(a) the details of proposals received and sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT and year-wise;
(b) the details of villages connected and yet to be connected by road, State/ UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government has reviewed the progress of PMGSY in various States;
(d) if so, the outcome thereof; and
(e) the steps taken by the Government to implement the scheme effectively?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a) : The details of proposals received and sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years and the current year, State/UT and year-wise are given in Annexure I, II, III and IV.
(b) : The unit of the PMGSY Scheme is a habitation and not a revenue village. The number of eligible unconnected habitations as per the Core Network under PMGSY is 1,78,184. The number of habitations connected and yet to be connected by all-weather road is given in Annexure-V.
(c) to (e) : The progress of implementation of PMGSY is regularly reviewed by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings, Pre-Empowered/Empowered Committee Meetings with the States. At District level, the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (Disha) headed by a Member of Parliament (LS) monitors the implementation of various schemes of Government of India including PMGSY. In addition to this, special review meetings are also held by Secretary/ Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development with Chief Secretaries of the States. Further, States have been requested to augment executing capacity and contacting capacity and their compliance is regularly reviewed. Training is imparted to field engineers and contractors as well as their staff for capacity building.
As a result of constant follow-up by the Ministry, the rate of per day construction of rural roads under PMGSY has increased substantially as per the details given below:-
Year Length Constructed (in Km) Per day Construction Rate
2015-2016 35,155.006 96.31
2016-2017 47,446.838 130
2017-2018 48,746.31 134
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