Lok Sabha Question No. 1482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: MPLADS funds for SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1482 ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021

## MPLADS FUNDS FOR SAGY

## 1482.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether expenditure for the development of villages adopted by Members of Parliament under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) can be made only from MPLADS funds?
- (b) if so, whether these adopted villages have been rendered orphan on account of stoppage of MPLADS funds by the Government;
- (c) whether the Government would consider to provide funds for development of these villages from any head other than MPLADS funds so that development of these villages can further take place; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government for all round development in these villages under the scheme after emergence of new scenario?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  As  per  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  Guidelines,  the  resource envelope  for  the  development  of  Gram  Panchayats  may  include  resources  from  fully  tied Central/State  schemes  such  as  PMAY-G,  PMGSY,  etc;  partially  tied  schemes  that  permit flexibility of use such as Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, NRLM, etc; largely untied schemes that permit  a  great  deal  of  flexibility  such  as  Member  of  Parliament  Local  Area  Development Scheme (MPLADS), purely untied resources of the Gram Panchayat such as own revenue, resources that can be mobilised locally in cash, kind and labour, and resources from private, voluntary and cooperative sectors such as CSR funds. It is suggested in the Guidelines that the critical gaps in the development plan for the Gram Panchayat may be filled by resources from MPLADS among other measures.

The  Govt.  has  approved  the  restoration  and  continuation  of  Member  of  Parliament  Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) during the remaining part of Financial Year 2021-22 and up to Financial Year 2025-26 co-terminus with the period of 15th Finance Commission recently.  Further,  under  the  SAGY  Framework  of  Guidelines,  the  development  of  Gram Panchayats  is  envisaged  through  effective  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing development  schemes  of Government  under  the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocation of any additional fund.

( d): The steps taken by the Government for all round development in these villages under the scheme after emergence of new scenario are placed in the annexure.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  point  (d)  of  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  No.1482 scheduled for answer on 7th December 2021

The steps taken by the Government for all round development in these villages under the scheme after emergence of new scenario:

- i. The National Level Committee meeting headed by the Secretary, Rural Development has  been  conducted  wherein  all  the  20  members  Ministries/Departments  have  been requested to issue necessary advisories and to advise the State Government to arrange to  complete  the  pending  VDP  activities  that  are  mapped  with  their  respective schemes/programmes and also to saturate all the major programmes/schemes in the SAGY GPs on priority.
- ii. The  Ministry  has  organised  capacity  building  exercises  for  State  Nodal  Officers, Charge  Officers  and  other  stakeholders  through  webinars.  Around  1000  SAGY functionaries have been trained on participative planning, drafting Village Development  Plans,  Zero  Cost  Development,  COVID-19  response  and  alternative livelihoods  for  rural  areas,  and  hands-on  training  on  the  Management  Information System of SAGY.
- iii. 26  Schemes  of  17  Ministries  of  Government  of  India  have  been  amended  / appropriate  advisories  have  been  issued  to  accord  priority  to  SAGY  in  respective schemes for ensuring convergence
- iv. The States/UTs were requested to take up permitted mitigatory activities in the SAGY Gram  Panchayats  under  the  leadership  of  Hon'ble  MPs,  MLAs  and  other  public representatives  while  strictly  adhering  to  the  lock-down  instructions.  Also,  the leadership  qualities  of  public  representatives  may  be  leveraged  to  raise  awareness about social distancing, sanitization, use of Arogya Setu App, development of health facilities etc.
- v. To reboot rural economy an advisory has been issued that the Village Development Plans of the SAGY Gram Panchayats, if needed, may be recast in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and its socio-economic fallout.
- vi. At the national level, a separate web-based MIS is available at SAGY website. The website has been revamped with more pertinent information related to the scheme for comprehensive  view  by  the  public.  The  website  contains  detailed  information, extensive reports, graphs and maps on the progress of the scheme. Also, the portal is linked  with  Mission  Antyodaya  website  wherein  the  status  of  each  of  the  adopted SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  with  respect  to  infrastructure  facility  and  public  service delivery  along  with  ranking  and  gap  is  available  to  aid  the  SAGY  GPs  to  prepare comprehensive Village Development Plan by using the  information available in the revamped portal for the holistic development of the GPs.
- vii. The  MP  dashboard  has  been  recently  developed  and  has  been  linked  with  e  Gram swaraj  dashboard  of  Ministry  of  Panchayat  Raj  and  GP  wise  status  of  Gram Panchayat Development Plan and the GP profile are visible.
- viii. The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is reviewed periodically by the Ministry of  Rural  Development,  which  include  review  by  the  Hon'ble  Minister  of  Rural Development, Performance Review Committee, Common Review Missions, National Level Monitors, Concurrent Monitoring and Impact Assessment studies.

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