Lok Sabha Question No. 2666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NINONG ERING

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2666

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## SAGY

## 2666.   SHRI NINONG ERING:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Members of Parliament across both the Houses of Parliament who have identified  the  Gram  Panchayats  under  Phase  II  and  III  of  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram Yojna (SAGY) respectively;
- (b) the details of Union Ministers who have identified the Gram Panchayats under Phase II and III of the SAGY scheme respectively; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  Members  of Parliament identify the Gram Panchayats within the proposed deadline?

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

- (a)  :  478  and  218  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  have  identified  Gram  Panchayats,  under Phase-II and Phase-III respectively under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) as on 25 July 2018.
- (b) : 32 and 22 union ministers have identified Gram Panchayats, under Phase-II and Phase-III respectively under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) as on 25 July 2018. The details are available on the SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in) and can be accessed using the respective logins of Hon'ble MPs.
- (c) : The Hon'ble Minister of Rural Development had requested all the Hon'ble Members of Parliament  to  identify  Gram  Panchayats  under  SAGY.  Reminders  in  this  regard  were  also issued. The newly elected Hon'ble MPs were also requested to identify Gram Panchayats under SAGY. Further,  the  Hon'ble  Minister  of  Rural  Development  has  written  to  all  the  Hon'ble Chief Ministers requesting their attention for ensuring effective implementation of SAGY. The following initiatives have been inter alia taken 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 has 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  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.
- The  Ministry  has  circulated  suggestive  template  to  state  governments  for  preparing proposals  for  tapping  support  from  Private,  Voluntary  and  Cooperative  (PVC)  sectors. The proposals received from States/UTs have been displayed on the SAGY website for wider  circulation.  Further,  Ministry  has  met  with  the  representatives  of  Industry  and Professional Associations linked with Ministry of Corporate Affairs and oriented them on the  opportunities  presented  by  SAGY,  Mission  Antyodaya  and  other  schemes  for converging  private  /  corporate  investments  with  the  government  initiatives  for  the development of villages.

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