2.63 Cr Houses For Poor, 10.3 Cr LPG Connections, 35.7 Cr RuPay Cards; Economic Survey Reveals Rural India's Growth Chart

Economic Survey 2024: Under PM-AWAS-Gramin, 2.63 crore houses were constructed for the poor in the last nine years (as of 10 July 2024) and 10.3 crore LPG connections provided under PM Ujjwala Yojana since 2016 (as of 2nd June 2024), according to the latest Economic Survey.

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The annual survey, released on Monday, said that the Government is working towards providing basic amenities to all households in rural areas through many schemes and programmes.

MGNREGS

It added that while MGNREGS began as a wage employment scheme, it has evolved into an asset creation programme for sustainable livelihood diversification, as seen in the rise in the share of individual beneficiary ‘works on individual land’ from 9.6 per cent of total completed works in FY14 to 73.3 per cent in FY24 (the share in terms of expenditure is much lower, yet rose from 6.1 per cent in FY14 to 32.1 per cent in FY22).

Capacity development of workers is being promoted in initiatives like BareFoot Technicians (BFT) and UNNATI skilling project.

MGNREGS demand is not a real indicator of rural distress but is predominantly linked with the State’s institutional capacity, the difference in minimum wages, etc., it noted.

Enhancing the quality of life in rural India

Basic Amenities

• 11.57 crore toilets and 2.39 lakh community toilet complexes were constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission- Grameen (as of 10 July 2024).
• 11.7 crore households provided tap water connection under Jal Jeevan Mission (as of 10 July 2024)
• Under PM-AWAS-Gramin, 2.63 crore houses were constructed for the poor in the last nine years (as of 10 July 2024)
• 10.3 crore LPG connections provided under PM Ujjwala Yojana since 2016 (as of 2nd June 2024)
• 21.4 crore rural households electrified under Saubhagya since 2015 (as of 31 March 2019)
• Digital India: 4.29 lakh common service centres functional in rural areas (as of July 2024)
• 15.14 lakh km road construction completed under Gram Sadak Yojana since 2014-15 (as of 10 July 2024)

Banking and financial inclusion

• 9.79 crore beneficiaries registered under Regional Rural banks (as of 26 June 2024)
• 0.19 crore beneficiaries registered under Rural Cooperative banks (as of 26 June 2024)
• 465.42 lakh new Kisan Credit card applications have been sanctioned (as of 5 January 2024)
• More than 104.02 crore beneficiaries registered under various DBT schemes as of September 2023
• 35.7 crore RuPay debit cards have been issued under PMJDY (as of 26 June 2024)
• PFMS e-GramSwaraj integrated with over 2.63 lakh Panchayats out of 2.79 lakh onboarded for their payment transactions135 (as of 10 July 2024)

Rural Education

• Rise in school infrastructure under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, push to Digital Learning through free online channels and study material, etc.

Health

• 1.58 lakh Sub Centres
• 24,935 primary health centres
• 5480 Community Health Centres
• More than 1.6 lakh primary healthcare facilities upgraded to Ayushman Arogya Mandir(erstwhile AB-HWCs) (as of 13.12.2023).