Lok Sabha Question No. 2351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Proposals Received under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .2351

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03 .2017

## PROPOSALS RECEIVED UNDER PMGSY

## 2351. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL :

Will the Minister of RURAL DE VELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether around 163 persons living below poverty line get upgraded to above poverty line with the investment of Rs. 10 lakh in road construction in rural areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of scheme formulated by the Government to link all the settlements having population more than 500 with all - weather roads in the country ,State/UT - wise including Rajasthan;
- (c) the  total  number  of  proposals received  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) from Rajasthan during the last three years; and
- (d) the reasons for delay in initiating work in regard to sanctioned projects?

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

(a)& (b) : The  objective  of    'Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana'  (PMGSY)  is  to provide single, all weather single connectivity to the eligible unconnected habitat rural areas with a population of more than 500 persons and above in Plain areas. In f Special  Category  States  (i.e  Arunachal  Pradesh,    Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizo Nagaland,  Sikkim,  Tripura,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Uttarakhand),  t desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Sched V) areas  and  selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as  identified  by  the  Ministry Affairs and Planning Commission) the objective would be to connect eligible unconn habitations  with  a  population  of  250  persons  and  above.  For  most  intensive  L eft  Wing Extremism  affected    blocks  as  identified  by  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  the  unconn habitations with population 100 and above would be eligible to be covered under PMGS

There  is  enough  empirical  evidence  that  rural  roads  serve  as  entry  point for  poverty alleviation.  A    study  by  the  'International  Food  Policy  Research  Institute'    Washington, USA,  has revealed that an investment of Rs 10 million in roads lifts 1650 person poverty line. The study has also concluded that it also contribute s to growth in total factor productivity in agriculture which in turn helps in keeping consumer prices of foo reasonable. Rural roads act as facilitators to promote sustain agricultural growt basic health, provide access to schools and ec onomic opportunities and thus hold the key to accelerated  poverty  reduction,  socio - economic  transformation,  national  integration  and breaking the isolation of village communities and holistic rural development.

- (c) : Year- wise details of  proposals received and sanctioned under PMGSY  for Rajas are as under.

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| Year     | Proposed    | Proposed        | cleared     | cleared         | Remarks             |
|----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------------|
| Year     | No of works | Cost (In crore) | No of works | Cost (In crore) | Remarks             |
| 2014- 15 | 1406        | 1702.40         | -           | -               | Including proposals |
| 2015- 16 | 1468        | 1617.62         |             |                 |                     |
| 2016- 17 | -           | -               | 1467        | 1611.92         | during 2014 - 15    |

- (d) : Some of the reasons reported by the States for delay in initiating work in sanctioned projects area as under:
- i . Inadequate capacity of the Programme Implementation Units (PIUs).
- ii . Most  of  the  construction  materials  such  as  cement,  steel,  bitumen,  mach personnel   handle machinery etc. are not locally available.
- iii . Lack  of  contracting  capaci ty  as  well  as  non - availability  of  basic  road  making equipment such as road roller, crushing plants, dumper/dipper and trucks.
- iv . Non - availability of land or the land falling under forest areas.
- v. Law and order problem in some parts of the States.

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