Lok Sabha Question No. 245 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 245

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## *245.  DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the progress of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  time  frame  to  speed  up  the  execution  of  rural roads so as to achieve full rural connectivity by March, 2019 and if so, the details thereof along with the total number of habitations covered by all weather roads under PMGSY so far;
- (c) whether  some  of  the  States  are  facing  problems  in  implementing  PMGSY,  if  so,  the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to help those States to overcome the problems and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has launched Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of all rural roads, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said mapping is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)

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

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## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 245 for answer on 04.01.2018

(a) & (b): The progress of implementation of rural roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  (PMGSY)  is  regularly  reviewed  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs), Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings,  Pre-Empowered/Empowered  Committee Meetings  with  the  States  etc.    At  District  level,  the  District  Development  Coordination  and Monitoring Committee  (Disha)  headed  by  a Member  of  Parliament  (LS)  monitors the implementation of various schemes of Government of India including PMGSY.  In addition to this, special review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development  with  Chief  Secretaries  of  the  States.  For  effective  monitoring  of  road  works constructed  under  PMGSY,  an  On-line  Management,  Monitoring  and  Accounting  System (OMMAS) (www.omms.nic.in) has also been developed.  A review meeting was held at the level of Minister of Rural Development with all the States on 15 th  December, 2017.

The Government of India has taken a decision to accelerate execution of PMGSY to substantially complete  the  habitation  connectivity  as  per  the  Core  Network  of  PMGSY  by  March,  2019. Under  PMGSY,  the  number  of  eligible  unconnected  habitations  as  per  the  Core  Network  is 1,78,184,  out  of  which  1,64,547  habitations  have  been  sanctioned  by  the  Ministry  (till November,  2017).  The  States  have  reported  that  1,30,974  habitations    (73.5%)  have  been connected  by  constructing/  upgrading  5,23,172.522  Km  till  November,2017.  The  States  have further reported that about 14,620 habitations, which were part of the original core network of PMGSY,  have  also  been  connected  through  State  Sponsored  Schemes,  bringing  the  total connectivity to 1,45,594, which is 82%. The pace of construction under PMGSY has also been speeded up in the last three years and the average construction reached the level of 130 Km per day during the year 2016-17, which is highest in the last 7 years.

(c) & (d): Reasons for the delay in the implementation of PMGSY in some of the States as reported by them, inter-alia, include:

- i) Inadequate execution and contracting capacity;
2. ii) Less working season and difficult terrain particularly in Hill States;
3. iii) Scarcity of the construction materials;
4. iv) Security concerns particularly in LWE areas, etc.

The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  to  meet  the  above challenges  faced  by  the  States.  The  Ministry  has  engaged  Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings (CPSUs)  in some  of the States to augment execution capacity of the States. The Ministry has also  conducted  number  of  Contractor's  Outreach  Programmes  in  the  States  to  attract  the Contractors  in  the  implementation  of  the  Programme.  Further,  in  order  to  encourage  locally available  materials  and  use  of  green  technologies,    guidelines  were  issued  by  the  Ministry, wherein the State  Governments are required to propose minimum 15% of total length of annual proposals under New technologies such as Cement stabilization, Lime stabilization, Cold mix, Waste  plastics,  Cell  filled  concrete,  Paneled  cement  concrete  pavement,  Fly  ash  etc.  The Ministry is also in constant touch with the State Governments and other stake holders to address the security concerns for smooth implementation of PMGSY.

(e): The Ministry of Rural Development has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), through the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), with the Centre for Development  of  Advance  Computing  (CDAC),  Pune  on  27.10.2015  through  which  all  rural roads  including  roads  under  PMGSY  in  the  country  are  mapped  on  Geographic  Information System  (GIS)  platform.  The  work  of  GIS  has  been  commenced  in  all  the  Districts  in  the  28 States and State-level data has been created on GIS platform in 10 States namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana and Uttarakhand. The soft launch of GIS implementation for the aforesaid States was held on 15.12.2017. The Ministry has advised the remaining States to complete the State-level data on GIS platform by 31.03.2018.