[Yearbook] Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

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Who?

Ministry of Rural Development → Department of Rural Development.
(Presently Jairam Ramesh is the union minister for rural Development)

When?

25 December 2000

Why?

PMGSY is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages, as envisigaed under Bharat Nirman*

What Objective?

To connect all  habitations  with  a  population  of  500/+  persons (plain areas)
and 250/+ persons (in hill States, the tribal and the desert areas.)

*What is Bharat Nirman?

Union Government launched this major initiative  for  rebuilding  rural  India, in 2005.
It has 6 components:

1. Water Supply
2. Housing
3. Telecommunication and Information Technology
4. Electrification
5. Irrigation
6. Roads

- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, falls in here.
(i.e. it is a 'Program' to transform the Bharat Nirman 'Policy' into reality)

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