(a) the length of roads built during last three years under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), State/UT-wise; and
(b) the States which have achieved the target of building roads in a more time bound manner and the extent of success rate of these States in terms of target and achievement?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a)& (b): ‘Rural Roads’ is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network. The details of target fixed and road length constructed under PMGSY, as reported by States, during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure – I.
For accelerated execution of PMGSY in the States, the Ministry of Rural Development in consultation with the Ministry of Finance and the States has formulated an action plan, to achieve the target with enhanced financial allocation to the States and modified funding pattern in the scheme. The fund sharing pattern of PMGSY has been made in 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 & Uttarakhand) for which it is 90:10.
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