Lok Sabha Question No. 1335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, UDIT RAJ, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, MANOJ RAJORIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1335

TO  BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

## 1335. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

DR. UDIT RAJ:

SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  rolled  out  the  second  phase  of  the  SaansadAdarsh  Gram (SAGY), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the names  of  Members  of  Parliament  (MPs)  who  have  adopted  villages  under  Phase -II  of  the SAGY, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether many MPs have expressed reservations for adopting a village under Phase -II of the SAGY, if so, the details thereof and the reasons there for;
- (d) whether  the  benefits  of  the  scheme  is  reaching  to  the  intended  beneficiaries,  if thereof, State/UT - wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to amend/change the implementation and funding proces SAGY, if so, the detai ls thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI  SUDARSHAN  BHAGAT)

- (a): Yes Madam. The aim of the SaansadAdarsh Gram Yojana is to develop three Adarsh Grams by March 2019, of which one would be achieved by 2016. Thereafter, five such AdarshGrams(one will be selected and developed by 2024. While the activities for development of the firs Grams are going on, the timelines of the S cheme require identification of next set of Gram Panchayat taken up by Hon'ble Members of Parliament.
- (b): the  name s of  Members  of  Parliament  (MPs)  who  have  adopted village/s  under  Phase -II  of  the SAGY, State/UT - wise is at Annexure I .
- (c): Yes Madam. Two Hon'ble Members of Parliament, namely, Shri K.V. Thomos and Shri Dushyant Chautala havexpressed reservations for adopting a village under Phase -II of the SAGY . The reasons cited by them are absence of funding under the Scheme and slow exec ution of development projects by the St Government.
- (d): While the activities for development of the first set of Adarsh Grams are going on, the Ministry f Rural Development have document ed one hundred and one good initiatives in the AdarshGrams on the initiatives  taken  up  by  Hon'ble    Members  of  P arliament(MPs)and  brought  out  in  the  form  of 'SANKALAN'. The  purposeis  to  share  the  best  practices  in  the  SAGY  gram  panchayats  and

disseminate the stories that will inspire other MPs and Adarsh Gra ms to initiate similar activities. A l 'SAGY -Sankalan' is available on the website of the Scheme www.saanjhi.gov.in under the heading 'Good Practices'. State - wise details of some of the other success stories reported from SAGY Gram Panchayats are at Annexure II .

- (e): No Madam

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| Annexure I referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question   | Annexure I referred to in reply to part (b) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question   |
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| S.No.                                                                       | Name of the Member of Parliament                                            |
| 1                                                                           | Dr. HariBabuKambhampati                                                     |
| 2                                                                           | Smt. GeethaKothapalli                                                       |
| 3                                                                           | Shri Ashok GajapatiRajuPusapati                                             |
| 4                                                                           | ShriMuthamsettiSrinivasaRao (Avnthi)                                        |
| 5                                                                           | Shri Y. S. Avinash Reddy                                                    |
| 6                                                                           | Sh. VaraPrasadaraoVelagapalli                                               |
| 7                                                                           | ShriChhediPaswan                                                            |
| 8                                                                           | Shri Ram Vilas Paswan                                                       |
| 9                                                                           | Shri RamaKishore Singh                                                      |
| 10                                                                          | Shri Tariq HameedKarra                                                      |
| 11                                                                          | Captain Jitendra Singh                                                      |
| 12                                                                          | ShriNishikantDubey                                                          |
| 13                                                                          | ShriRangaswamyDhruvanarayana                                                |
| 14                                                                          | Shri K.H. Muniyappa                                                         |
| 15                                                                          | Smt. SushmaSwaraj                                                           |
| 16                                                                          | Smt. SushmaSwaraj                                                           |
| 17                                                                          | ShriAnandraoVithobaAdsul                                                    |
| 18                                                                          | ShriRabindra Kumar Jena                                                     |
| 19                                                                          | ShriBalabhadraMajhi                                                         |
| 20                                                                          | ShriBaijayant"Jay" Panda                                          |
| 21                                                                          | Smt. PratyushaRajeshwari Singh                                              |
| 22                                                                          | ShriSumedhanandSaraswati                                                    |
| 23                                                                          | ShriBandaruDattatreya                                                       |
| 24                                                                          | Shri Swami SakshijiMaharaj                                                  |
| 25                                                                          | ShriNarendraModi                                                            |
| 26                                                                          | Dr. MahendraNathPandey                                                      |
| 27                                                                          | ShriMukesh Rajput                                                           |
| 28                                                                          | Shri Babul Supriya (Babul Supriyo) Baral                                    |
| 29                                                                          | ShriBijoy Chandra Barman                                                    |
| 30                                                                          | Captain T. Subbarami Reddy                                                  |
| 31.                                                                         | Smt. NirmalaSitharaman                                                      |
| 32                                                                          | ShriDilipbhaiPandya                                                         |
| 33                                                                          | ShriThaawar Chand Gehlot                                                    |
| 34                                                                          | ShriMukhtar Abbas Naqvi                                                     |

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| Annexure IIreferred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question due for answer on 03.03.2016.   | Annexure IIreferred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question due for answer on 03.03.2016.   | Annexure IIreferred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question due for answer on 03.03.2016.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| Sr. No                                                                                                    | Name of the State                                                                                         | Success Story domain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                 | Skill Training to Youth , Sanitation, and Animal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                                    | Organic Farming Special medical camp for Scheduled tribe people                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                                 | Child LabourFree , Community Leadership programme and Sanitation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 4                                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                               | Soil and Water Conservation activities , Training Masons , Construction of mud road through 'shramdan', Construction of recharge wells, Farm Road village market, Public infrastructure - Construction Village road and starting a bus service, school building, Distribution of school bags schools and anganwadis and LE D lamps for internal road |
| 5                                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                 | Free Solar Lantern Distribution to the artisans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 6                                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                                    | SAGY Village to be Open Defecation Free                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                            | Liquor preparation stopped and reduction in consumption                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                                                   | Education , Sanitation and observing YOGA day in village to make villagers more health conscious                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                             | Agriculture Marketing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                              | W ell eq uippedA nganwadi renovated from local support                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

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