Lok Sabha Question No. 1584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Villages without Pucca Road
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Rajeev Bharadwaj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1584

## ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## VILLAGES WITHOUT PUCCA ROAD

1584. Dr. Rajeev Bharadwaj:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government of Himachal Pradesh has provided the list  of  villages  without  pucca  road  to  the  Union  Government under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY);
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether data of roads on the basis of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population is being collected from the States as  per  the  instructions  of  the  Government,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) & (b): The  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)-I  was launched  in  the  year  2000  as  a  one-time  special  intervention  to provide  rural connectivity,  by  way  of  a  single  all-weather  road,  to the  eligible  unconnected  habitations of  designated  population  size as per Census 2001. Timeline for completion of sanctioned projects under PMGSY I was March, 2025.

As  on  date,  a  total  of  8,38,611  km  of road  length  has  been sanctioned  under  all  the  verticals/  interventions  of  PMGSY,  and 7,83,304 km of roads have been completed across the country. The State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  has  been  sanctioned  24,967.76  km  of road length under all verticals/ interventions of PMGSY, out of which

22,380.09 km has been completed.

The Government has recently approved phase IV of PMGSY to provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 unconnected habitations as per Census 2011 by March 2029.  A fresh survey was conducted by States/UTs for preliminary identification of habitations for PMGSY-IV using a dedicated Geographic Information System (GIS) application  developed for  a  specific  purpose  viz.  'Gram  Sadak Survey App'. The proposal for sanctioning of 300 road works for a length  of  1,555  km  under  PMGSY-IV  Batch  1,  2025-26  has  been received  by  the  Ministry.  Proposals  for  sanction  are  submitted  in feasible batches by the States/ UTs. The timeline for PMGSY IV is till March 2029.

- (c): PMGSY is an area development scheme, hence connectivity is not  being  provided  by  social  sector  categories.  Under  PMGSY IV, the population criteria for selection of unconnected habitations is 500+ in plains, 250+ in Hill States/ UTs and North-Eastern Region (NER),  Special  Category  Areas  (Tribal  Schedule-V  Areas,  Desert Areas, Aspirational Blocks/ Districts) and 100+ in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas (areas notified by MHA) in 9 States as  per  Census  2011.  The  PMGSY  IV  is  being  implemented  in convergence  with  DhartiAabaJanjatiya  Gram  UtkarshAbhiyan  and Pradhan MantriAnusuchitJaatiAbhyudayYojana (PM-AJAY), and priority  will  be  given  to  unconnected  habitations  identified  under these programmes based on the following criteria:

## DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram UtkarshAbhiyan

- 500 or more population and 50% or more ST population as per
- (i) Census 2011
- (ii) 50  or  more  ST  population  in  250+  population  category  in Aspirational Districts as per Census 2011

## PM-AJAY

- (i) 500 or more population and 40% or more SC population as per Census 2011.

In addition to the above, Pradhan MantriJanjatiAdivasiNyayaMahaAbhiyan (PM-JANMAN) road connectivity  component  is  also  being  implemented  as  a  separate vertical under PMGSY with implementation period upto the financial year  2027-28.  A  target  of  8000  Km  has  been  given  under  the component, out of which 6,506 Km have been sanctioned so far.

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