Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana:
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.
- It is a flagship rural development programme of the Government of India, launched in 2000.
- Objectives is 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.
- 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.
- It 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
