**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1413, answered on December 9, 2025, regarding beneficiaries under the Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM). It provides state-wise details on various aspects of the scheme, including trained community cadre members (Sakhis), mobilized members into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and progress under the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP). The document includes Annexures with detailed data up to November 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Trained Community Cadre (Sakhis) under DAY-NRLM (Annexure-I):**
* Provides state-wise details and total numbers of KrishiSakhis, PashuSakhis, Bank Sakhis, BimaSakhis and Banking Correspondent Sakhis trained under DAY-NRLM.
* **Mobilization of Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) into Self Help Groups (SHGs) (Annexure-II):**
* Presents state-wise details of ST and SC members mobilized into SHGs under DAY-NRLM.
* **Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) (Annexure-III):**
* SVEP supports SHGs and their family members to set up small enterprises in the non-farm sector.
* Provides state and UT-wise details of the progress made in the implementation of SVEP under NRLM.
* Includes data on total number of blocks approved under SVEP and number of enterprises supported under SVEP.
* **Training and Capacity Building Programs:**
* National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) conducted 914 training programs during FY 2025-26 up to November 2025.
* A total of 39,469 participants, including various types of Sakhis, have been trained.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Rural Development**
* **Impact:** Requires the Ministry to track and report on the progress of the DAY-NRLM scheme, including the training and mobilization of beneficiaries, and the implementation of the SVEP program.
* **Action Required:** Continue to monitor the progress of DAY-NRLM and SVEP, collect data for future reports, and ensure effective implementation of the programs.
**Stakeholder: State Governments/UTs**
* **Impact:** Directly involved in the implementation of DAY-NRLM and SVEP, including training Sakhis, mobilizing SHGs, and supporting micro-enterprises.
* **Action Required:** Implement the DAY-NRLM and SVEP programs effectively, collect and report data on progress, and work towards achieving the scheme's objectives.
**Stakeholder: Community Cadre Members (Sakhis)**
* **Impact:** Enhanced skills and knowledge through training, enabling them to support rural livelihoods and entrepreneurship.
* **Action Required:** Utilize their training to provide support to SHGs, promote entrepreneurship, and improve the livelihoods of rural communities.
**Stakeholder: SHG Members (Dalit, Adivasi Women)**
* **Impact:** Increased access to livelihood opportunities, financial inclusion, and empowerment through SHGs and SVEP.
* **Action Required:** Actively participate in SHGs, access available resources and support, and work towards improving their economic and social well-being.
**Stakeholder: National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for conducting training and capacity building programs for various stakeholders under DAY-NRLM.
* **Action Required:** Continue to conduct effective training programs, adapt the training content to meet the evolving needs of the scheme, and evaluate the impact of training on beneficiaries.
Key Entities Referenced
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM): A government scheme aimed at poverty reduction through building sustainable livelihood opportunities in rural areas.
Ministry of Rural Development: The ministry responsible for the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) and rural development in India.
Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP): A sub-scheme under DAY-NRLM, promoting entrepreneurship at the village level.
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR): The apex institute for training and research in rural development under the Ministry of Rural Development.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413
ANSWERED ON 09/12/2025
BENEFICIARIES UNDER DAY-NRLM
1413. Shri Charanjit Singh Channi:
Shri MurariLalMeena:
Shri BalwantBaswantWankhade:
Shri RamasahayamRaghuram Reddy:
Dr. KirsanNamdeo:
Dr. PrashantYadaoraoPadole:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the details and total number of KrishiSakhis, PashuSakhis,
Bank Sakhis, BimaSakhis and Banking Correspondent Sakhis
trained under DeendayalAntodayaYojana - National Rural
Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), State-wise;
(b) the details and total number of Dalit and Adivasi women
beneficiaries under the scheme, State-wise;
(c) the details and total number of micro-enterprises supported
under the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Program (SVEP)
and their current status, State-wise; and
(d) the details and total number of training and capacity building
programmes conducted by the National Institute of Rural
Development and Panchayati Raj and participants who have
undergone these training during the financial year 2025-26?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)
(a): State-wise details and total number of KrishiSakhis,
PashuSakhis, Bank Sakhis, BimaSakhis and Banking Correspondent
Sakhis trained under DeendayalAntodayaYojana - National Rural
Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) are given at Annexure-I.
(b): State-wise details of Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled
Castes (SCs) members mobilised into Self Help Groups (SHGs) under
Page 1 of 5DeendayalAntodayaYojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-
NRLM) upto October, 2025 are given at Annexure-II.
(c): Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), the sub-
scheme under the DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) programme supports the Self-Help
Group (SHG) and their family members to set-up small enterprises in
the non-farm sector.
State and UT-wise details of the progress made in the
implementation of Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme
(SVEP) under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) in the
country are given at Annexure-III.
(d): The total number of training and capacity building programs
conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) during FY 2025-26 upto November,2025 is
914.A total of 39,469 participants have been trained upto November,
2025 which includes KrishiSakhis, PashuSakhis, Bank Sakhis,
BimaSakhis, and Banking Correspondent Sakhis.
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Page 2 of 5ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2025 REGARDING
“Beneficiaries under DAY-NRLM”.
State wise details of KrishiSakhi, PashuSakhis, Bank Sakhis, BimaSakhis
and Banking Correspondent Sakhis trained under DAY-NRLM
Banking
Sl. No. of No. of Bank
State/UT Correspondent BimaSakhi
No. KrishiSakhi PashuSakhi Sakhi
&Digi Pay Sakhi
1 Andaman
0 0 0
Nicobar 21 23
2 Andhra
4149 0 0
Pradesh 20,613 18,491
3 Arunachal
133 110 79
Pradesh 3,710 2,274
4 Assam 4,874 5,011 1971 5227 810
5 Bihar 10,529 8,022 3512 6441 0
6 Chhattisgarh 10,996 10,976 1514 4414 585
7 Gujarat 17,736 16,014 102 52 59
8 Goa 40 23 3603 7346 748
9 Haryana 775 881 233 2275 565
10 Himachal
857 709 645
Pradesh 1,224 1,224
11 Jammu And
299 2017 0
Kashmir 1,675 1,134
12 Jharkhand 13,463 12,337 1692 5855 3767
13 Karnataka 9,196 9,146 415 5630 4436
14 Kerala 4,590 2,493 1049 1034 1025
15 Ladakh 61 60 28 26 0
16 Madhya
3231 12736 1607
Pradesh 8,903 8,628
17 Maharashtra 10,232 7,868 2329 14739 337
18 Manipur 372 359 120 185 354
19 Meghalaya 3,491 1,906 396 898 150
20 Mizoram 554 542 94 320 64
21 Nagaland 866 604 142 432 85
22 Odisha 9,567 8,568 2448 2204 2448
23 Puducherry 163 170 0 0 0
24 Punjab 4,127 1,369 877 1604 877
25 Rajasthan 14,734 14,228 2871 13090 1137
26 Sikkim 191 183 147 127 197
27 Tamil Nadu 14,338 6,607 0 4112 0
28 Telangana 3,000 2,491 991 3085 211
29 Tripura 2,209 2,247 646 724 648
30 Uttarakhand 802 871 11147 45183 0
31 Uttar Pradesh 9,850 8,545 1244 3045 38
32 West Bengal 4,843 12,250 3494 4754 5980
Total 1,87,745 1,65,545 49734 148374 26852
Page 3 of 5ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (b) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2025
REGARDING “Beneficiaries under DAY-NRLM”.
State wise details of ST and SC members mobilised into Self Help
Groups (SHGs) under DeendayalAntodayaYojana - National Rural
Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM)
Sl.
No.
State No. of SC Members No. of ST Members
1 ANDAMAN AND
NICOBAR 11 451
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 1748629 549875
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 815 85984
4 ASSAM 395501 694655
5 BIHAR 2956778 512771
6 CHHATTISGARH 408188 1130473
7 DNH AND DAMAN DIU 465 14539
8 GOA 1079 7207
9 GUJARAT 283946 820762
10 HARYANA 291303 4955
11 HIMACHAL PRADESH 106526 19073
12 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 102254 76287
13 JHARKHAND 583401 1063256
14 KARNATAKA 597761 291437
15 KERALA 419011 71623
16 LADAKH 63 12975
17 LAKSHADWEEP 3 3869
18 MADHYA PRADESH 1088260 1969604
19 MAHARASHTRA 882572 968403
20 MANIPUR 5728 49974
21 MEGHALAYA 4263 370160
22 MIZORAM 169 69939
23 NAGALAND 168 114460
24 ODISHA 1061622 1328182
25 PUDUCHERRY 13326 231
26 PUNJAB 401614 354
27 RAJASTHAN 811730 888257
28 SIKKIM 3235 19269
29 TAMIL NADU 1155634 79657
30 TELANGANA 824432 497303
31 TRIPURA 108896 162666
32 UTTAR PRADESH 3249925 156552
33 UTTARAKHAND 127986 30356
34 WEST BENGAL 3883561 829890
Total 21518855 12895449
Page 4 of 5ANNEXURE-III
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (c) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1413 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2025 REGARDING
“Beneficiaries under DAY-NRLM”.
Progress of SVEP in the States/UTs
Sl. Total no. of blocks No. of enterprises
States/UT
No approved under SVEP supported under SVEP
1 Andhra Pradesh 14 27692
Arunachal
2 Pradesh 1 735
3 Assam 49 20388
4 Bihar 32 35899
5 Chhattisgarh 25 23403
6 Goa 3 2128
7 Gujarat 11 5940
8 Haryana 8 9854
9 Himachal Pradesh 9 1507
Jammu &
10 Kashmir (UT) 14 6026
11 Jharkhand 44 34481
12 Karnataka 20 4171
13 Kerala 43 45371
14 Madhya Pradesh 26 29791
15 Maharashtra 18 11145
16 Manipur 6 2465
17 Meghalaya 6 1619
18 Mizoram 4 2591
19 Nagaland 4 4503
20 Odisha 17 18441
21 Punjab 3 4255
22 Rajasthan 23 12086
23 Sikkim 1 963
24 Tamil Nadu 10 5316
25 Telangana 22 18959
26 Tripura 9 2244
27 Uttar Pradesh 27 30162
28 Uttarakhand 10 4717
29 West Bengal 31 28938
30 Puducherry* 1 0
31 A&N Island* 1 0
Total 492 395,790
* The preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) is ongoing.
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