MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. C. P. JOSHI)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
Statement referred in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question
No. 303 due for reply on 24.07.2009.
(a): Yes sir.
(b): During 11th Five Year Plan, it is proposed to construct 2,30,447 Km roads under
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Approved outlay of Fund under
PMGSY for 11th Five Year Plan is Rs. 59,751 crore only.
State wise details of the targets for road construction for 2007-08, 2008-09 and
2009-10 have been given in annexure I and targets for expenditure in 2007-08 and 2008-
09 have been given in annexure II. State wise target for expenditure in 2009-10 will be
finalized after the Budget is approved by the Parliament.
State-wise targets for road construction and expenditure of 2010-11 and 2011-12
will be fixed keeping in view their cumulative achievements up to 2009-10.
(c): It was targeted to provide connectivity to 42,736 habitations under PMGSY upto
end of 10th Five Year Plan. Against this, 36,694 habitations have been provided all
weather connectivity by the end of 10th Five Year Plan.
(d): Major reasons for shortfall in achievement of target for 10th Five Year Plan are:
# Inadequate institutional capacity in some states
# Limited contracting capacity in states
# Constraints relating to land availability including forest clearance.
(e): In order to improve the implementation of the programme in the states following
measures have been taken by the Ministry of Rural Development:
# In order to improve contracting capacity in states, the Standard Bidding
Document (SBD) has been amended to facilitate participation of small and
medium as well as large contractors.
# The State Governments have been advised to deploy adequate number of
dedicated Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) commensurate with their
work load.
# Central Public Sector Undertakings - CPWD, IRCON, NBCC, NPCC, NHPC and
HSCL - have been deployed in Bihar, Jharkhand and Tripura.
# The State Governments have been advised for e-tendering the projects under
PMGSY to expedite the process of tendering and also to ensure transparency.
# Implementation of the programme is being monitored through monthly reports,
periodical review meeting and field visits of officers.
# Ministry of Environmental and Forest approached to simplify procedures for
forest clearance. Meetings also held with the Forest Department Officials and the
implementing agencies in the States or Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand.
# Imparting training to the field personnel for building their capacity in programme
implementation.
Annexure I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha St
S.No. State Road constrcution (Km) Target fTarget fTarget for 2009-
1 2 3 4 5
1 Andhra Pradesh 2551 2500 2980
2 Arunachal Pradesh 361 290 500
3 Assam 1685 2730 2585
4 Bihar 4005 5857 5200
5 Chattisgarh 4417 4250 3500
6 Goa 18 5 0
7 Gujarat 1119 1000 1500
8 Haryana 586 750 700
9 Himachal Pradesh 1298 1660 1500
10 Jammu & Kashmir 539 1550 1450
11 Jharkhand 959 1200 1950
12 Karnataka 1824 1820 2600
13 Kerala 433 480 300
14 Madhya Pradesh 6712 7000 8000
15 Maharashtra 3823 4000 2950
16 Manipur 63 900 200
17 Meghalaya 176 150 100
18 Mizoram 334 280 200
19 Nagaland 384 430 150
20 Orissa 3124 6000 2980
21 Punjab 1024 1000 365
22 Rajasthan 9215 8200 3750
23 Sikkim 231 280 300
24 Tamil Nadu 1280 938 1170
25 Tripura 442 750 800
26 Uttar Pradesh 4976 7610 6850
27 Uttarakhand 1169 750 700
28 West Bengal 2272 2060 1720
Grand Total 55020 64440 55000
Annexure II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Starr
Expenditure target for 2007-08 and 2008-09
S.No State (Rs. in crore) Target fTarget for 2008-09
1 2 3 4
1 Andhra Pradesh 450 400
2 Arunachal Pradesh 175 175
3 Assam 700 800
4 Bihar (REO) 70 70
5 Bihar (NEA) 1000 1118
6 Chattisgarh 1000 1300
7 Goa 4 2
8 Gujarat 200 150
9 Haryana 150 200
10 Himachal Pradesh 276 400
11 Jammu & Kashmir 200 200
12 Jharkhand 200 150
13 Karnataka 300 450
14 Kerala 100 100
15 Madhya Pradesh 1300 1800
16 Maharashtra 650 900
17 Manipur 20 50
18 Meghalaya 60 30
19 Mizoram 100 100
20 Nagaland 60 80
21 Orissa 900 1200
22 Punjab 375 250
23 Rajasthan 1300 1800
24 Sikkim 150 150
25 Tamil Nadu 250 200
26 Tripura 250 250
27 Uttar Pradesh 1000 1800
28 Uttarakhand 200 175
29 West Bengal 700 700
Grand Total 12140 15000
