Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Nearly 3,500 projects, including 217 bridges, have been completed under the centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) over the past two decades in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The information was given at a meeting chaired by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Amit Shukla here to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation of the PMGSY in the Union territory. The review focused on expediting project completion, ensuring adherence to quality standards and enhancing rural connectivity across the region, the officials said. The PMGSY was launched in Jammu and Kashmir during 2001-02 with the aim to provide all-weather connectivity to unconnected habitations in rural areas with a population of more than 250 as per the 2001 Census. A total of 3,742 projects, including 305 bridges, having a road length of 20,801 kilometres have been sanctioned for J&K since the inception of the PMGSY. Besides this, 2,140 habitations having a ...

Additionally, Chouhan will focus on connecting all rural habitations with all-weather roads, a goal that has seen significant progress under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

We are working at a fast pace to ensure that the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches every village and every person," he added

The finance ministry has approved a capital investment proposal of Rs 1,255 crore for Arunachal Pradesh in the current financial year, an official release said on Monday. Approval has been given under the scheme entitled Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24'. The department of expenditure under the ministry has approved a total of Rs 56,415-crore capital investment for 16 states under the scheme for the current fiscal, it said. Capital investment projects in diverse sectors have been approved including health, education, irrigation, water supply, power, roads, bridges and railways. Funds for meeting the state share of Jal Jeevan Mission and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana have also been provided under the scheme to enhance the pace of the projects in these sectors, the release said. Among the 16 states, Bihar has the highest allocation with Rs 9,640 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh (Rs 7,850 crore), West Bengal (Rs 7,523) and Rajasthan with Rs 6,026 crore.

Projects approved in sectors such as health, education, irrigation, water supply, power, roads, bridges and railways; Bihar gets lion's share of funds at Rs 9,640 cr, MP gets Rs 7,850 crore

Performance of an item is considered poor if the level of targets achieved has been below 80 per cent

This is lower than Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's expectation Rs 1 trillion would be released by end of September

Build highways, but don't ignore medical infrastructure

This is mainly due to lower investments in rural roads via the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and moderation in awarding by the National Highways Authority of India

This includes 1,161 km for the current financial year against the total sanctioned road length of 19,700 km

Those who have travelled to villages on these roads will know what a relief it is

Under the PMGSY-III Scheme, it is proposed to consolidate 125,000 km road length in the states

Centre, states to share the amount in 60:40 ratio to link unconnected rural habitations and upgrade existing roads till 2020

The Chief Secretary also laid stress on ensuring quality of construction of roads, particularly in tribal and hill areas

Auditor said works were abandoned or remained incomplete due to incorrect alignment, land disputes etc