Lok Sabha Question No. 3788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Review of SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHAILESH (BULO MANDAL) KUMAR, VASANTHI M.

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.1 2.2016

## REVIEW OF SAGY

## 3788. SHRI SHAILESH KUMAR: SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the progress of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojan (SAGY) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that no development works have been carried out in the vill ages selected under SAGY;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government will arrange special fund for SAGY and if so, the de thereof; and
- (e) thesteps taken by the Government to make it a successful scheme?

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

- (a) : The following mechanisms are being followed by the Ministry to review the prog of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Programme;

## 1 . Concurrent Monitoring mechanism :

## 1.1 SAANJHI Website

At the national level, a separate, real time web based monitoring system has been pu for the scheme which can be accessed from the SAGY website.

- A . Dynamic websitewww.saanjhi.gov.in has been created and the login credentials to this website circulated among all the Members of Parliament, State Nodal Officers, Collectors  and  Charge  Officers.  The  user s  can  use  Feedback  portion  on  website  for  any query, which is monitored on weekly basis by the Ministry.
- B. A  cloud  based  web  portal  support.saanjhi.in  has  been  set  up  for  encour discussions among the stakeholders viz. Member of Parliament, Central Gove rnment, State Government,  District  Administration  and  the  Public.  The  portal  also  acts  as  a repository to share knowledge, as a tool for exchange of ideas and resolution of gri the implementing authorities.
- C . A  single  point  of  contact  email has  been  created  i.e., support@saanjhi.in .  All  the emails  being received at the central level are being  sent to  the  concerned aut monitoring and taking necessary action in the matter.

## 1.2Village Development Plan

The  Gram  Panchayats  adopted  under  SAGY  prepares  Village  Development  Plans  (VDP) containing prioritised time - bound activities to achieve holistic progress of the village, convergence  of  resources.Gram  Panchayats  have  very systematically  taken  development approach by involving Gram Sabha and they have prepared comprehensive VDP for the development. In order to keep track of the progress of projects listed in the VDP, Template has been developed and the progress is monitored online. As per the data updated as on 5th December  in the website, the  identified Gram Panchayats have so far co 13986 projects. Further 7748 projects are in progress.

## 1.3 Panchayat Darpan

The Ministry has developed a 35 point imp act monitoring tool to gauge the impact of SAGY in  the  GPs.  Progress  is  measured  through  outcome  indicators  broadly  covering amenities, education, health, sanitation, livelihood, women empowerment, fin inclusion, food security, social security and e - governance. The information are to be updated in the Panchayat Darpan by the GPs on quarterly (22 indicators), half yearly (7 i and yearly basis (6 indicators).

## 2. Video conference

Video  Conferencing  Network  has  been  established  with  St ate  Governments  and  District Collectors. Ministry of Rural development (MoRD) reviews the progress of SAGY with S Nodal Officers (SNO) , District Collectors and Charged Officers.

## 3. State Review Meetings

Ministry also review the progress of the scheme in the State Review Meeting. As on date review meeting has been held with 18 States/UTs.

## 4. Field Visits

● The Ministry also deputes its officials to SAGY Gram Panchayats to get firs information of the various develop mental activities  taking place there.

(b) and (c):Progress of implementation is satisfactory as could be gauged from the that so far out of 705 Gram Panchayats (GP) adopted by Member of Parliaments in  Phase -I of the scheme, 666 GPs have uploaded their  Village Development Plan (VDP) on the -site (saanjhi). Further out of total 40984 number of projects undertaken in these 20178 projects(53%)  have ei ther been completed or in progress.

The Ministry has developed a 35 point impact monitoring tool named Panchayat Darpa gauge the impact of SAGY in the GPs. As per the Panchayat Darpan data uploaded by Gram Panchayats on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yo jana portal, many remarkable achievements have taken place in the SAGY GPs. 283 Gram Panchayats under SAGY have achieved  100%  of  Children  Immunization(0 - 6  age  group),  252  Gram  Panchayats  have reported  100% Institutional delivery, 378 Gram Panchayats have 100% of Days Mid Day Meal  (MDM)  coverage  to    schools.  Similarly  171  Gram  Panchayats  reported  electri connection to  all Households, 91 Gram Panchayats have   safe and secure Housing fac all Households in the SAGY villages, 87 Gram Panchayats h ave full piped drinking water supply.

Likewise  131  Gram  Panchayats  have  become  ODF,  160  Gram  Panchayats  have  now  E Panchayat Service available at Gram Panchayats Office. Similarly, many Gram Pancha have  made  efforts  in  the  area  of  ensuring  social and  financial  security  in  their  respectiv Gram  Panchayats  by  enrolling  every  eligible  individual  to  Government  Schemes  like Dhan  Yojana  (101  GPs),  Atal  Pension  Yojana  (25  GPs),  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bim Yojana (26 GPs), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojn a (37 GPs), Widow Pension (211 GPs), Old Age Pension (210 GPs).

(d) and (e):The achievement of programme objectives is intended to be achieved thro the  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government  Schemes  and  Programmes without allocating add itional funds.

The Ministry has taken following  steps for effective implementation of the scheme: -( i ) 21 Schemes have been amended by various Ministries /Departments of Government of India to give priority to SAGY Gram Panchayat projects.

(ii) The Ministry of Rural Development has brought out 'SAMANVAY' -Compilation of 223  Central  Sector/  Centrally  Sponsored  and  1806  State  Schemes  for  convergence  u SAGY for the benefit of  Members of Parliament, District and Village level officia th e different schemes for multitude of purposes at the GP level.

(iii) The Ministry has developed 35 point indicators to gauge the impact of SAGY in GPs.  Progress is measured through outcome indicators broadly covering basic amen education,  healt h,  sanitation,  livelihood,  women  empowerment,  financial  inclusion, security,  social  security  and  e -governance.    The  impact  is  measured  on  quarterly(22 indicators) , half yearly(7 indicators) and yearly basis(6 indicators).

(iv) The  Central  Governmen t  sent  teams  to  a  few  of  the  SAGY  Village  Panchayats  to understand the convergence process and to learn from good practices.  Through a re progress on 35 indicators, efforts have been made to ascertain the performance of SA particular Gram Pa nchayat.

(v) With the intent to tap the resources and the strengths of the Private, Volu Cooperative sectors (PVC Sectors), the Ministry has circulated suggestive template Governments for preparing proposals.

(vi) The  Ministry  has  prep ared  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  which  is  an  indicative guidance  document  with  the  essential  information  on  the  existing  social  security collated from respective ministries. It will enrich the knowledge of villagers and v functionaries  to achieve  100%  enrollment  into  the  social/financial  Security  Schemes SAGY GPs.

(vii) The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  is  coordinating  with  other  Central  Minist Departments to ensure provision of four key basic services viz. power, drinking wat roads and education in all SAGY GPs.

(viii)SAGY  is  reviewed  by  the  Ministry  every  Quarter  in  the  Performance  Revie Committee (PRC) meeting with State Secretaries.  The Central Govt. has also constitu District  Development  Coordination  and  Monitori ng  Committee  where  the  performance  of programmes are monitored every quarter under Chairmanship of Hon'ble MPs.