Lok Sabha Question No. 2547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Aparupa  Poddar, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Ramesh Chand Bind

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2547 ANSWERED ON 02/08/2022

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

2547.   DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR: SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT: SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds raised through various sources for the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), State and district-wise, particularly in Bhadohi, Arambagh, Jalgaon and Palghar;
- (b) whether a Committee has been constituted for the purpose of creating operational guidelines for the yojana and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has faced any challenges in implementing the yojana, and if so, the plans to address the said challenges?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Under the Saansad Adarsh Gram  Yojana framework, development of  Gram Panchayats  is  envisaged  through  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government Schemes and Programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocating additional funds. However, mapping of schemes is carried out through convergence  during  the  preparation  of  Village  Development  Plans  (VDPs).  The  State, district-wise progress of VDPs including those of districts Bhadohi, Arambagh, Jalgaon and Palghar can be seen at www.saanjhi.gov.in. Information on expenditure incurred to carry out the  activities  proposed  under  VDP  under  different  State  and  Central  schemes  are  not maintained centrally in the MIS of the portal since no funds are released for this programme from the Centre.
- (b) : Guidelines for SAGY were released on 11 October 2014, which are available on the webportal (saanjhi.gov.in) of the Scheme.
- (c ) : The  Gram  Panchayats  adopted  under  SAGY  prepare  Village  Development  Plans through a participatory process under the guidance of Hon'ble Members of Parliament. The VDP includes prioritised time-bound activities to achieve holistic and integrated progress of the  village.  As  per  latest  data  on  scheme  portal  (https://saanjhi.gov.in),  the  SAGY  Gram Panchayats have been successful in completing the implementation of 93,083 projects out of the    1,76,135  projects  planned  under  Village  Development  Plans  (VDP).  The  following initiatives have been inter alia taken for better implementation of the Scheme:
- 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.
- The  Ministry  has  brought  out  a  compilation  of  127  Central  Sector  and  Centrally Sponsored  and  1806  State  Schemes  for  convergence  under  SAGY.  This  document serves  as  a  ready  reckoner  especially  for  the  Members  of  Parliament,  District  and Village level officials about the different schemes for possible convergence at the GP level.
- Ministry  has  published  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  as  an  indicative  guidance document  with  the  essential  information  on  the  existing  social  security  schemes collated from respective Ministries to enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level  functionaries  to  achieve  100%  enrollment  into  the  social/  financial  Security Schemes in SAGY Gram Panchayats.
- The  states  have  been  requested  to  conduct  the  State  Level  Empowered  Committee (SLEC) meetings headed by the Chief Secretary to review the implementation process and to ensure seamless  convergence of schemes among different State Government Departments.
- The  Ministry  organised  an  orientation  programme  on  SAGY  for  the  newly  elected MPs of 17 th Lok Sabha.
- The  Ministry  provides  training  on  preparation  of  VDP  and  the  approaches  to convergence  of  schemes  to  the  Charge  Officers  and  other  stakeholders  of  the  state who are coordinating the implementation at the local level and are fully responsible and accountable for the implementation of VDP.
- Capacity building programmes for the State Nodal Officers, State Team of Trainers and Charge Officers of SAGY Gram Panchayats are organized periodically through National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.
- At  the  national  level,  a  separate  web-based  MIS  is  available  at  SAGY  website (http://saanjhi.gov.in). The website has been revamped with more pertinent information related to the scheme for comprehensive view by the public.
- An MP Dashboard has been developed on SAGY website wherein MP centrality is more visible. The Hon'ble MP can log in and check the progress of the selected GP, and  review  it.  The  Hon'ble  MP  can  access  the  MA  score  to  assess  the  progress. Further, the concerns/views given in the comments section by the user from the GP will be visible to the Hon'ble MP, District Collector and Charge officer for necessary action.
- The  parameters  for  dynamic  ranking  of  Gram  Panchayats  have  been  recently developed and placed on the portal so as to instill competition amongst the selected SAGY GPs.
- MoRD has been holding orientation workshops of MP representatives to build their capacities  and  coordinate  better  with  State  Govts  in  implementation  of  SAGY programme.
- The States/UTs have  been requested to direct the officials  concerned to  organize District Level Committee meetings regularly and also to brief the  Hon'ble Members of   Parliament

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