Parliament Question: Budget Allocation under PMGSY

O.I.H.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 321 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 BUDGET ALLOCATION UNDER PMGSY *321. Shri Bajrang Manohar Sonwane:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has increased the Budget allocated for road construction under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(PMGSY) in rural areas for the Financial Year 2025-26, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of the roads and places identified during the year 2025-26 including Beed Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra;

(c) whether the Government proposes to monitor the quality of rural roads, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government is monitoring the progress of road projects using digital technologies, if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has made any provision to employ local people in road construction work in rural areas; and

(f) the manner in which the interests of remote and rural areas have been taken care of in the said road construction activities? ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Page 1 of 5STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *321 TO BE ANSWERED ON

12.08.2025 REGARDING “BUDGET ALLOCATION UNDER PMGSY”

(a): The budget allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was enhanced from ₹ 15,000 Crore in the financial year (FY) 2021-22 to ₹ 19000 Crore from FY 2022-23 onwards. The Budget allocation for the current financial year 2025-26 is ₹ 19000 Crore.

(b): A total of 34,476.158 km of road length have been sanctioned under various verticals of PMGSY, since its inception, in the State of Maharashtra, out of which 31,889.802 km has been completed, as on 7-8-2025. The status of ongoing PMGSY works, State/UT-wise, is

available at program website link: https://omms.nic.in/progress monitoring/Monthly Progress Report (MPR)/State-Abstract-Report.

As reported by the State, the details of road works which are in progress in Maharashtra under PMGSY in the current financial year 2025-26 are given below:

Verticals Balance works Road Length (km) Bridges PMGSY-I 8 38.76 3 PMGSY-III 469 1835.54 213 RCPLWEA 7 72.15 11 PM-JANMAN 27 50.14 0 Total 511 1996.59 227 In Beed district, 15 roads measuring a length of 84.75 km and 3 bridges are under various stages of execution. District-wise status of PMGSY projects in the State of Maharashtra is at Annexure.

Parliamentary Constituency wise details are not maintained in the Ministry.

Further, the PMGSY-IV has been launched in 2024 for construction of 62,500 km of all-weather roads (single lane) to provide connectivity to about 25,000 unconnected habitations of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in North East & Hill States/UTs, special category areas (Tribal Schedule V, Aspirational Districts/ Blocks, Desert areas) and 100+ in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts, as per Census 2011. The survey of the unconnected habitations under PMGSY-IV has been completed by States/UTs using the "Gram Sadak survey (GSS)" App. The Ministry Page 2 of 5has started sanctioning the projects under PMGSY-IV. The Ministry is working in close coordination with States/UTs, including Maharashtra, to fulfil all necessary compliance as per the guidelines of the programme for submission of proposals under the scheme. A total of 205 unconnected habitations have been tentatively identified by the State of Maharashtra during the survey for proposing under PMGSY IV.

(c): Under the PMGSY, to bring execution of the programme to the desired quality standards, a three-tier quality management mechanism has been institutionalised, which ensures the durability of road assets under PMGSY. Under the first tier, the Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) are required to ensure process control through mandatory tests on material and workmanship at the field laboratory. The second tier is a structured independent quality monitoring at the State level through State Quality Monitors (SQMs) to ensure that every work is inspected at the initial stage, middle stage and final stage of the construction. 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 the technical arm of the Ministry viz. NRIDA. Based on the periodic monitoring of the quality of roads under the 3-tier mechanism, corrective measures, wherever necessary, are taken by the State Governments.

(d): The Government is monitoring the progress of road projects under PMGSY through various digital technologies and online platforms. The Online Management, Monitoring and Accounting System (OMMAS) is used for monitoring the physical and financial progress of the projects. Additionally, the e-MARG (electronic Maintenance of Rural Roads under PMGSY) platform is being implemented for monitoring the routine and periodic maintenance of roads. Further, the use of Geo-tagging through a mobile application enables real-time monitoring and verification of assets created under the scheme. All PMGSY roads and bridges are geo-tagged with photographs at different stages of construction. The implementation is also supported by GIS-based planning tools and dashboards for better decision-making and transparency. These digital interventions ensure timely execution, quality assurance, and effective maintenance of rural roads under PMGSY. In addition, maintenance of PMGSY roads is also regularly reviewed by the Ministry by way of Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review Committee Page 3 of 5(PRC) Meetings, Pre-Empowered/ Empowered Committee Meetings with the States. Besides 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.

(e) & (f): The PMGSY is being implemented since the year 2000 to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of population size 500+ in plains, 250+ in NE & Hill Sates/UTs, special category areas (Tribal Schedule V, Aspirational Districts/Blocks, Desert areas) and 100+ in Left Wing Extremism Affected (LWE) affected districts, as per Census 2001. For the new vertical PMGSY-IV, the population criteria is as per Census

2011.

The scheme guidelines have in-built consultation with the public representatives for the selection of roads. The roads are approved at the Block and District level as per the scheme guidelines. While commencing with the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the PIU will hold a consultation with the local community through the mechanism of the gram Panchayat in order to determine the most suitable alignment, sort out issues of land availability (including forest land) especially due to road widening / minor change in alignment etc., proposed tree plantation, moderate any adverse and environmental impact and elicity necessary community participation in the programme. For this purpose, the PIU organizes a formal "Transect Walk" with all concerned stakeholders including local Panchayat members and local members of the Intermediate and District Panchayat.

PMGSY works are awarded on the basis of competitive bidding on Government- eProcurement platform. Road works, including PMGSY roads, are labour intensive and lead to engagement of locally available manpower.

***** Page 4 of 5Annexure Annexure referred to in part (b) of the reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 321 to be answered on 12.08.2025.

District-wise cumulative progress status under PMGSY for the State of Maharashtra, including Beed District:

Sr.No. District Name No of Road Lendth No of Bridge No of Road No of Bridge Road Length Roadwork Sanctioned Work Work Works Completed Sanctioned Sanctioned Completed Completed 1 Ahmednagar 281 1,818.185 22 245 18 1,639.118 2 Akola 140 782.200 20 140 20 767.100 3 Amrawati 160 838.255 50 159 28 818.151 4 Aurangabad 213 960.666 63 203 48 908.265 5 Beed 272 1,180.270 43 257 40 1,082.534 6 Bhandara 171 717.470 9 169 8 710.702 7 Buldhana 158 711.220 25 152 16 697.190 8 Chandrapur 166 1,037.826 65 163 47 1,010.346 9 Dhule 188 969.930 63 176 56 891.425 10 Gadchiroli 341 1,923.936 120 312 111 1,689.374 11 Gondia 285 1,126.412 16 284 14 1,090.311 12 Hingoli 192 633.150 24 192 21 629.070 13 Jalgaon 219 1,100.500 21 197 19 1,006.515 14 Jalna 210 1,017.175 89 205 69 995.475 15 Kolhapur 191 851.725 10 180 9 815.900 16 Latur 228 854.635 69 218 60 821.993 17 Nagpur 196 967.355 33 190 15 930.149 18 Nanded 164 966.060 28 148 25 837.809 19 Nandurbar 220 1,387.585 29 206 29 1,326.185 20 Nashik 303 1,783.597 41 265 30 1,501.095 21 Osmanabad 166 700.760 61 155 53 657.987 22 Parbhani 188 638.340 26 174 24 516.747 23 Pune 325 1,875.655 17 286 16 1,679.688 24 Raigad 125 471.949 2 104 2 422.355 25 Ratnagiri 207 809.949 7 177 7 679.765 26 Sangali 251 948.573 8 236 8 860.427 27 Satara 211 1,240.320 2 171 2 1,087.047 28 Sindhudurg 189 722.800 10 150 10 581.623 29 Solapur 348 1,678.740 21 337 19 1,622.915 30 Thane 65 235.379 0 52 0 201.683 31 Wardha 159 1,123.026 28 159 11 1,103.585 32 Washim 127 623.065 18 120 10 598.395 33 Yavatmal 190 1,236.940 68 188 42 1,236.094 34 Palghar 209 542.510 2 196 2 472.784 Total 7,058 34,476.158 1,110 6,566 889 31,889.802 ***** Page 5 of 5