Lok Sabha Question No. 175 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mala Roy, Aparajita Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 175

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

## *175.   SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

## SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages/gram panchayats adopted by Members of Parliament (MPs) so far under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the achievements made in these villages;
- (c) the amount spent on the scheme so far;
- (d) the  number  of  Members  of  Parliament  who  have  not  yet  adopted  a  village/gram panchayat under the Yojana;
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to address the sluggish progress under the Yojana; and
- (f) the details of the funds released by the public/private sector companies in Bhubaneswar for the said Yojana?

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

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *175 (15th Position) due for answer on 3rd March 2020

(a) & (d): 1,812 Gram Panchayats have been adopted  by the Hon'ble Members of Parliament for development under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) since launch of the Scheme in October  2014,  as  on  25th  February  2020  as  per  information  available  on  the  programme portal  (http://saanjhi.gov.in).  Some  more GPs  have  been  identified  by Hon'ble MPs  where details have been submitted to the concerned district administrations for verification before uploading  them  on  the  SAGY  portal.  During  the  year  2019-20,  under  SAGY,  as  per  the information available  on  SAGY  portal  (http://saanjhi.gov.in)  as  on  25  February  2020,  481 Hon'ble Members of Parliament of Rajya Sabha and Seventeenth Lok Sabha are expected to give  information  for  adoption  of  Gram  Panchayats.  The  State/UT-wise  number  of  Gram Panchayats identified under SAGY is given in Annexure-I.

- (b): The Gram Panchayats adopted under SAGY prepare Village Development Plans (VDP) through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon'ble Members of Parliament. The VDP includes prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic and integrated development of  the  villages.  Out  of  the  1,812  Gram  Panchayats  identified  under  SAGY,  1,372  Gram Panchayats  have  uploaded  their  VDPs  containing  71,515  projects  on  SAGY  website (http://saanjhi.gov.in) and implementation of 44,590 (62%) projects has been completed as on 25 February 2020.
- (c): Under the SAGY framework, the development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through effective convergence and implementation of existing development Schemes of Government under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocation of any additional fund.
- (e): To facilitate better implementation of the Scheme:
- i. The guidelines of as many as 23 Central Schemes have been amended to accord priority for the SAGY Gram Panchayats.
- ii. A compilation of 223 Central Sector/Centrally Sponsored and 1,806 State Schemes for convergence under SAGY has been prepared and shared with the States/UTs and also uploaded on the Scheme portal (http://saanjhi.gov.in).
- iii. A comprehensive document named 'SAHYOG' with all the essential information on the existing social security Schemes  collated from respective Ministries to  improve awareness of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve 100% enrollment into those Schemes in SAGY Gram Panchayats has been published.
- iv. An  orientation  programme  on  SAGY  for  the  newly  elected  Hon'ble  Members  of Parliament was organised on 3rd December 2019.
- v. More  than  1,300  SAGY  functionaries  including  State  Team  of  Trainers,  State  Nodal Officers, Charge Officers and other stakeholders have been trained in 2019-20.
- vi. Success  stories  under  SAGY  from  133  Gram  Panchayats  of  13  States  have  been documented.
- (f):  As  per  the  information  shared  by  Government  of  Odisha,  Dhauli  Gram  Panchayat  of Bhubaneswar Block has been identified under SAGY and no funds have been spent/released by public/private sector companies in Bhubaneswar for the said SAGY Gram Panchayat so far.

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## Statement referred to in part (a) of reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.175 to be answered on 03.03.2020

State/UT-wise status of identification of Gram Panchayats under SAGY as per data available on SAGY website (http://saanjhi.gov.in) as on 25 February 2020

| Sl   | State/UT                    | No. of SAGY Gram Panchayats   |
|------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1    | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 4                             |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh              | 89                            |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 7                             |
| 4    | Assam                       | 35                            |
| 5    | Bihar                       | 83                            |
| 6    | Chandigarh                  | 2                             |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh                | 55                            |
| 8    | Dadra And Nagar Haveli      | 1                             |
| 9    | Daman And Diu               | 2                             |
| 10   | Delhi                       | 13                            |
| 11   | Goa                         | 5                             |
| 12   | Gujarat                     | 106                           |
| 13   | Haryana                     | 34                            |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh            | 16                            |
| 15   | Jammu And Kashmir           | 15                            |
| 16   | Jharkhand                   | 56                            |
| 17   | Karnataka                   | 72                            |
| 18   | Kerala                      | 107                           |
| 19   | Ladakh                      | 0                             |
| 20   | Lakshadweep                 | 1                             |
| 21   | Madhya Pradesh              | 83                            |
| 22   | Maharashtra                 | 171                           |
| 23   | Manipur                     | 16                            |
| 24   | Meghalaya                   | 7                             |
| 25   | Mizoram                     | 6                             |
| 26   | Nagaland                    | 8                             |
| 27   | Odisha                      | 57                            |
| 28   | Puducherry                  | 2                             |
| 29   | Punjab                      | 36                            |
| 30   | Rajasthan                   | 100                           |
| 31   | Sikkim                      | 8                             |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu                  | 199                           |
| 33   | Telangana                   | 53                            |
| 34   | Tripura                     | 6                             |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh               | 329                           |
| 36   | Uttarakhand                 | 18                            |
| 37   | West Bengal                 | 10                            |
|      | Grand Total                 | 1,812                         |