MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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The Statement referred in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 475 due for answer on 06.04.2017
(a)
(a) to (e) : ‘Rural roads’ is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) launched on 25th December, 2000 is a one time Central intervention to provide critical rural infrastructure through construction of all weather roads. The objective of PMGSY is to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the Core Network. The unit for implementation of PMGSY is a habitation and not a revenue village or a panchayat. A habitation is a cluster of population, living in an area, the location of which does not change over time. Desam, Dhanis, Tolas, Majras, Hamlets etc. are commonly used terminology to describe the Habitations. Implementation of PMGSY is the responsibility of the State Government through State Rural Roads Development Agency (SRRDA) at the State level and Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) at the district level. From the inception of the programme upto 31st March, 2017, out of 1,591 eligible habitations existing in the Core Network in Andhra Pradesh, the Ministry of Rural Development has cleared 1,181 habitations. The State has reported that 1,069 habitations have been connected upto 31st March, 2017 by constructing 13,742.40 km road length. Details of road length constructed during the last three years in Andhra Pradesh and Kurnool district, as reported by the State Government, are as follows:-
Year Road Length Constructed
(in Km)
In Andhra Pradesh In Kurnool district
2013-14 136.82 4.70
2014-15 614.99 0.00
2015-16 1056.98 93.69
For accelerated execution of PMGSY in the States, the Ministry of Rural Development in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and the State Governments, has formulated an Action Plan to advance the completion target of the programme from 2022 to 2019 with revised fund sharing pattern. The fund sharing pattern of PMGSY has been revised to the ratio of 60:40 between the centre and the States for all States except for 8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) for which it is be 90:10. Further, for execution of projects in a time bond manner, monthly and yearly completion targets have been fixed and are being monitored regularly by the Ministry of Rural Development. State Governments are also advised through Regional Review Meetings and Empowered Committee Meeting to take suitable necessary action to expedite timely completion of works under PMGSY.
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