Lok Sabha Question No. 1481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Implementation of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Jayant Sinha, Khan Saumitra, Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1481 ANSWERED ON 07/12/2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PMGSY

## 1481.   SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of lengths of roads constructed since inception under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak  Yojna  (PMGSY)  along  with  the  targets  set  in  the  country,  year,  State  and district-wise particularly in  Hazaribagh  and  Ramgarh districts  of  Jharkhand and  the State of West Bengal and Maharashtra;
- (b) the  criteria  for  selection  of  roads  and  whether  the  recommendations  letter  received from the Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) is a criteria  for  construction of roads under such Yojana;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has any scrutiny procedure and whether the sanctioned roads have completed properly, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the total cost incurred, including maintenance cost, year-wise as of date; and
- (f) whether all the roads have been constructed/are being constructed as per the norms laid out in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)        A total of 6,79,298 Km road length has been constructed under various interventions of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) as on 2 nd December, 2021. The details of road length constructed state-wise, district-wise and year-wise under various interventions of PMGSY  can  be  accessed  at  the  website omms.nic.in->progress  monitoring->Financial Yearwise  Achievement .  The  state/UT-wise  and  year-wise  targets  set  for  construction  of roads under PMGSY are given in Annexure .

(b)  &  (c)  Under  PMGSY-I,  which  envisages  all-weather  road  connectivity  to  eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size as per Census 2001, roads connecting the targeted habitations were taken up for sanction under the new connectivity component. Under up-gradation component, intermediate link roads, which were not upto the standards of all-weather roads, were taken up for upgradation to the prescribed standards.

Under  PMGSY-II,  which  envisages  upgradation   of  the  existing  rural  road  network  to improve its overall efficiency as a provider of transportation services for people, goods and services, the selection of roads in a particular district/block has been done by the States/UTs based  on  the  utility  value  of  the  eligible  roads  computed  on  the  basis  of  their  economic potential and their role in facilitating the growth of rural market centres and rural hubs.

Under  Road Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Affected  Areas  (RCPLWEA), which  was  launched  with  the  twin  objectives  of  enabling  smooth  and  seamless  anti-LWE operations by the security forces and also ensuring socio-economic development of the area, the  selection  of  projects  is  done  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  in  consultation  with  the states and security forces.

Under PMGSY-III, which envisages consolidation of existing Through routes and major rural links  connecting  habitations,  inter-alia,  to  Gramin  Agricultural  Markets,  Higher  Secondary Schools  and  Hospitals,  the  selection  of  roads  in  a  particular  district/block  is  done  by  the States/UTs  based  on  the  utility  value  of  the  eligible  roads  computed  on  the  basis  of  the population served by the road and market, educational, medical and transport infrastructure facilities connected by the concerned road.

The PMGSY has inbuilt mechanism for consultation with public representatives at planning, selection  of  roads  and monitoring stages.  As  per the  programme  guidelines,  the  proposals received  from  the  Members  of  Parliament  with  regard  to  selection  of  roads  are  given  full consideration and such proposals that cannot be included are communicated in writing to the Members of Parliament with reasons for non-inclusion of such proposal in each case. In order to ensure that the State Government give due attention towards provisions of the programme guidelines while submitting the proposals to the Ministry of Rural Development for sanction, the Ministry has issued an advisory to the States on 2 nd June, 2020. The State Governments have  been  advised, inter-alia , to  communicate  the  final  list  of  proposals  in  the  order  of priority to the Member of Parliament with the reasons for non-inclusion of certain roads in the proposals and obtain their consent on the proposals sent for approval.

(d)       There is a detailed process and procedure laid down in the programme guidelines for scrutiny and subsequent sanction of projects proposals under PMGSY. The State Technical Agencies  (STAs)  scrutinize  the  project  proposals  prepared  by  the  State  Governments  and provide  technical  support  to  them.  Ministry  has  also  identified  reputed  Technical  and Research Institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as Principal Technical Agency (PTAs) for various groups of States, which scrutinize at least 10% of the proposals. Once the proposals are received from the State, National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency  (NRIDA),  which  has  been  set-up  by  the  Ministry  to  provide  operational  and management support to the programme, further scrutinizes at DPRs on a sample basis. The states  are  required to  modify  the  project  reports  based  on  the  technical observations  of  the STA/ PTA/ NRIDA.

The  proposals  are  then  submitted  for  scrutiny  in  a  Pre-Empowered  Committee  Meeting chaired by the Joint Secretary & Director General, NRIDA. Thereafter, the proposal is placed before the Empowered Committee chaired by the Secretary, Department of Rural Development.  The  recommendations  of  the  Empowered  Committee  are  submitted  to  the Minister of Rural Development and in case the proposals meet the programme requirements, the same are sanctioned.

There is a three-tiered Quality Control mechanism for ensuring construction of quality road works  and  durability  of  road  assets  under  PMGSY.   Under  the  first  tier,  the  Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) are required to ensure process control through mandatory tests on material and workmanship at field laboratory.  The second tier is a structured independent quality monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs) to ensure that every work is inspected at initial stage, middle stage and final stage of construction.  Under the third tier, independent National Quality Monitors (NQMs) are deployed by NRIDA for random inspection of road and bridge works to monitor quality and also to provide guidance to the field functionaries.

(e)       As per PMGSY guidelines, maintenance of roads constructed under the programe is the responsibility of the State Governments and all road works are covered by initial five year maintenance contracts to be entered into along with the construction contract, with the same contractor, as per the Standard Bidding Document. Maintenance funds to service the contract are required to be budgeted by the State Governments and placed at the disposal of the State Rural  Roads  Development  Agencies  (SRRDAs)  in  a  separate  maintenance  account.  On expiry of the 5 year post construction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5 year maintenance including renewal as per maintenance cycle, from time to time, which are also financed by the state governments.

The  details  of  cost  incurred  towards  implementation  of  the  scheme,  year-wise  can  be accessed at omms.nic.in->progress  monitoring->  Fund  Position Report  Live. The expenditure  incurred  by  the  states  towards  maintenance  of  the  roads  can  be  accessed  at omms.nic.in->EXPENDITURE ON DLP MAINTENANCE.

(f)        Rural  roads  under  PMGSY  are  constructed  and  maintained   as  per  the  technical specifications and  geometric design standards given in the Ministry of Rural Development Specifications  for  Rural  Roads,  Rural  Roads  Manual  of  the  Indian  Roads  Congress  (IRC) (IRC-SP:20) and also, where required, the Hill Road Manual (IRC:SP:48) and other relevant IRC Codes & Manuals.

There  is  a  quality  control  mechanism  as  explained  in  part  (d)  of  the  reply  to  ensure construction as per norms. Every road is required to undergo quality control checks both by the PIU and the State Quality Monitor, while on a sample basis, NQMs examine the quality of  the  construction  of  the   work.  Wherever  a  work  is  reported  as  deficient  by  Quality Monitors remedial action is taken for rectification of those defects.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1481 for 07.12.2021

## Year-wise and State-wise target for construction of roads under PMGSY

| Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             | Target Length (in km)                                                                             |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                                              | Name of State/UT                                                                                  | 2009-10                                                                                           | 2010- 11                                                                                          | 2011- 12                                                                                          | 2012- 13                                                                                          | 2013- 14                                                                                          | 2014- 15                                                                                          | 2015- 16                                                                                          | 2016- 17                                                                                          | 2017- 18                                                                                          | 2018- 19                                                                                          | 2019- 20                                                                                          | 2020- 21                                                                                          | 2021- 22                                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                                 | A&N Islands                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 36                                                                                                | 85                                                                                                | 189                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                    | 2980                                                                                              | 2150                                                                                              | 1189                                                                                              | 400                                                                                               | 475                                                                                               | 514                                                                                               | 600                                                                                               | 1350                                                                                              | 500                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 800                                                                                               | 1293                                                                                              | 2145                                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                 | 500                                                                                               | 178                                                                                               | 196                                                                                               | 325                                                                                               | 340                                                                                               | 450                                                                                               | 511                                                                                               | 650                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              | 1400                                                                                              | 3500                                                                                              | 2253                                                                                              | 2910                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                             | 2585                                                                                              | 2008                                                                                              | 1224                                                                                              | 1175                                                                                              | 650                                                                                               | 720                                                                                               | 810                                                                                               | 750                                                                                               | 2000                                                                                              | 5000                                                                                              | 5230                                                                                              | 2874                                                                                              | 2200                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                             | 5200                                                                                              | 4644                                                                                              | 6000                                                                                              | 6420                                                                                              | 3840                                                                                              | 2,900                                                                                             | 4000                                                                                              | 6540                                                                                              | 5600                                                                                              | 5000                                                                                              | 4300                                                                                              | 3224                                                                                              | 3200                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                      | 3500                                                                                              | 906                                                                                               | 1500                                                                                              | 2370                                                                                              | 1900                                                                                              | 620                                                                                               | 1950                                                                                              | 2750                                                                                              | 1600                                                                                              | 3800                                                                                              | 2500                                                                                              | 4463                                                                                              | 3600                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                           | 1500                                                                                              | 596                                                                                               | 425                                                                                               | 140                                                                                               | 200                                                                                               | 990                                                                                               | 2000                                                                                              | 400                                                                                               | 50                                                                                                | 50                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                 | 200                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                           | 700                                                                                               | 200                                                                                               | 292                                                                                               | 30                                                                                                | 30                                                                                                | 355                                                                                               | 390                                                                                               | 52                                                                                                | 50                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 200                                                                                               | 900                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                  | 1500                                                                                              | 693                                                                                               | 750                                                                                               | 980                                                                                               | 550                                                                                               | 260                                                                                               | 650                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 1700                                                                                              | 2400                                                                                              | 3015                                                                                              | 2500                                                                                              | 3578                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                 | 1450                                                                                              | 367                                                                                               | 750                                                                                               | 1335                                                                                              | 1285                                                                                              | 750                                                                                               | 975                                                                                               | 1050                                                                                              | 1800                                                                                              | 2800                                                                                              | 3000                                                                                              | 3500                                                                                              | 4841                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                         | 1950                                                                                              | 1482                                                                                              | 1005                                                                                              | 2010                                                                                              | 1880                                                                                              | 703                                                                                               | 1340                                                                                              | 3000                                                                                              | 4500                                                                                              | 5000                                                                                              | 2700                                                                                              | 2300                                                                                              | 2000                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                         | 2600                                                                                              | 1000                                                                                              | 1204                                                                                              | 205                                                                                               | 90                                                                                                | 650                                                                                               | 715                                                                                               | 800                                                                                               | 66                                                                                                | 12                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                 | 1000                                                                                              | 2500                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                            | 300                                                                                               | 156                                                                                               | 446                                                                                               | 390                                                                                               | 240                                                                                               | 348                                                                                               | 310                                                                                               | 430                                                                                               | 434                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 266                                                                                               | 290                                                                                               | 300                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                    | 8000                                                                                              | 4488                                                                                              | 3719                                                                                              | 2760                                                                                              | 3350                                                                                              | 2,100                                                                                             | 4433                                                                                              | 6200                                                                                              | 5200                                                                                              | 4500                                                                                              | 2400                                                                                              | 2550                                                                                              | 4000                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                       | 2950                                                                                              | 1292                                                                                              | 1700                                                                                              | 680                                                                                               | 440                                                                                               | 550                                                                                               | 780                                                                                               | 1900                                                                                              | 900                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 220                                                                                               | 1400                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                           | 200                                                                                               | 335                                                                                               | 150                                                                                               | 60                                                                                                | 160                                                                                               | 236                                                                                               | 390                                                                                               | 790                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              | 900                                                                                               | 2000                                                                                              | 1000                                                                                              | 2918                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                         | 100                                                                                               | 64                                                                                                | 100                                                                                               | 60                                                                                                | 40                                                                                                | 105                                                                                               | 130                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 450                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              | 1000                                                                                              | 1845                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                           | 200                                                                                               | 150                                                                                               | 100                                                                                               | 120                                                                                               | 50                                                                                                | 115                                                                                               | 104                                                                                               | 200                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 600                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 753                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                          | 150                                                                                               | 150                                                                                               | 200                                                                                               | 310                                                                                               | 190                                                                                               | 160                                                                                               | 175                                                                                               | 150                                                                                               | 50                                                                                                | 200                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 200                                                                                               | 461                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                            | 2980                                                                                              | 3800                                                                                              | 2400                                                                                              | 4170                                                                                              | 3460                                                                                              | 2,400                                                                                             | 3055                                                                                              | 6200                                                                                              | 7000                                                                                              | 8000                                                                                              | 8200                                                                                              | 3685                                                                                              | 2700                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                                | Pondicherry (UT)                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 106                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                            | 365                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 593                                                                                               | 165                                                                                               | 340                                                                                               | 650                                                                                               | 650                                                                                               | 450                                                                                               | 950                                                                                               | 275                                                                                               | 50                                                                                                | 25                                                                                                | 900                                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                                         | 3750                                                                                              | 1700                                                                                              | 400                                                                                               | 1975                                                                                              | 1580                                                                                              | 1,550                                                                                             | 2600                                                                                              | 3000                                                                                              | 3200                                                                                              | 2600                                                                                              | 150                                                                                               | 2200                                                                                              | 2200                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                                            | 300                                                                                               | 147                                                                                               | 154                                                                                               | 270                                                                                               | 175                                                                                               | 100                                                                                               | 156                                                                                               | 150                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              | 800                                                                                               | 153                                                                                               | 678                                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                                | Tamilnadu                                                                                         | 1170                                                                                              | 1020                                                                                              | 1058                                                                                              | 80                                                                                                | 685                                                                                               | 379                                                                                               | 1200                                                                                              | 800                                                                                               | 1500                                                                                              | 2000                                                                                              | 1500                                                                                              | 844                                                                                               | 2000                                                                                              |
| 27                                                                                                | Tripura                                                                                           | 800                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 314                                                                                               | 340                                                                                               | 170                                                                                               | 250                                                                                               | 250                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 650                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 450                                                                                               | 250                                                                                               | 544                                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                     | 6850                                                                                              | 3207                                                                                              | 3000                                                                                              | 1230                                                                                              | 2320                                                                                              | 1,445                                                                                             | 2500                                                                                              | 3900                                                                                              | 4500                                                                                              | 1950                                                                                              | 1000                                                                                              | 1700                                                                                              | 5000                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                       | 700                                                                                               | 320                                                                                               | 350                                                                                               | 560                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 625                                                                                               | 900                                                                                               | 1000                                                                                              | 1500                                                                                              | 2510                                                                                              | 2500                                                                                              | 3800                                                                                              | 3625                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                       | 1720                                                                                              | 2137                                                                                              | 1347                                                                                              | 1440                                                                                              | 2010                                                                                              | 1,850                                                                                             | 1750                                                                                              | 4100                                                                                              | 3500                                                                                              | 5000                                                                                              | 2600                                                                                              | 3000                                                                                              | 1500                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                                | Telangana                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                 | 325                                                                                               | 900                                                                                               | 400                                                                                               | 500                                                                                               | 600                                                                                               | 770                                                                                               | 1300                                                                                              |
| Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 | Total: 55,000 34,090 30,566 30,000 26,950 21,775 33,649 48,812 51,000 57,700 50,097 46,164 61,703 |

Note: -Details of targets set prior to year 2009-10 are not available

## Annexure