Lok Sabha Question No. 2039 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Evaluation of PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, N.K. PREMACHANDRAN, RAVNEET SINGH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2039

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

## EVALUATION OF PMGSY

## 2039. DR .RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI N.K .PREMACHANDRAN:

SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the work under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is going on at a slow pace and the materials being used are of substandard quality, if so, the thereof State/UT - wise and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) whether instances of delay in release of funds under the PMGSY have been reported fr various State s in the country during the last three years and the current year, if details thereof, State/UT -wise;
- (c) whether  several  States  have  not  been  able  to  spend  the  funds  received  from Government under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the said period, if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise including Jharkhand;
- (d) whether the Government is taking/ proposes to take any special initiatives to speed progress of work under PMGSY in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the ot her steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard, State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BIRENDER SINGH)

(a): 'Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention of the Government of India to improve the rural infrastructure by way of a single all -weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network. As per the programme guidelines, the implementation of PMGSY and the quality of co nstruction is the responsibility of the State Government. Under PMGSY, out of 1,78,184 eligible unconnected habitat ions, the Ministry has so far, cleared 1,45,041 habitation s and the States have reported to have provided  connectivity  to 1,12,550habitations  and constructed  4,53,980 km  road  length (including  upgradation). State  wise details of  habitation  connected  and  road lengthcompleted (including upgradation )under PMGSY upto October, 2015 aregiven at Annexure - I .

(b) to (c) : The fund s under PMGSY are released to the State Government s forexecuting projects  sanctioned under  PMGSY as  per  Annual  Allocation , which  ismade  based  on  the availability of funds, value of on -goingworks etc. The funds for the cleared projects are made available to the State Governments in minimum two installments after fulfilling of conditions laid down by the States as per the programme guidelines. A amount of Rs 28,570crore has been releas ed to the State Governments and an amount of Rs 45,530cr ore has been uti lized by the States during the last three financial yearsand the current financial year (upto October 2015). State wise details regarding fund s released and expenditure incurred during the last three years and the current year underPMGSY is givenat Annexure - II.

(d)to(e) : PMGSY was launched on 25 th December, 2000 as a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme. During the current year 2015 - 16,for accelerated execution of PMGSY, the Ministry of Rural Development in consultation with the Ministry of Finance has formulat ed an Action Plan to achieve early target by way of enhancedfinancial allocation to the States and modified funding pattern in the Scheme. Accordingly, the fund sharing pattern of P MGSY has been made in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and th e States for all States except for 8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan  States  for  which  it is90:10.  In  view  of  the  availability  of  substantial  addition allocation of funds under the Scheme during the year 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17,t he States have been advised to submitnew proposals to the Ministry as per the PMGSY guidelines for consideration and sanction under PMGSY .

AllState Governments have been requested in various Regional Review Meetings and Empowered  Committee  Meetings  to  take  suitable  necessary  action to  expedite  works  under PMGSY and full utilization of funds.  The following steps have been specifically taken by the Ministry in this direction:

- (i) States have been requested to augment executing capacity.
- (ii) Bidding Document provisions have been rationalized.
- (iii)Traininghas  beenimparted  to  field  engineers including  contractors  &  their  staff for capacity building.
- (iv) Regular and structured review of physical and financial parameters.

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| Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   | Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to on 10.12.2015 Numbers of Habitations Cleared & Connected and Road Length Cleared & constructd under   |
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| No.                                                                                                                                                                                         | State(s)                                                                                                                                                                                    | Numbers of Eligible Habitations                                                                                                                                                             | Numbers of habitations cleared upto Oct'15                                                                                                                                                  | Number of habitations connected upto Oct'15                                                                                                                                                 | Total road length cleared upto Oct, 15 (Km)*                                                                                                                                                | Total road length connected upto Oct, 15 (Km)*                                                                                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | 3                                                                                                                                                                                           | 4                                                                                                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                                                                                                           | 6                                                                                                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                              | 4819                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1947                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1300                                                                                                                                                                                        | 14963                                                                                                                                                                                       | 12750.07                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                           | 931                                                                                                                                                                                         | 420                                                                                                                                                                                         | 337                                                                                                                                                                                         | 6420                                                                                                                                                                                        | 5089.06                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                                                                                                                       | 12205                                                                                                                                                                                       | 9257                                                                                                                                                                                        | 7628                                                                                                                                                                                        | 17597                                                                                                                                                                                       | 15709.67                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                           | Bihar (RWD & NEA)                                                                                                                                                                           | 24804                                                                                                                                                                                       | 27184                                                                                                                                                                                       | 14368                                                                                                                                                                                       | 50035                                                                                                                                                                                       | 34653.60                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                | 10763                                                                                                                                                                                       | 9442                                                                                                                                                                                        | 8495                                                                                                                                                                                        | 29565                                                                                                                                                                                       | 25464.23                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                         | 20                                                                                                                                                                                          | 20                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | 183                                                                                                                                                                                         | 158.70                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                     | 3387                                                                                                                                                                                        | 3047                                                                                                                                                                                        | 3021                                                                                                                                                                                        | 12655                                                                                                                                                                                       | 11964.78                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 5561                                                                                                                                                                                        | 5448.18                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                            | 3725                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2445                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1975                                                                                                                                                                                        | 13695                                                                                                                                                                                       | 11149.44                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                             | 3892                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1925                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1447                                                                                                                                                                                        | 10155                                                                                                                                                                                       | 6479.73                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                   | 11613                                                                                                                                                                                       | 8469                                                                                                                                                                                        | 5451                                                                                                                                                                                        | 19232                                                                                                                                                                                       | 11951.30                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1766                                                                                                                                                                                        | 297                                                                                                                                                                                         | 276                                                                                                                                                                                         | 18623                                                                                                                                                                                       | 17391.67                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                      | 435                                                                                                                                                                                         | 436                                                                                                                                                                                         | 375                                                                                                                                                                                         | 3358                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2218.19                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                              | 21168                                                                                                                                                                                       | 16905                                                                                                                                                                                       | 13808                                                                                                                                                                                       | 67869                                                                                                                                                                                       | 62331.46                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2159                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1394                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1221                                                                                                                                                                                        | 27067                                                                                                                                                                                       | 23291.78                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1023                                                                                                                                                                                        | 549                                                                                                                                                                                         | 408                                                                                                                                                                                         | 6720                                                                                                                                                                                        | 4547.90                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                   | 793                                                                                                                                                                                         | 482                                                                                                                                                                                         | 184                                                                                                                                                                                         | 2203                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1145.37                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 18 19                                                                                                                                                                                       | Mizoram Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                            | 246 191                                                                                                                                                                                     | 162 91                                                                                                                                                                                      | 155                                                                                                                                                                                         | 2852                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2378.28 3345.87                                                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                             | 90                                                                                                                                                                                          | 3630                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                      | 22211                                                                                                                                                                                       | 13588                                                                                                                                                                                       | 9718                                                                                                                                                                                        | 45189                                                                                                                                                                                       | 34130.61                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                      | 441                                                                                                                                                                                         | 425                                                                                                                                                                                         | 413                                                                                                                                                                                         | 6939                                                                                                                                                                                        | 6704.20                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                   | 16801                                                                                                                                                                                       | 14646                                                                                                                                                                                       | 13446                                                                                                                                                                                       | 62434                                                                                                                                                                                       | 58126.76                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                      | 366                                                                                                                                                                                         | 296                                                                                                                                                                                         | 231                                                                                                                                                                                         | 3560                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2732.81                                                                                                                                                                                     |

| 24          | Tamil Nadu    | 2203   | 1983   |   1948 |   14036 |   12892.09 |
|-------------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|------------|
| 25          | Telangana     |        |        |    574 |   10412 |    9170.66 |
| 26          | Tripura       | 1731   | 1903   |   1707 |    4793 |    3132.57 |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh | 13984  | 12689  |  11177 |   52605 |   44679.2  |
| 28          | Uttarakhand   | 2684   | 1254   |    786 |    8612 |    6325.72 |
| 29          | West Bengal   | 13822  | 13784  |  12008 |   25394 |   18615.7  |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 178184 | 145041 | 112550 |  546356 |  453980    |

* including upgradation

## Annexure - II

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) & (c)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2039 to answered on 10.12.15 (Rs. in crore)

## Central Fund released and expenditure reported under PMGSY

|    |                   | 2012- 13   | 2012- 13    | 2013- 14   | 2013- 14    | 2014- 15   | 2014- 15    | 2015- 16                     | 2015- 16                   |
|----|-------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|    | State             | Release    | Expenditure | Release    | Expenditure | Release    | Expenditure | Release (upto 8th Dec, 2015) | Expenditure upto Oct, 2015 |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.00       | 205.66      | 5.00       | 152.56      | 32.98      | 330.25      | 214.98                       | 259.34                     |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 455.18     | 310.54      | 8.00       | 249.36      | 345.92     | 362.58      | 185.04                       | 104.18                     |
| 3  | Assam             | 154.27     | 522.78      | 240.49     | 699.01      | 316.07     | 538.22      | 135.64                       | 286.53                     |
| 4  | Bihar             | 1326.58    | 1992.21     | 850.83     | 1844.95     | 1548.16    | 2259.30     | 1575.64                      | 887.67                     |
| 5  | Chattisgarh       | 0.00       | 281.41      | 0.00       | 713.58      | 270.75     | 925.18      | 389.29                       | 352.88                     |
| 6  | Goa               | 0.00       | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00        | 0.00       | 0.00        | 0.00                         | 0.00                       |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 125.74     | 99.54       | 519.24     | 477.40      | 418.77     | 685.91      | 333.43                       | 263.84                     |
| 8  | Haryana           | 0.00       | 36.53       | 0.00       | 8.19        | 218.96     | 383.83      | 231.67                       | 221.56                     |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.00       | 55.19       | 0.00       | 148.13      | 99.40      | 215.04      | 184.75                       | 198.48                     |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 266.33     | 459.69      | 523.24     | 534.01      | 416.60     | 422.73      | 265.50                       | 165.89                     |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 105.96     | 325.61      | 21.86      | 539.55      | 249.48     | 785.02      | 411.43                       | 290.64                     |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 24.60      | 16.63       | 5.00       | 7.68        | 237.00     | 411.23      | 63.78                        | 138.54                     |
| 13 | Kerala            | 1.50       | 57.30       | 1.50       | 121.15      | 151.41     | 190.59      | 55.32                        | 23.70                      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 242.88     | 741.11      | 615.00     | 1393.07     | 708.00     | 1667.32     | 863.61                       | 943.69                     |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 0.00       | 153.40      | 0.00       | 383.50      | 212.53     | 540.37      | 357.93                       | 221.26                     |
| 16 | Manipur           | 186.14     | 92.66       | 4.03       | 139.67      | 100.00     | 173.94      | 142.22                       | 118.12                     |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 50.00      | 32.46       | 0.00       | 37.70       | 62.56      | 83.24       | 67.58                        | 60.68                      |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 71.82      | 41.95       | 0.00       | 26.60       | 54.74      | 72.35       | 15.40                        | 27.05                      |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 194.88     | 109.83      | 0.00       | 77.45       | 58.99      | 50.47       | 4.00                         | 30.42                      |
| 20 | Orissa            | 87.25      | 1188.92     | 758.92     | 1605.72     | 1051.50    | 1666.10     | 987.35                       | 904.29                     |

| 21    | Punjab        | 169.66   | 238.16   | 117.68   | 295.61   |   310.21 | 285.03   |   96.58 |   80.84 |
|-------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
| 22    | Rajasthan     | 151.90   | 573.85   | 427.06   | 718.35   |   425.66 | 649.97   |  265.04 |  321    |
| 23    | Sikkim        | 193.62   | 86.73    | 1.97     | 90.57    |    94.59 | 94.50    |   12.71 |   82.62 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu    | 77.72    | 21.13    | 343.48   | 383.39   |   239.65 | 580.72   |  154.43 |   54.54 |
| 25    | Tripura       | 338.59   | 189.79   | 98.83    | 232.76   |   187.36 | 322.83   |  120.97 |  149.93 |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh | 10.00    | 98.00    | 511.93   | 824.25   |   638.7  | 1002.26  |  726.24 |   97.49 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand   | 151.24   | 32.39    | 0.00     | 260.64   |   314.92 | 425.17   |  194.82 |  390.62 |
| 28    | West Bengal   | 3.08     | 423.28   | 306.17   | 1130.44  |  1193.8  | 1414.20  |  716    |  190.84 |
| 29    | Telangana     |          |          |          |          |     0.88 |          |   89.44 |  642.56 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 4388.94  | 8386.75  | 5360.23  | 13095.29 |  9959.57 | 16538.35 | 8860.78 | 7509.2  |