Lok Sabha Question No. 4801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMA KISHORE SINGH, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KULAMANI SAMAL, BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA, SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4801

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03 .2017

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

## 4801. SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:

DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the first Adarsh Gram which was to be developed by 2016 under Sa AdarshGram Yojana (SAGY);
- (b) the present status of development of the villages adopted by MPs under the s State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether any infrastructural development and improvement of socioeconomic condition of the people has taken place under the scheme and if so, the detail
- (d) whether the Government provides/proposes to provide separate funds for the sc and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the funds allocated, released and utilized for the development of villages scheme  from  the  funds  of  the  other  central  schemes  particularly  the  Member Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)during the last two years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (f) whether any difficulties are being faced in implementation of the scheme and the details thereof and the steps being taken to address those difficulties; a
- (g) the effective steps being taken by the Government to complete the pending projects under the scheme?

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

(a) & (b) : Under  Phase - I  of  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY),  703  Gram Panchayats (GP) across the country have been adopted by Hon'ble Members of Parliaments. Out  of  which  671  GPs  uploaded  their  Village  Development  Plan  (VDP)  on  the  SAGY website. The status of the p rojects undertaken under the Scheme as on 21.03.2017 is placed Annexure-I.

(c) : As  per  the  data  uploaded  by  541  Gram  Panchayats  on  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gra Yojana portal, many noteworthy achievements have already been made in the SAGY GPs 283 Gram Panchayats under SAGY have achieved 100% of Children Immunization(0 - 6 age group),  252  Gram  Panchayats  have  reported  100%  Institutional  delivery,  378  G Panchayats have 100% of Days Mid Day Meal (MDM) coverage to schools. Similarly, 171 Gram  Panchayats  reported  electricity  connection  to  all  Households,  91  Gram  Panch have  safe  and  secure  Housing  facility  to  all  Households  in  the  SAGY  villages,  87 Panchayats  have full  piped  drinking  water  supply.  Likewise,  131  Gram  Panchayats  ha become  ODF,  160  Gram  Panchayats  have  now  e - Panchayat  Service  available  at  Gram Panchayats  Office.  Similarly,  many  Gram  Panchayats  have  made  efforts  in  the  are ensuring social and fin ancial security in their respective Gram Panchayats by enrolling eligible individual to Government Schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana (101 GPs), Atal Pen Yojana (25 GPs), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (26 GPs), Rashtriya Swasthya Bi Yojna  (37  G Ps),  Widow  Pension  (211  GPs),  Old  Age  Pension  (210  GPs).  Furthermore, 15154 projects have already been completed out of total 40867 projects that were pla implementation.  Thus  37%  of  the  work  has  already  been  completed  by  the  SAGY  Gram Panchayats.

(d) : SAGY  is  primarily  about  unleashing  the  power  of  people  who  are  expected inculcate pride in the village, encourage societal change/ behavioural change, take responsibility and initiate people projects. The development of Gram Panchayat s identified under  SAGY  is  intended  to  take  place  through  the  convergence  and  implementation existing  Government  Schemes  and  Programmes  without  allocating  additional  funds. pursuance of above, the relevant Ministries / Departments of the Central Gove rnm have been requested by the Ministry of Rural Development to make suitable changes, whe appropriate,  in  the  guidelines  of  their  respective  Central  Sector  and  Centrally Schemes / Programmes to enable priority to be given to the Gram Pan chayats selected under SAGY. Different Ministries/Departments have made changes in 21 of the Programme/Scheme  guidelines  (Annexure -II).  A  number  of  state  schemes  are  being converged with this scheme for maximising benefit.

(e) : The  Saansad  Adarsh  Gra m  Yojana  utilises  resources  available  from  a  range  o existing Government Schemes and Programmes, including Member of Parliament Local Are Development Scheme (MPLADS) and schemes of MLAs and CSR funds in a convergent manner  to  achieve  the  programme  object ives.  Accordingly,  there  are  no  dedicated  fund allocation under SAGY. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Rural Development has coordin with  other  Central  ministries  to  enable  priority  to  SAGY  Gram  Panchayat  projects resource requirements of demand drive n schemes such as MGNREGA are fulfilled by the government  according  to  the  respective  norms  and  are  not  subject  to  specific  all Ministry of Rural Development implements Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Grami (previously  Indira  Awaas  Yojana)  in  the  rur al  areas  of  the  country  under  which  financial assistance is provided for construction of houses to the beneficiaries selected u 2011.  The  funds  are  directly  released  to  the  State  Government  concerned.    Howeve States are advised to saturate S AGY villages on priority basis under PMAY - G.

Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is for the creation o durable community assets. It is the responsibility of the District Authority to e implement the eligible dev elopmental works recommended by the MPs and maintain details of  individual  works  executed  and  amount  spent  under  the  scheme.  Contribution MPLADS can be made to the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) for the works that are eligible for implementation un der the Guidelines on MPLADS. It is voluntary on part of t MPs to contribute their MPLADS fund for works under SAGY

Data  on  MPLADS  funds  utilisation  for  the  development  of  villages  adopted  by  Hon Members of Parliament under SAGY as well as for other Central Schemes is not maintained centrally.

- (f) & (g) : The preparation of action plan for the holistic development of the panc selected  under  SAGY  is  done  by  the  respective  Gram  Panchayat.  The  GPs  prepare Village Development Plan (VDP) which contains prioritised time - bound  activities  through the  convergence  of  various  Central  and  State  Government  schemes  apart  from  levera inputs  from  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR).  The  Ministry  has  taken  foll initiatives for the effective imple mentation of the scheme: -
- (i) 21 Schemes have been amended by various Ministries /Departments of Government of India to give priority to SAGY Gram Panchayat projects.
- (ii) The Ministry of Rural Development has brought out 'SAMANVAY' -Compilation of 223  Central  Sector/  Centrally  Sponsored  and  1806  State  Schemes  for  convergence  u SAGY for the benefit of Members of Parliament, District and Village level officials different schemes for multitude of purposes at the GP level.

(iii) The Ministry has developed 35 point indicator to gauge the impact of SAGY in t GPs.  Progress  is  measured  through  outcome  indicators  broadly  covering  basic  amen education,  health,  sanitation,  livelihood,  women  empowerment,  financial  inclusion security,  social security  and  e -governance.  The  impact  is  measured  on  quarterly(22 indicators) , half yearly(7 indicators) and yearly basis(6 indicators).

- (iv) The  Central  Government  sent  teams  to  selected  SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  to understand the convergence process and to learn from good practices.
- (v) With the intent to tap the resources and the strengths of the Private, Volu Cooperative sectors (PVC Sectors), the Ministry has circulated suggestive template Governments for preparing proposals. The propos als received from the States/UTs are hosted on the SAGY website for wider access for the interested agencies.
- (vi) The  Ministry  has  prepared  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  which  is  an  indicative guidance  document  with  the  essential  information  on  the  existing social  security  schemes collated from respective ministries. It will enrich the knowledge of villagers and v functionaries  to  achieve  100%  enrollment  into  the  social/financial  Security  Sch SAGY GPs.
- (vii) The  Ministry  of  Rural  Developmen t  is  coordinating  with  other  Central  Ministrie Departments to ensure provision of four key basic services viz. power, drinking wat and education in all SAGY GPs.

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Annexure I : Status of project implementation from Village Development Plans (VDP)

| Sl   | State / UT             |   Identified GP's |   No. of GPs Uploaded VDP |   Total Number of Projects |   No. of Projects Completed |   No. of Projects - Progress |
|------|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1    | Andaman And Nicobar Is |                 1 |                         1 |                        242 |                          11 |                           78 |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh         |                32 |                        15 |                        415 |                         106 |                           53 |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh      |                 3 |                         3 |                        216 |                          28 |                           27 |
| 4    | Assam                  |                21 |                        21 |                       1909 |                         161 |                          471 |
| 5    | Bihar                  |                53 |                        52 |                       3780 |                         640 |                          306 |
| 6    | Chandigarh             |                 1 |                         1 |                         18 |                          12 |                            0 |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh           |                16 |                        16 |                       1729 |                        1023 |                          327 |
| 8    | Dadra And Nagar Haveli |                 1 |                         0 |                          0 |                           0 |                            0 |
| 9    | Daman And Diu          |                 1 |                         1 |                         52 |                          24 |                            8 |
| 10   | Delhi                  |                 8 |                         0 |                          0 |                           0 |                            0 |
| 11   | Goa                    |                 3 |                         3 |                        172 |                          27 |                           10 |
| 12   | Gujarat                |                37 |                        37 |                        980 |                         556 |                          153 |
| 13   | Haryana                |                15 |                        15 |                        858 |                         522 |                          145 |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh       |                 7 |                         7 |                        595 |                         181 |                           67 |
| 15   | Jammu And Kashmir      |                10 |                        10 |                        782 |                         278 |                          104 |
| 16   | Jharkhand              |                20 |                        20 |                       2308 |                         569 |                          484 |
| 17   | Karnataka              |                39 |                        39 |                       6908 |                        2407 |                          775 |
| 18   | Kerala                 |                31 |                        31 |                       1688 |                         470 |                          348 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep            |                 1 |                         1 |                         79 |                           4 |                           59 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh         |                37 |                        37 |                       1925 |                        1147 |                          360 |
| 21   | Maharashtra            |                70 |                        70 |                       5221 |                        2328 |                          735 |
| 22   | Manipur                |                 3 |                         3 |                        163 |                          28 |                           68 |
| 23   | Meghalaya              |                 4 |                         4 |                        320 |                          86 |                           87 |
| 24   | Mizoram                |                 2 |                         2 |                        258 |                         144 |                           40 |
| 25   | Nagaland               |                 2 |                         2 |                         71 |                          16 |                           14 |
| 26   | Odisha                 |                28 |                        27 |                        458 |                          62 |                           13 |
| 27   | Puducherry             |                 2 |                         2 |                         72 |                          17 |                           40 |
| 28   | Punjab                 |                20 |                        20 |                        742 |                         174 |                          197 |
| 29   | Rajasthan              |                34 |                        34 |                       1603 |                         654 |                          268 |
| 30   | Sikkim                 |                 2 |                         2 |                         42 |                          34 |                            8 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu             |                58 |                        58 |                       2838 |                        1365 |                          705 |
| 32   | Telangana              |                22 |                        22 |                       1096 |                         391 |                          217 |
| 33   | Tripura                |                 3 |                         3 |                        159 |                          53 |                           40 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh          |               104 |                       104 |                       2729 |                        1359 |                          385 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand            |                 7 |                         7 |                        378 |                         277 |                           51 |
| 36   | West Bengal            |                 5 |                         1 |                         61 |                           0 |                            0 |
|      | Total                  |               703 |                       671 |                      40867 |                       15154 |                         6643 |

## Annexure II : List of 21 Schemes amended to enable priority for SAGY

|   Sl | Name of Ministry / Dept.                     | Name of Scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   01 | Rural Development                            | 1. Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) 2. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) 3. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 4. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)                                                          |
|   02 | MSME                                         | 5. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) 6. Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional (SFURTI)                                                                                                            |
|   03 | Drinking Water                               | 7. National Rural Drinking Water Programme                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   04 | Power                                        | 8. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   05 | MNRE 9.                                      | Central Financial Assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   06 | Youth Affairs                                | 10. NSS, NYK, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Development) 11. National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development                                                                                                         |
|   07 | Food & Public Distribution                   | 12. Targeted PDS                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   08 | Panchayati Raj                               | 13. Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   09 | Consumer Affairs                             | 14. Consumer Awareness                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   10 | Health & Family Welfare                      | 15. National Health Mission (NHM)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   11 | Water Resources                              | 16. Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) of water                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   12 | Dept. of School Education and Literacy       | 17. Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) -Performance of MDM in schools located in SAGY GPs, Ensuring enrolment, availability of food grains, kitchen shed, water and handwashing facilities in schools, payment to cook cum attendants etc. |
|   13 | Wom en and Child Development                 | 18. ICDS 19. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao 20. Kishori Shakti Yojana                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   14 | Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Tourism | 21. VASTRATAN -Textile Tourism; Linking Textile tourism. (Promote Traditional Handloom Weavers Artisans villages as tourist destination, Development of Craft Village)                                                            |