Lok Sabha Question No. 3219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Allocation of Budget for SPMRM
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3219 ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## ALLOCATION OF BUDGET FOR SPMRM

## 3219. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

## Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is no allocation in budget 202324 for the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM);
- (b) whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  the  objective  of  SPMRM  is  to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services and create well planned Rurban clusters thereunder;
- (c) if  so,  with  an  overall reduction of over 12 percent in 2023-24 budget against revised estimates of 2022-23 with no allocation for SPMRM, the plan details of the Government towards such development; and
- (d) the details and present status of Rurban projects, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): There is no budgetary allocation for Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  for  the  Financial  Year  2023-24,  as  the scheme has come to an end with its sunset date being 31 st  March 2022.
- (b): Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) was launched as an attempt to make the selected rural areas socially, economically and physically sustainable regions by providing economic,  social,  basic  and  digital  amenities,  thus  leading  to sustainable and balanced regional development in the country. The objective of the Mission is to stimulate local economic development,  enhance  basic  services,  and  create  well  planned Rurban clusters.

(c): The scheme was launched on 21st February 2016. 31 st  March 2022 has been announced as the sunset date for the scheme. A onetime financial sanction was approved by the Government of India to release funds upto 31 st  March 2023. This one-time financial sanction was accorded for works that were already ongoing as on 31 st  March 2022.

(d): As per the RurbanSoft MIS, 34351 works have been completed while  15872  works  are  ongoing  in  the  various  clusters  across  the country. The State-wise work progress is given at Annexure.

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## Status of work  progress under SPMRM

| S.No.   | State/Union Territory                    |   No. of works completed |   No. of works ongoing |
|---------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              |                       79 |                     70 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                           |                     5318 |                   2850 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                       87 |                     28 |
| 4       | Assam                                    |                       19 |                    447 |
| 5       | Bihar                                    |                      352 |                    364 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                             |                     4864 |                   1082 |
| 7       | Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                       21 |                     30 |
| 8       | Goa                                      |                        0 |                      0 |
| 9       | Gujarat                                  |                      439 |                    118 |
| 10      | Haryana                                  |                     1073 |                    669 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh                         |                      408 |                    269 |
| 12      | Jammu And Kashmir                        |                       95 |                     54 |
| 13      | Jharkhand                                |                     1045 |                   2028 |
| 14      | Karnataka                                |                     2783 |                    609 |
| 15      | Kerala                                   |                      792 |                    587 |
| 16      | Ladakh                                   |                       11 |                      5 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep                              |                       12 |                      7 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh                           |                      949 |                    672 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                              |                     2078 |                   1114 |
| 20      | Manipur                                  |                        3 |                     25 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                                |                      100 |                     42 |
| 22      | Mizoram                                  |                      182 |                     69 |
| 23      | Nagaland                                 |                        0 |                      0 |
| 24      | Odisha                                   |                      939 |                    286 |
| 25      | Puducherry                               |                        1 |                     10 |
| 26      | Punjab                                   |                      111 |                    243 |
| 27      | Rajasthan                                |                     2068 |                    841 |
| 28      | Sikkim                                   |                       87 |                     54 |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu                               |                     1413 |                    329 |
| 30      | Telangana                                |                     7773 |                   1653 |
| 31      | Tripura                                  |                      100 |                    292 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh                            |                      742 |                    642 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand                              |                      407 |                    383 |
| 34      | West Bengal                              |                        0 |                      0 |
|         | Total                                    |                    34351 |                  15872 |

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## Annexure-I