Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Criteria for Selection of Roads under PMGSY-III
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 457 ANSWERED ON 05/12/2023

## CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY-III

## 457.  SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  criteria  adopted  for  selection  of  roads  for  Pradhan  Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III;
- (b) whether funds have been allocated under PMGSY-III in Gujarat; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  funds  allocated  under  PMGSY-III  in  Gujarat during each of the last three years, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The State of Gujarat has completed all the projects sanctioned under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana-  I  and  II.  Presently,  the projects  are  being  sanctioned  under  PMGSY-III,  which  focus  on upgradation of existing Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting  habitations,  inter-alia,  to  Gramin  Agricultural  Markets, Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.

Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojna  (PMGSY-III)  was  launched  in  the year 2019 for 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.  Districtwise/Block-wise allocation of targets within the overall targets allocated  to  the  State  Governments/Union  Territories  is  done  by  the respective States/UTs. The selection of roads in a particular district/block is  done by the States/UTs based on the utility value of the eligible roads computed on the basis of the population served by the road and market, educational, medical and transport infrastructure facilities connected by the concerned road. The project proposals are prepared/  approved  involving  the  Programme  Implementation  Units (PIUs),  District  Panchayats,  State  Rural  Road  Development  Agency (SRRDA) and State Level Standing Committee (SLSC).

PMGSY-III guidelines have an inbuilt mechanism for consultation with public representatives at the stage of planning and selection of roads. The selection of roads under PMGSY-III is done as per the procedure laid in PMGSY-III guidelines which stipulates that the Comprehensive Up-gradation cum Consolidation Priority List (CUCPL) will be prepared after  due  consultation  with  the  Intermediate  Panchayat  and  placed before  District  Panchayat  for  approval  after  due  verification. The guidelines further stipulate that the Members of Parliament/Members of Legislative Assembly shall be given a copy of the CUCPL and their suggestions and suggestions of the lower-level Panchayat institutions are  given  the  fullest  consideration  by  the  District  Panchayat  while according its  approval.  After  approval  by  the  District  Panchayat,  the proposals would be placed before the State Level Standing Committee (SLSC) for approval. The DPRs against the proposals approved by the SLSC and conforming to the PMGSY guidelines, after scrutiny by the State  Technical  Agencies  and  at  other  levels,  are  taken  up  for sanction by the Central Government.

(b) & (c): The funds for implementation of PMGSY are released to the States/  UTs  on  the  basis  of  the  proposals  received  from  them,  and depend, inter-alia, on works in hand, execution capacity and unspent funds.  Further  release  of  funds  to  the  Programme  Implementation Units  (PIUs)  at  the  district  level  is  done  by  the  respective  State Governments depending upon the absorption capacity of the PIUs.

The fund released to the State of Gujarat during each of the last three years and the current year  (as on 29.11.2023), is given as under :-

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial year    | Opening balance of central share   | Central share released   | Total Central share available   | Expenditure (including State share)   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2020-21           | 66.39                              | 79.08                    | 145.47                          | 133.32                                |
| 2021-22           | 71.89                              | 195.50                   | 267.39                          | 400.16                                |
| 2022-23           | 28.76                              | 266.63                   | 295.39                          | 461.69                                |
| 2023-24           | 18.64                              | 180.84                   | 199.48                          | 166.15                                |
| (upto 29.11.2023) |                                    |                          |                                 |                                       |

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