Lok Sabha Question No. 1209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Phase-IV of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Tariq Anwar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1209 ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## PHASE-IV OF PMGSY

## 1209. SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government approved Phase-IV of the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) in September 2024 to provide allweather connectivity for Aspirational Districts;
- (b) the specific guidelines for this phase and the manner in which it differs from the implementation in other districts;
- (c) whether  it  is  true  that  the  survey  for  identifying  eligible unconnected habitations under Phase-IV is being conducted by the States using the Gram Sadak Survey App, if so, the details of the roads selected so far under this initiative, particularly in the Katihar district of Bihar; and
- (d) the  details  of  allocation  and  expenditure  under  PMGSY  for different phases, including specific data for the Katihar district of Bihar, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a) The  Government  of  India  has  approved  Phase-IV  of  Pradhan Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  i.e.  PMGSY-IV  on  11.09.2024  to  provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in North East & 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.
- (b) The guidelines for PMGSY-IV have been issued which may be seen on the website of the National Rural Infrastructure Development  Agency  @  pmgsy.  nic.in  ->  PMGSY  Guidelines  -> PMGSY-IV.  While the population eligibility criteria for  habitations in

the  plain  areas  is   500+,  for  Aspirational  districts  the  population criteria has been relaxed to 250+.

- (c) Yes, under PMGSY-IV, States/UTs shall identify eligible habitations after a detailed survey through the Geographical Information  System  (GIS)  based   GramSadak  Survey  App,  and  the planning  will  be  undertaken  with  the  help  of  Geo-Sadak  i.e.  a  GIS module and PM-Gati Shakti. The survey work is presently going on in the  country, including  in  Katihar  district, to  identify  the  eligible unconnected habitations, as per the scheme guidelines.
- (d) The allocation of funds for implementation of PMGSY is based on the proposals received from the State/UT and depends, inter-alia, on  works  in  hand,  execution  capacity  of  the  State,  and  unspent balances  of  the  previous  release  available  with  the  State.  Funds (central  share)  are  released  to  the  States/UTs  as  a  whole  and further, district/sub-district-wise funds distributions are done by the concerned States/UTs. The Ministry does not maintain district-wise details  of  funds  released.  However,  the  expenditure  incurred  in various phases of PMGSY including in the Katihar district of Bihar may be seen at omms. nic.in -> Progress Monitoring -> MPR1. The details  of  expenditure,  including  State  share,  in  the  district  of Katihar is as follows:

(Rs in Crore)

| Financial Year   |   Expenditure (as on 07.02.2025) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2011-12          |                           107.17 |
| 2012-13          |                            25.54 |
| 2013-14          |                            12.52 |
| 2014-15          |                            27.02 |
| 2015-16          |                            87.33 |
| 2016-17          |                            81.09 |
| 2017-18          |                            51.08 |
| 2018-19          |                            49.98 |
| 2019-20          |                            35    |
| 2020-21          |                            57.2  |
| 2021-22          |                            54.78 |
| 2022-23          |                            61.5  |
| 2023-24          |                           132.15 |
| 2024-25          |                           289.96 |
| Total            |                          1072.32 |

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