Lok Sabha Question No. 1811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-30
Subject: Building Infrastructure
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1811

## BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

## 1811. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- whether   the Government has   proposed to establish any mechanism to help in building rural infrastructure and boost farm productivity;
- the financial allocation proposed by the Government in this regard?
- b if SO; the details   thereof and the extent to which such initiative will   enhance rural infrastructure with farm productivity; and along

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI BIRENDER SINGH)

(a)to (c): The Ministry of Rural Development,  inter alia, is implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana   (PMGSY); Indira Awaas Yojana   (IAY) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in rural areas of the country through State Governments and UT Administrations. The objective of these programmes is to overall improvement in the quality of life in rural areas through employment generation and building rural infrastructure. Under PMGSY single all-weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations, exiting in the Core Network are provided in rural areas of country. One of the of the MGNREGA is the sustainable development of an agricultural economy. Through the process of providing employment on works that address causes of chronic poverty such as drought, deforestation and soil erosion, the Act seeks to strengthen the natural resource base of rural livelihood and create durable assets in rural areas. Activities such as water conservation and water harvesting,  drought  proofing including afforestation  through plantation, irrigation   canal   including  micro & minor irrigation  works, land development water bodies (construction/renovation), flood control and protection works, including drainage in waterlogged areas, rural connectivity are undertaken under MGNREGA. These activities besides creating productive assets have also strengthened the livelihood resource base of the poor in the country side. To further the pace of agriculture in India, Finance Minister allocated Rs. 25,000 crore in 2015-16 to the corpus of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) set up in NABARD. bring goals

| Mo   |                  |    |    |     | 2015-16   |
|------|------------------|----|----|-----|-----------|
|      | Andhra Pradesh   |    |    |     |           |
|      | Assam            |    |    |     |           |
|      | Bihar            | 20 | 18 | 22  |           |
|      | Chhatiisgarh     |    |    |     |           |
|      | Gujarat          | 2  |    |     |           |
|      | Haryana          |    | 2  |     |           |
|      | Hirachal Pradesh |    |    |     |           |
|      | Jammu & Kashmir  |    |    |     |           |
|      | Jharkhand        |    |    |     |           |
|      | Karnataka        |    |    |     |           |
| 11   | Kerala           |    |    |     |           |
|      | Madhya Pradesh   | 2  |    |     |           |
| 13   | Maharastra       |    |    |     |           |
| 14   | Manipur          |    |    |     |           |
| 15   | Orissa           |    |    |     |           |
| 18   | Punjab           |    |    |     |           |
| 17   | Rajasthan        |    |    |     |           |
| 18   | Tamil Nadu       |    |    |     |           |
| 19   | Tripura          |    |    |     |           |
| 20   | Utar Pradesh     |    | 17 | 37  |           |
| 21   | Uttarakhand      |    |    |     |           |
| 22   | West Bengal      |    |    |     |           |
|      | Total            |    | 45 | 104 | 47        |