MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a) & (b) : Under Phase-I of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), 703 Gram Panchayats (GP) across the country have been adopted by Hon’ble Members of Parliaments. Out of which 671 GPs uploaded their Village Development Plan (VDP) on the SAGY website. The status of the projects undertaken under the Scheme as on 21.03.2017 is placed at Annexure-I.
(c) : As per the data uploaded by 541 Gram Panchayats on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana portal, many noteworthy achievements have already been made in the SAGY GPs. 283 Gram Panchayats under SAGY have achieved 100% of Children Immunization(0-6 age group), 252 Gram Panchayats have reported 100% Institutional delivery, 378 Gram Panchayats have 100% of Days Mid Day Meal (MDM) coverage to schools. Similarly, 171 Gram Panchayats reported electricity connection to all Households, 91 Gram Panchayats have safe and secure Housing facility to all Households in the SAGY villages, 87 Gram Panchayats have full piped drinking water supply. Likewise, 131 Gram Panchayats have become ODF, 160 Gram Panchayats have now e-Panchayat Service available at Gram Panchayats Office. Similarly, many Gram Panchayats have made efforts in the area of ensuring social and financial security in their respective Gram Panchayats by enrolling every eligible individual to Government Schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana (101 GPs), Atal Pension Yojana (25 GPs), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (26 GPs), Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (37 GPs), Widow Pension (211 GPs), Old Age Pension (210 GPs). Furthermore, 15154 projects have already been completed out of total 40867 projects that were planned for implementation. Thus 37% of the work has already been completed by the SAGY Gram Panchayats.
(d) : SAGY is primarily about unleashing the power of people who are expected to inculcate pride in the village, encourage societal change/ behavioural change, take collective responsibility and initiate people projects. The development of Gram Panchayats identified under SAGY is intended to take place through the convergence and implementation of existing Government Schemes and Programmes without allocating additional funds. In pursuance of above, the relevant Ministries / Departments of the Central Government have been requested by the Ministry of Rural Development to make suitable changes, wherever appropriate, in the guidelines of their respective Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes / Programmes to enable priority to be given to the Gram Panchayats selected under SAGY. Different Ministries/Departments have made changes in 21 of their Programme/Scheme guidelines (Annexure-II). A number of state schemes are being converged with this scheme for maximising benefit.
(e) : The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana utilises resources available from a range of existing Government Schemes and Programmes, including Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) and schemes of MLAs and CSR funds in a convergent manner to achieve the programme objectives. Accordingly, there are no dedicated fund allocation under SAGY. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Rural Development has coordinated with other Central ministries to enable priority to SAGY Gram Panchayat projects. The resource requirements of demand driven schemes such as MGNREGA are fulfilled by the government according to the respective norms and are not subject to specific allocations. Ministry of Rural Development implements Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (previously Indira Awaas Yojana) in the rural areas of the country under which financial assistance is provided for construction of houses to the beneficiaries selected under SECC 2011. The funds are directly released to the State Government concerned. However, the States are advised to saturate SAGY villages on priority basis under PMAY-G.
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is for the creation of durable community assets. It is the responsibility of the District Authority to examine and implement the eligible developmental works recommended by the MPs and maintain details of individual works executed and amount spent under the scheme. Contribution from MPLADS can be made to the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) for the works that are eligible for implementation under the Guidelines on MPLADS. It is voluntary on part of the MPs to contribute their MPLADS fund for works under SAGY
Data on MPLADS funds utilisation for the development of villages adopted by Hon''ble Members of Parliament under SAGY as well as for other Central Schemes is not maintained centrally.
(f) & (g) : The preparation of action plan for the holistic development of the panchayats selected under SAGY is done by the respective Gram Panchayat. The GPs prepare the Village Development Plan (VDP) which contains prioritised time-bound activities through the convergence of various Central and State Government schemes apart from leveraging inputs from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Ministry has taken following initiatives for the effective implementation of the scheme:-
(i) 21 Schemes have been amended by various Ministries /Departments of Government of India to give priority to SAGY Gram Panchayat projects.
(ii) The Ministry of Rural Development has brought out ‘SAMANVAY’ - Compilation of 223 Central Sector/ Centrally Sponsored and 1806 State Schemes for convergence under SAGY for the benefit of Members of Parliament, District and Village level officials about the different schemes for multitude of purposes at the GP level.
(iii) The Ministry has developed 35 point indicator to gauge the impact of SAGY in the GPs. Progress is measured through outcome indicators broadly covering basic amenities, education, health, sanitation, livelihood, women empowerment, financial inclusion, food security, social security and e-governance. The impact is measured on quarterly(22 indicators) , half yearly(7 indicators) and yearly basis(6 indicators).
(iv) The Central Government sent teams to selected SAGY Gram Panchayats to understand the convergence process and to learn from good practices.
(v) With the intent to tap the resources and the strengths of the Private, Voluntary and Cooperative sectors (PVC Sectors), the Ministry has circulated suggestive template to State Governments for preparing proposals. The proposals received from the States/UTs are hosted on the SAGY website for wider access for the interested agencies.
(vi) The Ministry has prepared a document named ‘SAHYOG’ which is an indicative guidance document with the essential information on the existing social security schemes collated from respective ministries. It will enrich the knowledge of villagers and village level functionaries to achieve 100% enrollment into the social/financial Security Schemes in SAGY GPs.
(vii) The Ministry of Rural Development is coordinating with other Central Ministries/ Departments to ensure provision of four key basic services viz. power, drinking water, roads and education in all SAGY GPs.
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