Lok Sabha Question No. 2209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Villages connected under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Subrata Pathak, Khagen Murmu, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2209

ANSWERED ON 14/03/2023

## VILLAGES CONNECTED UNDER PMGSY

## 2209.   SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of villages with population of 250 or more that have been connected by road so far and the number of villages yet to be connected by road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether any time limit and target has been fixed to connect the remaining villages by road and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total funds released and utilized by the Government for the said purpose during the year 2021-22, State and UT-Wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  unit  for  connectivity  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY-I)  is 'Habitation'  and  not  a  Revenue  Village  or  Gram  Panchayat.  As  reported  by  the  State Governments/UTs,  a  total  of  1,56,399  habitations  of  population  size  250+  &  500+  as  per census,  2001  have  been  connected  under  PMGSY-I  as  on  9 th March,  2023  and  883 habitations are yet to be connected as per State/UT-wise details given in Annexure-I.
- (b) All projects under PMGSY-I & II were targeted for completion by September 2022. The time-line for completion of projects under RCPLWEA is March 2023. The implementation period of PMGSY-III is upto March, 2025.
- (c) The details of Central funds released, total funds available with the States and utilization (including  State  share)  for  construction  of  roads  under  PMGSY  during  the  year  2021-22, State/UT-wise  are given at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure  referred  to  in  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2209  for 14.03.2023

## Details  of  State-wise  habitations  connected  and  yet  to  be  connected  under  PMGSY (250+ & 500+ population habitations) as on 9 th March, 2023

| Sl. No.   | State /UT                | Total connected habitations   |   Balance habitations to be connected |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 6                             |                                     1 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 1,224                         |                                    10 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 594                           |                                    47 |
| 4         | Assam                    | 13,707                        |                                    14 |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 29,783                        |                                   233 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh             | 9587                          |                                   149 |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 3,048                         |                                     0 |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 1                             |                                     0 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 2,510                         |                                    53 |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir        | 2,096                         |                                    45 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                | 9,541                         |                                     0 |
| 12        | Karnataka                | 296                           |                                     0 |
| 13        | Kerala                   | 402                           |                                     2 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           | 17,517                        |                                    12 |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 1,340                         |                                     7 |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 616                           |                                    36 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                | 489                           |                                   113 |
| 18        | Mizoram                  | 231                           |                                     1 |
| 19        | Nagaland                 | 98                            |                                    11 |
| 20        | Odisha                   | 15,304                        |                                    23 |
| 21        | Punjab                   | 389                           |                                     0 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                | 15,976                        |                                     0 |
| 23        | Sikkim                   | 346                           |                                     4 |
| 24        | Tamilnadu                | 1,985                         |                                     0 |
| 25        | Tripura                  | 1,965                         |                                    40 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh            | 11,748                        |                                     1 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              | 1,834                         |                                    32 |
| 28        | West Bengal              | 13,107                        |                                    48 |
| 29        | Telangana                | 595                           |                                     0 |
| 30        | Ladakh                   | 64                            |                                     1 |
| Total     | Total                    | 1,56,399                      |                                   883 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2209 for 14.03.2023

## State/UT-wise Central funds released and utilized (including State share) for construction of roads under PMGSY during 2021-22

Rs. in crores

| Sl. No   | State/ UT         |   Opening balance as on 1.04.2021 |   Release of Central Fund during 2021-22 | Total funds available including Security Deposits   |   Expenditure incurred including State share during 2021-22 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar  |                              1.86 |                                     9.22 | 12.17                                               |                                                        5.45 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                            330.43 |                                    50    | 697.96                                              |                                                      508.86 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                            386.16 |                                  1090.6  | 1,598.95                                            |                                                     1279.07 |
| 4        | Assam             |                           1287.73 |                                  1591.5  | 3,659.42                                            |                                                     2488.03 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                           2958.91 |                                   374.99 | 3,866.26                                            |                                                     1993.13 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                           1061.23 |                                   394.41 | 2,541.66                                            |                                                     1902.34 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |                             71.89 |                                   195.5  | 404.35                                              |                                                      400.16 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                             75.34 |                                   353.23 | 568.14                                              |                                                      583.12 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                            768.68 |                                   517.45 | 1,522.54                                            |                                                      933.22 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                            704.99 |                                  1328.34 | 2,470.91                                            |                                                     1485.28 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                           1584.9  |                                     0    | 1,729.5                                             |                                                      598.44 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |                            303.63 |                                   704.25 | 1,515.19                                            |                                                     1499.18 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                            200.39 |                                     0    | 209.44                                              |                                                       46.91 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |                           1102.11 |                                  1392.13 | 3,747.07                                            |                                                     2419.14 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |                            779.18 |                                     0    | 846.96                                              |                                                      376.73 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                             18.64 |                                   742    | 860.83                                              |                                                      710.58 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                            240.02 |                                   483.92 | 681.14                                              |                                                      536.92 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                              2.91 |                                    74.34 | 288.37                                              |                                                      332.86 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |                             31.85 |                                   145.31 | 221.60                                              |                                                      125.83 |
| 20       | Odisha            |                           2475.93 |                                   404.11 | 3,280.7                                             |                                                     1795.5  |
| 21       | Punjab            |                              3.09 |                                    68.59 | 351.93                                              |                                                      295.14 |
| 22       | Puducherry        |                              0    |                                    11.65 | 11.65                                               |                                                        0    |
| 23       | Rajasthan         |                            149.49 |                                   917.5  | 1,635.21                                            |                                                     1452.62 |
| 24       | Sikkim            |                            110.47 |                                   107.28 | 245.37                                              |                                                      177.89 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        |                            603.34 |                                   440    | 1,365.58                                            |                                                     1169.56 |
| 26       | Telangana         |                            126.78 |                                    86.37 | 454.71                                              |                                                      410.8  |
| 27       | Tripura           |                            253.34 |                                    73.88 | 344.99                                              |                                                      203.44 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |                            284.11 |                                  1418.55 | 2,658.24                                            |                                                     2074.26 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       |                            682.62 |                                   787    | 1,758.67                                            |                                                     1218.45 |
| 30       | West Bengal       |                           1326.57 |                                    49.94 | 1,438.43                                            |                                                      701.28 |
| 31       | Ladakh            |                              9.03 |                                   140.79 | 117.25                                              |                                                      109.66 |
| Total    | Total             |                          17935.6  |                                 13952.9  | 41,105.19                                           |                                                    27833.8  |

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