Lok Sabha Question No. 112 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Guidelines of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 112

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2017

## GUIDELINES OF PMGSY

## *112. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has issued any fresh directions/guidelines to various States identification of villages and selection of roads for implementation of the Prad Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and if so, the det ails thereof;
- (b) the status of implementation of the scheme in various States including Rajasthan; a
- (c) whether some States have raised objections in regard to the implementation of the s scheme and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR )

(a) to (c ) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## State ment in reply to Parts (a) to (c ) of Lo k Sabha Starred Question No. 112 for 09.02.2017.

No Sir, the Government has not issued any new guidelines for identification of villages a of roads for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana ( PMGSY ).

PMGSY was launched in 2000 with the objective to provide a single all - weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations, existing in the Core Network, in rural areas of the programme  envisages  connecting  all  eligible  unconnected  habitations  with  a  population persons and above  (as per 2001 Census) in plain areas and 250 persons and above (as per 200 Census)  in    Special  Category  States  (Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Miz Nagaland, Sikkim,Tripura Himachal Pradesh, Jammu  &  Kashmir and Uttarakhand), Trib (Schedule - V)  areas,  the  Deser t  Areas    (as  identified  in  Desert  Development  Programme)  and Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as  identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs Commission). The PMGSY permits upgradation (to prescribed standards) of existing rural districts where all the eligible habitations of the designated population size have bee weather  road  connectivity.  For  most  intensive  IAP  blocks  as  identified  by  the  Ministr Affairs the unconnected habitations with population 100 and above (as per 2001 Census) would be eligible to be covered under PMGSY.

Since inception of the PMGSY, (upto December, 2016) project proposals of the value of 209,447.71crorefor  connecting  1,56,273  habitations, have  been  sanctioned  by  the  Ministry , against which the Ministry has released Rs. 145,184.60 Crore. States have reported completion of 4,90,187.65 km of rural roads with an expe nditure of Rs. 1,50,447.96 crore by connectin 1,21,241 habitations, State -wise details including that of Rajasthan isat A nnexure.

## Annexure referred in Lok Sabha Starred Question No 112 (12th Position) due for reply on 9.2.2017

|        |                   |                                         |                                          |                     |                     |                       | Rs. In Crore,                  | Length in Km.   | & Habitation in   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| Sr.No. | State Name        | Value of proposals cleared (MoRD Share) | Value of proposals cleared (State Share) | Total Value cleared | Habitations cleared | Habitations connected | Length of road works completed | Amount Released | Expenditure       |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 3,795.57                                | 262.44                                   | 4,058.01            | 1,181               | 1,038                 | 13,574.62                      | 3,023.37        | 2,953.89          |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 5,237.69                                | 2.66                                     | 5,240.35            | 463                 | 368                   | 5,491.33                       | 2,699.53        | 2,819.29          |
| 3      | Assam             | 9,856.58                                | 547.01                                   | 10,403.59           | 9,997               | 8,938                 | 16,275.98                      | 8,906.00        | 9,333.88          |
| 4      | Bihar             | 27,273.45                               | 416.20                                   | 27,689.64           | 29,439              | 16,667                | 40,877.79                      | 18,990.73       | 19,517.10         |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 9,762.50                                | 208.07                                   | 9,970.57            | 10,133              | 8,873                 | 26,719.98                      | 6,775.51        | 7,777.88          |
| 6      | Goa               | 15.35                                   | 0.00                                     | 15.35               | 2                   | 2                     | 155.33                         | 10.00           | 0.00              |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 3,365.74                                | 168.00                                   | 3,533.75            | 3,059               | 3,021                 | 12,343.70                      | 2,953.08        | 3,418.67          |
| 8      | Haryana           | 2,164.50                                | 300.45                                   | 2,464.95            | 1                   | 1                     | 5,528.42                       | 1,890.70        | 2,157.61          |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 3,597.50                                | 22.52                                    | 3,620.03            | 2,232               | 2,047                 | 11,938.29                      | 2,464.13        | 2,502.16          |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 8,107.42                                | 13.63                                    | 8,121.05            | 2,202               | 1,469                 | 6,813.58                       | 3,692.14        | 0.00              |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 7,860.99                                | 252.20                                   | 8,113.19            | 9,103               | 6,231                 | 13,972.65                      | 4,600.26        | 4,687.04          |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 4,139.16                                | 233.13                                   | 4,372.29            | 297                 | 295                   | 18,378.54                      | 3,632.45        | 4,360.86          |
| 13     | Kerala            | 1,647.47                                | 72.52                                    | 1,719.99            | 435                 | 380                   | 2,733.77                       | 1,099.92        | 1,286.71          |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 22,065.92                               | 805.74                                   | 22,871.66           | 18,003              | 14,638                | 64,126.03                      | 15,979.78       | 17,706.11         |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 7,782.89                                | 373.52                                   | 8,156.40            | 1,321               | 1,283                 | 24,314.28                      | 6,557.04        | 6,825.82          |
| 16     | Manipur           | 2,331.20                                | 0.00                                     | 2,331.20            | 549                 | 420                   | 5,453.13                       | 1,476.87        | 1,451.86          |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 1,103.47                                | 4.35                                     | 1,107.82            | 475                 | 222                   | 1,436.03                       | 751.09          | 569.26            |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 1,526.42                                | 0.00                                     | 1,526.42            | 183                 | 157                   | 2,499.03                       | 811.27          | 803.13            |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 732.73                                  | 0.00                                     | 732.73              | 93                  | 94                    | 3,457.37                       | 625.51          | 629.67            |
| 20     | Odisha            | 20,163.55                               | 502.92                                   | 20,666.47           | 14,766              | 11,880                | 38,608.07                      | 13,457.30       | 15,966.86         |
| 21     | Punjab            | 3,381.43                                | 270.13                                   | 3,651.57            | 390                 | 390                   | 7,035.21                       | 2,474.70        | 2,618.98          |
| 22     | Rajasthan         | 13,686.74                               | 16.56                                    | 13,703.30           | 16,530              | 13,734                | 59,192.07                      | 10,878.78       | 10,799.06         |
| 23     | Sikkim            | 1,708.15                                | 0.00                                     | 1,708.15            | 344                 | 281                   | 3,159.26                       | 1,028.94        | 994.48            |
| 24     | Tamilnadu         | 4,051.45                                | 201.89                                   | 4,253.33            | 1,986               | 1,951                 | 13,492.94                      | 2,947.24        | 2,784.75          |
| 25     | Tripura           | 3,084.77                                | 35.91                                    | 3,120.67            | 1,898               | 1,756                 | 3,777.62                       | 2,326.64        | 2,109.25          |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh     | 16,701.68                               | 1,116.19                                 | 17,817.87           | 11,623              | 11,228                | 49,956.81                      | 12,528.86       | 13,312.19         |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 3,992.23                                | 8.78                                     | 4,001.01            | 1,299               | 861                   | 7,398.48                       | 2,408.63        | 2,554.24          |
| 28     | West Bengal       | 11,778.61                               | 0.00                                     | 11,778.61           | 17,535              | 12,408                |                                | 8,095.73        |                   |
| 29     | Telangana         | 2,513.16                                | 184.58                                   | 2,697.74            | 734                 | 608                   | 21,749.46 9,727.88             | 2,098.40        | 8,609.61 1,897.62 |
|        | Total             | 203,428.31                              | 6,019.39                                 | 209,447.71          | 156,273             | 121,241               | 490,187.65                     | 145,184.60      | 150,447.96        |