Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Adarsh Grams
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 298

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## ADARSH GRAMS

## *298.   PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of development of Adarsh Grams adopted by the Members of Parliament in the country during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) whether dilapidated roads, poor health system and open defecation are still prevalent in the villages adopted by the Members of Parliament;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  quantum  of  funds  sanctioned  and  released  under  this  head  during  the  above period?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 298 for answer on 15 March 2018

(a) : An  Adarsh  Gram  evolves  out  of  people's  shared  vision,  using  their  capacities  and available  resources  to  the  best  extent  possible,  duly  facilitated  by  the  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament,  the  Gram  Panchayat,  civil  society  and  the  government  machinery.  Naturally,  the elements of an Adarsh Gram are context specific. The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepare Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon'ble Members of Parliament. The VDP includes prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic  progress  of  the  village.  The  State/UT-wise  status  of  progress  of  implementation  of Village Development Plans in SAGY Gram Panchayats based on the information uploaded on the SAGY website by the respective States/UTs till 13 March 2018 is placed in Annexure.

(b)  and  (c)  :  A  key  strategy  for  transforming  the  identified  villages  into  an  Adarsh  Grams includes converging resources from Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes and also other  State  schemes  to  the  extent  possible,  along  with  leveraging  the  strengths  of  private, voluntary  and  cooperative  sectors.  The  government  is  implementing  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) with an objective to provide connectivity by way of an all-weather roads to  eligible  unconnected  habitations.  As  per  the  para.  6.1.1.  of  Guidelines  of  PMGSY,  priority shall  be  given  to  all  roads  leading  to  the  Gram  Panchayats  identified  under  Saansad  Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) to include all eligible unconnected habitations in such identified Gram Panchayats. With a view to enable the citizens/ road users to express their feedback/complaints related  to  slow  pace,  abandoned  work,  bad  quality  or  other  category  of  Prime  Minister  Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  works,  a  Mobile  Application  'Meri  Sadak'  was  launched  as  an  egovernance  initiative  of  the  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  which  functions  as  a  technology enabled  grievance  redressal  system  and  social  audit  tool  based  on  Citizen  Feedback.  A  final Action Taken Report is required to be submitted to the citizen within a period of 60 days. Under National Health Mission (NHM), support is extended to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare system for provision of accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all the citizens based on proposals submitted by the States / UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans. Approvals are given in accordance with the Gap Analysis, population norms and caseload in the facilities of the  State  as  decided  in  the  National  Programme  Coordination  Committee  (NPCC)  meetings, within  the  resource  envelope  available  for  particular  State/UT.  The  Swachh  Bharat  Mission (Gramin) (SBM-G) was launched on 2 October 2014 with focus on behavior change and usage of  toilets.  As  per  the  data  available  till  13  March  2018  in  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and Sanitation, 698 Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY have achieved ODF status.

(d) : Under  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  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.

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Annexure : State/UT-wise progress of implementation of Village Development Plans in SAGY Gram Panchayats identified under Phase-I,II&III based on the information uploaded on the SAGY website by the respective States/UTs till 13 March 2018

| Sl State / UT                 | No. of SAGY GPs   | No. of projects planned   | No. of projects completed   | No. of Projects in- progress   |
|-------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 2                 | 242                       | 57                          | 59                             |
| 2 Andhra Pradesh              | 64                | 630                       | 123                         | 57                             |
| 3 Arunachal Pradesh           | 7                 | 216                       | 28                          | 27                             |
| 4 Assam                       | 32                | 2,165                     | 264                         | 492                            |
| 5 Bihar                       | 72                | 3,780                     | 709                         | 454                            |
| 6 Chandigarh                  | 2                 | 31                        | 14                          | 1                              |
| 7 Chhattisgarh                | 36                | 2,451                     | 1,164                       | 301                            |
| 8 Dadra And Nagar Haveli      | 1                 | 0                         | 0                           | 0                              |
| 9 Daman And Diu               | 1                 | 52                        | 24                          | 8                              |
| 10Delhi                       | 10                | 0                         | 0                           | 0                              |
| 11Goa                         | 4                 | 172                       | 37                          | 18                             |
| 12Gujarat                     | 64                | 1,199                     | 915                         | 112                            |
| 13Haryana                     | 30                | 1,195                     | 652                         | 173                            |
| 14Himachal Pradesh            | 11                | 684                       | 208                         | 79                             |
| 15Jammu And Kashmir           | 14                | 817                       | 300                         | 88                             |
| 16Jharkhand                   | 50                | 2,737                     | 771                         | 474                            |
| 17Karnataka                   | 53                | 7,209                     | 2,450                       | 781                            |
| 18Kerala                      | 63                | 1,816                     | 785                         | 450                            |
| 19Lakshadweep                 | 1                 | 79                        | 4                           | 59                             |
| 20Madhya Pradesh              | 63                | 2,154                     | 1,204                       | 342                            |
| 21Maharashtra                 | 121               | 5,919                     | 2,547                       | 690                            |
| 22Manipur                     | 11                | 306                       | 62                          | 29                             |
| 23Meghalaya                   | 4                 | 320                       | 86                          | 87                             |
| 24Mizoram                     | 4                 | 418                       | 155                         | 63                             |
| 25Nagaland                    | 3                 | 71                        | 16                          | 14                             |
| 26Odisha                      | 44                | 769                       | 140                         | 54                             |
| 27Puducherry                  | 2                 | 72                        | 17                          | 40                             |
| 28Punjab                      | 31                | 760                       | 219                         | 162                            |
| 29Rajasthan                   | 72                | 2,915                     | 975                         | 384                            |
| 30Sikkim                      | 4                 | 153                       | 34                          | 8                              |
| 31Tamil Nadu                  | 114               | 3,718                     | 2,227                       | 409                            |
| 32Telangana                   | 44                | 1,126                     | 442                         | 211                            |
| 33Tripura                     | 3                 | 159                       | 55                          | 38                             |
| 34Uttar Pradesh               | 249               | 5,265                     | 3,817                       | 1,133                          |
| 35Uttarakhand                 | 9                 | 475                       | 329                         | 83                             |
| 36West Bengal                 | 9                 | 61                        | 0                           | 0                              |
| Grand Total                   | 1,304             | 50,136                    | 20,830                      | 7,380                          |