(a) whether the Government has taken/ proposes to take any steps to formulate a scheme
for providing drinking water, primary education, mid-day-meal and free healthcare
facilities in all the Gram Panchayats for all round development of all the villages in
the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR PLANNING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a) to (c) : Planning and development of an area within the State is primarily the
responsibility of the State concerned. The Central Government supplements the efforts of
the State Governments through various flagship programmes. The flagship programmes for
providing drinking water, primary education, mid-day meal and health care facilities in rural
areas, namely, National Rural Drinking Water Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid-
Day Meal Scheme and National Rural Health Mission are already in operation. There is no
proposal at present to formulate any single scheme in this regard.