Lok Sabha Question No. 1393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Implementation of PMGSY in Kerala
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .1393

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMGSY IN KERALA

## 1393. SHRI P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  projects  implemented  in  Kerala  under  Pradhan  Mantri  G Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current year along the funds allocated during the period;
- (b) the  percentage  of  expenditu re  shared  by  the  Union  Government  and  the  State Government  in  implementation  of  the  scheme  and  the  percentage  of  utilisatio funds in Kerala;
- (c) whether  any  quality  review  has  been  carried  out  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  G Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the State and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the num ber  of  roads  whose  quality  revie w has been carried out in the State so far along with the number of roads out of them found to be built according to t down standards; and
- (e) the  funds  spent  to  repa ir  the  roads  whose  quality  was  found  wanting  and  the safeguards needed to be adopted in future?

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

(a) : The  detail s of  Habitations connected, road  length  constructed  and  a mount  released,  under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana( PMGSY ) in the last three years and thecurrent year to Kerala aregiven below: -

| Year                      |   Habitations Connected |   Length Constructed (in Km) |   Funds Releasedby the Ministry of Development (Rs.in crore) |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013- 14                  |                       5 |                       192.46 |                                                        1.5   |
| 2014- 15                  |                       5 |                       345.74 |                                                      151.41  |
| 2015- 16                  |                       5 |                       363.94 |                                                      151     |
| 2016- 17 (upto Oct, 2016) |                       0 |                       189.62 |                                                       89.446 |

(b) : PMGSY  was  launched  on  25 th December,  2000  as  a  100%  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme. During the year 2015 - 16,for accelerated execution of PMGSY, the Ministry of Rural Development i consultation with the Ministry of Finance and the States has formulated an Action Plan to achieve the target of the Scheme early, with enhanced financial allocation to the States and modified funding pattern in the Scheme. Accordingly, the fund sharing pattern of PMGSY has been revised to a ratio of 60:40 between  the  Centre  and  States with  effect  from  the  year  2015 - 16 for  all  States  except  for 8 North Eastern and 3 Hi malayan States, for which it is 90:10 .

Since inception f the scheme till October, 2016, Rs.1,399.57 crore has been released to Kerala a expenditure reported by the State is Rs.1,252.44 crore (89%).

(c) and (d) : PMGSY envisages a three tier Quality Assu rance Mechanism to ensure quality of road works during construction. F rst - tier of this mechanism is in - house quality control at Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) level. Second - tier is structured as an independent quality monitoring State  level  throug h  State  Quality  Monitors  (SQMs)  in  which  provision  of  regular  inspection PMGSY works has been envisaged. The third - tier  is an independent monitoring mechanism at the Central  level.  Under  this  tier,  independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are  engag d  for inspections  of  PMGSY  roads,  selected  at  random.  For  works  graded  as  'Satisfactory  Requiring Improvement' (SRI) and 'Unsatisfactory' (U) on the basis of  observations  of the  National  Quality Monitors, the States are required to submit 'online' Action T aken Reports (ATR) and these ATRs are processed by NRRDA online. Sinceinception upto November, 2016 , 491 NQM inspections have been conducted out of which 54 works have been categorised as 'Unsatisfactory' (U) and 96 works have been categorised as 'Satisfactory Requiring Improvement' (SRI) .

(e) : The responsibility  to  repair  the  road  works,  which  are  quality  deficient  within  5 construction is with the concerned contractor and such expenditure is to be borne by them o details are no t maintained centrally and are maintained at State level.

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