Lok Sabha Question No. 3692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Implementation of SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, PARVESH SAHIB SINGH, KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3692 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SAGY

## 3692.   SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

DR. A. SAMPATH:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of villages included under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) along  with  their  population  and  the  number  of  Members  of  Parliament  (MPs)  yet  to identify any village under SAGY, phase-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of the said Yojana and if so, the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  indicating  the  achievements  made  thereunder including  the  targets  fixed  and  the  number  of  villages  developed  with  all  facilities including banking and postal services;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  any  Central  assistance  for  successful implementation of the said Yojana and if so, the details thereof indicating the number of projects underway and the money spent thereon so far;
- (d) the  impediments  identified  in  the  implementation  of  the  said  Yojana  along  with  the steps taken to overcome the impediments and to ensure its proper implementation; and
- (e) the mode of financing and the operational guidelines directing the Yojana?

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

(a)  :  The  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  have  identified  1,411  Gram  Panchayats  under SaansadAdarsh Gram Yojana till 3 August 2018. As per the clause No. 9 of the SaansadAdarsh Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  Guidelines  regarding  the  identification  of  Adarsh  Gram,  Gram Panchayats are the basic units and it is advocated that they may have a population of 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-3000 in hilly, tribal and difficult areas. In districts where this unit size is not available, Gram Panchayats approximating the desirable population size may be chosen. The details of Members of Parliament (MPs) yet to identify any village under SAGY, phasewise  are  available  on  saanjhi.gov.in  and  can  be  accessed  by  using  the  respective  logins  of Hon'ble MPs.

(b) : The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is reviewed periodically by the Ministry of Rural  Development.  The  Ministry  has  evolved  a  comprehensive  multilevel  and  multi-tool system of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of its programmes which include review  by  the  Hon'ble  Minister  of  Rural  Development,  Performance  Review  Committee, National Level Monitors, Concurrent Monitoring and Impact Assessment studies. Concurrent monitoring mechanisms include the progress updated by States/Districts through SAGY

website  regarding  the  identification  of  the  Gram  Panchayats,  progress  tracking  of  Village Development  Plans  (VDPs),  the  progress  reported  for  Panchayat  Darpan  indicators  and  the field  visits  by  MoRD  officials.  After  the  adoption  under  SAGY,  the  Gram  Panchayats  have recorded  remarkable progress with  regard  to  a  range  of  parameters  such  as  immunisation  of children, strengthening of PDS, enrollment in social security schemes, electrification and piped drinking water supply among others. The Hon'ble MPs have been able to ensure immunisation of all children in 330 Gram Panchayats. Similarly, 284 Hon'ble MPs have ensured that their adopted  villages  have  no  malnourished  children.  The  Yojana  has  also  made  large  strides towards e-governance by connecting 262 Gram Panchayats to e-Panchayat services. As per data updated on the SAGY website till 3 August 2018, VDPs have been prepared by 1,091 Gram Panchayats containing 59,582 projects, out of which 27,970 (47%) projects are completed. The details  of  banking  and  postal  service  facilities  in  the  SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  are  not maintained centrally by this Ministry.

(c)  to  (e)  :  Under  the  SaansadAdarsh  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. A cloud based web portal for SAGY has been established in order to  encourage  discussions  among  the  stakeholders,  exchange  of  ideas  and  resolution  of grievances  by  the  implementing  authorities.  The  following  initiatives  have  been  taken,  inter alia, for better implementation of the Scheme:

- The guidelines of as many as 22 Central Schemes have been amended or enabled to accord priority for the SAGY Gram Panchayats. A compilation of 223 Central Sector/ Centrally Sponsored  and  1,806  State  Schemes  for  convergence  under  SAGY  for  the  benefit  of Members of Parliament, District and Village level officials have been prepared. Ministry has  also  published  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  as  an  indicative  guidance  document with  the  essential  information  on  the  existing  social  security  schemes  collated  from respective Ministries to enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve  100%  enrollment  into  the  social/  financial  Security  Schemes  in  SAGY  Gram Panchayats.
- Developed  a  35  point  outcome  indicator  covering  basic  amenities,  education,  health, sanitation,  livelihood,  women  empowerment,  financial  inclusion,  food  security,  social security and e-governance to gauge the impact of SAGY in the Gram Panchayats.
- Coordinated with other Central Ministries/ Departments for ensuring the provision of four key  basic  services  viz.  power,  drinking  water,  roads  and  education  in  all  SAGY  Gram Panchayats.
- Recognising that the implementation of SAGY requires highly motivated and knowledgeable  personnel,  the  Ministry  organised  capacity  building  exercises  for  373 SAGY functionaries from the Phase-II/III Gram Panchayats during April-June 2018.

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