Lok Sabha Question No. 407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Adarsh Gram under SAGY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pragya Singh Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 407 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## ADARSH GRAM UNDER SAGY

## 407.  SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the manner and possibilities for carrying out development of
- Adarsh Gram under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY);
- (b) whether under this Yojana in every Parliament Constituency each Member has to adopt one village respectively and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the development of such villages entirely depend upon the intent of the State Government and with no special powers and additional funds being given, the exercise of adopting a village merely remains a formality and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether guidelines have been issued by the Government in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  (SAGY)  aims  to  create holistically  developed  model  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  across  the country.   Under  the  Yojana,  each  Members  of  Parliament  had  to identify  and  develop  three  Adarsh   Grams  during  2014-2019  and  five such  Adarsh  Grams  (one  each  year)  during  2019-2024.   The  Gram Panchayats  identified  under  SAGY  prepare  a  Village  Development Plan(VDP)  through  participatory  process  in  Gram  Sabha,  which  is  a roadmap  for  the  holistic  development  of  the  GPs. As  per  the  SAGY Guidelines,  the  responsibility  of  implementing  the  SAGY  rests  with elected  representatives  of  Panchayats  and  the  functionaries  of  the programmes' concerned at diferent levels.  The District Collector is the nodal  officer  for  implementing  SAGY.  Roles  and  responsibilities  of different functionaries of SAGY have been described under the Chapter

10 of Guidelines (https://saanjhi.gov.in/Guidlines.aspx). Further, the Ministry provided training  on  SAGY  implementation process  to  the  Gram  Panchayat  heads.  The  Ministry  has  prepared  a compendium on SAGY containing supporting materials to help various stakeholders in the implementation of SAGY and distributed the same amongst  the  participants of the said training  programmes.  The Scheme  Guidelines  containing  details  of  the  scheme  have  been prepared in 14 languages and  are available on the scheme portal, i.e., https://saanjhi.gov.in/. The development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through convergence  and  implementation  of  existing  Government  Schemes (Central & State) and other voluntary programmes under the leadership  of  Member  of  Parliament  without  allocating  additional funds. SAGY guidelines envisage that SAGY should proactively tap and leverage the resources and the strengths of the private, voluntary and cooperative sectors.  Amount of funds raised through various sources for the Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana  Gram  Panchayats  is  not maintained centrally. As  on  30th  November,  2023,  there  are  total  2,51,946  number  of activities planned under Village Development Plans under SAGY.  Out of  which  total  2,09,113  number  of  activities  are  completed,  which comes around 83% of such planned activities.

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