Lok Sabha Question No. 1497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Funding of SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1497

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2020

## FUNDING OF SAGY

## 1497.   MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  and  amount  of  funds  raised  through  various  sources  for  the  Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY);
- (b) whether  a  Committee  has  been  constituted  for  the  purpose  of  creating  operational guidelines for the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has faced any challenges in implementing the scheme, and if so, the plans to address the said challenges?

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

(a): Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana framework, development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged  through  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government  Schemes  and Programmes  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  Ministries  without  allocating additional  funds.  No  fund  is  raised,  however,  mapping  of  schemes  is  carried  out  through convergence during the preparation of Village Development Plans (VDPs).

(b):  Guidelines  for  SAGY  were  released  on  11  October  2014,  which  are  available  on  the webportal (saanjhi.gov.in) of the Scheme.

(c): 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 progress of the  village.  Out  of  the  1,768  Gram  Panchayats  identified  under  SAGY,  1,354  Gram Panchayats have uploaded their VDPs containing 71,030 projects, as per data available on SAGY website (saanjhi.gov.in) as on 05 February 2020 and implementation of 44,272(62%) projects has been completed. The following initiatives have been inter alia taken for better implementation of the Scheme:

- The  guidelines  of  as  many  as  23  Central  Schemes  have  been  amended  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 and shared with the States/UTs and also uploaded on the  scheme portal(saanjhi.gov.in).
- 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.
- An  orientation  programme  on  SAGY  for  the  newly  elected  Hon'ble  MPs  was organised on 3 December 2019.
- o 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.