Lok Sabha Question No. 3356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: THANGSO BAITE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3356

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

## SAGY

## 3356. SHRI BAITE THANGSO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  huge  amount  of  money  will  be  required  for  launching  a  model  village identified  by  Members  of  Parliament  (MPs)  under  Saansad  Aadarsh  Gram  Yojana (SAGY);
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  and  released  by  the Government during the last three years for the State of Manipur, MP-wise; and
- (c) if not, the strategy adopted/to be adopted for effective and timely achievement of the goals under the scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) and (b) : Under the SaansadAdarsh Gram Yojana framework, the development of Gram Panchayats  is  envisaged  through  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government Schemes and Programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocating additional funds.

- (c)  : The  Guidelines  for  SaansadAdarsh  Gram  Yojana  advocates  the  following  possible strategies in order to convert the identified village into an Adarsh Gram :
- o Awareness generation, social mobilisation and environment creation to energize and mobilize the community towards positive common action.
- o Participatory  planning  exercise  for  identifying  peoples'  needs  and  priorities  in  an integrated manner.
- o Converging resources from Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes and also other State schemes to the extent possible.
- o Leveraging the strengths of Private, Voluntary and Cooperative sectors.
- o Repairing and renovating existing infrastructure to the extent possible.
- o Strengthening the Gram Panchayats and peoples' institutions.
- o Promoting transparency and accountability.
- o Contextualising the operational details locally, expanded as required, and fleshed out with innovative ideas.

The  Ministry,  inter-alia,  has  taken  following  initiatives  for  better  implementation  of  the scheme:

- o 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.
- o Under the Comprehensive Capacity Building Plan, MoRDorganised training programmes  on  the  preparation  of  Village  Development  Plan  through  participatory planning and related areas of SAGY at eight regional locations across India. Through this,  653  Charge  Officers  who  were  designated  as  the  dedicated  officers  for  SAGY Gram Panchayats were trained by the Ministry.
- o 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.
- o On the request of the Ministry, various Departments of the Government of India have amended  guidelines  /  issued  appropriate  advisories  to  accord  priority  to  SAGY  in respect of 22 schemes.
- o 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.
- o 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.
- o 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  SaansadAdarsh  Gram  Yojana,  Mission  Antyodaya and other schemes for converging private / corporate investments with the government initiatives for the development of villages.
- o Hon'ble  Minister,  RD  has  written  to  Chief  Ministers  of  all  States,  requesting  to encourage effective implementation of SAGY.
- o The convergence approach  of  development  under  SAGY  receives  further  articulation under the Mission Antyodaya which presents a huge opportunity for SAGY in terms of greater efforts towards saturation of village level needs, promotion of livelihoods and better monitoring.
- o The  Mission  Antyodaya  Scorecard  data  aggregated  during  the  SwachhtaPakhwada  in October  2017 has  made  it  possible  to  identify  gaps  in  physical  infrastructure,  human development and levels of economic activities in more than 50,000 Gram Panchayats including 779 SAGY Gram Panchayats. The Ministry has prepared gap analysis reports for  696  SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  with  respect  to  DeendayalAntyodayaYojana  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme, DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana, Pradhan MantriAwasYojana - Gramin and Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana which have been shared  with  States/UTs  as  well  as  respective  programme  divisions  for  appropriate interventions.