Lok Sabha Question No. 3095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3095

TO  BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2015

## SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

## 3095. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU : SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) the total number of villages covered under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) in the country, State/UT - wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) thedetails of the number of projects along with the total amount allocated an spent towards the SAGY across the country during the current year, State/UT -wise including Andhra Pradesh ;
- (c) whether there is a provision to provide grant by non - governmental organizations under SAGY, if so, the details thereof ;
- (d) whether public sector undertakings have also been entrusted with the responsi of ensuring implementation of ongoing/pending projects under SAGY, if so, the details the reof ; and
- (e) whether the Government has received any complaint regarding non - implementation ofSAGY by the concerned officers and the implementing agencies particularly i Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard, State/UT - wise ?

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

- (a): The  total  number  of  villages  covered  under  the  Saansad  Adarsh  Gram  Yojan (SAGY) in the country, State/UT - wise including Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure I .
- (b): No amount has been allocated by the Central Government for the implementation projects/works in villages under Saansad  Adarsh Gram Yojana. SAGY is primarily about unleashing the power of people who are expected to inculcate pride in village, en societal  change/Behavioural  change,  take  collective  responsibility  and  initiate projects. The development of Gram Panchayats identified under SAGY is intended to take place through the convergence    and   implementation of existing Government Schemes Programmes without allocating additional funds. The primary responsibility of implementing SAGY lies with the States/UTs. The District Collector is the nodal offi cer for implementing SAGY.Hence, the information asked for is not maintained in the Ministr Rural Development.
- (c ) : Under SAGY, an Adarsh Gram should evolve out of people's shared vision, using their capacities and available resources to the best extent possible, duly facili the MP,  the  Gram  Panchayat,  Civil  Society  and  the  government  machinery.  Hence,  non -governmental organizations may  provide any assistance in cash or kind to the implementi agencies in States/UTs. ( d) : The development of Gram Panchayats identified under SAGY is intended to take place through the convergence    and   implementation of existing Government Schemes Programmes without allocating additional funds. The primary responsibility of implementing SAGY lies with the States/UTs. He nce, the role of public sector undertakings is limited to their participation in the implementation of projects/works under th existing Government  Schemes  and  Programmes.  They  have  not  been  entrusted  with  any  specifi responsibility of ensuring implementa tion of ongoing/pending projects under SAGY. (e) : The Ministry has received a few complaints about implementation of SAGY in the country.  The  complaints  mainly  relate  to inaction  by  the  implementing  authorities,  no separate funding by the Government, etc.As implementation of the Act is done by the State Governments in accordance with the guidelines of the Scheme , all complaints received in the  Ministry  are  forwarded  to  the  concerned  state  Governments  for  taking  approp action .The details of important complaints regarding non - implementation of SAGY by the concerned  officers  and  the  implementing  agencies  along  with  the  action  taken  b Government in this regard, State/UT - wise is at Annexure II.

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| Annexure I referred to in yrepl to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3095 for answer on17.12 .2015.   | Annexure I referred to in yrepl to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3095 for answer on17.12 .2015.   | Annexure I referred to in yrepl to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3095 for answer on17.12 .2015.   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                          | Name of the State/Union Territory                                                                                | Number of Gram Panchayats identified Members of Parliament                                                       |
| 1.                                                                                                               | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                |
| 2.                                                                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                   | 30                                                                                                               |
| 3.                                                                                                               | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                |
| 4.                                                                                                               | ASSAM                                                                                                            | 21                                                                                                               |
| 5.                                                                                                               | BIHAR                                                                                                            | 53                                                                                                               |
| 6.                                                                                                               | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                |
| 7.                                                                                                               | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                     | 16                                                                                                               |
| 8.                                                                                                               | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                |
| 9.                                                                                                               | DAMAN AND DIU                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                |
| 10.                                                                                                              | DELHI                                                                                                            | 8                                                                                                                |
| 11.                                                                                                              | GOA                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                |
| 12.                                                                                                              | GUJARAT                                                                                                          | 37                                                                                                               |
| 13.                                                                                                              | HARYANA                                                                                                          | 15                                                                                                               |
| 14.                                                                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                                |
| 15.                                                                                                              | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                |
| 16.                                                                                                              | JHARKHAND                                                                                                        | 19                                                                                                               |
| 17.                                                                                                              | KARNATAKA                                                                                                        | 38                                                                                                               |
| 18.                                                                                                              | KERALA                                                                                                           | 30                                                                                                               |
| 19.                                                                                                              | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                |
| 20.                                                                                                              | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                   | 37                                                                                                               |
| 21.                                                                                                              | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                      | 67                                                                                                               |
| 22.                                                                                                              | MANIPUR                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                |
| 23.                                                                                                              | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                        | 3                                                                                                                |
| 24.                                                                                                              | MIZORAM                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                |
| 25.                                                                                                              | NAGALAND                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                                |
| 26.                                                                                                              | ODISHA                                                                                                           | 27                                                                                                               |
| 27.                                                                                                              | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                |
| 28.                                                                                                              | PUNJAB                                                                                                           | 20                                                                                                               |
| 29.                                                                                                              | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                        | 34                                                                                                               |
| 30.                                                                                                              | SIKKIM                                                                                                           | 2                                                                                                                |
| 31.                                                                                                              | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                       | 56                                                                                                               |
| 32.                                                                                                              | TELANGANA                                                                                                        | 21                                                                                                               |
| 33.                                                                                                              | TRIPURA                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                |
| 34.                                                                                                              | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                    | 104                                                                                                              |
| 35.                                                                                                              | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                                |
| 36.                                                                                                              | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                      | 4                                                                                                                |
| 37.                                                                                                              | Nominated Members of Rajya Sabha                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                |

## Annexure II  referred to in reply to part (e) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3095 for answer on 17.12.2015.

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|   Sl. No. | Name of the Complainant                                 | State          | Nature of the complaint                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Action taken by Ministry of Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|         1 | Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy,MP (Lok Sabha)                    | Andhra Pradesh | Reference received Privileges & Ethics Lok Sabha Secretariat enclosing a copy of letter dated 29 th December, 2014 from the Hon'ble MP alleging misbehavior by the District and Chief Planning Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh when he sought information regarding review meeting under 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana | from Branch, , the Collector Officer, a the A factual note in the was sought from Government of Andhra Pradesh vide this Ministry's D.O. letters 8/01/2015, 19/01/2015 03/ 03/2015. The last dated 03/03/2015 written by Secretary, Development to the Secretary, Andhra Report sent by the Government was forwarded to Privileges & Ethics Lok Sabha Secretariat 07/05/2015. |
|         2 | Smt. Kothapalli Geetha, Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) | Andhra Pradesh | A letter received from Prime Minister's Office enclosing a copy of letter dated 10 th January, 2015 from the Hon'ble MP alleging non - cooperation by the district officials Vishakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh in the implementation of SAGY in the Gram Panchayat identified by her.                            | the the of Action taken report called from the State on 27/01/2015 and 17/3/2015, is awaited.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|         3 | Shri Y.S. AvinashReddy, Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) | Andhra Pradesh | A letter received from Prime Minister's Office enclosing a copy of letter dated 8 th November, 2015 from the Hon'ble MP alleging irresponsible behavior of the District Collector, YSR District, Andhra Pradesh in giving his convenient date attend Gram Sabha in SAGY village and release of developmental funds.    | the the to the Action taken report being called from the Government                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|         4 | Shri Rama Kishore Singh, MP (Lok Sabha)                 | Bihar          | Matter raised under 377 in Lok Sabha 6/5/2015 alleging inaction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Rule on Reply given to the Hon'ble Member of Parliament 06/07/2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

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|    |                                                            |           | by the district officials implementation of SAGY in GPs identified by under the scheme                                                                                 | in him                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|  5 | Shri Kirti Azad, MP (Lok Sabha)                            | Bihar     | Inaction by the State officials in implementation of SAGY in Narma Navnagar GP, Dharbhanga District, Bihar, by him under the scheme.                                   | Govt. identified Action taken report called from the State on 30/09/2015 and given to the Hon'ble Member of Parliament 12/10/2015                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|  6 | Shri Ashwani Kumar, Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha)      | Punjab    | Inaction by the officials in implementation of SAGY in theHardo BathwalaGP identified him under the scheme                                                             | district by A three member team consisting of MoRD officers visited the Panchayat Hardo Bathwala, Distt. Gurdaspur on 7 - 10- 2015. The field visit was forwarded to the Govt vide letter - 10- 2015 for reporting the action taken to the The update from Govt. of Punjab is awaited . A copy of report has been shared Hon'ble MP |
|  7 | Shri Ramesh Bidhuri, Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) .     | Delhi     | Matter raised during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha 05.05.2015 alleging inaction by eth officials the Govt. of NCT of in the implementation SAGY in the village adopted by him | the on of Delhi of Action taken report called from the State on 20/07/2015 and given to the Hon'ble Member of Parliament 12/10/2015                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|  8 | Shri Harish Chandra Meena, Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) | Rajasthan | Inaction by the officials regarding of encroached land in SAGY village Bada Padampura hampering of developmental works                                                 | state vacation Action taken report being called from the Government                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |