Lok Sabha Question No. 4200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Rural Roads
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4200

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.0 8.201 6

## RURAL ROADS

## 4200. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  villages  proposed  to be c nnected  with  roads  during  the  next  three years;
- (b) the State - wise  number  of  villages  of  the  country  included  for  this  purpose  an quantum of funds earmarked for this purpose; and
- (c) the time by which these villages are likely to be connected with the main road

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

( a) to (c) : Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY)  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  with  the  objective  to  provide  single  all - weather  road  connectivity  to  all  eligible unconnected  habitations,  existing  in  the  Core  Network,  in  rural  areas  of  countr Under PMGSY, the unit of programme is a habitation and not a revenue village. A habitation is cluster of population, living in an area, the location of which does not change Desam, Dhanis, Tolas, Majras, Hamlets, etc., are commonly used terminology to descri Habitations.

For  accelerat ed execution of PMGSY, the Ministry of Ru ral Development in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and the State governments, has formulated an Action achieve the target of the Scheme early, with enhanced financial allocation to the m odified funding pattern in the Scheme. The fund sharing pattern of PMGSY has been in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States for all States except for 8 North Ea and 3 Himalayan States for which it will be 90:10 . A ll the States have alsobeen a dvisedto get approval for sanctions of balance works under PMGSY -I/II as per the mandate of the Scheme and to substantially complete them by March, 2019, so as to provide connecti target  habitations. In  order  to  accelerate  the  implementation and  e sure  time  bound completion of the Scheme in the States, the Government has decided to provide subs enhancement of allocation for PMGSY. During the year 2015 - 16, the total Annual Allocation of the States was Rs.23,806 crore (Rs 15,175.71 crore -Central Share and Rs. 8,631 crore -State Share.  The Budget Estimate (BE) for 2016 - 17  is  Rs.19,000 crore and together with State share, about Rs 27,000 crore will be spent on PMGSY in 2016 - 17.

PMGSY  envisages  to  provide  connectivity  to  a  total  of  1,8 3,599  number  of  eligible habitations as per Core Network. Upto June, 2016, the Ministry has cleared  the pro providing  connectivity  to    1,51,105  eligible  habitations  and  the  States  have  rep connectivity has been provided to 1,19,204 habi tations. State - wise  details  of  total  targeted eligible habitations along with details of cleared and connected are as per Annexure.

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| S. No.                                                          | State(s)                                                        | Eligible Habitations                                            | Habitations cleared upto June 16                                | Habitations connected upto June 16                              |
| 1                                                               | 2                                                               | 3                                                               | 4                                                               | 5                                                               |
| 1                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                  | 1591                                                            | 1117                                                            | 1347                                                            |
| 2                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                               | 438                                                             | 389                                                             | 368                                                             |
| 3                                                               | Assam                                                           | 16026                                                           | 9854                                                            | 8712                                                            |
| 4                                                               | Bihar (RWD & NEA)                                               | 35496                                                           | 27184                                                           | 15947                                                           |
| 5                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                    | 11108                                                           | 9809                                                            | 8758                                                            |
| 6                                                               | Goa                                                             | 20                                                              | 2                                                               | 2                                                               |
| 7                                                               | Gujarat                                                         | 3077                                                            | 3059                                                            | 3021                                                            |
| 8                                                               | Haryana                                                         | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               |
| 9                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                | 3124                                                            | 2232                                                            | 2010                                                            |
| 10                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir                                                 | 2504                                                            | 1783                                                            | 1469                                                            |
| 11                                                              | Jharkhand                                                       | 13375                                                           | 9098                                                            | 5907                                                            |
| 12                                                              | Karnataka                                                       | 297                                                             | 297                                                             | 290                                                             |
| 13                                                              | Kerala                                                          | 435                                                             | 435                                                             | 380                                                             |
| 14                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                  | 18429                                                           | 18002                                                           | 14530                                                           |
| 15                                                              | Maharashtra                                                     | 1516                                                            | 1321                                                            | 1282                                                            |
| 16                                                              | Manipur                                                         | 654                                                             | 549                                                             | 426                                                             |
| 17                                                              | Meghalaya                                                       | 702                                                             | 475                                                             | 215                                                             |
| 18                                                              | Mizoram                                                         | 252                                                             | 161                                                             | 157                                                             |
| 19                                                              | Nagaland                                                        | 110                                                             | 93                                                              | 93                                                              |
| 20                                                              | Odisha                                                          | 17901                                                           | 13368                                                           | 11163                                                           |
| 21                                                              | Punjab                                                          | 397                                                             | 397                                                             | 397                                                             |
| 22                                                              | Rajasthan                                                       | 16570                                                           | 16229                                                           | 13734                                                           |
| 23                                                              | Sikkim                                                          | 366                                                             | 296                                                             | 280                                                             |
| 24                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                      | 2004                                                            | 1986                                                            | 1951                                                            |
| 25                                                              | Telangana                                                       | 934                                                             | 734                                                             | 599                                                             |
| 26                                                              | Tripura                                                         | 1916                                                            | 1874                                                            | 1756                                                            |
| 27                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                   | 13452                                                           | 11623                                                           | 11228                                                           |
| 28                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                     | 2233                                                            | 1299                                                            | 861                                                             |
| 29                                                              | West Bengal                                                     | 18671                                                           | 17438                                                           | 12320                                                           |
| Grand Total:                                                    | Grand Total:                                                    | 183599                                                          | 151105                                                          | 119204                                                          |

Note: The total eligible habitations are 1,78,184. However,if habitations of 100+ to 249 population in 267 LWE affected blocks (identified by MHA) are added (there are 5415 such habitations) then the total becomes 1,83,599.