Lok Sabha Question No. 5331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Implementation of SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Manoj Rajoria, Ranjeeta Koli

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5331

ANSWERED ON 05/04/2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SAGY

## 5331.   SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY);
- (b) the number of villages developed in the country from the start of the said yojana till date, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government allocates funds for the said yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has issued necessary guidelines for the institutional infrastructure development of villages thereunder and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken or are being taken by the Government to accelerate the efforts of Members of Parliament for successful implementation of SAGY in the adopted Gram Panchayats?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) aims to create holistically developed model Gram  Panchayats  across  the  country.  The  salient  features  of  SAGY  are  placed  in  the Annexure-I .

(b) : The Hon'ble Members of Parliament have identified 2697 Gram Panchayats across the country under SAGY since its launch. The State/UT wise number of GPs identified under SAGY since its launch is given in Annexure-II .

(c)  : Under the SAGY Framework of Guidelines, the development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged  through  effective  convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  development schemes  of  Government  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  Ministries  without allocation of any additional fund.

(d) : The scheme guidelines have been conveyed to all the stakeholders with the view to achieve its intended objectives and also for the development of institutional infrastructure of the villages under the said scheme. As per the Guidelines, the responsibility of implementing the SAGY largely depends on the functionaries concerned at different levels. As the entire programme is implemented in a convergence model, the District Collector plays a significant role.  In  the  SAGY  guidelines,  as  per  component  10  (d)  the  District  Collector  is  the  nodal officer for implementing SAGY. The District collector conducts a monthly review meeting with  representatives  of  the  participating  line  departments.  The  Members  of  Parliament concerned chair the review meetings. The heads of the GPs concerned are invited for these monthly meetings. The Ministry has provided training on SAGY implementation process to the Gram Panchayat heads.  The Ministry has prepared a compendium on SAGY containing supporting  materials  to  help  various  stakeholders  in  the  implementation  of  SAGY  and distributed the same amongst the participants of the said training programmes.The guidelines and the details of schemes for convergence are available on the scheme portal.

(e) : The steps taken by the Government to accelerate the efforts of Members of Parliament for  successful  implementation  of  SAGY  in  the  adopted  Gram  Panchayats  are  placed  in Annexure-III .

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## Annexure-I  referred  in  point  (a)  of  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  No.  5331 scheduled for answer on 5th April 2022

## The salient features of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

1. It is a unique scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development wherein, for the first time, the leadership,  capacity,  commitment  and  energy  of  the  Members  of  Parliament  are  being leveraged directly for development at the Gram Panchayat level.
2. The goal of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is to translate the comprehensive and organic vision of Mahatma Gandhi on village development into reality. Each Member of Parliament  has  to  select  five  Adarsh  Grams(one  per  year)  from  2019  to  2024.These 'Adarsh  Grams'  are  desired  to  serve  as  'nucleus  of  health,  cleanliness,  greenery  and cordiality' within the village community and, become schools of local development and governance, inspiring neighboring Gram Panchayats.
3. SAGY aims at instilling certain values in the villages and their people so that villages get transformed into models for others. These values include ensuring the involvement of all sections of society in all aspects related to the life of the village, especially in decisionmaking  related  to  governance,  adhering  to  Antyodaya  -  enabling  the  'poorest  and  the weakest person' in the village to achieve well-being, affirming gender equality , ensuring respect for women ,guaranteeing social justice, instilling dignity of labour and the spirit of community service and voluntarism. Besides, promoting a culture of cleanliness, living in  consonance  with  nature  -  ensuring  balance  between  development  and  ecology, preserving and promoting the local cultural heritage, inculcating mutual cooperation, selfhelp and self-reliance, fostering peace and harmony in the village community, bringing about  transparency,  accountability  and  probity  in  public  life,  nurturing  local  selfgovernance, adhering to the values enshrined in the Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties of the Indian Constitution are also desired.

## 4. The main objectives of SAGY are:

- a. To trigger  processes  which  lead to  holistic  development  of  the  identified  Gram Panchayats
- b. To substantially improve the standard of living and quality of life of all sections of the population through improved basic amenities, higher productivity, enhanced human development, better livelihood opportunities, reduced disparities,  access  to  rights  and  entitlements,  wider  social  mobilization  and enriched Social Capital
- c. To  generate  models  of  local  level  development  and  effective  local  governance which can motivate and inspire neighbouring Gram Panchayats to learn and adapt
5. In order to achieve these objectives, SAGY is guided by the following approach:
- a. Leveraging the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of the Members of Parliament (MP) to develop model Gram Panchayats. Engaging with and mobilizing the community for participatory local level
6. development.
- b. Converging  different  government  programmes  as  well  as  private  and  voluntary initiatives to achieve comprehensive development in tune with people's aspirations and local potential.
- c. Building partnerships with voluntary organizations, cooperatives and academic and research institutions.
- d. Focusing on outcomes and sustainability

## Annexure-II  referred  in  point  (b)  of  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  question  No.5331 scheduled for answer on  5th April 2022

The Statewise/UT wise number of villages identified under SAGY since its launch date:

4

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1

2

9

8

9

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| S.NoName of the State / UT   | S.NoName of the State / UT                     |   Identified GPs since 2014 |
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1                            | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                    |                           4 |
| 2                            | Andhra Pradesh                                 |                         161 |
| 3                            | Arunachal Pradesh                              |                          13 |
| 4                            | Assam                                          |                          48 |
| 5                            | Bihar                                          |                         115 |
| 6                            | Chandigarh                                     |                           2 |
| 7                            | Chhattisgarh                                   |                         104 |
| 8                            | Delhi                                          |                          13 |
| 9                            | Goa                                            |                          11 |
| 10                           | Gujarat                                        |                         167 |
| 11                           | Haryana                                        |                          82 |
| 12                           | Himachal Pradesh                               |                          32 |
| 13                           | Jammu And Kashmir                              |                          22 |
| 14                           | Jharkhand                                      |                          89 |
| 15                           | Karnataka                                      |                         105 |
| 16                           | Kerala                                         |                         148 |
| 17                           | Ladakh                                         |                           1 |
| 18                           | Lakshadweep                                    |                           2 |
| 19                           | Madhya Pradesh                                 |                         111 |
| 20                           | Maharashtra                                    |                         225 |
| 21                           | Manipur                                        |                          28 |
| 22                           | Meghalaya                                      |                           9 |
| 23                           | Mizoram                                        |                          13 |
| 24                           | Nagaland                                       |                           8 |
| 25                           | Odisha                                         |                          84 |
| 26                           | Puducherry                                     |                          10 |
| 27                           | Punjab                                         |                          38 |
| 28                           | Rajasthan                                      |                         154 |
| 29                           | Sikkim                                         |                           9 |
| 30                           | Tamil Nadu                                     |                         336 |
| 31                           | Telangana                                      |                          73 |
| 32                           | Tripura                                        |                          14 |
| 33                           | UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                           3 |
| 34                           | Uttar Pradesh                                  |                         424 |
| 35                           | Uttarakhand                                    |                          29 |
| 36                           | West Bengal                                    |                          10 |
|                              | Total                                          |                        2697 |

## Annexure-III referred in point (e) of reply to Lok Sabha unstarred question No.5331 scheduled for answer on 5th April 2022

The steps taken by the Government to accelerate the efforts of Members of Parliament for successful implementation of SAGY in the adopted Gram Panchayats:

1. MoRD has been holding orientation workshops of MP representatives to build their capacities  and  coordinate  better  with  State  Govts  in  implementation  of  SAGY programme.
2. 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 concerned on the status of SAGY implementation periodically.
3. The National Level Committee meeting headed by the Secretary, Rural Development has  been  conducted  wherein  all  the  20  members  Ministries/Departments  have  been requested to issue necessary advisories and to advise the State Government to arrange to  complete  the  pending  VDP  activities  that  are  mapped  with  their  respective schemes/programmes and also to saturate all the major programmes/schemes in the SAGY GPs on priority.
4. The  Ministry  has  organised  capacity  building  exercises  for  State  Nodal  Officers, Charge  Officers  and  other  stakeholders  through  webinars.  Around  2000  SAGY functionaries have been trained on participatory planning, drafting Village Development Plans, resource  envelopes,  and  hands-on  training  on  the  Management Information System of SAGY.
5. 26  Schemes  of  17  Ministries  of  Government  of  India  have  been  amended  and appropriate  advisories  have  been  issued  to  accord  priority  to  SAGY  in  respective schemes for ensuring convergence.
6. At the national level, a separate web-based MIS is available at SAGY website. The website has been revamped with more pertinent information related to the scheme for comprehensive  view  by  the  public.  The  website  contains  detailed  information, extensive reports, graphs and maps on the progress of the scheme.Also, the portal is linked  with  Mission  Antyodaya  website  wherein  the  status  of  each  of  the  adopted SAGY  Gram  Panchayats  with  respect  to  infrastructure  facility  and  public  service delivery  along  with  ranking  and  gap  is  available  to  aid  the  SAGY  GPs  to  prepare comprehensive Village Development Plan by using the  information available in the revamped portal for the holistic development of the GPs.
7. The MP dashboard has been developed to facilitate the monitoring of the progress of the  Gram  Panchayats  identified  by  respective  MPs  .The  dashboard  has  been  linked with e Gram Swaraj dashboard of Ministry of Panchayat Raj and GP wise status of Gram Panchayat Development Plan and the GP profile has been made available.
8. The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is reviewed periodically by the Ministry of  Rural  Development,  which  include  review  by  the  Hon'ble  Minister  of  Rural Development, Performance Review Committee, Common Review Missions, National Level Monitors, Concurrent Monitoring and Impact Assessment studies.

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