Lok Sabha Question No. 4059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-17
Subject: Central Schemes to Strengthen Road and Digital Connectivity
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4059 ANSWERED ON 17/03/2026

## CENTRAL SCHEMES TO STRENGTHEN ROAD AND DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY

4059. Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether works have been sanctioned by the Government under the  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  or  other Central schemes to strengthen the road and digital connectivity of the villages under Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  villages/habitations  connected  and  still unconnected with all weather roads in Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Constituency during the last five years;
- (c) whether any special package or priority has been set for the remote, tribal and Narmada coastal villages of the area;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any additional initiative to enhance  village level connectivity in rural  areas through internet/mobile networks, BharatNet and digital services; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes any special action plan and budgetary  provision  to  connect  the  unconnected  villages  of Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Constituency in a time bound manner in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a): 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  to  the targeted habitations. Later on, various other interventions/verticals like PMGSY-II& PMGSY-III & Road Connectivity Projects of Left Wing Extremism Affected Area were launched for strengthening/upgradation  of  rural  roads.  The  details  of  works sanctioned  and  completed  under  various  intervention/verticals  of

PMGSY  till date in Hoshangabad Lok Sabha Constituency,  which comprises  Narmadapuram  (Hoshangabad)  district  and  parts  of Narsinghpur and Raisen districts are as under :

|        |              | Net Sanctioned   | Net Sanctioned      | Net Sanctioned   | Completed    | Completed           | Completed   | Balance      | Balance             | Balance    |
|--------|--------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------|--------------|---------------------|------------|
| Sr. No | Districts    | No. of Roads     | Road Length (in Km) | No of LSBs       | No. of Roads | Road Length (in Km) | No of LSBs  | No. of Roads | Road Length (in Km) | No of LSBs |
| 1      | Hoshangab ad | 234              | 1,021               | 19               | 232          | 974                 | 17          | 2            | 3                   | 2          |
| 2      | Narsinghpur  | 182              | 711                 | 13               | 181          | 678                 | 10          | 1            | 0                   | 3          |
| 3      | Raisen       | 66               | 326                 | 6                | 66           | 315                 | 5           | 0            | 0                   | 1          |
| Total  | Total        | 482              | 2,057               | 38               | 479          | 1,967               | 32          | 3            | 3                   | 6          |

Further,  as  per  the  information  received  from  the  Ministry  of Communications,  Department  of  Telecommunications,  details  of villages covered with mobile networks  in the said constituency are given  below: -

|   Sl. No. | District     |   No of villages |   No villages covered | of Percentage covered   |   Uncovered villages |   Planned in 4G Saturation scheme (out of uncovered) |
|-----------|--------------|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Narmadapuram |              966 |                   933 | 96.58%                  |                   33 |                                                    5 |
|         2 | Narsinghpur  |             1058 |                  1042 | 98.48%                  |                   16 |                                                    4 |
|         3 | Raisen       |             1486 |                  1471 | 98.99%                  |                   15 |                                                    3 |

- (b):      All  the  eligible  unconnected  habitations  in  the  districts  of Narsinghpur (263), Raisen (323), and Hoshangabad (284) have already been provided with all-weather road connectivity under PMGSY-I.
- (c):     A new vertical under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana called PMGSY-IV has been launched in September 2024. PMGSY-IV is a strategic initiative by the Ministry of Rural Development designed to provide all-weather road connectivity to habitations identified as unconnected in the 2011 Census. The scheme operates on a five-year implementation timeline extending from FY 2024-25 to 2028-29.

Under this phase,  the programme targets habitations with a population of 500 or more in plain areas, 250 or more in North-Eastern

states,  Hill  states,  and  Aspirational  Districts/Blocks,  and  a  lower threshold of 100 or more in areas affected by Left Wing Extremism.

A key feature of PMGSY-IV is its convergence framework, which integrates the road components of the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) and the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY).  Priority  is  given  to  tribal  habitations under DA-JGUA with a population of at least 500 (containing 50% ST members)  or  250  in  Aspirational  Districts (50 ST  population). Similarly,  PM-AJAY  prioritises  habitations  of  500  or  more  that possess  at  least  a  40%  Scheduled  Caste  population.  This  unified model  ensures  that  infrastructure  development  is  directly  aligned with  socio-economic  welfare  targets  across  all  States  and  Union Territories.

- (d): Department of Telecom has launched Digital Bharat Nidhi  (DBN)funded  4G  Saturation  scheme  to  provide  4G  Mobile services to uncovered villages. Also, BharatNet Project  was launched by the Department to extend Fiber connectivity to 22858 GPs of M.P.
- (e): As replied to part (c) of the reply, the Government has launched PMGSY-IV  to  provide  all-weather  road  connectivity  to  habitations identified  as  unconnected  as  per  the  population  norms  based  on the  2011 Census. The Ministry is working in close coordination with the State to sanction the identified habitations under PMGSY-IV.

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