Lok Sabha Question No. 5173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-24
Subject: Muzaffarnagar under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Harendra Singh Malik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5173 ANSWERED ON 24/03/2026

## MUZAFFARNAGAR UNDER PMGSY

5173. Shri Harendra Singh Malik:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  all  revenue  villages  in  Muzaffarnagar  have  been declared as connected as per Government data, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any action such as financial penalty or blacklisting has been taken against projects that failed quality tests in roads constructed  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY), if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide a GIS-based public monitoring portal for timeline and transparency; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): 'Rural  Roads'  is  a  State  subject,  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network with a population of 500 persons  and  above  (Census  2001)  in  plain  areas.    In  respect  of 'Special Category States' (i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand), 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  and  Planning  Commission),  the  objective would  be  to  connect  eligible  unconnected  habitations  with  a population of 250 persons and above (Census 2001).

As  per  the  PMGSY  Guidelines,  the  unit  of  implementation  is  a habitation & not a revenue village, and the basis for determining the population size of the habitation would be the population, as recorded

in the Census 2001. All the 127 eligible unconnected habitations in the Core Network with a population of 500 persons and above (as per Census 2001) in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh have been provided connectivity.

- (b):      The award of works sanctioned by the Ministry under PMGSY is done by the State Government, and blacklisting of contractors for any lapse in implementation of the programme is also done by the respective State Government. No centralised data is maintained in this regard by the Ministry.
- (c) & (d): PMGSY  follows  a  rigorous  integrated  monitoring  and quality protocol as detailed below:

## 1. Three-Tier Quality Assurance:

For effective monitoring of roads constructed under  PMGSY, programme guidelines also envisage a three-tier Quality Assurance Mechanism to ensure the quality of road works during construction. The first  tier  of  this  mechanism  is  in-house  quality  control  at  the Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) level. Second-tier is structured as an independent quality monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs), in which provision of regular inspection of PMGSY works has been envisaged. The third-tier is an independent monitoring mechanism at the Central level. Under this tier, independent  National  Quality  Monitors  (NQMs)  are  engaged  for inspections  of  PMGSY  roads,  selected  at  random.  Action  Taken Reports of the road works graded as Satisfactory Requiring Improvement  (SRI)  and  Unsatisfactory  (U)  by  the  State  Quality Monitors are monitored by the respective State Governments.  Similarly, for works graded as Satisfactory Requiring Improvement (SRI) and Unsatisfactory (U) based on observations of National Quality Monitors, Action Taken Reports are monitored and processed by the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA).

2.    Digital Governance & Efficiency:

OMMAS & PMIS:  Online Management, Monitoring, and Accounting System ensures transparency (OMMAS), and Project Monitoring and Information  System(PMIS)  ensure  real  time  tracking  of  project progress.

-  SNA  SPARSH:  The  transition  to  the SNA  SPARSH  fund  flow mechanism ensures "Just-in-Time" release of funds to the states.
- e-MARG: Routine maintenance is processed through eMARG, where payments  are  contingent  upon  Performance-Based  Maintenance Contracts (PBMC).
-  GPS  Tracking:  Deployment  of  GPS-enabled  Vehicle  Tracking Systems (VTS) on machinery monitors on-site construction activity.

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