Lok Sabha Question No. 3836 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Payment of Arrears under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3836

TO BE ANSWERED ON

08.1 2.2016

## PAYMENT OF ARREARS UNDER PMGSY

## 3836. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  have  not  yet  made  the  payment  for  the  wor undertaken by Maharashtra Government during financial years 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) ifso, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the time by which the of the arrears will be made;
- (c) whether quality standards are strictly adhered to in the State while construc roads under the scheme; and
- (d) ifso, the details thereof?

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

(a)& (b) : Year- wise details of funds released to the State of Maharashtra implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are as under:

(Rs in crore)

| Year     |   Fund released |
|----------|-----------------|
| 2014- 15 |          212.52 |
| 2015- 16 |          553.3  |

(c)& (d) : The payment to Contractors for PMGSY works is made by the State Rural Roa Development Agency (SRRDA), Maharashtra and the Project Implementation Units (PIUs) and not by the Central Government. Rural Roads is a State subject and PMGSY is a one specia l  intervention  of  the  Government  of  India  to  improve  rural  infrastructure construction  of  all  weather  roads  to  eligible  habitations.  The  technical  specifi geometric design standards given in Rural Roads Manual/Hill Road Manual as well as other relevant  specifications  published  by  the  Indian  Road  Congress  (IRC)  have  resul construction of quality roads under PMGSY. The programme guidelines also provide f three  tier  Quality  Control  Mechanism  PMGSY.  1st  tier  is  in - house  quality  cont rol,  by establishment  of  field  labs  to  test  the  quality  of  materials  and  workmanship.  2 independent monitoring of construction quality by State Quality Monitors (SQMs). Th tier is envisaged as an independent monitoring mechanism at the centr al level.  Under this tier,  the  independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs),  are  engaged  for  inspecti roads,  selected  at  random.  Whenever  quality  of  any  road  work  is  graded  as  'Satisfactory Requiring Improvement (SRI)' or 'Unsatisfactory (U)' the St ate Government has to ensure that the contractor replaces the material or rectifies the workmanship (as the ca within a stipulated time period.

Action Taken Reports of the road works graded as Satisfactory Requir Improvement (SRI) and Unsatis factory  (U)  by  the  SQMs  are  monitored  by  the  respective State Governments. Similarly, for road works graded as Satisfactory Requiring Improv (SRI) and Unsatisfactory (U), on the basis of observations of NQMs, Action Taken R are monitored and pro cessed by National Rural Roads Development Agency.

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