Mar 17:The Government is implementing Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) across the country in a mission mode with the objective of organizing the rural poor women into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and continuously nurturing and supporting them till they attain an appreciable increase in incomes over a period of time and improve their quality of life and come out of abject poverty. As of February 2022, the Mission is being implemented in 6,789 blocks in 707 districts across all 28 States and 6 Union Territories (UTs). Cumulatively, 8.16 crore women have been mobilized into more than 74.98 lakh SHGs
The households covered into SHGs year-wise during the last three years and current year under DAY-NRLM is furnished below-
Number of Women (household) mobilized into SHGs (in lakh)
| Year | Households Mobilized | SHGs Formed |
| 2018-19 | 109.59 | 10.32 |
| 2019-20 | 107.16 | 9.77 |
| 2020-21 | 61.82 | 6.02 |
| 2021-22 (up to Feb 2022) | 56.51 | 5.43 |
Of the total 8.16 crore rural women mobilized so far, 2.78 crore women (34%) have been mobilized in the last 3 years (2018-19 to 2020-21).
The Bank credit accessed by women SHGs under DAY-NRLM during the last three years and current year is given below:
| Year | Number of women SHGs credit linked (in lakh) | Amount of credit mobilized (Rs. in crore) |
| 2018-19 | 31.17 | 60631.37 |
| 2019-20 | 34.08 | 70267.53 |
| 2020-21 | 47.33 | 82869.22 |
| 2021-22 (till Feb. 2022) | 36.09 | 94319.14 |
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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