Lok Sabha Question No. 3136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Sanctioning of Funds under PMJVK
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: T.R.V.S. Ramesh, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3136

## ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## SANCTIONING OF FUNDS UNDER PMJVK

## 3136.   SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH: SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY: SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  funds  sanctioned  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakaram (PMJVK)  during  the  last  three  years,  State/district-wise  including  the  State  of  Tamil Nadu;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  any  exclusive  steps  to  select  the  districts included under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  whether  all  of  the  projects  allocated  in  308  districts  have  been  established  in  the country including the State of Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to  (c) The  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakaram  (PMJVK)  is  an  area  development scheme. The Projects taken up under PMJVK relate to creation of infrastructure mainly in the sectors of education, health and skill development.

It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, and  the areas for implementation have been identified on the basis of substantial population of minority communities i.e. 25% of minority population in the  area  and  backwardness  parameters  in  the  area  concerned  which  are  below  the  national average and based on the data of census 2011.The details of backwardness parameters applied for  identification  of  such  areas  are  (a)  religion-specific  socio-economic  indicators  at  the district /block/town viz. literacy rate, female literacy rate, work participation rate and female work participation rate; and (b) basic amenities indicators at the district/block/town level viz. percentage  of  households  with  pucca  walls,  percentage  of  households  with  safe  drinking water,  percentage  of  households  with  electricity  and  percentage  of  households  with  latrine facility within the premise. The infrastructure projects created under PMJVK are community assets and the assets can be used by the entire population of the area. The areas covered under PMJVK have been increased from 90 Districts originally to 308 Districts in 33 States/ UTs.

The MCAs include 870 Minority Concentration Blocks (MCBs), 321 Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) and 109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqrs) added for the first time.

Since 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned more than  49,000 major projects which includes 35  Degree  Colleges,  174  Residential  Schools,  1,546  School  Buildings,  23,463  Additional Class  Rooms/ACR  Blocks,  14,312  Teaching  Aid  &  Smart  Classrooms,  684  Hostels,  23 Working Women Hostels, 97 ITI Buildings, 13 Polytechnics, 16 Skill Centres, 1,997 Health Projects,  01  Unani  Medical  College,  408  Sadbhav  Mandaps,  01  Sadbhav  Kendra,  168 Common  Service  Centres,  553  Market  Sheds,  09  Hunar  Hubs,  5,455  Sanitation/Toilet projects, 76 Sports Facilities, etc.

In 2018, the erstwhile Multi-Sectoral  Development  Programme  was  restructured  and implemented  as  PMJVK  which  for  the  first  time  covered  MCAs  in  Tamil  Nadu  which increased from 0 to 22 MCAs including 18 MCTs and 4 MCBs and 123 projects worth Rs. 65844.20  lakhs  have  been  approved  with  effect  from  2018-19  to  2021-22.  The  projects includes 12 Additional Class Rooms (ACRs), 55 Anganwadi Centres, 01- Children Home, 07Common Service Centres (CSCs), 02- Toilets in School ,2 Skill Training Centres,  02 Fish Drying  Yards  and  42  Health  related  projects  which  includes    construction  of  Multi  Super Specialty  Hospital  building  in  Government  Pent  land  Hospital  at  Vellore  for  Rs.  19781.00 lakhs,  Construction  of  Super  Specialty  Blocks  in  Government  Medical  College  Hospital  at Thoothukudi in Thoothukudi District for Rs. 13635.07 lakhs ,  Construction of Out Patient Block  and  Special  Ward  Buildings  in  Government  Hospital  at  Kayalpattinam  (M)  for  Rs. 6235.49  lakhs,  Construction  of  Maternity  and  Child  Health  and  Accident  Emergency  care Unit Buildings in Government Hospital at Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi District for Rs. 3852.76 lakhs, Construction of OP Block and ICU Male Ward, Female Ward, Lab, Scan, Pharmacy and X-ray Room in Government Hospital at Ambur for Rs. 2430.60 lakhs, Construction of OP block  and  ICU  Male  Ward,  Female  Ward,  Lab,  Scan,  Pharmacy  and  X-ray  Room  in Government Hospital  at  Vaniyambadi  for  Rs.  2364.00  lakhs  and  Construction  of  Maternal and Child Care Unit, NCD Block and Dialysis Unit in Government Hospital at Melapalayam for Rs. 583.02 lakhs  .

The details of funds sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK) for the last three years, State -wise including the State of Tamil Nadu is at Annexure.

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| Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) to(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 3136 raised by Sh. T.R.V.S. Ramesh, Sh. Pocha Brahmananda Reddy & Sh. P.V. Midhun Reddy   | Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) to(c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 3136 raised by Sh. T.R.V.S. Ramesh, Sh. Pocha Brahmananda Reddy & Sh. P.V. Midhun Reddy   |
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| State                                                                                                                                                                     | Approved Project with effect from 2018-19 to 2020-21 (Central share Rs. in lakh)                                                                                          |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                               | 301380.64                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                     | 17311.24                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                     | 9333.44                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                   | 51730.17                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                   | 793.29                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                 | 7668                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                               | 11490.97                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                               | 20355.09                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                 | 27713.83                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island                                                                                                                                                  | 2320.09                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                    | 3498                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                 | 10915.2                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                    | 4103.43                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                   | 38299                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                            | 21541.82                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                    | 5809.32                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                         | 34454.52                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                            | 21868.72                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                 | 53016                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                   | 1812.15                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                    | 909.25                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                 | 21423.27                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                   | 3380.664                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                              | 420                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                          | 1149.61                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                  | 19972.35                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                | 2561.26                                                                                                                                                                   |