Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Identification of Villages under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 ANSWERED ON 10/12/2024

## IDENTIFICATION OF VILLAGES UNDER PMGSY

## *209. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the villages identified under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) are based on the approval of the year 2001;
- (b) if so, whether other new villages will be selected on the lines of those approved in 2001;
- (c) the details of the population criteria for connecting the villages with pucca roads under the PMGSY in Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) the details of the various phases of PMGSY going on in Satna Parliamentary  Constituency  and  Maihar  district  of  Madhya Pradesh and the number of villages not connected with road; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to grant a special package to  connect  the  said  villages  with  roads,  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

- (a) to (e):       A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  209  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON 10.12.2024

(a) to (c): The  unit  of  connectivity  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  is  habitation  and  not  revenue  village.  The PMGSY scheme, started in the year 2000, provided for all-weather connectivity,  to  the  eligible  habitations  having  population  as  per Census  2001.   The  population  norms  under  PMGSY  I  are 500+  in plain  areas   &  250  +   in  North  East  (NE),  Hill  states  &  special category areas (like, Desert Areas, Tribal ( Schedule V) areas, and Selected  Tribal  and  Backward  Districts).  In   Left  Wing  Extremism (LWE) affected areas, the population norms were further relaxed to cover habitations with a population of 100 or more.

A new vertical named PMGSY-IV has recently been launched 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 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. Eligible habitations under the programme are to be finalized after conducting survey of potential habitations and approvals by designated authorities.

(d) & (e): The Constituency-wise details are not maintained in the Ministry. However  Satna  Parliamentary comprises only Satna District.   Maihar  was  also  part  of  the  Satna  district  till  2023.  No data is available on Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) for the Maihar district separately. The details of projects  sanctioned  and  completed  under  various  interventions/ verticals  of  PMGSY  in  the  erstwhile  Satna  district  of  Madhya Pradesh are as under:-

| Vertic Roadwor   | Road   | Bridge   | Roadwor   | Bridge   | Road   | Balanc   |
|------------------|--------|----------|-----------|----------|--------|----------|

| al         | ks sanction ed (in numbers   | length sanction ed (in Kms)   | works sanction ed (in mumber   | ks complet ed (in numbers   | works complet ed (in   | length complet ed (in Kms)   | e* road length (in Kms)   |
|------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|            | )                            |                               | s)                             | )                           | numbers )              |                              |                           |
| PMGS Y-I   | 444                          | 1,620                         | 8                              | 444                         | 8                      | 1,564                        | 0                         |
| PMGS Y-II  | 11                           | 113                           | 2                              | 11                          | 2                      | 111                          | 0                         |
| PMGS Y-III | 28                           | 306                           | 15                             | 27                          | 12                     | 296                          | 5                         |
| TOTA L     | 483                          | 2,039                         | 25                             | 482                         | 22                     | 1,971                        | 5                         |

*Balance road length is less than the difference of sanctioned and completed length due to the reasons that some projects were completed with less than the sanctioned length due to reduction in road length, change in alignment, construction of part length by other agencies, etc.

The  survey  to  identify  eligible  habitations  under  PMGSY-IV  has been started in all States/ UTs.

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