Lok Sabha Question No. 2755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Road Connectivity in Naxal Affected and Backward Regions
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2755 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## ROAD CONNECTIVITY IN NAXAL AFFECTED AND BACKWARD REGIONS

## 2755.  SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  use  funds  from  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to improve road connectivity in naxal affected and backward regions of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  under  PMGSY  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State/UT-wise including Telangana?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention of Government of India to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network with a population of 500 persons and above in  plain  areas  and  250  persons  and  above  in  Special  Category  States(  Arunachal  Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and  Kashmir  and  Uttarakhand),  the  Desert  Areas  (as  identified  in  the  District  Development Programme),  the  Tribal  (Schedule  V)  areas  and  Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  districts  as identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs/NITI  Aayog  on  the  basis  of  census,  2001.  In  the critical  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  blocks  (as  identified  by  MHA),  additional relaxation  has  been  given  to  connect  habitations  with  population  of  100  persons  and  above. Further,  the  Government  has  launched  Road  Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism affected  Areas  (RCPLWEA)  as  a  separate  vertical  under  PMGSY  wherein  connectivity  is provided to specific routes identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs as critical  from security and  communication  point  of  view    in  44  districts  (35  worst  LWE  affected  districts  and  09 adjoining districts).

(d):    The  funds  allocated/released  and  utilized  under  PMGSY  including  Naxal  affected  and backward  regions  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  including Telangana is given in Annexure.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha USQ No. 2755 due for 2.8.2018.

Allocation/Release and Expenditure incurred under PMGSY during the last three years and current year upto June, 2018 (Rs. In Crore)

|         |                   | 2015-16   | 2015-16     | 2016-17   | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2017-18     | 2018-19    | 2018-19                       |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-------------------------------|
| S. N o. | State             | Release   | Expenditure | Release   | Expenditure | Release   | Expenditure | Allocation | Expenditur e (upto June,2018) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 379.2     | 443.61      | 197.59    | 238.68      | 226.16    | 136.25      | 200.00     | 23.64                         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 375       | 312.51      | 205.92    | 339.59      | 700       | 384.85      | 900.00     | 248.66                        |
| 3       | Assam             | 347.82    | 478.33      | 475.76    | 309.75      | 575.58    | 397.76      | 900.00     | 370.46                        |
| 4       | Bihar             | 2781      | 2211.27     | 2958.34   | 3315.73     | 1592.26   | 1586.67     | 800.00     | 397.83                        |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 498       | 778.80      | 449.81    | 432.92      | 508.66    | 722         | 500.00     | 302.64                        |
| 6       | Goa               | 0         | 0.00        | 0         | 0.00        | 0         | 0           | 0.00       | 0.00                          |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 474.1     | 645.07      | 31.04     | 52.30       | 0         | 52.35       | 50.00      | 13.08                         |
| 8       | Haryana           | 304.69    | 333.93      | 44.01     | 69.29       | 0         | 28.89       | 2.00       | 0.87                          |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 268.4     | 292.55      | 396.61    | 320.29      | 399.56    | 520.82      | 600.00     | 70.46                         |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 488       | 242.59      | 755.61    | 290.34      | 1400      | 731.27      | 800.00     | 105.45                        |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 865       | 612.44      | 819.59    | 889.94      | 1381.7    | 1247.88     | 900.00     | 211.72                        |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 140.8     | 263.72      | 331.95    | 342.88      | 5         | 50.3        | 50.00      | 4.79                          |
| 13      | Kerala            | 151       | 202.16      | 179.45    | 267.43      | 169.13    | 205.99      | 200.00     | 52.11                         |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1122      | 1795.12     | 1979.48   | 1653.45     | 1308.45   | 1900.87     | 1200.00    | 565.11                        |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 553.3     | 656.02      | 606       | 662.89      | 330.64    | 381.38      | 300.00     | 40.90                         |
| 16      | Manipur           | 299.8     | 297.88      | 412.19    | 251.68      | 231.5     | 264.64      | 600.00     | 49.47                         |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 150.7     | 134.05      | 211.99    | 179.58      | 50.04     | 112.85      | 200.00     | 35.90                         |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 50.9      | 52.69       | 93.36     | 78.24       | 200       | 72.71       | 50.00      | 22.33                         |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 4         | 34.17       | 8.05      | 21.86       | 8.8       | 18.77       | 150.00     | 0.00                          |
| 20      | Odisha            | 1382.7    | 1959.29     | 1925.67   | 1907.57     | 2249.99   | 2679.84     | 2500.00    | 630.40                        |
| 21      | Punjab            | 221.1     | 245.38      | 275.66    | 238.11      | 339.15    | 334.66      | 200.00     | 94.68                         |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 559.9     | 788.72      | 559.41    | 792.42      | 1120.26   | 536.53      | 200.00     | 268.51                        |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 68.6      | 141.56      | 138.16    | 96.59       | 337       | 205.84      | 400.00     | 54.06                         |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 205       | 222.92      | 309.58    | 347.32      | 636.39    | 528.1       | 600.00     | 120.95                        |
| 25      | Tripura           | 274.83    | 313.00      | 392.3725  | 129.54      | 135.39    | 136.09      | 150.00     | 28.02                         |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1110.35   | 1084.46     | 1234.87   | 1,003.29    | 1010.47   | 1822.71     | 500.00     | 362.03                        |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 409.19    | 446.89      | 550.2     | 450.97      | 702.21    | 608.36      | 1000.00    | 76.25                         |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 1427.58   | 1243.33     | 819.18    | 1055.28     | 1101.84   | 1253.13     | 1109.00    | 290.67                        |
| 29      | Telangana         | 273.73    | 247.80      | 146.0255  | 188.94      | 99.22     | 132.66      | 200.00     | 39.52                         |
| 30      | UTs               | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 5.00      | 0           | 10.00      | 0                             |
|         | Total             | 15186.71  | 16480.26    | 16507.85  | 15926.87    | 16824.43  | 17054.17    | 15271.00   | 4480.51                       |