47.63
7	2017-18	Chhattisgarh	Kanker	Minor Forest produce-Mega Cluster	300	23.60
8	2017-18	Odisha	Subarnpur	Handloom-Major Cluster	250	23.60
9	2018-19	Rajasthan	Barmer	Handicraft-Applique & Patch Work- Mega Cluster	600	92.00
10	2018-19	Haryana	Palwal	Handicraft-Sujani & Jaipuri Razai Making	250	30.69
				Total	3000	316.27

Annexure VI to Lok Sabh SQ 70 for 14.12.2018
LEDP Programmes Amount Rs. Lak
RO	2015-16				2016-17				2017-18
	Total				Total				Total
	Sanctioned		Releas ed	No of mem bers train ed	Sanctioned		Released	No of memb ers traine d	Sanctioned		Released
	No	Amt			No	Amt			No	Amt
A & N Island	3	11.0 4	7.56	332	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andhra Pradesh	0	0	0	0	13	49.952	8.426	1140	7	31.274	0
Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assam	0	0	0	0	2	9.01	6.634	180	0	0	0
Bihar	6	26.1 16	10.163	720	2	9.98	5.142	0	20	94.701	0.675
Chhattisgarh	5	24.2 5	7.155	770	2	9.79	3.03	0	1	4.895	0
Goa	1	3.8	1.84	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarat	1	3.9	2.195	145	0	0	0	0	3	11.912	0
Haryana	4	17.6 5	12.82	480	0	0	0	0	5	29.25	11.63
Himachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	2	8.815	4.14	250	1	4.78	0.1
Jammu	5	15.9 9	4.566	270	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jharkhand	7	33.3 93	21.968	1018	9	44.103	4.646	1334	23	106.2	0
Karnataka	1	2.04 1	1.549	60	3	5.327	4.123	180	8	18.739	1.966
Kerala	2	7.82 5	4.835	90	2	8.9	3.245	150	4	20.634	5.082
Madhya Pradesh	3	17.3 3	6.265	270	10	55.294	22.824	0	34	226.08	64.36
Maharashtra	3	14.7 2	5.252	315	1	6.23	4.557	30	0	0	0
Manipur	2	8.57	6.802	240	0	0	0	0	1	6.43	2.59
Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	2	9.845	2.09	300	0	0	0
Mizoram	0	0	0	0	2	6.286	4.173	90	0	0	0
Nagaland	0	0	0	0	1	6.525	0	0	0	0	0
Odisha	4	15.8 34	6.034	430	5	22.806	10.615	630	29	113.38	7.63
Punjab	1	3.92 5	2.665	90	0	0	0	0	1	4.889	0
Rajasthan	3	13.7 04	8.078	390	0	0	0	0	2	11.025	0
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamil Nadu	3	10.4 62	12.988	270	6	20.631	12.957	0	10	38.243	9.369
Telangana	1	4.89 5	4.065	150	7	30.106	18.245	720	20	82.04	18.961
Tripura	1	7.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	5	34.0 06	30.353	696	2	14.36	5.097	182	8	43.923	0.1
Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0	1	3.101	0	30	3	13.46	1.37
West Bengal	0	0	0	0	6	26.475	13.505	720	5	20.882	0
Total	61	276. 93	157.15	6826	78	347.54	133.45	5936	185	882.73	123.83
Total No of projects					324
TOTAL NO OF MEMBERS TRAINED					15382