Lok Sabha Question No. 4839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Road Connectivity under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4839

## ANSWERED ON 01/04/2025

## ROAD CONNECTIVITY UNDER PMGSY

## 4839. SHRI AMRA RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- the details of guidelines formulated for connecting habitations by road under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY);
- (a) and
- (b) whether the Government proposes to sanction road connectivity for habitations situated inSikar district this year, if so, the details thereof?

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

## (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY) was launched as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in NorthEastern States, Himalayan States and Himalayan Union Territories as  per  2001  census)  in  the  core  network  for  uplifting  the  socioeconomic  condition  of  the  rural  population.  Relaxation  has  been provided to the Desert Areas (as identified in the Desert Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home  Affairs and Planning Commission) and unconnected habitations  in  these  areas  with  a  population  of  250  persons  and above  in  the  Core  Network  as  per  Census  2001  are  eligible  for connectivity under the scheme. In the critical Left Wing Extremism affected blocks (as identified by Ministry of Home Affairs), additional  relaxation  has  been  given  to  connect  habitations  with population 100 persons and above as per 2001 census.

The Unit for PMGSY is a Habitation and not a Revenue village or a Panchayat. A habitation is a cluster of population, living in an area,  the  location  of  which  does  not  change  over  time.  Desam, used

Dhanis, Tolas, Majras, Hamlets, etc., are commonly terminology to describe the Habitations.

The  population,  as  recorded  in  the  Census  2001,  shall  be  the basis  for  determining  the  population  size  of  the  habitation.  The population of all Habitations within a radius of 500 metre (1.5 km of path  distance  in  case  of  Hills)  may  be  clubbed  together  for  the purpose of determining the population size. In the blocks bordering international boundary in the hill States (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs), however, all habitations within a path distance of 10 km may be treated as a cluster for this purpose. This cluster approach would  enable provision of connectivity to a larger number  of habitations,  particularly  in  the  Hill/mountainous  areas.  Further,  the cluster  approach  in  respect  of  Arunachal  Pradesh  State  has  been extended  from  International  border  blocks  to  International  border districts of the State by clubbing population within a path distance of 10 km and treating as a cluster for eligibility.

- (b): The State of Rajasthan has been sanctioned its full entitlement of roads and bridges under PMGSY.  Since inception of PMGSY in 2000 till 27.03.2025, a total of 18,161 roads of 78,267.27 Km of road length and 73 bridges have been sanctioned to the State of  Rajasthan.   Out  of  this,  18,076  roads  of  75,644.32  Km  and  54 bridges  have  been  completed  by  the  State.  For  Sikar  District,  395 roads of 1,710.06 Km road length was sanctioned and all roads have been completed.

Recently, a new vertical named PMGSY-IV has been launched on  11 th   September,  2024  with  a  focus  on  providing  all-weather connectivity to unconnected habitations of 500+ population in plain areas  and  250  +  population  in  NE  and  Hill  States/UTs,  special category  areas  (Tribal  Schedule-V,  Aspirational  Districts/Blocks, Desert  Areas)  and  100+  in  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected districts as per Census 2011. The scheme will be implemented from 2024-25  to  2028-29  with  a  total  outlay  of  Rs.  70,125  crore  with  a target  to  provide  connectivity  to  25,000  unconnected  habitations. The Central Government is working in close coordination with the States  to  facilitate  submission  of  proposals  under  the  scheme. Eligible unconnected habitations in Rajasthan including Sikar districts, if any, will also be covered under the scheme.

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