Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Latest News

Recently, the Union Cabinet has given its approval for the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY-III) beyond March 2025 upto March 2028. 

About Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

• It is a flagship rural development programme of the Government of India, launched on 25th December, 2000.
• Objectives: Providing all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations in rural areas by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size
• Eligibility Criteria of PMGSY Scheme
  • The eligibility criteria under the PMGSY scheme were primarily based on population size and connectivity status.
  • In plain areas, habitations with a population of 500 or more were eligible, provided they were unconnected.
  • For regions in North-Eastern states, Himalayan states, and Himalayan Union Territories, the threshold was reduced to a population of 250 or more, as per the 2001 Census.
• The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is implemented by the following agencies 
  • State Governments / UT Administrations will designate Executing Agencies to implement the programme.
  • At the District level, the programme will be planned, coordinated, and implemented through Programme Implementation Units (PIUs).
  • PIUs will be manned by competent technical personnel.
  • State Governments will establish suitable linkages with District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs).
  • Funds will be released to DRDAs
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

Source: PIB

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