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O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1427
ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025
ALL WEATHER ROADS UNDER PMGSY
1427. Shri NileshDnyandevLanke:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the current status of construction and upgradation of rural
roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)
launched by the Government in the country, State-wise
including Maharashtra;
(b) whether all the targeted rural habitations have been provided
with all-weather road connectivity;
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra;
(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure maintenance and
quality of rural roads;
(e) whether any long-term maintenance policy has been
implemented by the Government in this regard; and
(f) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a) to (c): The Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY) was
launched in the year 2000 as a one-time special intervention to
provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to
the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size
as per Census 2001. Since inception, till 24.07.2025, a total of
1,63,339 habitations has been sanctioned and 1,62,818 habitations
have been provided connectivity in various States/ UTs, including
Maharashtra. Thus, 99.7% of targeted habitations have been
provided with all-weather road connectivity. The State-wise details
Page 1 of 5of habitations that have been provided road connectivity, including
the State of Maharashtra under PMGSY, is at Annexure-I.
A total of 8,38,611 km of road length has been sanctioned
under all the verticals/ interventions of PMGSY, and 7,83,309 kms of
roads have been completed across the country, including the State
of Maharashtra, as on 25-7-2025. The State/UT-wise status of
construction and upgradation of rural roads under various
interventions/verticals of PMGSY is at Annexure-II.
(d) to (f): "Rural Roads" is a State subject, and as per PMGSY
guidelines, maintenance of roads constructed under the programme
is the responsibility of the respective State/UT governments.
However Ministry has taken the following steps/measures to ensure
that the roads constructed under PMGSY are maintained properly in
all States/UTs, including in the State of Maharashtra :
(i) Roads are covered under a 5-year maintenance contract to be
entered into along with a construction contract with the same
contractor as per the Standard Bidding Document (SBD). Since the
design life of PMGSY roads is ten years, the States have to
undertake further five years of maintenance. While implementing
PMGSY-III, anMoU was signed with the States for undertaking post-
five-year maintenance. The new connectivity under PMGSY-IV will
be permitted only to those States/UTs that have demonstrated
through the electronic Maintenance of Rural Roads (eMARG)
platform that the routine maintenance of PMGSY roads constructed
in their State, post 5 years of construction of the road, has been
carried out. The post five-year construction module of eMARG
incorporates initial rehabilitation, renewal, pre-renewal routine
maintenance, post-renewal maintenance and emergency repair
works, as required.
(ii) Maintenance funds to service the contract are required to be
budgeted by the State Governments and placed at the disposal of
the State Rural Roads Development Agencies (SRRDAs) in a
separate maintenance account. On expiry of this 5-year post-
construction maintenance, PMGSY roads are required to be placed
under Zonal maintenance contracts consisting of 5-year
maintenance, including renewal as per maintenance cycle, from
time to time, to be funded by the state governments.
Page 2 of 5(iii) All States have framed their own rural roads maintenance
policies based on the policy framework prepared by the National
Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA), a technical arm
of the Ministry of Rural Development.
(iv) To bring execution of the Programme to the desired quality
standards, a three-tier quality management mechanism has been
institutionalized under PMGSY. First-tier of this mechanism is in-
house quality control at the Programme Implementation Unit (PIU)
level. The objective of this tier is process control through
mandatory tests on material at the field laboratory and
workmanship. Second-tier is structured as an independent quality
monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs),
in which the provision of regular inspection of works has been
envisaged for ensuring better quality. Under the Third-tier,
independent National Quality Monitors (NQMs) are deployed by
NRIDA for inspection of road works on a random sample basis, not
only to monitor quality but also to provide guidance by senior
professionals to the field functionaries. The observations of NQMs
are sent for action to the State Governments, and Action Taken
Reports (ATRs) are monitored at NRIDA.
(v) The implementation of all sanctioned works, including their
maintenance, is regularly monitored through an online programme,
Monitoring Information System named Online Management,
Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) on real real-time
basis.
(vi) In addition, maintenance of PMGSY roads is also regularly
reviewed by the Ministry by way of Regional Review Meetings
(RRMs), Performance Review Committee (PRC) Meetings,and Pre-
Empowered/ Empowered Committee Meetings with the States.
Besides the above, special review meetings/monthly review
meetings are also held by the Secretary/ Additional Secretary/Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, with Chief
Secretaries/Principal Secretaries of the States to take stock of the
progress of the scheme, including maintenance aspects.
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Page 3 of 5Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred
Question No. 1427 for 29.07.2025
State/UT-wise current status of Connected Habitations under
PMGSY
Sr. Connected habitations
State/UT
No. (in Nos.)
1 Andaman And Nicobar 7
2 Andhra Pradesh 1422
3 Arunachal Pradesh 617
4 Assam 13719
5 Bihar 31280
6 Chhattisgarh 10629
7 Dadra And Nagar Haveli 0
8 Goa 1
9 Gujarat 3048
10 Haryana 1
11 Himachal Pradesh 2555
12 Jammu And Kashmir 2132
13 Jharkhand 10953
14 Karnataka 296
15 Kerala 402
16 Madhya Pradesh 17522
17 Maharashtra 1417
18 Manipur 622
19 Meghalaya 586
20 Mizoram 231
21 Nagaland 107
22 Odisha 16994
23 Punjab 389
24 Rajasthan 15971
25 Sikkim 350
26 Tamil Nadu 1985
27 Tripura 1979
28 Uttar Pradesh 11748
29 Uttarakhand 1860
30 West Bengal 13228
31 Telangana 703
32 Ladakh 64
Total 162818
Page 4 of 5Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in parts (a) to (c) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No.
1427 for 29.07.2025
State/UT-wise current status of the construction and upgradation of rural
roads across the country under various interventions/ verticals of the
PMGSY since inception till date (24-7-2025)
Sr. State/UT Sanctioned Completed
No. New Upgradation Total New Upgradation Total
Connectivity Connectivity
Length Length
Length (km) Length (km) Length (km) Length (km)
(km) (km)
1 Andaman & 26.88 351.40 378.27 26.07 113.46 139.53
Nicobar
2 Andhra 4,564.98 15,908.71 20,473.69 3,708.35 14,614.618 18,322.97
Pradesh
3 Arunachal 14,515.17 2,273.56 16,788.73 12,933.51 1,267.085 14,200.6
Pradesh
4 Assam 26,902.58 6,008.92 32,911.50 26,734.29 5,299.633 32,033.92
5 Bihar 49,220.41 16,394.46 65,614.87 47,249.72 14,843.885 62,093.61
6 Chhattisgarh 32,652.53 15,536.06 48,188.58 28,934.49 14,342.00 43,276.49
7 Goa 1.02 217.45 218.47 0.00 155.33 155.33
8 Gujarat 5,312.20 10,380.92 15,693.11 5,244.38 10,191.878 15,436.26
9 Haryana 2.00 8,108.67 8,110.67 2.00 8,040.49 8,042.49
10 Himachal 14,902.99 10,064.77 24,967.76 14,532.16 7,847.932 22,380.09
Pradesh
11 Jammu & 17,498.81 5,083.96 22,582.77 15,047.14 4,682.804 19,729.94
Kashmir
12 Jharkhand 23,523.06 11,111.05 34,634.11 22,037.17 9,634.993 31,672.16
13 Karnataka 656.78 23,611.01 24,267.78 591.95 23,376.587 23,968.54
14 Kerala 703.03 4,609.30 5,312.33 681.01 3,859.857 4,540.867
15 Ladakh 660.50 998.58 1,659.07 567.48 541.63 1,109.11
16 Madhya 57,474.38 37,966.14 95,440.52 53,904.32 36,200.31 90,104.63
Pradesh
17 Maharashtra 4,451.08 30,025.08 34,476.16 4,246.40 27,617.63 31,864.03
18 Manipur 9,736.10 2,720.05 12,456.15 8,948.91 1,945.92 10,894.83
19 Meghalaya 3,059.13 2,919.42 5,978.55 3,001.55 1,987.78 4,989.33
20 Mizoram 4,179.37 755.25 4,934.63 4,156.17 482.23 4,638.4
21 Nagaland 3,129.94 1,797.23 4,927.17 3,087.80 1,234.61 4,322.41
22 Odisha 46,060.08 28,664.79 74,724.87 43,950.36 27,240.36 71,190.72
23 Puducherry 0.00 174.13 174.13 0.00 62.36 62.36
24 Punjab 833.25 10,811.39 11,644.64 833.25 9,580.97 10,414.22
25 Rajasthan 50,131.55 28,135.72 78,267.27 48,460.93 27,298.15 75,759.08
26 Sikkim 3,418.51 1,801.61 5,220.12 3,255.91 1,552.71 4,808.62
27 Tamil Nadu 3,701.11 22,935.91 26,637.02 3,666.81 21,747.24 25,414.05
28 Telangana 3,079.11 11,570.64 14,649.75 2,782.26 10,066.07 12,848.33
29 Tripura 3,925.38 2,293.46 6,218.85 3,491.24 1,548.99 5,040.23
30 Uttar 21,324.03 56,101.12 77,425.15 20,880.46 54,448.14 75,328.6
Pradesh
31 Uttarakhand 18,552.67 4,043.40 22,596.07 18,175.61 3,083.24 21,258.85
32 West Bengal 23,323.64 17,714.94 41,038.58 23,101.45 14,167.488 37,268.94
Total 447,522.23 391,089.11 838,611.34 424,233.15 359,076.71 783,309.05
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