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(SHGs) in a phased manner and provide Community Resource Persons have been
them long-term support such that they trained on multiple interventions. Dur-
diversify their livelihoods, improve their ing financial year 2019-20, capitalization
incomes and quality of life. support of nearly 743.1 crores have been
All “automatically included” house- provided to SHGs and its federations up
holds and all households with “at least to October 2019. Cumulatively, about
one deprivation” as per the Socio Eco- 8334.7 crores has been provided as capi-
nomic and Caste Census data constitute talization support under the Mission.
the target group of DAY-NRLM. Partici-
patory Identification of the Poor (PIP), he village road scheme called
which is further vetted by the Gram Sab- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yo-
ha, also validates the list of the rural poor. T jana (PMGSY) had been launched
The major components of the scheme To provide basic level of for consolidation of 1,25,000 Km through
include promotion of sustainable insti- major rural links connecting habitations,
tutions of the poor, ensuring access to financial support, NSAP Rural Agricultural Markets etc. It is ex-
financial services, promoting diversified covers a total of 2.84 pected to sanction 15,000 Km by March
livelihoods opportunities for the poor, in 2020. Already, 36,037 Km road lengths
farm and non- farm sectors, promotion crore beneficiaries. Funds has been constructed and 5,952 habita-
of skill development and access to jobs tions have been provided connectivity so
and promotion of social inclusion, social amounting to 3,633.30 far during current year. E-marg software
development and human development. crore (40 per cent) have also for maintenance of roads is being rolled
The mission has covered 5894 blocks out in all states.
spread over 646 districts across 29 States been released to the states Then there is a scheme to ‘pucca’
and 5 UTs by October 2019. More than and UTs. At present, NSAP houses with basic amenities to all house-
6.47 crore women have been mobilized less households and households living in
into 58.7 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs) up includes five sub-schemes ‘kutcha’ and dilapidated house by 2022.
to October, 2019. During the year 2019- as its components. As on The target number of houses to be con-
20, up to October 2019; about 67.9 lakh structed by the year 2021-22, to achieve
women have been mobilized in to 6.55 Nov 30, 2019, 6000 crores the objective of “Housing for All” is 2.95
lakh SHGs. Community driven approach was released to states and crore which is proposed to be achieved
is central to the Mission’s implementa- in phases. In the first phase 1.00 crore
tion strategy. By far more than 2.50 lakh UTs for disbursement houses were taken up for construction in
three years 2016-17 to 2018-19 and in the
second phase 1.95 crore houses would be
taken up for construction in three years
2019-20 to 2021-22.
Under the scheme unit assistance
1,20,000 is given in plain areas and
1,30,000 in hilly states and difficult
areas. Out of a total of 4.04 crore house-
holds found to be eligible as 2.50 crore
households have been found eligible for
getting assistance. Assistance to ben-
eficiaries is transferred electronically
through the AwaasSoft-PFMS platform.
This ensured seamless transfer of funds
electronically into the Bank or Post Of-
fice account of each beneficiary through
Fund Transfer Order (FTO). During the
year 2019-20 (as on December 17, 2019),
a total of 9.01 lakh FTOs amounting to
29,000.76 crores have been generated
involving 79.78 lakh beneficiaries.
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