Lok Sabha Question No. 1628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Basic facilities under SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1628

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## BASIC FACILITIES UNDER SAGY

## 1628.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  villages  selected  by  the  Members  of  Parliament  under  Saansad  Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) , State/UTwise;
- (b) whether many of the selected model villages under SAGY were not being provided basic facilities due to practical hurdles and lack of financial involvements; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/being taken by the Government thereon?

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

(a): The details of the Gram Panchayats identified by the Hon'ble Members of Parliament (MPs) under  SAGY,  phase-wise  are  available  on  saanjhi.gov.in  and  can  be  accessed  using  the respective logins of Hon'ble MPs.

(b)  &  (c): Under  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  framework,  the  development  of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through convergence and implementation of existing Government Schemes and Programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries/ Departments without  allocating  additional  funds.  The  Gram  Panchayats  adopted  under  SAGY  through  a participatory  process  under  the  guidance  of  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  prepare  Village Development  Plans  (VDP)  containing  prioritised  time-bound  activities  to  achieve  holistic progress of the village. So far, 1151 Gram Panchayats have uploaded their Village Development Plans  (VDP)  on  the  SAGY  website  (http://saanjhi.gov.in/)  containing  63,517  projects.  Out  of these, implementation of 32,282 (51%) projects has been completed as on 14th December 2018. As per the Panchayat Darpan data uploaded by 690 Gram Panchayats on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana  portal,  remarkable  achievements  have  taken  place  in  many  of  them:  427  Gram Panchayats under SAGY have achieved 100% of Children Immunization (0-6 age group), 252 Gram Panchayats have reported 100% Institutional delivery, 526 Gram Panchayats have 100% of Days Mid Day Meal (MDM) coverage to schools. Similarly, 171 Gram Panchayats reported electricity connection to all Households and 91 Gram Panchayats have safe and secure Housing facility to all Households in the SAGY villages. Likewise, 160 Gram Panchayats have now ePanchayat Service available at Gram Panchayats Office. Many Gram Panchayats have also made efforts in the area of ensuring social and financial security in their respective Gram Panchayats by  enrolling  every  eligible  individual  to  Government  programmes  like  Jan  Dhan  Yojana  (174

Gram Panchayats), Atal Pension Yojana (58 Gram Panchayats), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana  (85  Gram  Panchayats),  RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojna  (70  Gram  Panchayats),  Widow Pension (332 Gram Panchayats), Old Age Pension (323 Gram Panchayats). Also, the following initiatives have been inter alia taken for better implementation of the Scheme:

- The  guidelines  of  as  many  as  26  Central  Schemes  have  been  amended  or  enabled  to accord priority  for  the  SAGY  Gram Panchayats. A compilation of 223  Central Sector/ Centrally  Sponsored  and  1,806  State  Schemes  for  convergence  under  SAGY  for  the benefit of Members of Parliament, District and Village level officials has been prepared.
- Ministry  has  published  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  as  an  indicative  guidance document with the essential information on the existing social security schemes collated from  respective  Ministries  to  enrich  the  knowledge  of  villagers  and  village  level functionaries to achieve 100% enrollment into the social/ financial Security Schemes in SAGY Gram Panchayats.
- The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  has  coordinated  with  other  Central  Ministries/ Departments for ensuring provision of four key basic services viz. power, drinking water, roads and education in all SAGY Gram Panchayats.
- The Ministry organised capacity building exercises for 373 SAGY functionaries from the Phase-II/III Gram Panchayats during April-June 2018 recognising that the implementation of SAGY requires highly motivated and knowledgeable personnel.
- Further, Ministry has met with the representatives of Industry and Professional Associations  linked  with  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  and  oriented  them  on  the opportunities presented by SAGY, Mission Antyodaya and other schemes for converging private  /  corporate  investments  with  the  government  initiatives  for  the  development  of villages.

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