Lok Sabha Question No. 898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Assessment of SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 898 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.2017

## ASSESSMENT OF SAGY

## 898. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the projects undertaken till now under the Saansad Adarsh Gram (SAGY);
- (b) the status of the first Adarsh Gram which was to be developed by 2016;
- (c) whether there has  been  a  separate  budgetary  allocation  for  this  scheme  and  if  s details thereof;
- (d) whether any infrastructural development and improvement of socioeconomic condit has taken place under this scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  any  difficulties  are  being  faced  in  its  implementation  and  if  so,  t thereof; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  address  the  problems  and  if  s details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): The  Hon'ble  MPs  have  identified  703  Gram  Panchayats  (GP)  under  Phase -I  and  373 Gram Panchayats under Phase -II of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. 671 Phase -I GPs and 102 Phase -II GPs have uploaded their Village D evelopment Plans (VDP) on the SAGY website. As per the uploaded on the SAGY website by the States/UTs, out of the 44352 planned projects i Gram Panchayats, 18271 (41%) have been completed as on 14.07.2017.

- (c): The development of Gram Panch ayats identified under SAGY is intended to take place convergence  and  implementation  of  existing Government Schemes  and  Programmes  under  thei respective funding.
- (d): As perthe data uploaded by 541 Gram Panchayats on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana portal as  on  14.07.2017,  many  noteworthy  achievements  have  already  been  made  in  the  SAGY Gram Panchayats under SAGY have achieved 100% of Children Immunization(0 - 6  age  group),  252 Gram Panchayats have reported 100% Institutional delivery, 3 78 Gram Panchayats have 100% of Days Mid  Day  Meal  (MDM)  coverage  to  schools.  Similarly,  171  Gram  Panchayats  reported  e connection  to  all  Households,  91  Gram  Panchayats  have  safe  and  secure  Housing  fa Households  in  the  SAGY  villages, 87  Gram  Panchayats  have  full  piped  drinking  water  s Likewise,  131  Gram  Panchayats  have  become  ODF,  160  Gram  Panchayats  have  now  e - Panchayat Service available at Gram Panchayats Office. Similarly, many Gram Panchayats have mad the area of ensuring social and financial security in their respective Gram Panchayats by eligible individual to Government Schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana (101 GPs), Atal Pensio GPs),  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima  Yojana  (26  GPs),  Rashtriya  Sw asthya  Bima  Yojna  (37  GPs), Widow Pension (211 GPs), Old Age Pension (210 GPs).
- (e) & (f) : The issues brought to the notice of the Ministry by the Hon'ble MPs are taken up with the  respective  State/UT  Governments  for  addressing  the  same.  The  Ministry  h as  taken  various initiatives for the effective implementation of the scheme which inter - alia nclude,
- i . Compilation  of  223  Central  Sector/  Centrally  Sponsored  and  1806  State  Sc convergence under SAGY for the benefit of Members of Parliament, District and Village le officials about the different schemes for multitude of purposes at the GP level.
- ii . Developing a 35 point outcome indicator covering basic amenities, education, hea livelihood,  women  empowerment,  financial  inclusion, food  security,  social  security  a -governance to gauge the impact of SAGY in the GPs.
- iii . Visit  of  Central  Government  teams  to  selected  SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  to study  the convergence process.
- iv . Encouraging wider access for tapping resources and the strengths of the Private, Voluntary Cooperative sectors (PVC Sectors) and hosting on SAGY website the proposals rec the States/UTs for access by the interested agencies.
- v. Publishing  of  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  as  an  indicative  guidance  document  with  t he essential information on the existing social security schemes collated from resp to enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve into the social/financial Security Schemes in SAGY GPs.
- vi . Coo rdinating with other Central Ministries/ Departments to ensure provision of services viz. power, drinking water, roads and education in all SAGY GPs.

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