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MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

DEMAND NO. 87
Department of Rural Development

(In ` crores)
Actual 2022-2023 Budget 2023-2024 Revised 2023-2024 Budget 2024-2025
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
Gross 331820.80 ... 331820.80 236541.48 3.52 236545.00 274065.82 3.64 274069.46 282562.05 4.14 282566.19
Recoveries -154983.41 ... -154983.41 -79000.00 ... -79000.00 -103000.00 ... -103000.00 -105000.00 ... -105000.00
Receipts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Net 176837.39 ... 176837.39 157541.48 3.52 157545.00 171065.82 3.64 171069.46 177562.05 4.14 177566.19

A. The Budget allocations, net of recoveries, are given below:

CENTRE'S EXPENDITURE
Establishment Expenditure of the Centre
1. Secretariat 85.60 ... 85.60 60.50 3.52 64.02 93.26 3.64 96.90 101.54 4.14 105.68

Central Sector Schemes/Projects

2. Management Support to Rural Development 125.56 ... 125.56 113.49 ... 113.49 100.00 ... 100.00 153.00 ... 153.00
Programs and Strengthening of District Planning
Process
3. Grants to National Institute of Rural Development 75.80 ... 75.80 ... ... ... ... ... ... 97.53 ... 97.53
Total-Central Sector Schemes/Projects 201.36 ... 201.36 113.49 ... 113.49 100.00 ... 100.00 250.53 ... 250.53

Other Central Sector Expenditure

Autonomous Bodies
4. National Institute of Rural Development and ... ... ... 115.00 ... 115.00 91.38 ... 91.38 10.84 ... 10.84
Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad
Others
5. Recoveries adjusted in reduction of Expenditure -8.21 ... -8.21 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total-Other Central Sector Expenditure -8.21 ... -8.21 115.00 ... 115.00 91.38 ... 91.38 10.84 ... 10.84

TRANSFERS TO STATES/UTs
Centrally Sponsored Schemes
National Social Assistance Progam
6. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme 6827.22 ... 6827.22 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
(IGNOAPS)
7. National Family Benefit Scheme 458.52 ... 458.52 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

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(In ` crores)
Actual 2022-2023 Budget 2023-2024 Revised 2023-2024 Budget 2024-2025
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
8. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension 2086.98 ... 2086.98 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Scheme(IGNWPS)
9. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension 278.55 ... 278.55 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Scheme(IGNDPS)
Total-National Social Assistance Progam 9651.27 ... 9651.27 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
10. National Social Assistance Progamme
10.01 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension ... ... ... 6634.32 ... 6634.32 6634.32 ... 6634.32 6645.90 ... 6645.90
Scheme (IGNOAPS)
10.02 National Family Benefit Scheme ... ... ... 659.00 ... 659.00 644.69 ... 644.69 659.00 ... 659.00
10.03 Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension ... ... ... 2026.99 ... 2026.99 2026.99 ... 2026.99 2026.99 ... 2026.99
Scheme(IGNWPS)
10.04 Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension ... ... ... 290.00 ... 290.00 290.00 ... 290.00 290.00 ... 290.00
Scheme(IGNDPS)
10.05 Annapurna Scheme ... ... ... 10.01 ... 10.01 ... ... ... 10.00 ... 10.00
10.06 Administrative Expenditure ... ... ... 16.00 ... 16.00 56.00 ... 56.00 20.11 ... 20.11
Total- National Social Assistance Progamme ... ... ... 9636.32 ... 9636.32 9652.00 ... 9652.00 9652.00 ... 9652.00
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
11. Transfer to National Employment Guarantee Fund 90810.99 ... 90810.99 60000.00 ... 60000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00
12. MGNREGA-Programme Component 90805.92 ... 90805.92 60000.00 ... 60000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00
13. Amount met from National Employment Gaurantee -90810.98 ... -90810.98 -60000.00 ... -60000.00 -86000.00 ... -86000.00 -86000.00 ... -86000.00
Fund
Total-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program 90805.93 ... 90805.93 60000.00 ... 60000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna
14. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna
14.01 Transfer to Central Road and Infrastructure 18992.51 ... 18992.51 19000.00 ... 19000.00 15000.00 ... 15000.00 12000.00 ... 12000.00
Fund
14.02 PMGSY-Programme Component 18354.95 ... 18354.95 16100.00 ... 16100.00 14800.00 ... 14800.00 16100.00 ... 16100.00
-0.35 ... -0.35 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Net 18354.60 ... 18354.60 16100.00 ... 16100.00 14800.00 ... 14800.00 16100.00 ... 16100.00
14.03 PMGSY-EAP Component 9.41 ... 9.41 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
14.04 North-east Region ... ... ... 1900.00 ... 1900.00 1700.00 ... 1700.00 1900.00 ... 1900.00
14.05 Left Wing Extremism Affected Area Project 628.15 ... 628.15 1000.00 ... 1000.00 500.00 ... 500.00 1000.00 ... 1000.00
14.06 Less- Amount met from Central Road and -19201.64 ... -19201.64 -19000.00 ... -19000.00 -15000.00 ... -15000.00 -12000.00 ... -12000.00
Infrastructure Fund
14.07 Transfer to Agriculture Infrastructure and ... ... ... ... ... ... 2000.00 ... 2000.00 ... ... ...
Development Reserve Fund
14.08 Less- amount met from Agriculture ... ... ... ... ... ... -2000.00 ... -2000.00 -7000.00 ... -7000.00
Infrastructure and Development Reserve
Fund
Net 18783.03 ... 18783.03 19000.00 ... 19000.00 17000.00 ... 17000.00 12000.00 ... 12000.00
National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika
15. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission
(DAY-NRLM)
15.01 NRLM-Programme Component 11083.26 ... 11083.26 9494.65 ... 9494.65 12266.65 ... 12266.65 13244.30 ... 13244.30

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(In ` crores)
Actual 2022-2023 Budget 2023-2024 Revised 2023-2024 Budget 2024-2025
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
15.02 NRLM-EAP Component 452.28 ... 452.28 3272.00 ... 3272.00 500.00 ... 500.00 220.00 ... 220.00
15.03 North-east Region ... ... ... 1362.52 ... 1362.52 1362.52 ... 1362.52 1582.70 ... 1582.70
Total- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods 11535.54 ... 11535.54 14129.17 ... 14129.17 14129.17 ... 14129.17 15047.00 ... 15047.00
Mission (DAY-NRLM)
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
16. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 820.66 ... 820.66 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)
17. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)- Rural
17.01 Transfer to Central Road and Infrastructure 44962.23 ... 44962.23 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Fund
17.02 PMAY-Programme Component 44962.21 ... 44962.21 50486.99 ... 50486.99 28174.48 ... 28174.48 54500.13 ... 54500.13
17.03 Interest Payment to NABARD for EBR Loans ... ... ... 4000.00 ... 4000.00 3825.52 ... 3825.52 ... ... ...
17.04 Interest Subsidy ... ... ... 0.01 ... 0.01 0.01 ... 0.01 0.01 ... 0.01
17.05 Less-Amount Met from Central Road and -44962.23 ... -44962.23 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Infrastructure Fund (CRIF)
Net 44962.21 ... 44962.21 54487.00 ... 54487.00 32000.01 ... 32000.01 54500.14 ... 54500.14
18. Additional transfer to Agriculture Infrastructure and ... ... ... ... ... ... 12000.00 ... 12000.00 ... ... ...
Development Fund
Total-Centrally Sponsored Schemes 176558.64 ... 176558.64 157252.49 ... 157252.49 170781.18 ... 170781.18 177199.14 ... 177199.14
Grand Total 176837.39 ... 176837.39 157541.48 3.52 157545.00 171065.82 3.64 171069.46 177562.05 4.14 177566.19

B. Developmental Heads
Social Services
1. Housing 3834.93 ... 3834.93 4069.49 ... 4069.49 3890.00 ... 3890.00 3919.48 ... 3919.48
2. Social Security and Welfare 2.96 ... 2.96 21.23 ... 21.23 61.22 ... 61.22 25.33 ... 25.33
Total-Social Services 3837.89 ... 3837.89 4090.72 ... 4090.72 3951.22 ... 3951.22 3944.81 ... 3944.81
Economic Services
3. Special Programmes for Rural Development 2943.58 ... 2943.58 3910.64 ... 3910.64 3910.64 ... 3910.64 3124.13 ... 3124.13
4. Rural Employment 90805.93 ... 90805.93 60000.00 ... 60000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00 86000.00 ... 86000.00
5. Other Rural Development Programmes 209.63 ... 209.63 140.47 ... 140.47 179.64 ... 179.64 246.53 ... 246.53
6. Roads and Bridges 166.08 ... 166.08 258.02 ... 258.02 12115.52 ... 12115.52 201.08 ... 201.08
7. Secretariat-Economic Services 85.52 ... 85.52 60.50 ... 60.50 93.26 ... 93.26 101.54 ... 101.54
8. Capital Outlay on Other General Economic Services ... ... ... ... 3.52 3.52 ... 3.64 3.64 ... 4.14 4.14
Total-Economic Services 94210.74 ... 94210.74 64369.63 3.52 64373.15 102299.06 3.64 102302.70 89673.28 4.14 89677.42
Others
9. North Eastern Areas ... ... ... 9257.08 ... 9257.08 9280.77 ... 9280.77 9062.40 ... 9062.40
10. Grants-in-aid to State Governments 76835.99 ... 76835.99 77029.71 ... 77029.71 52171.97 ... 52171.97 72700.49 ... 72700.49

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(In ` crores)
Actual 2022-2023 Budget 2023-2024 Revised 2023-2024 Budget 2024-2025
Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total Revenue Capital Total
11. Grants-in-aid to Union Territory Governments 1952.77 ... 1952.77 2794.34 ... 2794.34 3362.80 ... 3362.80 2181.07 ... 2181.07
Total-Others 78788.76 ... 78788.76 89081.13 ... 89081.13 64815.54 ... 64815.54 83943.96 ... 83943.96
Grand Total 176837.39 ... 176837.39 157541.48 3.52 157545.00 171065.82 3.64 171069.46 177562.05 4.14 177566.19

NOTE: The total Net allocation for the demand in BE 2024-25 is..`.1,84,566.19 crore (`.1,77,566.19 disabilities and belonging to family living below poverty line as per the criteria prescribed by Government of
crore plus..`.7,000 crore). The additional..`.7,000 crore in BE 2024-25 is to be met from the balances from India. After attaining the age of 80 years, the amount of pension is enhanced to..`.500/- per month...
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Fund for financing the PM-Gram Sadak Yojana...
10.05. Annapurna Scheme:..Under the scheme, 10 kg of food grains per month are provided
free of cost to those senior citizens who, though eligible, are not receiving old age pension.
1. Secretariat:..Provision is for expenditure on Secretariat of Department of Rural
Development.
10.06. Administrative Expenditure:..For the financial year 2024-25, an amount of..`.20.11
2. Management Support to Rural Development Programs and Strengthening of crore is provided for the schemes under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP). ..
District Planning Process:..Includes provision for management support to rural development programmes
and various aspects of training activities, awareness generation (IEC), strengthening monitoring mechanism, 12. MGNREGA-Programme Component:..There is a budget allocation of..`.86,000 crore
Information technology and International cooperation. for implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA during 2024-25. As per the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act,
100% wage payment within 15 days of work done is the liability of Central Government...
3. Grants to National Institute of Rural Development:..The National Institute of Rural
Development is an apex institute for training and research in rural development in India. Besides organizing 14. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna:..Launched in 2000, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
courses on developmental issues, monitoring and internal audit capacity building of rural development and Yojana (PMGSY) for providing all weather road connectivity to all eligible habitations of designated population
Panchayati Raj functionaries is the key concern of NIRD. From the F/Y 2020-21, it has been moved under size (500 plus in plain areas, 250 plus in NE, Hills, Tribal and Desert Areas, 100-239 population size in LWE
Other Central Expenditure. areas as per Census 2001) is one of the most successful initiatives in Rural India. Since Inception till 30th
September, 2023, a total of 178,184 eligible habitations of 250 plus and 500 plus population size identified for
4. National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad:..The coverage under the scheme 1,72,603 habitations have already been connected, including 16086 habitations
National Institute of Rural Development is an apex institute for training and research in rural development in connected by states using their own resources. 4867 habitations have been dropped or found not feasible and
India. Besides organizing courses on developmental issues, monitoring and internal audit capacity building of only 714 habitations remain to be connected. In 100-249 population category of habitations in the LWE areas,
rural development and Panchayati Raj functionaries is the key concern of NIRD. 6016 habitations have been connected out of total sanction 6245 habitations and only 226 habitations remains
to be connected as on 6th Jan, 2024.
10.01. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS):..Under the scheme,
assistance is provided to persons of 60 years and above and belonging to family living below poverty line as Subsequently, new intervention verticals namely, PMGSY-II, Road Connectivity Project
for Left Wing Extremism Areas (RCPLWEA) and PMGSY-III were added under the ambit of PMGSY for
per the criteria prescribed by Government of India. Central assistance of..`.200/- per month is provided to
upgradation of rural roads and construction of strategically important roads in LWE Areas.
person in the age group of 60-79 years and..`.500/- per month to persons of 80 years and above...
Since, inception till 6th Jan, 2024, a total of 8,15,072 Km road length has been
10.02. National Family Benefit Scheme:..Under this scheme a BPL household is entitled to sanctioned and 7,51,163 Km completed under various interventions/verticals of PMGSY.
one time lump sum assistance on the death of primary breadwinner aged between 18 and 59 years. The
amount of assistance is..`.20,000/-... Funding of the scheme: The PMGSY was launched as 100 percent Centrally Sponsored
Scheme. However, subsequently on the basis of recommendation of the Sub Group of Chief Minister on
10.03. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme(IGNWPS):..Under the scheme Rationalization of of Centrally Sponsored Schemes the fund sharing pattern of PMGSY was changed in the
Central assistance of..`.300/- per month is provided to widows in the age-group of 40-79 years and belonging ratio of 60-40 between the Centre and States for all states except North Eastern and Himalayan States for
to family living below poverty line as per the criteria prescribed by Government of India. After attaining the age which it is 90-10 with effect from 2015-16.
of 80 years, the amount of pension is enhanced to..`.500/- per month...
Time Period: PMGSY-I, was initially targeted for Completion by March 2019. PMGSY-II
and RCPLWEA by March 2020. However these verticals could not be completed by the targeted time line due
10.04. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme(IGNDPS):..Under the scheme
to various reasons such as land issue, forest clearance issue, issue related to law and order particularly in
Central assistance of..`.300/- per month is provided to persons aged 18-79 years with severe or multiple
LWE areas , contracting capacity of states, adverse climate conditions and difficult terrain in some states like
NE and Hill states etc. Accordingly the timeline of these verticals has been extended till March 2024. All states

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have assured that they would be completing their balance works within the extended timeline. In respect of taking up higher orders interventions from 2019-20 in the areas of strengthening federations of SHGs,
RCPLWEA, Chhattisgarh has stated that some works which have been sanctioned in the year 2001, may not providing digital finance and taking up higher level livelihoods activities both in farm and non-farm.
get completed by the extended timeline. However review meeting are being held regularly and MHA has also
held review meeting including at the level of Hon'ble Home Minister to review the bottleneck from security 17. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY)- Rural:..The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana
perspective. Gramin (PMAYG) aims to achieve the objective of Housing for All by providing 2.95 crore pucca homes to all
genuine poor households with basic amenities, through convergence. Against the overall mandate of 2.95 cr.
Budgetary requirements: As regards funding, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs houses have been allocated various States/UTs till the FY 2023-24, 2.94 crore houses have been sanctioned
while extending the timeline of PMGSY had approved a capital outlay of ..`.1,12,419 Crore (`.75,670 Crore as to the beneficiaries and 2.54 crore houses have been completed. The programme is the first of its kind wherein
Central Share and..`.36,749 Crore as State Share) for completion of all the verticals of the scheme from the the genuine beneficiaries are identified based on housing deprivation parameters as per SECC-2011,
FY 2021-22 to FY 2024-25. Against this, an amount of Rs 41,072.1565 Crore has been released from Central followed by verification process at the Gram Sabha level and geo-tagging of the beneficiaries to confirm the
share. The Annual Budgetary allocation as per CCEA note was estimated between..`.15000 crore to..`.19,000 genuineness.
crore per year till 2025. Keeping in view the remaining period upto 2024-25, the demand for funds from the
States for projects under the scheme and last year Budget allocation of..`.19,000 crore being utilized fully, the i. At present, the beneficiary households are being provided unit assistance of Rs 1.2
lakh in plain areas and 1.3 lakh in IAP districts/Hill/ North Eastern States. However the unit assistance is being
same level of budgetary allocation is provisioned for 2024-25.
enhanced to`.2 lakhs in plain areas and Rs 2.20 lakhs in IAP districts/Hilly/ North Eastern States and difficult
Government of India has initiated the scheme Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya areas from FY 2024-25 onward with target to construct 2.00 crore houses...
Maha Abhiyan (PM - JANMAN) with effect from financial year 2023-24 for the development and welfare of
most vulnerable sections among tribal people. Accordingly, dedicated provision has been made amounting ii. The estimated Financial Requirements: For construction of 2.0 crore houses each
to..`.63 crore in RE 2023-24 and..`.1260 crore in BE 2024-25 as the central share of funds for effective of..`.2.05 lakh average unit assistance (estimated), tentative financial provision of approximately..`.4,18,200
implementation of PM- JANMAN under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)... crores (including 2% Admin. Funds) with following breakup: (a) Central share..`.2,63,466 crore (63% of total
cost) and (b) States share..`.1,54,734 cr (37% of total cost)...
15. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NRLM):..The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) was launched in The budget estimate of PMAY-G for F.Y 2024-25 is..`.54500.14 crore.
June 2011. The objective of DAY-NRLM is to organize the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs) ,
and continuously nurture and support them till they attain appreciable increase in incomes over a period of Government of India has initiated the scheme Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya
time and improve their quality of life and come out of abject poverty. DAY-NRLM seeks to reach out to all rural Maha Abhiyan (PM - JANMAN) with effect from financial year 2023-24 for the development and welfare of
poor women, estimated at 10.0 crores in a phased manner. The core financial support under the programme is most vulnerable sections among tribal people. Accordingly, dedicated provision has been made amounting
the Revolving Fund (RF) and Community Investment Fund (CIF) provided to Self Help Group (SHGs) and their to..`.630.05 crore in RE 2023-24 and..`.3434.96 crore in BE 2024-25 as the central share of funds for
Federations to facilitate their livelihood activities. DAY-NRLM also has a provision for Interest Subvention to effective implementation of PM- JANMAN under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG)...
women SHGs to avail loans upto..`.3.00 lakh from banks at an interest rate of 7 percent per annum. Further,
women SHGs can avail loans above..`.3 lakhs and upto..`.5 lakhs at interest rate equivalent 1-year MCLR
(Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate) of respective lending banks...

Mahila Kisan Sashkitikaran Pariyojna (MKSP) is one of the sub schemes of DAY-NRLM.
It is meant to strengthen the existing agriculture based livelihoods of the poor and participation of women in
agriculture and improve productivity.

Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) supports Self Help Group (SHG)
and their family members to set-up small enterprises in the non-farm sector. This is done by setting up an eco-
system for supporting small enterprises in rural areas.

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) are being established in each district
of the country to provide training to the rural youth from the poor households for setting up micro enterprises.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a part of the National
Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural
poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth. DDU-GKY is a placement linked skill
development scheme for rural poor youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years.

The Mission is also implementing National Rural Economic Transformation Project

(NRETP) through a loan assistance (IBRD Credit) from World Bank , to address the Mission requirements for

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