Lok Sabha Question No. 2543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Villages connected with Markets
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hemant Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2543 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## VILLAGES CONNECTED WITH MARKETS

## 2543. SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are many hamlets with very low population in Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the number of villages yet to be connected with roads;
- (c) the number of villages under the Parliamentary Constituencies of Hingoli, Nanded and Yavatmal yet to be connected with markets leading to the deprivation of villagers of the market facilities; and
- (d) the steps being taken to remove these hurdles and facilitate the tribes residing in these villages with access to market place?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY-I) 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 socio-economic 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 (MHA) and then Planning Commission) and unconnected habitations in these areas with a population of 250 persons and above in  the  Core  Network  as  per  Census  2001  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  connectivity  under  PMGSY-I  is  'Habitation'  and  not  a Revenue Village or Gram Panchayat or hamlet.  In Maharashtra, under 250+ population category 1,347 habitations have been sanctioned for providing connectivity under the PMGSY, out of which, 1,340 habitations  have  already  been  provided  connectivity.  Under  100-249 population category habitations, 74 habitations were sanctioned and all have been connected. All the eligible habitations in Hingoli, Nanded and Yavtmal districts have already been connected. The timeline for completion  of  PMGSY-I  is  March,  2024.  The  district  wise  details  of habitations sanctioned,  connected and balance in the State of Maharashtra is given in Annexure.

The  details  of  the  habitations,  district-wise  and  year-wise  under PMGSY may be accessed at the program website omms.nic.in=>progress monitoring=>Habitation coverage report.

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Annexure referred to in reply to point (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2543 for reply on 19.12.2023

The  district-wise  details  of  habitations  sanctioned,  connected  and,  balance  in Maharashtra  including  Hingoli,  Nanded  and  Yavatmal  under  PMGSY  as  on  13 th December, 2023

| Sr. No.   | District Name   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Sanctioned   | Connected   | Connected   | Connected   | Balance   | Balance   | Balance   |
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sr. No.   | District Name   | 250+         | 100- 249     | Total        | 250+        | 100- 249    | Total       | 250+      | 100-249   | Total     |
| 1         | Ahmednagar      | 112          | 0            | 112          | 110         | 0           | 110         | 2         | 0         | 2         |
| 2         | Akola           | 22           | 0            | 22           | 22          | 0           | 22          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 3         | Amrawati        | 2            | 0            | 2            | 2           | 0           | 2           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 4         | Aurangabad      | 20           | 0            | 20           | 20          | 0           | 20          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 5         | Beed            | 16           | 0            | 16           | 16          | 0           | 16          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 6         | Bhandara        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 7         | Buldhana        | 36           | 0            | 36           | 36          | 0           | 36          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 8         | Chandrapur      | 5            | 0            | 5            | 5           | 0           | 5           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 9         | Dhule           | 80           | 0            | 80           | 80          | 0           | 80          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 10        | Gadchiroli      | 50           | 73           | 123          | 50          | 73          | 123         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11        | Gondia          | 26           | 1            | 27           | 26          | 1           | 27          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 12        | Hingoli         | 28           | 0            | 28           | 28          | 0           | 28          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 13        | Jalgaon         | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 14        | Jalna           | 12           | 0            | 12           | 12          | 0           | 12          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 15        | Kolhapur        | 27           | 0            | 27           | 27          | 0           | 27          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 16        | Latur           | 3            | 0            | 3            | 3           | 0           | 3           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 17        | Nagpur          | 4            | 0            | 4            | 4           | 0           | 4           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 18        | Nanded          | 14           | 0            | 14           | 14          | 0           | 14          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19        | Nandurbar       | 161          | 0            | 161          | 157         | 0           | 157         | 4         | 0         | 4         |
| 20        | Nashik          | 136          | 0            | 136          | 136         | 0           | 136         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 21        | Osmanabad       | 10           | 0            | 10           | 10          | 0           | 10          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 22        | Parbhani        | 7            | 0            | 7            | 7           | 0           | 7           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 23        | Pune            | 71           | 0            | 71           | 71          | 0           | 71          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 24        | Raigad          | 41           | 0            | 41           | 40          | 0           | 40          | 1         | 0         | 1         |
| 25        | Ratnagiri       | 50           | 0            | 50           | 50          | 0           | 50          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 26        | Sangali         | 58           | 0            | 58           | 58          | 0           | 58          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 27        | Satara          | 66           | 0            | 66           | 66          | 0           | 66          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 28        | Sindhudurg      | 29           | 0            | 29           | 29          | 0           | 29          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 29        | Solapur         | 6            | 0            | 6            | 6           | 0           | 6           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 30        | Thane           | 30           | 0            | 30           | 30          | 0           | 30          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 31        | Wardha          | 16           | 0            | 16           | 16          | 0           | 16          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 32        | Washim          | 3            | 0            | 3            | 3           | 0           | 3           | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 33        | Yavatmal        | 19           | 0            | 19           | 19          | 0           | 19          | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 34        | Palghar         | 187          | 0            | 187          | 187         | 0           | 187         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| Total     |                 | 1,347        | 74           | 1,421        | 1,340       | 74          | 1,414       | 7         | 0         | 7         |