Lok Sabha Question No. 1776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1776

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## PMGSY

## 1776.   SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of proposals received for allocation of funds along with the allocation made under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current year, Statewise;
- (b) the  number of proposals approved by the Government along with the number of those lying pending for the clearance during the said period;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  focus  on  those  villages  where  there  is  urgent requirement of construction of roads and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  expedite  the  construction  of  roads  in  the upcoming months/years; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the current phase of the PMGSY under progress across the country, State-wise including Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh?

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

(a) & (b): The funds under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are released to the State  Governments  for  the  projects  sanctioned;  based  upon  their  absorption  capacity,  balance works  in  hand,  unspent  balance  available,  and  fulfillment  of  criteria  as  per  the  programme guidelines.

State wise details of fund released under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year till 18.12.2018 is given at Annexure-I.

(c): Government of India, recognizing importance of rural road connectivity as a key ingredient in ensuring sustainable poverty reduction, launched PMGSY, as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on 25th December, 2000.  The scheme has the primary objective of providing single All Weather Road Connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations with a population of 500 and  above (as per 2001 census) in plain areas.  In respect of Special Category States (i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, 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 and erstwhile Planning Commission) the objective is to connect eligible unconnected Habitations with a population of 250 persons and above(Census

2001).  For  critical  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  blocks  as  identified  by  Ministry  of Home Affairs the unconnected habitations with population 100 and above (as per 2001 Census) is eligible to be covered under PMGSY scheme. The habitations besides fulfilling the population criteria should be mapped on the core network.

(d):  States  have  been  advised  to  increase  their  execution  and  contracting  capacity  in  order  to compete the sanctioned works before the target period. The target for completion of PMGSY-I aimed  at  providing  all  weather  connectivity  to  eligible  unconnected  habitations  has  been advanced to March, 2019. The progress of implementation of PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings & Pre-Empowered/Empowered Committee Meetings  with  the  States    In  addition  to  this,  special review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States.

(e): The status of progress made in implementation of PMGSY I & II, State-wise upto November 2018 is enclosed at Annexure II.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of para (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1776 for 20.12.2018

(Rs in Crore)

| S.No.   | State             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (up to 18.12.2018) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |    379.2  |    197.59 |     92.37 |                       99.21  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |    375    |    205.92 |    700    |                      449.25  |
| 3       | Assam             |    347.82 |    475.76 |    575.58 |                      887.83  |
| 4       | Bihar             |   2781    |   2958.34 |   1349.31 |                       26.37  |
| 5       | Chattisgarh       |    498    |    449.81 |    338.96 |                      450.25  |
| 6       | Goa               |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0     |
| 7       | Gujarat           |    474.1  |     31.04 |      0    |                        0     |
| 8       | Haryana           |    304.69 |     44.01 |      0    |                        0     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |    268.4  |    396.61 |    399.56 |                      461.75  |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir    |    488    |    755.61 |   1400    |                        6.6   |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |    864.99 |    819.59 |   1122.26 |                       13.22  |
| 12      | Karnataka         |    140.8  |    331.95 |      5    |                        0     |
| 13      | Kerala            |    151    |    179.45 |    169.13 |                       98.522 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |   1122    |   1979.48 |   1294.63 |                      257.14  |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |    553.3  |    606    |    270.59 |                        3.37  |
| 16      | Manipur           |    299.8  |    412.19 |    231.5  |                      293.63  |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |    150.7  |    211.99 |     50.04 |                       97.75  |
| 18      | Mizoram           |     50.9  |     93.36 |    200    |                        0     |
| 19      | Nagaland          |      4    |      8.05 |      8.8  |                       74.8   |
| 20      | Odisha            |   1382.7  |   1925.67 |   2147.8  |                     1244.71  |
| 21      | Punjab            |    221.1  |    275.66 |    339.15 |                        0     |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |    559.9  |    559.41 |   1120.26 |                        0     |
| 23      | Sikkim            |     68.6  |    138.16 |    337    |                      199.4   |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |    205    |    309.58 |    636.39 |                      295.63  |
| 25      | Telangana         |    273.73 |    146.03 |     99.22 |                        0     |
| 26      | Tripura           |    274.83 |    392.27 |    135.38 |                        0     |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |   1110.35 |   1234.87 |    866.81 |                      244.63  |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |    409.19 |    550.2  |    702.21 |                      498.85  |
| 29      | West Bengal       |   1427.58 |    819.18 |   1058.35 |                      548.43  |
|         | Total             |  15186.7  |  16507.8  |  15650.3  |                     6251.36  |

## Annexure referred to in reply of para (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1776 for 20.12.2018

| Sr.No. State Name    | Length of road works cleared (in km)   | Length of road works completed (in km)   |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh     | 15,812.94 13,983.37                    |                                          |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh  | 13,910.94 7,069.00                     |                                          |
| 3 Assam              | 27,358.74 18,799.69                    |                                          |
| 4 Bihar              | 57,180.74                              | 48,844.48                                |
| 5 Chhattisgarh       | 37,785.26 29,186.49                    |                                          |
| Goa                  | 182.74 155.33                          | 6                                        |
| 7 Gujarat            | 12,726.53 12,553.44                    |                                          |
| 8 Haryana            | 5,614.34 5,579.01                      |                                          |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh   | 14,524.27                              | 18,443.24                                |
| 10 Jammu and Kashmir | 19,700.41 9,799.87                     |                                          |
| Jharkhand            | 20,427.52                              | 11 26,155.96                             |
| Karnataka            | 18,600.55 18,569.59                    | 12                                       |
| Kerala               | 3,916.71 3,278.03                      | 13                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 81,112.32 72,278.59                    | 14                                       |
| Maharashtra          | 27,737.01 26,080.90                    | 15                                       |
| Manipur              | 11,361.14 6,464.77                     | 16                                       |
| Meghalaya            | 2,969.01 1,745.61                      | 17                                       |
| Mizoram              | 4,167.98 3,029.31                      | 18                                       |
| Nagaland             | 4,154.45 3,575.77                      | 19                                       |
| 20 Odisha            | 60,983.21 49,000.11                    |                                          |
| 21 Punjab            | 8,280.03 8,173.39                      |                                          |
| 22 Rajasthan         | 69,748.70                              | 66,337.39                                |
| 23 Sikkim            | 4,915.49                               | 3,749.38                                 |
| 24 Tamil Nadu        | 19,311.23                              | 16,470.79                                |
| 25 Tripura           | 4,952.47                               | 4,191.64                                 |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh     | 58,206.29                              | 55,634.10                                |
| 27 Uttarakhand       | 15,609.57                              | 9,950.51                                 |
| 28 West Bengal       | 34,995.09                              | 27,879.87                                |
| 29 Telangana         | 11,641.70 10,178.84                    |                                          |
| TOTAL                | 677,534.79                             | 567,511.07                               |