Lok Sabha Question No. 2619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Implementation of PM-AJAY
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

TTNSTARRED  QUESTTON  NO.2619 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF PM.AJAY

2619. SMT. SAIIGEETA  KUMARI SINGH DEO:

## Will the Minister  of SOCIAL JUSTICE AI\D EMPOWERMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has evaluated the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday  Yojana (PM-AJAY) in the country, particularly in terms of infrastructure development,  livelihood  generation  and educational  support in Scheduled Caste-dominated areas;
- (b) if so, the total number  of villages  selected  and developed as model villages under PMAJAY including Odisha;
- (c) the details of funds allocated  and utilized since the launch of the scheme in2023, Statewise;
- (d) whether  any Scheduled Caste-dominated  villages have been covered  under PM-AJAY  or its earlier components, particularly  in Balangir district; and
- (e) if so, the outcomes  achieved in terms of livelihood  assistance, skill training and access to basic amenities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE  AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a): Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY)  is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  being implemented since 2021-22.  The Scheme has three components namely (i) 'Adarsh Gram', (ii)'Grants-in-aid  for District/State-level Projects  for Socio-Economic betterment of Schedule<i Caste(SC)Communities' and (iii) 'Hostel'. For effective implementation and monitoring, a centralized  Management  Information  System  (MIS) portal has been developed to capture real-time data for each component  of the scheme.  The implementation of the scheme is monitored  through regular reviews, state-wise  performance  tracking,  and oversight by committees  at the Central, State, and Village levels.  Also, impact assessment has been taken up by NITI Ayog.
- (b): Under the Adarsh Gram component of the PM-AJAY scheme, 29,907 villages have been selected, out of which 12,175 villages have been declared  as Adarsh Gram. In Odisha, 1,456 villages  have been selected,  of which 978 villages have been declared as Adarsh Gram.
- (c): The State wise details  of central  assistance released under PM-AJAY scheme since202l-22 is at Annexure.

(d) & (e): In Balangir  district, under Adarsh Gram component  of PM-AJAY, 30 villages have been identified, out of these 23 villages have been declared as Adarsh Gram by undertaking works like construction of CC roads, Anganwadis, toilets, drains, street lights, soak pits, solar lights, hand pumps etc. Under Grants-in-Aid  component  of PM-AJAY scheme,l2l  beneficiaries benefitted  under skill training intervention  and 99 beneficiaries  benefitted under livelihood assistance  intervention and 20 projects  have been approved under infrastructure  development intervention.

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## Annexure in r/o Lok Sabha Unstarred  Ouestion No.2619 on Implementation  of PM-AJAY

## Details of central assistance released  under PM-AJAY  scheme since 2021-22

| S.No.   | States/UTs       | Fund released (Rs. in Crore)   |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| I       | Andhra Pradesh   | 123.8                          |
| 2       | Assam            | 41.26                          |
| 3       | Bihar            | 65.25                          |
| 4       | Chandiearh       | 0.46                           |
| 5       | Chhatisgarh      | 39.87                          |
| 6       | Delhi            | 0                              |
| 7       | Goa              | 0                              |
| 8       | Guiarat          | 3.19                           |
| 9       | Haryana          | 8.09                           |
| t0      | Himachal Pradesh | 32.77                          |
| lt      | Jammu & Kashmir  | t9.87                          |
| t2      | Jharkhand        | 68.8                           |
| 13      | Karnataka        | 246.56                         |
| t4      | Kerala           | 8.84                           |
| l5      | Madhya Pradesh   | 73.52                          |
| t6      | Maharashtra      | 82.35                          |
| t7      | Manipur          | 12.36                          |
| l8      | Meghalaya        | 0                              |
| t9      | Mizoram          | 3.93                           |
| 20      | Naealand         | 44.62                          |
| 2l      | Odisha           | 208.06                         |
| 22      | Puducherry       | 0.03                           |
| 23      | Puniab           | 87.t3                          |
| 24      | Raiasthan        | 87.87                          |
| 25      | Sikkim           | r 1.08                         |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu       | 919.04                         |
| 27      | Telangana        | 47.9t                          |
| 28      | Tripura          | 65.31                          |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh    | 622.34                         |
| 30      | Uttarakhand      | 23.61                          |
| 31      | West Bensal      | 307.62                         |
|         | Total            | 3255.54                        |

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