Lok Sabha Question No. 351 (STARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Villages selected under PMAGY
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi, Shri Shashank Mani

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

## STARRED QUESTION NO.351 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2025

## VILLAGES SELECTED UNDER PMAGY

## *351. ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI: SHRI SHASHANK MANI:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) to develop villages fulfilling the minimum requirements;
- (b) the details and number of villages selected, works carried out and the number of people benefitted from the said Scheme in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the specific monitorable indicators fixed for evaluating any village as 'Adarsh Gram';
- (d) the names of villages included in the list of Adarsh Gram in Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra; and
- (e) the details of the schemes being run in the villages selected in Dhule and Nandurbar districts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.351 FOR ANSWER ON 25.03.2025 RAISED BY ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI & SHRI SHASHANK MANI REGARDING VILLAGES SELECTED UNDER PMAGY

(a) Adarsh Gram component of Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PMAJAY) erstwhile scheme of Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) is being implemented for integrated development of Scheduled Castes (SC) majority villages. The selected villages are saturated with identified 50 Socio-Economic developmental indicators as detailed at Annexure-I, under 10 domains namely Drinking Water and Sanitation, Education, Health and Nutrition Social Security, Rural Roads and Housing, Electricity and Clean Fuel, Agricultural Practices, Financial Inclusion, Digitization Livelihood and Skill Development.

(b) Under Adarsh Gram component of Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) 29,847 villages have been identified. Out of these identified villages, 11,022 villages have been declared as Adarsh Gram in which 38,883 works have been carried out by the States/UTs benefiting 1,00,53,218 Scheduled Caste population. The State wise list is at Annexure-Il.

(c) The list of 50 socio-economic developmental Monitorable Indicators to evaluate a village as "Adarsh Gram" is at Annexure-I.

(d) to (e) No village has been identified under the Adarsh Gram component in Dhule and Nandurbar districts of Maharashtra.

## Annexure in r/o Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 on Villages selected under PMAGY

The details of 50 Socio-Economic Developmental Monitorable Indicators are as under:

| SI.   | Domain/ Particulars of Monitorable Indicators                                                                                                          |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Drinking Water and Sanitation                                                                                                                          |
| 1.1   | Whether adequate sustainable drinking water sources to cover the village are available? (Yes/No)                                                       |
| 1.2   | % of households provided with clean drinking water                                                                                                     |
| 1.3   | % of households having Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs)                                                                                           |
| 1.4   | Have toilets been provided in all schools and Anganwadis in the village?                                                                               |
| 1.5   | Whether people are'still defecating in the open in the village? (Yes/No)                                                                               |
| 1.6   | % of drains available along all internal roads                                                                                                         |
| 1.7   | % of existing drains functioning                                                                                                                       |
| 1.8   | % of solid and liquid waste being disposed of effectively                                                                                              |
| 2.    | Education                                                                                                                                              |
| 2.1   |                                                                                                                                                        |
| 2.2   | 1% of children (6-10 years), both boys and girls, attending primary schools % of children (11-13 years), both boys and girls, attending middle schools |
| 2.3   | 1% of children (14-15 years), both boys and girls, attending secondary schools                                                                         |
| 2.4   | % of children (16-17 years), both boys and girls, attending higher secondary schools                                                                   |
| 2.5   | % of children (18-23 years), both boys and girls, attending post higher secondary schools                                                              |
| 2.6   | % of SC children (out of those attending school & eligible) receiving pre-matric scholarship)                                                          |
| 2.7   | % of SC children (out of those pursuing post matric education and eligible) receiving post-matric scholarship                                          |
| 3.    | Health and Nutrition                                                                                                                                   |
| 3.1   | 1% of eligible households covered under any Health Protection Scheme                                                                                   |
| 3.2   | Is an emergency Ambulance facility available on call? (Yes/No)                                                                                         |
| 3.3   | 1% of pregnant women who are severely anemic                                                                                                           |
| 3.4   | % of institutional deliveries in the village during the last one year                                                                                  |
| 3.5   | % of low-birth weight children born during the last one year                                                                                           |
| 3.6   | % of full immunization of children (< 1 year)                                                                                                          |
| 3.7   | 1% of underweight children (0-5 years) in the village                                                                                                  |
| 3.8   | How many pregnant women died during the last one year?                                                                                                 |
| 3.9   | How many children (<1 year) died during the last one year?                                                                                             |
| 3.10  | % of persons with communicable diseases getting treatment as per protocol                                                                              |
| 3.11  | Whether all Anganwadis are constructed? (Yes/No)                                                                                                       |
| 4.    | Social Security                                                                                                                                        |
| 4.1   | % of eligible women provided with Widow Pension                                                                                                        |
| 4.2   | % of eligible persons provided with Old Age Pension                                                                                                    |
| 4.3   | % of eligible persons provided with Disability Pension                                                                                                 |
|       | Rural Roads and Housing                                                                                                                                |

| 5.1   | Is the village connected by all-weather roads? (Yes/No)                    |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5.2   | % of internal roads that are CC/ brick top/ Pakka/ Tiled                   |
| 5.3   | % of households living in Kachcha/ unsafe houses                           |
|       | Electricity and clean fuel                                                 |
| 6.1   | Whether the village has been electrified? (Yes/No)                         |
| 6.2   | % of households having electricity connection                              |
| 6.3   | % of households using at least one LED bulb                                |
| 6.4   | % of households having gas connection                                      |
| 6.5   | % of internal roads having street lights                                   |
| 7.    | Agricultural Practices etc.                                                |
| 7.1   | % of eligible farmers provided with Soil Health Card                       |
| 7.2   | Extent (in %) of organic farming practices adopted                         |
| 7.3   | Extent (in %) of watershed management practices adopted                    |
| 8.    | Pinancial Inclusion                                                        |
| 8.1   | % of village population (>5 years having Aadhar Identification             |
| 8.2   | % of households having accounts in Banks/ Post Office                      |
| 8.3   | % of eligible persons covered under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana    |
| 8.4   | % of eligible persons covered under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan JyotiBima Yojana |
|       | Digitization                                                               |
| 9.1   | Does the village have access to Internet connectivity? (Yes/No)            |
| 9.2   | Does the village have a Common Service Centre or Cyber Cafe? (Yes/No)      |
| 9.3   | % of eligible persons who are digitally literate                           |
| 10.   | Livelihood and Skill Development                                           |
| 10.1  | % of eligible youth undergoing skill development                           |
| 10.2  | % of eligible youth who have been able to avail bank linked loan           |
| 10.3  | 1% of households which have at least one member as a member of any SHGs    |

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Annexure-ll Annexure in r/o Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 on Villages selected under PMAGY

| S.No   | State             | Total Districts   | Total Villages identified   | Adarsh Gram Declared   | SC population covered in Adarsh Gram villages   | No. of works carried out   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh R  | 25                | 1026                        | 229                    | 2,28,094                                        |                            |
| 2      | Assam             | 33                | 655                         | 117                    | 1,30,855                                        | 427 887                    |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh      | 23                | 909                         | 630                    | 5,08,646                                        | 3100                       |
| 4      | Delhi             |                   | 2                           |                        | 0                                               | 3                          |
| 5      | Gujarat           | 16                | 56                          | 25                     | 16,393                                          |                            |
| 6      | Haryana           | 22                | 637                         | 57                     | 64,928                                          | 212 206                    |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | 11                | 450                         | 330                    | 2,00,948                                        | 1653                       |
| 8      | Jammu And Kashmir | 10                | 357                         | 223                    | 1,83,136                                        | 166                        |
| 9      | Jharkhand         | 23                | 989                         | 8                      | 6740                                            | 82                         |
| 10     | Karnataka         | 29                | 1723                        | 764                    | 7,36,821                                        | 6695                       |
| 11     | Kerala            | 1                 | 3                           | 0                      | 0                                               | 0                          |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    | 51                | 1690                        | 1223                   | 7,67,710                                        | 5299                       |
| 13     | Maharashtra       | 27                |                             |                        | 1,49,572                                        | 844                        |
| 14     | Manipur           | 5                 |                             |                        | 29,815                                          | 65                         |
| 15     | Meghalaya         | 3                 |                             |                        | 0                                               |                            |
| 16     | Odisha            | 30                |                             |                        | 5,79,638                                        | 6214                       |
| 17     | Puducherry        | 2                 |                             |                        | 0                                               |                            |
| 18     | Punjab            | 23                |                             |                        | 2,97,341                                        | 117                        |
| 19     | Rajasthan         | 32                |                             |                        | 7,49,890                                        |                            |
| 20     | Tamil Nadu        | 37                |                             |                        | 32,72,812                                       |                            |
| 21     | Telangana         | 31                |                             |                        | 28,236                                          |                            |
| 22     | Tripura           | 8                 |                             |                        | 71,735                                          |                            |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh     | 75                |                             |                        | 18,92,385                                       |                            |
| 24     | Uttarakhand       | 13                |                             |                        | 1,37,523                                        |                            |
|        | Total             | 531               |                             |                        | 1,00,53,218                                     | 38,883                     |

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