Lok Sabha Question No. 1042 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Gramin Agricultural Markets under PMGSY-III
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1042 ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## GRAMIN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS UNDER PMGSY-III

## 1042.   SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the targets and progress made with respect to road connectivity to Gramin Agricultural Markets under Phase III of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), State-wise;
- (b) the benefits realized due to the same; and
- (c) the details of other measures proposed to be taken in order to promote and service a more efficient transaction of the farmers' produce?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)     Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (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.  Against  the  total  target,  91371  km  road  length  has  already  been  sanctioned  and 45,946  km  completed  as  on  08 th December  2022.  The  details  of  the  targets  and  progress under PMGSY-III, State/UT-wise are given at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) The consolidation/upgradation of rural road network would facilitate easy and faster movement  to and from GrAMs,  Higher  Secondary  Schools and Hospitals. Various independent  impact  evaluation  studies  were  carried  out  on  PMGSY  roads.   These  studies have concluded that the scheme has had a positive impact on agriculture, health, education, urbanization  and  employment  generation,  etc.  The  construction/  upgradation  of  PMGSY roads has increased the share of crops transported to markets for sale. Farmers selling food grains traveled farther after the PMGSY roads were built, for better price of their crops.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1042 for 13.12.2022 Targets and progress under PMGSY-III

Road length in Km

|   S.No. | Name of the State/UT   | Target Road length   | Sanctioned   | Road Length completed   |
|---------|------------------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------------------|
|       1 | A&NIslands             | 200                  | 0            | 0                       |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 3,285                | 2,314.38     | 1,430                   |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 1,375                | 0            | 0                       |
|       4 | Assam                  | 4,325                | 3,755.96     | 2,325.97                |
|       5 | Bihar                  | 6,162.50             | 6,000.67     | 132.31                  |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh           | 5,612.50             | 5,605.61     | 5,514.86                |
|       7 | Goa                    | 62.5                 | 0            | 0                       |
|       8 | Gujarat                | 3,012.50             | 3,015.37     | 1,794.93                |
|       9 | Haryana                | 2,500                | 2,496.33     | 1,876.42                |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh       | 3,125                | 440.18       | 0                       |
|      11 | Jammu And Kashmir      | 1,750                | 1,272.43     | 0                       |
|      12 | Jharkhand              | 4,125                | 979.35       | 70.70                   |
|      13 | Karnataka              | 5,612.50             | 5,377.63     | 3,928.61                |
|      14 | Kerala                 | 1,425                | 686.23       | 61.32                   |
|      15 | Ladakh                 | 500                  | 0            | 0                       |
|      16 | Madhya Pradesh         | 12,362.50            | 12,364.56    | 8,865.93                |
|      17 | Maharashtra            | 6,550                | 2,925.92     | 60.09                   |
|      18 | Manipur                | 812.50               | 0            | 0                       |
|      19 | Meghalaya              | 1,225                | 0            | 0                       |
|      20 | Mizoram                | 487.50               | 0            | 0                       |
|      21 | Nagaland               | 562.50               | 0            | 0                       |
|      22 | Odisha                 | 9,400                | 9,400.08     | 3,385.45                |
|      23 | Punjab                 | 3,362.50             | 2,083.99     | 619.98                  |
|      24 | Puducherry             | 125                  | 0            | 0                       |
|      25 | Rajasthan              | 8,662.50             | 6,156.45     | 5,519.06                |

| 26.   | Sikkim        | 287.50    | 0         | 0         |
|-------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 27.   | Tamilnadu     | 7,375     | 4,448.53  | 3,010.25  |
| 28.   | Telangana     | 2,427.50  | 2,395.84  | 1,066.42  |
| 29.   | Tripura       | 775       | 231.64    | 0         |
| 30.   | Uttar Pradesh | 18,937.50 | 18,563.01 | 6,283.53  |
| 31.   | Uttarakhand   | 2,287.50  | 0         | 0         |
| 32.   | West Bengal   | 6,287.50  | 857.25    | 0         |
|       | Total         | 1,25,000  | 91,371.41 | 45,945.83 |