Lok Sabha Question No. 442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Construction of Roads under PMGSY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Rajesh Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 442 ANSWERED ON 02/12/2025

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PMGSY 442. Dr. Rajesh Mishra:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  time  by  which  the  construction  of  roads  under  Pradhan Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana  (PMGSY)  Phase-4  is  likely  to  be started;
- (b) the  number  of  roads  identified  in  Madhya  Pradesh  under  the said phase of the said scheme;
- (c) the number of new roads surveyed in Constituency;
- (d)
- SidhiLokSabha
- the number of roads sanctioned in the said Constituency; and
- (e) the  basis  on  which  the  priority  has  been  determined  for starting the construction of roads in the said phase?

## ANSWER

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

(a): A  new  vertical  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  SadakYojana (PMGSY)  called  PMGSY-IV,  has  been  launched  in  September  2024 with  a  focus  to  provide  all-weather  connectivity  to  unconnected habitations of 500+ population in plain areas and 250 + population in NE and Hill States/UTs, special category areas (Tribal Schedule-V, Aspirational Districts/Blocks, Desert Areas)  and  100+  in  LWEaffected districts as per Census 2011.

The implementation period of the scheme is from the financial year  2024-25  to  2028-29.  The  survey  work  to  identify  eligible habitations  has  been  completed,  and  the  proposals  received  from States  and  UTs  are  now  being  taken  up  for  sanction.   As  of 26.11.2025, a total of 1,781 km of road length has been sanctioned to the UT of J&K under PMGSY-IV.

- (b): As per the data reported on the programme MIS of PMGSY, a total  of  10,337    habitations  have  been  surveyed  in  the  State  of

Madhya  Pradesh,  out  of  which  5,660  habitations  have  been  found eligible  after  scrutiny  as  on  27.11.25   as  per  the  Programme Guidelines of PMGSY-IV.

- (c) & (d): Constituency-wise data is not maintained by the Ministry; however, as reported by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, a total of 912 habitations have been surveyed in the Sidhi Parliamentary  Constituency  under  PMGSY-IV.    No  road  work  has been sanctioned so far in the said constituency.
- (e): As per the programme guidelines, the Core Network is the only basis for selection of works under PMGSY. Once the Core Network is ready, the States are required to prepare a Comprehensive New Connectivity Priority List (CNCPL), at the Block and District level, of all  proposed  road  links  under  PMGSY  (with  road  code,  names  of habitations  being  connected  with  habitations  code,  population served  and  length).  The  unconnected  habitations  to  be  covered under  PMGSY-IV  will  be  prioritised  for  providing  new  connectivity based on earmarking/prioritisation under Government  of India convergence  schemes  and  thereafter  based  on  the  guidelines  of PMGSY-I. In accordance with the objectives of DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram UtkarshAbhiyan, the PMGSY IV will prioritise tribal villages of aspirational blocks and the pockets of high tribal concentration & low  development,  i.e.  tribal-majority  villages  with  at  least  500 population  and  50%  or  more  STs  as  per  the  census 2011.  The CNCPL will be, therefore, grouped in the following order of priority:

| Priority No   | Population Size                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1(a)          | Under DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram UtkarshAbhiyan -500 or more population and 50% or more ST population as per the census 2011 -50 or more ST population in the 250+ population category in Aspirational Districts as per Census 2011 |
| 1 (b)         | Under Pradhan MantriAnusuchitJaatiAbhyudayYojana (PM- AJAY) - 500 or more population and 40% or more SC population as per the census 2011                                                                                         |
| II            | Eligible population size as per PMGSY-IV and under convergence schemes of the Central Government with rural road component (as specified by DoRD from time to time).                                                              |
| III           | 1000+                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| IV            | 500-999                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| V             | 250-499                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| VI            | 100-249                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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