Executive Summary:
The Ministry of Rural Development addressed Lok Sabha question 3895 on August 12, 2025, regarding the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) in the Sultanpur district. The response details skill development, self-employment, financial inclusion, and sustainable livelihood initiatives. The mission aims for complete coverage of all villages through ongoing mobilization and ensures benefits reach targeted individuals via a community-driven approach.
Key Points / Main Content:
Skill Development and Self-Employment:
* Residential and non-residential training programs are conducted in 75 districts, including Sultanpur, under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (UPSRLM).
* Training empowers community cadres like Samuh Sakhi, Agriculture Livelihood, Lakhpati Didi, Bank Sakhi, BC Sakhi, ICRPFNHW, FPOs, and Producer Groups.
* Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) offer one-month training programs in 64 models for SHG members, focusing on skill training, upgrades, and credit linkage.
* State Controllers monitor training outcomes and facilitate employment. Aspirational development blocks receive priority.
Mission Coverage and Expansion:
* Sultanpur district has been intensively covered under DAY-NRLM since July 2015.
* Approximately 88% of villages are currently covered.
* Mobilization of eligible households into self-help groups (SHGs) is ongoing until saturation is achieved.
Ensuring Benefit Reach:
* UPSRLM uses a community-driven, decentralized approach.
* Grassroots cadres (Samooh Sakhi, Social Action Committee) support SHGs, identify households, raise awareness, and facilitate access.
* Regular monitoring and reviews at block and district levels incorporate field feedback.
* Intensive social mobilization and IEC activities, including village-level wall writings, inform and engage communities.
* The Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP) process ensures inclusive targeting and community validation of beneficiary lists.
Impact Analysis:
Beneficiaries (SHG Members, Community Cadres):
* Impact: Enhanced skills, increased self-employment opportunities, improved financial inclusion, and sustainable livelihoods.
* Action Required: Participate in training programs, utilize credit linkage opportunities, engage with community cadres for support.
Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (UPSRLM):
* Impact: Responsible for implementing and monitoring the DAY-NRLM scheme, ensuring effective training, and promoting self-employment.
* Action Required: Continue conducting training programs, monitor outcomes, facilitate employment, and review progress in aspirational development blocks.
Ministry of Rural Development:
* Impact: Oversees and approves the Annual Action Plan, monitors the progress of the DAY-NRLM scheme, and ensures its effective implementation.
* Action Required: Approve and monitor Annual Action Plans, review progress reports, and address gaps in implementation.
Community (Villages, Households):
* Impact: Increased awareness of the DAY-NRLM scheme, improved access to entitlements, and enhanced community participation in development activities.
* Action Required: Engage with community cadres, participate in social mobilization activities, and utilize the PIP process to ensure inclusive targeting.
Key Entities Referenced
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission: A flagship program of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, aimed at poverty reduction through promotion of self-employment.
Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh: A district in Uttar Pradesh, India, which is the focus of the question regarding the implementation of the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission.
Ministry of Rural Development: The government ministry responsible for rural development programs, including the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission.
Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (UPSRLM): The state-level agency in Uttar Pradesh responsible for implementing the National Rural Livelihood Mission.
Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs): Institutes that conduct training programs for Self Help Group (SHG) members to promote self-employment.
Self Help Groups (SHG): Self-governed, peer-controlled informal groups of people with similar socio-economic backgrounds, voluntarily coming together to save regularly small sums of money, mutually agree to contribute to a common fund and meet their emergency needs on the basis of mutual help.
Annual Action Plan: A plan approved by the Ministry of Rural Development outlining the activities and budget for the implementation of rural development programs.
Lakhpati Didi: A cadre being trained under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (UPSRLM) to empower them socially and economically.
O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3895
ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025
BENEFICIARIES UNDER DDAY
3895. Shri Rambhual Nishad:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the details of beneficiaries which were registered in Sultanpur
district under Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural
Livelihood Mission along with the kind of skill development, self-
employment, financial inclusion, sustainable livelihood provided
to them;
(b) the time by which every village of the district will be connected
to this mission by expanding the scope of such scheme; and
(c) the manner in which Government is ensuring that the benefit of
the said scheme reaches to every targeted person?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(DR. CHANDRA SEKHAR PEMMASANI)
(a): In all 75 districts, including Sultanpur, various residential and
non-residential training programs are being conducted to promote
self-employment by enhancing the skills and capacities of community
cadres under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission
(UPSRLM). Trainings are being organized for cadres such as Samuh
Sakhi, Agriculture Livelihood, Lakhpati Didi, Bank Sakhi, BC Sakhi,
ICRP-FNHW, FPOs, and Producer Groups to empower them socially
and economically.
Under the Annual Action Plan approved by the Ministry of Rural
Development, the Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)
are conducting one-month training programs in 64 different models
for SHG members based on their needs. These programs focus on skill
training, skill upgradation, and credit linkage with banks. State
Page 1 of 2Controllers monitor the training outcomes and facilitate employment
for successful trainees. Special emphasis is being placed on priority
action and progress review in aspirational development blocks.
(b): Under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NRLM), Sultanpur district was intensively covered
starting from July 2015. As of now, around 88% of the villages have
been covered under the mission. Mobilisation of eligible households
into self-help groups (SHG) is an ongoing process and is undertaken
till saturation is achieved.
(c): Under UPSRLM, the Mission is implementing a community-
driven, decentralised approach to ensure the benefits of the scheme
reach every targeted individual. Key grassroots-level cadres such as
Samooh Sakhi and members of the Social Action Committee (SAC) at
the Village Organisation (VO) level play a crucial role in supporting
SHGs, identifying eligible households, raising awareness, and
facilitating access to entitlements.
Regular monitoring and reviews are conducted at block and
district levels, incorporating feedback from field cadres to assess
progress and address gaps. Intensive social mobilisation and
information and communication (IEC) activities, including village-
level wall writings with DAY-NRLM slogans, help inform and engage
the communities. The Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP)
process ensures inclusive targeting, with community institutions
responsible for validating and updating beneficiary lists to ensure no
household is left behind.
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