Central govt. schem

2. Central Government scheme in
Rural Development
Prepared by
Bhargav Dharaiya
Agri Rock
JAU, Junagadh
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3. Central Government scheme in
Rural Development

4. MAJOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENTMAJOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENTSCHEMES IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
• SWARN JAYANTI GRAM SWAROJGAR
YOJNA (SGSY)
• PRIME MINISTER EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE PROGRAMME (PMEGP)
• NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE SCHEME (NREGS)
• PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJNA
(PMGSY)

5. SGSY-GENESISSGSY-GENESIS
• LAUNCHED ON 1 APRIL 1999 BY THE MINISTRY
OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY MERGER OF
FOLLOWING SCHEMES
– Integrated Rural Development programme (IRDP),
– Development of women and children in rural areas
(DWACRA),
– Training of Rural youth for Self Employment TRYSEM
– SITRA, GNAGA KALYAN YOJNA AND MILLION
WELLS SCHEME

7. SGSY-OBJECTIVESGSY-OBJECTIVE
• THE OBJECTIVE OF SGSY IS TO
BRING THE ASSISTED RURAL POOR
FAMILIES ABOVE POVERTY LINE BY
ENSURING SUSTAINED INCREASE IN
INCOME
• FAMILY NET INCOME AFTER THREE
YEARS SHOULD BE RS. 2000.00 PER
MONTH

9. SGSY – KEY COMPONENTSSGSY – KEY COMPONENTS
• SOCIAL MOBILISATION- FORMING
GROUP OF RURAL POORS
• TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING
• INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES
• PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURAL
FACILITIES
• CREDIT AND SUBSIDY

11. NREGSNREGS
• NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
SCHEME IS 100 DAYS OF GUARANTEED WAGE
EMPLOYMENT IN A FINANCIAL YEAR TO EVERY
HOUSEHOLD WHOSE ADULT MEMBERS
VOLUNTEER TO DO UNSKILLED MANUAL WORK.
• THE SCHEME IS GOVERNED BY NATIONAL RURAL
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT, 2005.
• THE SCHEME HAS BEEN RENAMED AS MAHATAMA
GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE SCHEME (MNREGS)

12. NREGS- COVERAGENREGS- COVERAGE
• ALL THE DISTRICTS OF THE
COUNTRY EXCEPT WHICH HAVE
100 % URBAN POPULATION

13. NREGA

15. SALIENT FEATURES OF THESALIENT FEATURES OF THE
SCHEMESCHEME
• Adult members of a rural household, willing to
do unskilled manual work, may apply for
registration in writing or orally to the local Gram
Panchayat
• The Gram Panchayat after due verification will
issue a Job Card. The Job Card will bear the
photograph of all adult members of the
household willing to work under NREGA and is
free of cost
• The Job Card should be issued within 15 days
of application.

16. SALIENT FEATURES OF THESALIENT FEATURES OF THE
SCHEMESCHEME (contd...)(contd...)
• A Job Card holder may submit a written application for
employment to the Gram Panchayat, stating the time
and duration for which work is sought
• The Gram Panchayat will issue a dated receipt of the
written application for employment, against which the
guarantee of providing employment within 15 days
operates.
• Employment will be given within 15 days of application
for work, if it is not then daily unemployment allowance
as per the Act, has to be paid liability of payment of
unemployment allowance is of the States.

17. SALIENT FEATURES OF THESALIENT FEATURES OF THE
SCHEMESCHEME( contd..)( contd..)
• Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km
radius of the village. In case work is provided
beyond 5 km, extra wages of 10% are payable to
meet additional transportation and living
expenses
• Wages are to be paid according to the Minimum
Wages Act 1948 for agricultural labourers in the
State, unless the Centre notifies a wage rate
which will not be less than Rs. 60 per day. Equal
wages will be provided to both men and women.

18. SALIENT FEATURE OF THESALIENT FEATURE OF THE
SCHEMESCHEME(contd..)(contd..)
• Disbursement of wages has to be done
on weekly basis and not beyond a
fortnight in any case
• A 60:40 wage and material ratio has to
be maintained. No contractors and
machinery is allowed
• At least 50% of works will be allotted to
Gram Panchayats for execution

19. IMPACT OF NREGAIMPACT OF NREGA
• WAGES ARE HIGHER THAN THEY
USED TO BE
• DELAY IN WAGE PAYMENTS ARE
SHORTER
• WOMEN WORKERS ARE GETTING
WORK NEAR THEIR HOME
• NREGA STRESSES TRANSPARENCY
THROUGH RTI AND SOCIAL AUDIT

20. IMPROVEMENTSIMPROVEMENTS
• NREGA NOW INCLUDES ASSET
BUILDING SCHEMES LIKE
CONSTRUCTING SCHOOLS AND
HOSPITALS.
•
• DEVOTAILING OF FUNDS CAN TAKE
PLACE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES

21. PMGSY ROAD CONNECTIVITYPMGSY ROAD CONNECTIVITY

22. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak YojanaPradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
• Programme launched on 25th Dec. 2000 as 100%
Centrally Sponsored Scheme
• The Primary Objectives:
 All 500+ Unconnected Habitations to be connected by 2007
 For Hill & NE States, Desert and Tribal Areas 250+
unconnected habitations also to be connected.
 Secondary Objective: To upgrade existing roads to ensure
all weather farm-to-market connectivity.
• Total Investment : Rs 1,32,000 crore*
• Eligible Habitations : 1,73,000*
• * AS per Core Network estimates (revised from the original Rs.
60,000 crore and 1,40,000 habitations)

24. PMGSYPMGSY(contd..)(contd..)
• Rural Road Connectivity is a key component
of Rural Development
• For promoting access to economic and
social services and thereby generating
increased agricultural incomes and
productive employment opportunities in
India.
• It is estimated that about 40% of the
Habitations in the country are still not
connected by All-weather roads.

26. PMGSYPMGSY(contd..)(contd..)
• The PMGSY envisages only single road
Connectivity to be provided. If a Habitation is
already connected by way of an All-weather
road, then no new work can be taken up under
the PMGSY for that habitation.
• A Core Network is that minimal Network of
roads (routes) that is essential to provide
Basic access to essential social and economic
services to all eligible habitations in the
selected areas through at least a single all-
weather road connectivity

27. PMEGPPMEGP
• Prime Minister’s Employment Generation
Programme (PMEGP) is a credit linked
subsidy programme of Government of
India.
• It has been introduced by merging the
two schemes, namely, Prime Minister’s
Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural
Employment Generation Programme
(REGP).
• The scheme was launched on 15th
August, 2008

29. PMEGP- ObjectivePMEGP- Objective
• To generate employment opportunities in rural as well
as urban areas of the country through setting up of new
self employment ventures/projects/micro enterprises.
• To bring together widely dispersed traditional artisans/
rural and urban unemployed youth and give them self-
employment opportunities to the extent possible, at
their place.
• To provide continuous and sustainable employment to
a large segment of traditional and prospective artisans
and rural and urban unemployed youth in the country,
so as to help arrest migration of rural youth to urban
areas.
• To increase the wage earning capacity of artisans and
contribute to increase in the growth rate of rural and
urban employment.

31. PROGRESS UNDER THEPROGRESS UNDER THE
SCHEMESCHEME
• Government has implemented the
Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt
Relief Scheme, 2008 under which about
3.68 Crore farmers have been benefited
involving debt waiver & debt relief to
the tune of Rs. 65,318.33 crore.
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