MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI VILASRAO DESHMUKH)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 48 due for answer
on 24.02.2011
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing various rural
development programmes namely; the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)/
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY), Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP),
National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)
and Integrated Watershed Management Programmes (IWMP). The area development
programmes of Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), Desert Development
Programme (DDP), Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP) have been
redesigned and combined in to IWMP.
(c): The funds allocated, released and utilized under these schemes during the last
three years i.e. 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 is given at Annexure.
(d): A total number of 1327, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3, 4, 1 and 293 complaints have been
received during the last three years under MGNREGA, NRWDP, SGSY/NRLM, IAY, DPAP,
DDP, IWDP, IWMP and PMGSY respectively.
(e): The Ministry of Rural Development has taken various steps to address the grey
areas in the implementation of rural development programmes. In order to address the
grey areas, the State Governments and UT Administrations have been advised to adopt a
five-pronged strategy to improve the implementation of the rural development schemes
consisting of (i) creation of awareness about the schemes,(ii) transparency,
(iii) people`s participation,(iv) accountability, social audit and (v) vigilance
and monitoring of rural development programmes at all levels.
