3rd December, 2003
Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries  


STATES INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING REGP

LOK SABHA

A Task Force with Secretary Industries of the States as Chairman have been constituted under Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and Chairman of the State KVI Boards have been nominated in the various decision making Committees.

Under the REGP implemented through KVIC, the credit plan is finalized in the State Level Bankers Committee meeting in consultation with the State Government. The State Monitoring Boards for REGP are working under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Industries in all the States.

The Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) scheme is implemented at the district level by the district PMRY Committee, at the State level by the State PMRY Committee and at the Central Government level by the High Powered Committee and by the Monitoring Cell in the Rural Planning and Credit Department (RPCD), REDI, Mumbai. The selection of the beneficiaries is done by the Task Force at the District Level. Funds are released to the States under PMRY for training and contingency and other entrepreneurial development etc. For training, the funds are released @ Rs. 1,000/- per beneficiary for industry sector, @ Rs. 500/- per beneficiary for business and service sector. Rs. 250/- per beneficiary is released to the States towards contingency. The funds for other entrepreneurial development programmes are released on the basis of requirements of the States. Targets for various State Governments are fixed on the basis of population, unemployed persons and performance.

Another scheme, National Programme on Rural Industrialization (NPRI) which is under the control of this Ministry is implemented in the States through State Level Implementation Committee (SLIC) at State Level, District Level Implementation Committee (DLIC) at District Level and by Inter Ministerial Task Force (IMTF) at Central Government Level. The Scheme has a provision for financial assistance upto Rs. 5 lakhs per cluster.

The State Governments are represented in the High Powered Committee headed by Secretary, Agro and Rural Industries in the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries. An amount of Rs. 18.40 crore for PMRY, Rs. 0.16 crore for NPRI and Rs. 155.00 crore for REGP were released during the current financial year.

This information was given by the Minister of Agro and Rural Industries, Shri Sangh Priya Gautam in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

 
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