Lok Sabha Question No. 4994 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: All-Weather Rural Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Nalin Soren

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4994 ANSWERED ON 01/04/2025

## ALL-WEATHER RURAL ROADS UNDER PMGSY

## 4994. SHRI NALIN SOREN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  three-year  target  set  for  achieving  full  rural connectivity  through  all-weather  roads  under  Pradhan  Mantri Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  has  been  achieved  by  the  third phase of the scheme, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the approximate percentage of households in all the States of the country, particularly in the State of Jharkhand, which are still to be connected with all-weather roads under this scheme;
- (c) whether this scheme  is essential for the overall socioeconomic development of various districts in the country; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  efforts  being  made  by  the  Ministry  to achieve the target?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a): Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY-I) was launched in the year 2000 to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single allweather  road, to the eligible  unconnected  habitations of the designated population size as per Census 2001.

In the year 2013, PMGSY-II was launched for the upgrading of selected Through Routes and Major Rural Links (MRLs) with a target to upgrade 50,000 Km in various States and Union Territories.

Subsequently, in 2016, the Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing  Extremism  Affected  Areas  (RCPLWEA)  was  launched  for  the

construction/upgradation of strategically important roads as separate vertical under PMGSY.

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In the year 2019, the Government launched PMGSY-III for the consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting  habitations,  inter-alia,  to  Gramin  Agricultural  Markets

(GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

The Hon'ble Prime Minister launched the Pradhan MantriJanjatiAdivasiNyayaMahaAbhiyan  (PM-JANMAN)  on Janjatiya Gaurav  Divas  on  15th  November  2023  in  the  Khunti  District  of Jharkhand. Under the road connectivity component of PM-JANMAN, 8,000  Km  of  road  length,  including  bridges,  is  to  be  constructed across 15 States with cost norms of Rs. 1.00 Cr/Km.

Phase-IV  of  PMGSY  was  approved  in  September  2024  to rural habitations which have become eligible in view of their population provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 unconnected increase (as per Census 2011).

Since the inception of PMGSY and till 27 th  March 2025, a total of  8,34,879  km  of  road  length  has  been  sanctioned,  out  of  which 7,76,229  km (93%)  of  road  length  has  been  constructed  under various  interventions/  verticals  of  the  Scheme.  Further,  out  of  the sanctioned  habitations  under  PMGSY-I,  99.7  %  of  the  eligible  and feasible habitations have been provided connectivity.

- (b): State-wise details of habitations (including Jharkhand) sanctioned, connected, and balance as of 27.03.2025, under PMGSY I, are given in Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): Various independent evaluation studies have been conducted by NITI Aayog, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), World Bank and International Labour Organization (ILO), on Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), which have concluded that PMGSY has helped in better access of marketplace  for  the  rural  masses  and  generated  employments  in various  forms.  It  has  also  helped  in  improving  socio-  economic conditions of people living around the area. Thus, it has helped in removing  poverty  and  unemployment.  The  scheme  has  impacted agriculture, health, education, urbanization and employment generation in a big way. The PMGSY has affected rural masses of all

the States in a very positive way by emerging as a facilitator and precursor to various developmental activities.

The implementation of all sanctioned works is being monitored through an online programme Monitoring Information System named Online  Management,  Monitoring  and  Accounting  System  (OMMAS), on a real-time basis. In addition, the progress is regularly reviewed by  the  Ministry  by  way  of  Regional  Review  Meetings  (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings, and PreEmpowered/  Empowered  Committee  Meetings  with  the  States.  At the District level, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee  (DISHA) headed  by Hon'ble Member  of Parliament  (LokSabha)  monitors  the  implementation  of  various schemes  of  the  Government  of  India,  including  PMGSY.  Besides above,  special  review  meetings/monthly  review  meetings  are  also held by the Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States to take stock of the progress of the scheme and remove the bottlenecks, if any.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (b)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question Number 4994 to be answered on 01/04/2025.

The State/  UT-wise  details  of  Sanctioned,  Completed  and  Balance Habitations (Population Category 250+ and 100-499), under PMGSYI, as on 27.03.2025

|             |                     | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Completed   | Completed   | Balance   | Balance   |
|-------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| S.No.       | State Name          | 250+         | 100-249      | 250+        | 100-249     | 250+      | 100-249   |
| 1           | Andaman And Nicobar | 7            | 0            | 7           | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh      | 1,234        | 201          | 1,224       | 198         | 10        | 3         |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh   | 641          | 0            | 611         | 0           | 30        | 0         |
| 4           | Assam               | 13,721       | 0            | 13,719      | 0           | 2         | 0         |
| 5           | Bihar               | 29,969       | 1,426        | 29,867      | 1,403       | 102       | 23        |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh        | 9,736        | 1,188        | 9,596       | 1,026       | 140       | 162       |
| 7 Goa       |                     | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 8           | Gujarat             | 3,048        | 0            | 3,048       | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 9           | Haryana             | 1            | 0            | 1           | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 10 Himachal | Pradesh             | 2,562        | 0            | 2,541       | 0           | 21        | 0         |
| 11 Jammu    | And Kashmir         | 2,140        | 0            | 2,132       | 0           | 8         | 0         |
| 12          | Jharkhand           | 9,536        | 1,397        | 9,536       | 1,397       | 0         | 0         |
| 13          | Karnataka           | 296          | 0            | 296         | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 14          | Kerala              | 404          | 0            | 402         | 0           | 2         | 0         |
| 15          | Madhya Pradesh      | 17,529       | 12           | 17,528      | 11          | 1         | 1         |
| 16          | Maharashtra         | 1,346        | 74           | 1,342       | 74          | 4         | 0         |
| 17          | Manipur             | 652          | 0            | 622         | 0           | 30        | 0         |
| 18          | Meghalaya           | 601          | 0            | 583         | 0           | 18        | 0         |
| 19          | Mizoram             | 232          | 0            | 231         | 0           | 1         | 0         |
| 20          | Nagaland            | 109          | 0            | 107         | 0           | 2         | 0         |
| 21          | Odisha              | 15,313       | 1,688        | 15,307      | 1,684       | 6         | 4         |
| 22          | Punjab              | 389          | 0            | 389         | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 23          | Rajasthan           | 14,023       | 0            | 14,023      | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 24          | Sikkim              | 350          | 0            | 350         | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu          | 1,985        | 0            | 1,985       | 0           | 0         | 0         |
| 26          | Tripura             | 2,005        | 0            | 1,979       | 0           | 26        | 0         |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh       | 11,749       | 0            | 11,748      | 0           | 1         | 0         |
| 28          | Uttarakhand         | 1,864        | 0            | 1,849       | 0           | 15        | 0         |
| 29          | West Bengal         | 13,078       | 150          | 13,078      | 150         | 0         | 0         |
| 30          | Telangana           | 595          | 109          | 595         | 107         | 0         | 2         |
| 31          | Ladakh              | 65           | 0            | 64          | 0           | 1         | 0         |
| Total       |                     | 155,180      | 6,245        | 154,760     | 6,050       | 420       | 195       |

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