Question : Basic Amenities in Rural Areas

(a) whether the Government is aware that several villages are still deprived of basic amenities like roads, school, water supply, telephone etc.;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such villages, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has reviewed the situation in this regard and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the present status of Bagdada village in Udaipur district in the State of Rajasthan after 70 years of independence;

(e) whether the children of the said village have to walk upto 40 kilometers of distance on foot for their education; and

(f) the details of the schemes for the holistic development of such remote villages?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)


(a) to (e) : Programmes/ Schemes of the Ministry is implemented through State Governments/ UT Administrations. Details of village amenities like school, water supply, telephone, road, internal roads etc. are not centrally maintained in the Ministry. However, this Ministry has collected certain information in respect of 50,000 Gram Panchayats and villages coming under Mission Antyodaya clusters selected by State Governments/UT Administrations. Bagdada village of Mada Gram Panchayat of Udaipur in Rajasthan is covered under Mission Antyodaya. The status of Bagdada village as per the data collected and verified by State authority under Mission Antyodaya is given at Annexure.
The status of other Gram Panchayats under Mission Antyodaya can be accessed at http://missionantyodaya.nic.in

Mission Antyodaya is premised on State led transformation of these Gram Panchayats on measureable outcomes through convergent and coordinated action with Gram Panchayat as a unit of planning. The State Government and appropriate Ministry/ Department having jurisdiction over the subject, including primary education, have been requested to support states in transformational change in these Gram Panchayats by aligning their activities with the indicators of Mission Antyodaya.

(f) : In addition to above, the Ministry of Rural Development, inter-alia, is implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyay – Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National RuRBAN Mission and National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self-employment, skilling of rural youths, provision of social assistance and other basic amenities.

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