Lok Sabha Question No. 4458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Coverage under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4458

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## COVERAGE UNDER PMGSY

## 4458.   SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether most of the villages across the country are connected with roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (d) Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-Eastern States, Himalayan States, Himalayan Union Territories, Deserts and Tribal Areas as per 2001 census) in the core network for uplifting the socio-economic  condition  of  the  rural  population.  In  the  critical  Left  Wing  Extremism (LWE) affected blocks (as identified by Ministry of Home Affairs), provision were made to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above (as per 2001 census). The unit of PMGSY programme is a habitation and not a revenue village or panchayat.

Against  1,78,184  eligible  habitations  of  250+  and  500+  population  size  identified  for coverage under the scheme, 16,086 habitations have been provided connectivity by the States out of their own resources and 4,689 habitations have either been dropped or have not been found feasible due to various reasons. Out of the balance 1,57,409 habitations sanctioned for providing  connectivity  under  the  PMGSY,  1,54,676  have  already  been  connected  by  allweather  roads  and  the  balance  2,733  habitations  are  proposed  for  connectivity  by  March, 2022.

Under  100-249  population  category  habitations  in  LWE  areas,  out  of  6,286  habitations sanctioned for providing all-weather road connectivity, 5,565 habitations have been provided all-weather road connectivity and balance 721 habitations are proposed for all-weather road connectivity by March, 2022.

The details of habitations provided connectivity under PMGSY, State/UT-wise are indicated in Annexure.

The progress of implementation of rural roads under PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way

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of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs),  Performance  Review  Committee  (PRC)  Meetings, Pre-Empowered/Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the  States.  At  District  level,  the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) headed by Hon'ble Member of Parliament (LS) monitors the implementation of various schemes of Government of  India  including  PMGSY.   In  addition  to  this,  special  review  meetings/monthly  review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States.

The Ministry of Rural Development has taken following initiatives to ensure completion of the sanctioned PMGSY Projects within the time-line prescribed in the programme guidelines:

-  The  Operational  Manual  of  the  PMGSY  has  been  amended  to  ensure  that  all  works sanctioned under scheme commence on ground within 72 days from the date of sanction.
-  States have been requested to augment executing capacity and contracting capacity and their compliance in this regards is regularly reviewed.
-  Bidding document provisions have been rationalized.
-  Training is imparted to field engineers and contractors as well as their staff for capacity building.
-  Ministry has engaged Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) in some of the States to augment execution capacity of the States.
-  The Ministry  has  also  conducted  number  of  Contractor's  Outreach  Programmes  in  the States to attract the Contractors in the implementation of the programme.
-  In  order  to  encourage  use  of    locally  available  materials  and  green  technologies, guidelines were issued by the Ministry, wherein the State Governments are required to propose minimum 15% of total length of annual proposals under New technologies such as Cement stabilization, Lime stabilization, Cold mix, Waste plastics, Cell filled concrete, Paneled cement concrete pavement, Fly ash etc.
-  Use of Information Technology for real time monitoring of the progress of works

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## Annexure

## State-wise details of eligible habitations connected and balance to be connected by allweather roads

| Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4458 for 23.03.2021   | Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4458 for 23.03.2021   | Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4458 for 23.03.2021   | Annexure referred to in reply to part(a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4458 for 23.03.2021   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                  | State(s)/UTs                                                                                             | Habitation category 250+ &500+                                                                           | Habitation category 100-249                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                        | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                                              | 6                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                           | 1,215                                                                                                    | 139                                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                        | 527                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                    | 13,496                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                    | 29,310                                                                                                   | 1,341                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                             | 9,488                                                                                                    | 887                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                  | 3,048                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 2,405                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                       | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                        | 1,921                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                                                | 9,544                                                                                                    | 1,396                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                | 296                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                       | Kerala                                                                                                   | 402                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | 17,484                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                              | 1,335                                                                                                    | 46                                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                                       | Manipur                                                                                                  | 590                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                | 383                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                                                  | 220                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                                 | 95                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                       | Odisha                                                                                                   | 15,180                                                                                                   | 1,508                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                   | 389                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                | 15,981                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                                   | 330                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                                       | Tamilnadu                                                                                                | 1,985                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                  | 1,936                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | 11,748                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                                              | 1,625                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                              | 13,076                                                                                                   | 138                                                                                                      |
| 30                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                | 595                                                                                                      | 107                                                                                                      |
| 31                                                                                                       | Ladakh                                                                                                   | 64                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                        |
| Total                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                    | 1,54,676                                                                                                 | 5,565                                                                                                    |