Lok Sabha Question No. 758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 758 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## PMGSY

## 758. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  majority  of  the  work  approved  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) have not been completed due to forest related rules and have been cancelled;
- (b) if so, the details thereof in respect of Narmada and Bharuch district of Gujarat;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide civic amenities like housing and road in tribal areas of the country;
- (d) the action taken/being taken by the Government to relax the rules proving a hindrance in implementation of the said yojana; and
- (e) the outcome thereto?

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

(a)& (b): Since  inception  till  05.02.2019,  out  of  1,77,973  road/bridge  works  sanctioned under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  1,48,963  road/bridge  works  have  been completed. As reported by the States, 277 road works have been dropped so far due to non-issue of forest clearance. In the State of Gujarat, 5 road works have been dropped under PMGSY due to non-issue of forest clearance.

As reported by the State Government of Gujarat, no road works of PMGSY has been dropped due to forest related rules in respect of Narmada and Bharuch district of Gujarat.

(c)to (e): PMGSY  is  an  area  development  programme  and  the  unit  of  programme  is  a habitation.  PMGSY  is  not  an  individual  beneficiary  oriented  scheme  and  target  of  the programme is to connect the eligible habitations with roads constructed under it catering to the access  needs  of  the  entire  population  of  the  target  habitation.  However,  relaxation  has  been provided  to  the  Tribal  (Schedule  V)  areas  and  Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts  (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the erstwhile Planning Commission), and unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in the Core Network as per Census 2001 are eligible for connectivity under the scheme.

The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) aims at providing financial assistance for  construction  of  Pucca  Houses  to  all  Houseless  and  Household  living  in  zero,    one  or  two room kutcha houses with kutcha wall and kutcha roof in the rural areas of the country.

At  the  National  Level,  60%  of  the  target  allocated  to  each  State/Union  Territories  (UTs)  is earmarked  for  Schedule  Caste  (SC)  /  Schedule  Tribe  (ST)  subject  to  availability  of  eligible PMAY-G  beneficiaries  in  the  Permanent  Wait  List  (PWL)  of  PMAY-G.  Within  earmarked targets,  the  proportion  of  SC  and  ST  is  to  be  decided  from  time  to  time  by  the  respective States/UTs. The States/UTs are allowed to interchange targets between SC and ST if there are no eligible  beneficiaries  from  either  of  the  category  and  it  is  certified  as  such.  Household  from Primitive Tribal Groups are automatically included in the universe of eligible beneficiaries under PMAY-G.

Since  inception  till  6 th February,  2019,  1,  45,555  habitations  have  been  provided  connectivity through  all-weather  roads,  including  eligible  habitations  in  the  tribal  areas  of  Country.  Under PMAY-G, 17,28,755 house sanctioned to ST Category have been completed during the  years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19  till date.

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