Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: SPMRM in Telangana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 357 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## SPMRM IN TELANGANA

## 357.  DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) was over last year;
- (b) if so, whether it is true that there are still more than 1650 works which  are  yet  to  be  completed  under  the  above  Mission  in Telangana;
- (c) if so, the details of works pending, district-wise;
- (d) the time by which the works are going to be completed;
- (e) whether it is true that no budgetary allocation has been made for this Mission in 2023-24; and
- (f) if so, the manner in which the Ministry is going to complete the pending works in Telangana?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherji  Rurban  Mission  (SPMRM)  was initially launched in 2016 for a period of up to March 2020. 31st March 2022 has been declared as the 'sunset date' for the Mission. One-time final sanction has been given by the Government of India for release of funds under the Mission up to 31st March, 2023, for those works which were ongoing as on 31.03.2022.
- (b): As  on  29th   November  2023,  there  are  1425  works  which  are ongoing across the 17 Rurban clusters in the State of Telangana.

(c): The  district-wise  details  of  ongoing  of  work  in  the  State  of Telangana is given at Annexure 1. (d): The State of Telangana has communicated to the Ministry that the works will be completed   by 31st December 2023. (e): Since 31st March 2022 has been declared as the sunset date for the scheme, a one-time sanction was accorded for release of funds till 31st March 2023 for ongoing works pending as on sunset date. Hence, no budgetary allocation has been made for 2023-24. (f): The Ministry releases funds to the States/Union Territories (UTs) and the State/UTs are mandated to implement the scheme and to get the  works completed. The Ministry, however, monitors the progress of work completion and fund utilisation made by the State/UTs through quarterly  meetings,  field  visits  and  analysis  of  monthly  progress. Review of progress is an ongoing process which the Ministry undertakes for all states, including Telangana.

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## District-wise details of ongoing work as on 29th November 2023

| S.No.   | Name of the cluster   | Name of the District   |   No. of works ongoing |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Allapur.S             | Vikarabad              |                     80 |
| 2       | Bijigirisharif        | Karimnagar             |                     46 |
| 3       | Chirrakunta           | K.B.Asifabad           |                     29 |
| 4       | Choutuppal            | Yadadri- Bhuvanagiri   |                     20 |
| 5       | Jaligaon              | Siddipet               |                    397 |
| 6       | Jukkal                | Kamareddy              |                     67 |
| 7       | K B Pally             | Nalgonda               |                     14 |
| 8       | Kuntala               | Nirmal                 |                     32 |
| 9       | Nagaram               | Bhupalapally           |                     61 |
| 10      | Nancherla             | Mahboobnagar           |                     95 |
| 11      | Papannapet            | Medak                  |                    108 |
| 12      | Parvathagiri          | Warangal               |                     47 |
| 13      | Ryakal                | Sangareddy             |                     33 |
| 14      | Shankarpally          | Rangareddy             |                    112 |
| 15      | Sulthanabad           | Peddapally             |                     78 |
| 16      | Vennacherla           | Nagarkurnool           |                     78 |
| 17      | Yedpalle              | Nizamabad              |                    128 |
| Total   |                       |                        |                   1425 |

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