Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
Scheme Overview and Phases
PMGSY is one of India's largest rural infrastructure schemes, launched on December 25, 2000, by then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Its primary objective is to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations.
- Launched: December 25, 2000; nodal ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Implementing agency: National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA); state-level Public Works Departments execute construction
- Population threshold: connectivity guaranteed for habitations with 500+ population in plains (250+ in tribal/hilly areas and LWE-affected areas)
- Phase I (PMGSY-I): new connectivity to unconnected habitations
- Phase II (PMGSY-II, from 2013): upgradation of existing rural roads
- Phase III (PMGSY-III, 2019–2028): consolidation of Through Routes and Major Rural Links to connect habitations with GrAMs, higher secondary schools, and hospitals
- Phase IV (PMGSY-IV, announced 2024): ₹70,125 crore outlay for next generation rural roads
- Funding pattern: 60:40 (Centre:State) for general states; 90:10 for NE states and Himalayan states; 100% Central funding for LWE-affected areas under RCPLWEA
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