Question : Implementation of SAGY

(a) the salient features of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY);

(b) the number of villages developed in the country from the start of the said yojana till date, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government allocates funds for the said yojana and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has issued necessary guidelines for the institutional infrastructure development of villages thereunder and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps taken or are being taken by the Government to accelerate the efforts of Members of Parliament for successful implementation of SAGY in the adopted Gram Panchayats?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) : Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) aims to create holistically developed model Gram Panchayats across the country. The salient features of SAGY are placed in the Annexure-I.

(b) : The Hon’ble Members of Parliament have identified 2697 Gram Panchayats across the country under SAGY since its launch. The State/UT wise number of GPs identified under SAGY since its launch is given in Annexure-II.

(c) : Under the SAGY Framework of Guidelines, the development of Gram Panchayats is envisaged through effective convergence and implementation of existing development schemes of Government under the administrative control of respective Ministries without allocation of any additional fund.

(d) : The scheme guidelines have been conveyed to all the stakeholders with the view to achieve its intended objectives and also for the development of institutional infrastructure of the villages under the said scheme. As per the Guidelines, the responsibility of implementing the SAGY largely depends on the functionaries concerned at different levels. As the entire programme is implemented in a convergence model, the District Collector plays a significant role. In the SAGY guidelines, as per component 10 (d) the District Collector is the nodal officer for implementing SAGY. The District collector conducts a monthly review meeting with representatives of the participating line departments. The Members of Parliament concerned chair the review meetings. The heads of the GPs concerned are invited for these monthly meetings. The Ministry has provided training on SAGY implementation process to the Gram Panchayat heads. The Ministry has prepared a compendium on SAGY containing supporting materials to help various stakeholders in the implementation of SAGY and distributed the same amongst the participants of the said training programmes.The guidelines and the details of schemes for convergence are available on the scheme portal.

(e) : The steps taken by the Government to accelerate the efforts of Members of Parliament for successful implementation of SAGY in the adopted Gram Panchayats are placed in Annexure-III.
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