Lok Sabha Question No. 864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: PMGSY in Naxal Affected 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. 864

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## PMGSY IN NAXAL AFFECTED REGIONS

## 864. 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, Statewise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the quantum of funds allocated and utilized under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year, State-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 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 (Census 2001) in plain  areas.    In  respect  of  North  Eastern  States  (i.e.  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) and Hill States ( i.e. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme),  the  Tribal  (Schedule  V)  areas  and  Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the erstwhile Planning Commission), the objective  is  to  connect  eligible  unconnected  habitations  with  a  population  of  250  persons  and above  (Census  2001).    In  the  critical  267  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  blocks  (as identified by MHA), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above (2001 census).

Under PMGSY, 6430 habitations with 100+ population  in LWE areas have been sanctioned allweather road connectivity. Till 06.02.2019, 2,461 habitations have been provided connectivity as per following details:-

| State Name     | Connected   |
|----------------|-------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 42          |
| Bihar          | 1,022       |
| Chhattisgarh   | 191         |
| Jharkhand      | 453         |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1           |
| Maharashtra    | 1           |
| Odisha         | 653         |
| West Bengal    | 89          |
| Telangana      | 9           |
| Total          | 2,461       |

Further,  the  Government  launched 'Road  Connectivity  project  in  LWE  Affected  Areas (RCPLWEA)' as a separate vertical under PMGSY to provide an all-weather road connectivity with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures in 44 districts (35 are worst LWE affected districts and 09 are adjoining districts), which are critical from security and communication point of view. The current status of implementation of RCPWEA is given at Annexure-I .

- (d): The Quantum of funds allocated/released and utilized under PMGSY during the last three years and the current  year till 4 th February, 2019, State -wise including Telangana is given at Annexure-II.

The  details  of  fund  released  by  the  Government  of  India  and  expenditure  incurred  towards implementation of RCPLWEA is given below:

(Rs in crore)

| State         | Funds (GoI)   | Released   | Expenditure    |
|---------------|---------------|------------|----------------|
| 138.00        |               | 6.77       | Andhra Pradesh |
| Bihar         | 230.8         | 5.41       |                |
| Chhattisgarh  | 161.22        | 14.21      |                |
| Jharkhand     | 246.46        | -          |                |
| Maharashtra   | 57.04         | -          |                |
| Odisha        | 97.09         | -          |                |
| Telangana     | 136.47        | -          |                |
| Madhya        | 13.12         | 12.99      | Pradesh        |
| Uttar Pradesh | 41.31         | 21.55      |                |
| Total         | 1121.5        | 60.93      |                |

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 864 for 07.02.2019

## Status of implementation of RCPLWEA

| S.No.   | State Name     |   No of Roadwork Sanctioned | Road Length Sanctioned (in Km)   |   No of Bridge Work Sanctioned |   No of Road Work Completed |   Road Length Completed (in Km) |
|---------|----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh |                          71 | 609.515                          |                             18 |                           0 |                            7.96 |
| 2       | Bihar          |                          65 | 1,049.844                        |                             41 |                           0 |                            0.5  |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh   |                          41 | 735.375                          |                             22 |                           0 |                           23    |
| 4       | Jharkhand      |                          32 | 645.576                          |                             98 |                           1 |                            2    |
| 5       | Madhya Pradesh |                           2 | 51.400                           |                             10 |                           0 |                            1    |
| 6       | Maharashtra    |                          10 | 165.810                          |                             33 |                           0 |                            0    |
| 7       | Odisha         |                          29 | 388.786                          |                              0 |                           0 |                           10.8  |
| 8       | Telangana      |                          20 | 451.370                          |                             18 |                           0 |                            2    |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh  |                          13 | 254.075                          |                              0 |                           2 |                           23    |
|         | Total          |                         283 | 4,351.751                        |                            240 |                           3 |                           70.26 |

Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 864 for 07.02.2019

(Release and expenditure Rs. in crore)

| S.No.   | State             | 2015-16   | 2015-16      | 2016-17   | 2016-17      | 2017-18   | 2017-18      | 2018-19 (upto 4.02. 2019)   | 2018-19 (upto 4.02. 2019)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | Releases  | Expen diture | Releas es | Expen diture | Releases  | Expendit ure | Releas es                   | Expendit ure                |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 379.20    | 411.53       | 197.59    | 214.54       | 40.00     | 136.25       | 196.96                      | 181.62                      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 375.00    | 390.81       | 205.92    | 339.01       | 700.00    | 384.85       | 889.63                      | 803.01                      |
| 3       | Assam             | 347.82    | 475.2        | 475.76    | 273.75       | 575.58    | 397.76       | 1769.58                     | 1607.38                     |
| 4       | Bihar             | 2781.00   | 1776.87      | 2958.34   | 2830.38      | 1349.31   | 1586.67      | 48.76                       | 1316.05                     |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 498.00    | 759.94       | 449.81    | 313.59       | 338.96    | 722.00       | 661.84                      | 984.67                      |
| 6       | Goa               | 0.00      | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00         | 0.00      | 0.00         | 0.00                        | 0.00                        |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 474.10    | 793.66       | 31.04     | 40.42        | 0.00      | 52.35        | 0.00                        | 23.11                       |
| 8       | Haryana           | 304.69    | 291.81       | 44.01     | 57.65        | 0.00      | 28.89        | 0.00                        | -6.05                       |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 268.40    | 315.88       | 396.61    | 213.38       | 360.17    | 520.82       | 587.25                      | 446.32                      |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 488.00    | 258.39       | 755.61    | -0.11        | 1400.00   | 731.27       | 398.10                      | 911.76                      |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 864.99    | 552.44       | 819.59    | 652.62       | 1087.89   | 1247.88      | 453.85                      | 835.95                      |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 140.80    | 279.4        | 331.95    | 291.81       | 5.00      | 50.30        | 0.56                        | 12.4                        |
| 13      | Kerala            | 151.00    | 160.16       | 179.45    | 223.90       | 169.13    | 205.99       | 100.77                      | 162.06                      |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1122.00   | 1798.39      | 1979.48   | 1393.94      | 1075.08   | 1900.87      | 702.15                      | 1808.41                     |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 553.30    | 622.66       | 606.00    | 578.87       | 270.59    | 381.38       | 3.38                        | 135.12                      |
| 16      | Manipur           | 299.80    | 284.7        | 412.19    | 236.22       | 219.00    | 264.64       | 293.63                      | 198.83                      |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 150.70    | 119.31       | 211.99    | 154.21       | 45.68     | 112.85       | 196.42                      | 107.50                      |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 50.90     | 44.11        | 93.36     | 74.07        | 200.00    | 72.71        | 0.00                        | 107.19                      |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 4.00      | 30.42        | 8.05      | 2.08         | 8.80      | 18.77        | 149.63                      | 58.49                       |
| 20      | Odisha            | 1382.70   | 1857.5       | 1925.67   | 1479.39      | 2038.19   | 2679.84      | 1244.71                     | 2392.48                     |
| 21      | Punjab            | 221.10    | 236.52       | 275.66    | 225.25       | 318.73    | 334.66       | 0.00                        | 178.99                      |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 559.90    | 776.33       | 559.41    | 575.08       | 889.90    | 536.53       | 0.00                        | 758.32                      |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 68.60     | 121.01       | 138.16    | 80.67        | 337.00    | 205.84       | 199.40                      | 185.75                      |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 205.00    | 98.03        | 309.58    | 253.19       | 591.07    | 528.10       | 589.00                      | 735.67                      |
| 25      | Tripura           | 274.83    | 281.45       | 392.3725  | 84.88        | 135.38    | 136.09       | 73.31                       | 89.18                       |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1110.35   | 250.36       | 1234.87   | 900.57       | 866.81    | 1822.71      | 246.22                      | 856.01                      |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 409.19    | 1083.39      | 550.2     | 315.36       | 686.31    | 608.36       | 498.85                      | 474.22                      |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 1427.58   | 455.24       | 819.18    | 753.54       | 1000.00   | 1253.13      | 986.44                      | 1459.96                     |
| 29      | Telangana         | 273.73    | 1259.84      | 146.0255  | 164.31       | 99.22     | 132.66       | 0.00                        | 171.12                      |
|         | Total             | 15186.68  | 15785.35     | 16507.85  | 12722.57     | 14807.79  | 17054.17     | 10290.41                    | 16,996                      |

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