Question : Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

(a) the details of the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana(SAGY);
(b) the details of the budget, objectives, targets and eligibility with regard to the said scheme;
(c) whether the villages having a population of more than five hundred and 50% tribal population shall be developed as Adarsh Gram Yojana under the above said scheme;
(d) if so, the names of various villages included/likely to be included under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana from Chatra, Lathar and Palamu districts of Jharkhand alongwith the State of Bihar and Bilaspur, Mungeli and Gaurelaa-PendraMarwahi districts of Chattisgarh the district wise details thereof;
(e) whether the Government has any data of the villages having a population of more than five hundred and or 50% tribal population; and
(f) if so, the details of such villages in Chatra, Latehar and Palamu districts of Jharkhand and those in various districts of Bihar and Bilaspur, Mungeli and Gaurelaa-Pendra-Marwahi districts of Chattisgarh?

(a) & (b):Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is administered by Union Ministry of Rural Development wherein, forthe first time, the leadership, capacity, commitment and energy of the Members of Parliament are being leveraged directly for development at the Gram Panchayat level. The goal of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is to translate the comprehensive and organic vision of Mahatma Gandhi on village development






into reality, keeping in view the present context. These “Adarsh Grams”serve as “nucleus of health, cleanliness, greenery and cordiality” within the village community and, becoming schools of local development and governance, inspiring neighboring Gram Panchayats.

(c) to (f): The villages with population of more than five hundred and 50% tribal population is not under the purview of SAGY scheme. For this, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has introduced a scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)’ during 2021-22 with the aim of transforming the 36428 such villages into model village (Adarsh Gram) in a phased manner by mitigating gaps in various sectors of development. The State-wise list of the villages is at Annexure -1. The details of the villages in various districts of the States of Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh to be taken up under PMAAGY is at Annexure – 2.

Annexure – 1
Annexure - 1 referred in reply to part (c) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1938 for 14.03.2022 regarding “Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)”

Total villages with at least 50% tribal population and 500 STs under the scheme

S.No Name of the State No. of Villages
1 Andhra Pradesh 517
2 Arunanchal Pradesh 141
3 Assam 1700
4 Bihar 184
5 Chhattisgarh 4029
6 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 53
7 Daman & Diu 2
8 Goa 21
9 Gujarat 3764
10 Himachal Pradesh 90
11 Jammu & Kashmir 434
12 Jharkhand 3891
13 Karnataka 507
14 Kerala 6
15 Madhya Pradesh 7307
16 Maharashtra 3605
17 Manipur 254
18 Meghalaya 836
19 Mizoram 344
20 Nagaland 530
21 Odisha 1653
22 Rajasthan 4302
23 Sikkim 62
24 Tamil Nadu 167
25 Telangana 533
26 Tripura 375
27 Uttar Pradesh 183
28 Uttarakhand 64
29 West Bengal 874
Total Villages 36428



Annexure –2
Annexure - 2 referred in reply to part (c) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1938 for 14.03.2022 regarding “Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)”
Details of the villages in various districts of the States of Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh to be taken up under PMAAGY
S.No State District No. of Villages
1. Jharkhand Bokaro 48
Chatra 12
Deoghar 42
Dhanbad 73
Dumka 133
Garhwa 70
Giridih 86
Godda 61
Gumla 474
Hazaribagh 21
Jamtara 108
Khunti 254
Latehar 177
Lohardaga 161
Pakur 224
Palamu 68
PashchimiSinghbhum 615
PurbiSinghbhum 266
Ramgarh 49
Ranchi 442
Sahibganj 102
Saraikela-Kharsawan 151
Simdega 254
2. Chhattisgarh Bastar 600
Bijapur 103
Bilaspur 226
Dakshin BastarDantewada 256
Dhamtari 80
Durg 133
Janjgir - Champa 33
Jashpur 336
Kabeerdham 68
Korba 287
Koriya 169
Mahasamund 60
Narayanpur 47
Raigarh 237
Raipur 121
Rajnandgaon 163
Surguja 879
Uttar BastarKanker 231
3. Bihar Banka 21
Bhagalpur 1
Jamui 14
Kaimur (Bhabua) 5
Katihar 15
Lakhisarai 1
Munger 3
PashchimChamparan 114
Purnia 3
Rohtas 7
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