Lok Sabha Question No. 3197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Connectivity of Tribal Villages with Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3197 ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## CONNECTIVITY OF TRIBAL VILLAGES WITH ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 3197. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any ongoing scheme for inter-connectivity under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY);
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  connect  those  villages which  are  not  connected  by  the  roads  and  are  lying  close  to those already connected with roads under PMGSY;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to connect non-revenue villages of the tribals under PMGSY as tribals live mostly in forests;
- (d) the  action  taken  on  the  proposals  sent  to  the  Ministry  to connect villages under Parliamentary Constituency of Satna with the details of the roads constructed under PMGSY; and
- (e) the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  Pradhan  Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the  rural  areas  with  a  population  of  500  persons  and  above  (Census 2001)in  plain  areas.  In  respect  of  Special  Category  States/UT  (  i.e Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and selected Tribal  and  Backward Districts (as identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs etc.) the objective is to connect eligible unconnected habitations  with  a  population  of   250  and  above  (Census  2001)  for uplifting  the  socio-economic  condition  of  the  rural  population.  In  the critical Left-Wing Extremism affected blocks (as identified by Ministry of  Home Affairs), habitations with population 100 persons and above as per 2001 census are also covered. The unit of coverage under this PMGSY is a habitation and not a Revenue village or Panchayat. All  the  habitations  targeted  under  PMGSY-I  to  provide  connectivity have been sanctioned and 99.25% habitations out of it have already been  provided  connectivity.  The  timeline  for  completion  of  works under PMGSY-I is March, 2024 and no new works are being sanctioned. (d)  &  (e)  A  total  of  75,945  Km  of  road  length  was  sanctioned  to  the State of Madhya Pradesh under PMGSY-I for providing connectivity to 17,523 habitations. Out of this, 1,620 Km  of road length  was sanctioned for Satna Parliamentary Constituency to provide connectivity to 385 habitations.  All the sanctioned habitations of the State of Madhya Pradesh as well of Satna Parliamentary Constituency have been provided connectivity under the programme.

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