Lok Sabha Question No. 3439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Extending the Scope of PMGSY Scheme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3439 ANSWERED ON 21/03/2023

## EXTENDING THE SCOPE OF PMGSY SCHEME

## 3439.   SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the amount sanctioned by the Government under 3rd phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is fully released across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to initiate the next phase of PMGSY and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government is contemplating to extend the scope of PMGSY for laying of roads to access agricultural lands as the farmers are demanding the same in view of their difficulties, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III was launched in the year 2019 for  consolidation  of  1,25,000  Km  Through  Routes  and  Major  Rural  Links  connecting habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and  Hospitals  at  an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.  80,250  crore.  Against  the  allocated  target  of 1,25,000 Km, a total of 99,319 Km and 1,595 long span bridges (LSBs) have already been sanctioned to 21 States/UTs at an estimated cost of Rs. 70,020.89 crore as on 16th March, 2023,  as  per  the  State/  UT-wise  details  given  in  Annexure.  The State/  UT-wise  details  of proposals approved, alongwith the outlay of the sanctioned projects under PMGSY-III can also  be  accessed  at  Programme  website: www.omms.nic.in  =>  progress  monitoring  => Monthly Progress Reports (MPR)=>MPR1 .  The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.

Central  share  of  PMGSY  funds  is  released  to  the  States  on  the  basis  of  their  proposals received and considering the work in hand, execution capacity and unspent balance available with the States.

(c) & (d) There is no proposal as of now to launch the next phase of PMGSY and to extend the scope of the scheme for laying of roads to access agricultural lands.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3439 due for answer on 21 st March, 2023

## Details of Sanctioned projects under PMGSY-III

| S.No.   | Name of States/ Uts   | No. of roads   | Road Length (in Km)   | No of LSBs   | Value of Project (Rs in Crore)   |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh        | 298            | 2,308.58              | 2            | 1,287.72                         |
| 2       | Assam                 | 584            | 3,755.96              | 56           | 2,681.13                         |
| 3       | Bihar                 | 712            | 6,000.67              | 195          | 5,228.18                         |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh          | 534            | 5,605.61              | 112          | 3,720.16                         |
| 5       | Gujarat               | 304            | 3,015.37              | 0            | 1,749.63                         |
| 6       | Haryana               | 259            | 2,496.33              | 0            | 1,216.01                         |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh      | 45             | 440.18                | 0            | 422.13                           |
| 8       | Jammu And Kashmir     | 155            | 1,272.44              | 0            | 1,357.86                         |
| 9       | Jharkhand             | 444            | 4,085.48              | 143          | 2,937.88                         |
| 10      | Karnataka             | 826            | 5,607.85              | 116          | 3,747.70                         |
| 11      | Kerala                | 143            | 686.23                | 0            | 471.81                           |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh        | 1,077          | 12,364.56             | 606          | 8,938.15                         |
| 13      | Maharashtra           | 842            | 5,477.56              | 0            | 4,217.30                         |
| 14      | Odisha                | 1,408          | 9,400.08              | 149          | 6,135.93                         |
| 15      | Punjab                | 206            | 2,083.99              | 16           | 1,541.19                         |
| 16      | Rajasthan             | 880            | 8,221.76              | 41           | 4,888.26                         |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu            | 1,154          | 4,448.54              | 55           | 2,807.21                         |
| 18      | Tripura               | 32             | 231.64                | 0            | 214.23                           |
| 19      | Uttar Pradesh         | 2,507          | 18,563.01             | 4            | 14,112.78                        |
| 20      | West Bengal           | 144            | 857.26                | 0            | 615.8                            |
| 21      | Telangana             | 356            | 2,395.84              | 100          | 1,729.81                         |
|         | Total                 | 12,910         | 99,318.93             | 1,595        | 70,020.89                        |