Lok Sabha Question No. 796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 796

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 .0 7.2017

## PMGSY

## 796. SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to connect villages with less than 500 populatio a pucca road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and if so, the deta thereof;
- (b) whether this initiative will improve connectivity to these habitation s with markets and amenities available in bigger habitations;
- (c) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  leverage  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rur Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for taking up works of rural connectivity to provide all weather acc ess, including culverts and roads within a village, wher necessary; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)& (b) : 'Rural roads' is a State Subject and the Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana ( PMGSY ) on 25 th December, 2000, as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, wit objective to provide a single all - weather road with necessary culvert s andcross - drainage structures to theeligible  unconnected  habitations,  existing  in  the  Core  Network,  in  rural  areas programme envisages connecting all eligible unconnected habitations with a population and above  (as per 2001 Ce nsus) in plain areas and 250 persons and above (as per 2001 Special  Category  States  (Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram, Sikkim,Tripura Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), Tribal (Schedule - V) areas, the Desert Areas  (as identified in Desert Development Programme) and in Selected Tribal Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission). The PM upgradation (to prescribed standards) of existing rural r oads in districts where all the eligible h of the designated population size have been provided all weather road connectivity. F IAP blocks as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs ,the unconnected habitations with popul n 100 and above (as per 2001 Census) are also eligible forconnectivity under PMGSY. The Government of  India  has  also  launched  PMGSY -IIwhich envisages  consolidation  of  the  existing  Rura Network  to  improve  its  overall  efficiency  as  a  provider  of transportation  services  for the people, goods  and  services. It  aims  to cover upgradation of  existing  selected  rural  roads  based  o economic potential and their role in facilitating the growth of rural market centers and rural hubs .

( c)& ( d) : For  providing  single  all  weather  road  connectivity  to  non - PMGSY  (Pradhan  Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) habitations, in convergence with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Em Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),  the Ministry of Rural Development has issued guideline s and the State/UT Governments have been requested to take further necessary action, based on t for providing new road connectivity to such non PMGSY habitations involving present tracks, Village Road (VRs) and/or Other District Roads (ODRs).

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