Question : PMAGY

(a) the extent to which the Government has been successful in achieving the target of Model Village for integrated development of Scheduled Caste population under the Pradhan Mantri Aadarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY);

(b) whether these Model villages are not based on discriminatory tendency by including some villages for development while leaving others;

(c) the details of the funds allocated/ sanctioned and spent during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(d) whether the Government has been able to completely achieve its targets since implementation and till date atleast three times as defined in the scheme; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)
(a)& (b): Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) aims at integrated development of villages having more than 50% Scheduled Caste (SC) population. The scheme covers 2500 villages in Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 372 villages which have achieved monitorable targets as per PMAGY Guidelines have been declared as Adarsh Gram.

(c): The State-wise details of fund released and utilized is at Annexure.

(d) & (e): Yes Sir, the declared model villages have achieved minimum of three monitorable targets as per PMAGY guidelines.