(a) whether the Government proposes to use funds from Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to improve road connectivity in naxal affected and backward regions of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the funds allocated and utilised under PMGSY during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Telangana?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a) to (c): Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention of Government of India to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network with a population of 500 persons and above in plain areas and 250 persons and above in Special Category States( Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas (as identified in the District Development Programme), the Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/NITI Aayog on the basis of census, 2001. In the critical Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected blocks (as identified by MHA), additional relaxation has been given to connect habitations with population of 100 persons and above. Further, the Government has launched Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism affected Areas (RCPLWEA) as a separate vertical under PMGSY wherein connectivity is provided to specific routes identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs as critical from security and communication point of view in 44 districts (35 worst LWE affected districts and 09 adjoining districts).
(d): The funds allocated/released and utilized under PMGSY including Naxal affected and backward regions during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Telangana is given in Annexure.
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