Lok Sabha Question No. 4785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Projects under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4785

TO BE ANSWERED ON

15.1 2.2016

## PROJECTS UNDER PMGSY

## 4785. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of the projects implemented in Maharashtra under Pradhan Mantri Gr Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years;
- (b) thetotal amount of funds allocated, released and spent under the scheme duri said period;
- (c) the number of additional projects under consideration for approval for impleme in the State under the PMGSY during the current year; and
- (d) whether  the  Union  Government  has  released  only  Rupees  296  crore  in  place Rupees 606 crore as central share earmarked under PMGSY to Maharashtra for t current financial year 2016 - 17 and if so, the reasons therefor and the steps propose be taken by the Union Government in this regard?

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

- (a) : 'Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is  a  one - time  special  intervention  to  provide  single  all -weather  rural  connectivity.  As  per PMGSY  guidelines,  tendering,  award  and  execution  of  PMGSY  projects  cleared  by  t Ministry  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Government.  Year - wise  details of  projects completed in Maharashtra are as under: -

| Year                    |   No. of road works completed |   Length completed in km. |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2013- 14                |                           109 |                    448.88 |
| 2014- 15                |                           507 |                    499.97 |
| 2015- 16                |                           314 |                    892.13 |
| 2016- 17(upto Oct'2016) |                            62 |                    718.94 |

(b) : Year- wise details of allocated released and spent under PMGSY during the last years and the current year in Maharashtra are as under :

(Rs. in cr.)

| Year                    |   Allocati on |   Release |   Expenditure (as reported by the State) |
|-------------------------|---------------|-----------|------------------------------------------|
| 2013- 14                |         496   |     0     |                                   383.5  |
| 2014- 15                |         221   |   212.53  |                                   540.37 |
| 2015- 16                |         553.3 |   553.3   |                                   622.66 |
| 2016- 17 (upto Oct' 16) |         606   |   296.565 |                                   437.88 |

(c)& (d) : The  funds  to  the  States  under  PMGSY  are  released  out  of  the  budgeta allocation by Government of India for the Scheme. The indicative allocation to the S based on the value of ongoing works in hand, unspent funds available with the States absorption capacity of the States. The funds for the cleared projects are released Government in two installments. The first installment amounting to 50% of the cleared val of  projects,  (or  annual  allocation  whichever  is  lower)  is  released subject  to  fulfilment  of conditions, if any, stipulated earlier. For subsequent releases, State Governments a to furnish Utilization Certificate to the Ministry showing expenditure of at least available funds and submission of other r equisite documents as per programme guidelines.

During  the  Financial  Year  2016 - 17,  PMGSY  has  been  allocated  Rs.19,000  crore  under Budget Estimate (BE) and after deducting committed liabilities, the effective avail funds for release to the State s for implementation of the programme is Rs.16,498 crore. Ou of this, Rs.606 crore has been allocated to the State of Maharashtra and so far R crore has been released to the Maharashtra State. No demand for release of funds u nd installment of  Indicative  Annual  Allocation  2016 - 17  has  been  made  by  the  State  of Maharashtra, till date.

During the current year, no proposal has been received under PMGSY from the S of Maharashtra.

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