Lok Sabha Question No. 2583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Implementation of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2583 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMGSY

## 2583.   SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  any  new  guidelines  or  proposal  to  implement  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government directly involves with local Member of Parliament to develop local rural roads; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)&(b): The Union Finance Minister in his Budget Speech for the year 2018-19 announced that  'Task  of  connecting  all  eligible  habitations  with  an  all-weather  road  has  been  substantially completed, with the target date brought forward to March,2019 from March 2022. It is now time to strengthen  and  widen  its  ambit  further  to  include  major  link  routes  which  connect  habitations  to agricultural  and  rural  markets  (GrAMs),higher  secondary  schools  and  hospitals.  Prime  Minister Gram Sadak Yojana Phase-III will include such linkages'. The Ministry of Rural Development has accordingly moved a proposal for approval of the competent authority.

(c)&(d): As per the programme guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the  priorities  of  elected  representatives  including  Members  of  Parliament  (MPs)  and  Members  of Legislative Assemblies are expected to be duly taken into account and give full consideration while finalizing  District  Rural  Roads  Plan  (DRRP)  and  Core  Network  (CN).  The  PMGSY  guidelines stipulate that a copy of the Comprehensive New Connectivity Priority List (CNCPL)/Comprehensive Upgradation  Priority  List  (CUPL)  are  to  be  sent  to  the  concerned  Member  of  Parliament  by  the Programme Implementing Units (PIUs) seeking their suggestions for the annual proposals and the MPs are to be provided at least 15 days time to submit their suggestions. The Programme guidelines further stipulate that the proposal of the Hon'ble Member of Parliament is required to be given fully consideration in the District Panchayat during the finalization of  annual proposals under PMGSY. In this  regard,  the  Members  of  Lok  Sabha  are  to  be  consulted  in  respect  of  their  Parliamentary constituencies and Members of Parliament from Rajya Sabha are to be consulted in respect of the District  of  the  State  they  represent,  for  which  they  have  been  nominated  as  co-Chairman  of  the District Vigilance & Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Rural Development.

The Ministry of Rural Development has time and again advised all the State Governments to strictly comply with the relevant provisions stipulated in the programme guidelines on the role of Member of Parliament and other elected representatives in planning and implementation of PMGSY works.

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