Lok Sabha Question No. 4556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Speedy Release of Funds for SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4556 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2018

## SPEEDY RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR SAGY

## 4556.   SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide additional funds to implement 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' (SAGY);
- (b) whether  the Government  has  taken  any concrete steps to ensure preferential consideration and speedy release of funds from various Centrally Sponsored Schemes for SAGY; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a): Under  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  framework,  the  development  of Gram  Panchayats is envisaged through convergence and implementation of existing Government  Schemes  and  Programmes  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective Ministries without allocating additional funds.
- (b) & (c) : As  many  as  22  central  schemes  have  amended  their  guidelines  or  enabled priority for the SAGY Gram Panchayats. The list of schemes is given in Annexure.

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## Annexure : List of schemes that enabled priority for SAGY Gram Panchayats

| Sl Name of Ministry / Dept.            | Name of Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 01 Rural Development                   | 1. Pradhan MantriAwaasYojna (Gramin) 2. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 3. Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)                                                                                                                                                         |
| 02 Land Resources                      | 4. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 03 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | 5. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) 6. Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)                                                                                                                                                    |
| 04 Drinking Water                      | 7. National Rural Drinking Water Programme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 05 Power                               | 8. DeenDayalUpadhyay Gram JyotiYojana.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 06 New and Renewable Energy            | 9. Central Financial Assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 07 Youth Affairs                       | 10. NSS, NYK, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development) 11. National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development                                                                                                                                                      |
| 08 Food &Public Distribution           | 12. Targeted PDS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 09 Panchayati Raj                      | 13. Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat SashaktikaranAbhiyan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 10 Consumer Affairs                    | 14. Consumer Awareness                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 11 Health &Family Welfare              | 15. National Health Mission (NHM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12 Water Resources                     | 16. Repair, Renovation &Restoration (RRR) of water bodies                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 13 Human Resource Development          | 17. Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - Performance of MDMin schools located in SAGY GPs, Ensuring enrolment, availability of food grains, kitchen shed, utensils, plates, water and handwashing facilities in schools, Regular payment to cook cum attendants etc. 18. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan |
| 14 Women and Child Development         | 19. ICDS 20. BetiBachaoBetiPadhao 21. Kishori Shakti Yojana                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 15 Textiles / Tourism                  | 22. VASTRATAN- Textile Tourism; Linking Textile with tourism. (Promote Traditional Handloom Weavers and Artisans villages as tourist destination, Development of Craft Village)                                                                                                      |