Lok Sabha Question No. 533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Village Development Plans under PMAAGY
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 533

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024

## VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLANS UNDER PMAAGY

533. DR. C M RAMESH:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a) whether it is true that 517 villages have been identified under Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY) from the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise;
- c) whether it is true that PMAAGY started in 2021-22 and, if so, details of Village Development Plan approved and the amount released so far; and
- d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to implement PMAAGY in all identified villages in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY)

- (a) to (d): 'Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)' was launched by Govt for integrated development of eligible villages with 50% tribal population and 500 STs across States / UTs selected for undertaking development activities through convergence approach.  An amount of Rs.20.38 lakh per village (Rs 7276 cr for 36,428 villages) was earmarked under the scheme by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the States  were required to make Village development plan with convergence of Central STC (Schedule tribe component) and State TSP (Tribal Sub Plan) funds available with sectoral Central Govt Ministries and State Govt.  In the VDP, the aim is to address gaps with regard to basic amenities identified through Antodaya Mission, in each selected village like  Road  connectivity,  Telecom  connectivity  (Mobile  /internet),  School,  Anganwadi  Centres, Health Sub- Centre, Drinking water and elecltricity .  As on date 17,656 VDPs have been approved and total funds released till date amounts to Rs.2357.50 Cr.

Under the scheme of PMAAGY, 517 Villages have been identified from the State of Andhra Pradesh. The district wise details are at Annexure . However as  Andhra Pradesh did not submit the VDPs for the proposed village, funds under the scheme could not be released to State.  Further, the State has available fund of Rs. 110 cr in SNA account and pending Utilization Certificate (UC) of  Rs. 119.47 Cr. Thus, it would be possible to release funds to State Government only after the utilization of above funds and presentation of  UCs.

Based  on  learning  from  the  success  of  PM  JANMAN,  Dharti  Abba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) has been launched which will cover more than 63000 villages including the villages covered under PMAAGY, including 878 villages of Andhra Pradesh as given below.

|   SR. No | Name of the State   |   No. of District |   No. of Block |   No. of Villages |   Total Population |   ST Population |   %ST |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                18 |            107 |               878 |            1113652 |          655450 | 58.86 |

The  State  Govt  has  been  advised  to  cover  these  villages  under  DA-JGUA,  which   is  more structured version of PMAAAGY with dedicated convergence of funds and Saturation for key interventions from line Ministries and State departments. It envisages providing dedicated funds for multi-sectoral interventions through convergence of specific schemes of line Ministries/Departments. Attempt has been made to remove the difficulties and challenges faced in PMAAGY. With launch of this Mission, the interventions to address gaps which could not be undertaken under PMAAGY are possible to be executed under DA-JGUA.

Annexure Identified villages District wise list for the State of Andhra Pradesh

| S. No.         | District Name   |   Total Villages |
|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 1.             | Anantapur       |                4 |
| 2.             | Chittoor        |                1 |
| 3.             | East Godavari   |               69 |
| 4.             | Guntur          |                6 |
| 5.             | Krishna         |                7 |
| 6.             | Kurnool         |                2 |
| 7.             | Prakasam        |                6 |
| 8.             | Srikakulam      |               66 |
| 9.             | Visakhapatnam   |              225 |
| 10.            | Vizianagaram    |              104 |
| 11.            | West Godavari   |               26 |
| 12.            | Y.S.R.          |                1 |
| Total Villages | Total Villages  |              517 |

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