Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 601 ANSWERED ON 06/02/2024

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

## 601.  SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of Gram Panchayat which have been
- adopted under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), State-wise;
- (b) whether this yojana has proved to be a nonstarter even after eight years of it's launching in some gram panchayats;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the release of insufficient funds was the main reason of non starting of this yojana, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government for release of sufficient funds to SAGY and mechanism to over see the implementation of scheme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The State/ Union Territory wise details of 3,407 Gram Panchayats,  identified by Hon'ble Members of Parliament (MP) under Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  since  inception  till   date,   is given in Annexure-I.
- (b): The SAGY  has  been very effective in ushering all round development in the Gram Panchayats (GPs) selected as per guidelines of the scheme by Hon'ble MPs.  The identified GPs prepare the Village Development Plans (VDPs) and activities proposed in these plans are implemented through convergence of various schemes of the Government of India and the State Governments.  SAGY aims to trigger processes,  which  lead  to  the  holistic  development  of  the  adopted Gram Panchayats.   As  on  31 st   January,  2024,  a  total  of  2,984  out  of

3,407 GPs adopted under SAGY have uploaded their VDPs containing 2,57,486 projects. Out of these, 2,11,568 projects have been completed  and  there  is  continuous  development  of  adopted  Gram Panchayats under SAGY. (c)  and  (d):  Under  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  framework,  the development  of  Gram  Panchayats  is  envisaged  through  convergence and implementation of existing Central and State Government Schemes and Programmes under the administrative control of respective Ministries/ States, without allocating additional funds.  The various initiatives taken for better implementation of the Scheme are given at Annexure -II.

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Annexure-I  referred  in  Part  (a)  of  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.601 scheduled for answer on  6th February, 2024

The  State-wise/  UT  wise  number  of  villages  identified  under  SAGY,  since  its inception:

|   S.No | Name of the State / UT                   | No of GPs identified since its inception (11th October 2014) onwards   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 8                                                                      |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 207                                                                    |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 13                                                                     |
|      4 | Assam                                    | 51                                                                     |
|      5 | Bihar                                    | 198                                                                    |
|      6 | Chandigarh                               | 2                                                                      |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh                             | 116                                                                    |
|      8 | Delhi                                    | 13                                                                     |
|      9 | Goa                                      | 15                                                                     |
|     10 | Gujarat                                  | 238                                                                    |
|     11 | Haryana                                  | 91                                                                     |
|     12 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 45                                                                     |
|     13 | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 43                                                                     |
|     14 | Jharkhand                                | 117                                                                    |
|     15 | Karnataka                                | 133                                                                    |
|     16 | Kerala                                   | 167                                                                    |
|     17 | Ladakh                                   | 4                                                                      |
|     18 | Lakshadweep                              | 2                                                                      |
|     19 | Madhya Pradesh                           | 140                                                                    |
|     20 | Maharashtra                              | 260                                                                    |
|     21 | Manipur                                  | 30                                                                     |
|     22 | Meghalaya                                | 24                                                                     |
|     23 | Mizoram                                  | 14                                                                     |
|     24 | Nagaland                                 | 8                                                                      |
|     25 | Odisha                                   | 104                                                                    |
|     26 | Puducherry                               | 10                                                                     |
|     27 | Punjab                                   | 72                                                                     |
|     28 | Rajasthan                                | 190                                                                    |
|     29 | Sikkim                                   | 15                                                                     |
|     30 | Tamil Nadu                               | 370                                                                    |
|     31 | Telangana                                | 86                                                                     |
|     32 | Tripura                                  | 14                                                                     |
|     33 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu | 8                                                                      |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh                            | 552                                                                    |
|     35 | Uttarakhand                              | 37                                                                     |
|     36 | West Bengal Total                        | 10 3407                                                                |

Annexure-II referred in Part (c) and (d) of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.601 scheduled for answer on  6th February, 2024

The following initiatives have been inter alia taken for better implementation of the Scheme:

- i. 26 Schemes of 17 Ministries of Government of India have been amended and advisories have been issued to accord priority to SAGY Gram Panchayats in respective schemes.
- ii. The Ministry has brought out a compilation of 127 Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored and 1,806 State Schemes for convergence  under  SAGY.  This  document  serves  as  a  ready reckoner  especially  for  the  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament, District and Village level officials about the different schemes for possible convergence at the GP level.
- iii. The  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.
- iv. Ministry  has  published  a  document  named  'SAHYOG'  as  an indicative guidance document with the essential information on the  existing  social  security  schemes  collated  from  respective Ministries to enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve 100%  enrollment into the social/ financial Security Schemes in SAGY Gram Panchayats.
- v. The  states  have  been  requested  to  conduct  the  State  Level Empowered  Committee  (SLEC)  meetings  headed  by  the  Chief Secretary  to  review  the  implementation  process  and  to  ensure seamless convergence of schemes among different State Government Departments.
- vi. The  Ministry  provides  training  on  preparation  of  VDP  and  the approaches  to  convergence  of  schemes  to  the  Charge  Officers and  other  stakeholders  of  the  state  who  are  coordinating  the implementation  at  the  local  level  and  are  fully  responsible  and accountable for the implementation of VDP.
- vii. The  parameters  for  dynamic  ranking  of  Gram  Panchayats  have been  developed  and  placed  on  the  portal  so as to instill competition amongst the selected SAGY GPs.
- viii. The  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  direct  the  officials concerned to organize District Level Committee meetings regularly to gear up the VDP implementation and also to brief the Hon'ble Members of Parliament.
- ix. The Ministry organizes an Orientation Programme for the representatives/Private  Secretaries  of  Hon'ble  MPs  periodically to  encourage them to play a critical intermediary role between the District Administration and the Hon'ble MPs and expedite the SAGY implementation process.
- x. The  National  Level  Committee  meetings  headed  by   Secretary, Rural Development  with  representatives  from  20  Ministries/ Departments  to  monitor,  review,  facilitate  cross-learning  and initiating remedial action where necessary including changes to the guidelines of their respective schemes/ programmes for the seamless convergence process.
- xi. Letters  from  Hon'ble  Minister  of  Rural  Development   are  being sent to the Hon'ble MPs  to identify GPs and  to provide necessary  leadership  to  gear  up  the  convergence  process  to saturate major scheme.
- xii. The  Ministry  organized Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR) conclave  with  Central  Public  Sector  enterprises  and  Private Sector companies  in collaboration with Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF) to leverage CSR funds  for SAGY GPs.
- xiii. The  SAGY  website  (https://saanjhi.gov.in/Index.aspx)  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.
- xiv. The service of bulk SMSs ( Short Message/ Messaging Service) has been initiated to remind all the stakeholders including  Hon'ble  MPs,  Charges  Officers,  District  Collectors, State Nodal Officers of all States/ UTs, to expedite the identification of GPs, preparation of VDPs, completion of projects planned under VDPs.

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