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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
All-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations, improving market access for farmers.
About this scheme
PMGSY was launched on 25 December 2000 as a fully centrally funded scheme, later shifted to Centre-state sharing of 60:40 (90:10 for North Eastern and Himalayan states). PMGSY-I provides new connectivity, PMGSY-II upgrades existing rural roads, and the Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas covers security-sensitive districts. PMGSY-IV was approved in 2024 to connect 25,000 unconnected habitations with about 62,500 km of road by 2028-29. Better roads directly improve farmers' access to mandis, storage and services.
Benefits
- All-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations
- Improved access to mandis, schools, health centres and banks
- Reduced post-harvest loss and transport cost for farm produce
- Use of green technologies and local materials in road construction
- Five-year routine maintenance contract with the construction contractor
Who can apply
- Unconnected habitations with population of 500 or more in plain areas
- Population of 250 or more in North Eastern, hill, tribal and desert areas
- Population of 100 or more in Left Wing Extremism affected districts
- Habitation must be identified in the Core Network of the district
Documents required
- Not applicable for individual beneficiaries; this is an infrastructure scheme
- Gram Panchayat resolution for road demand
- Habitation population and connectivity data from the Core Network
How to apply
- 1District Rural Roads Plan and Core Network are prepared by the district panchayat
- 2Proposals are consolidated by the State Rural Roads Development Agency
- 3Ministry of Rural Development clears the annual proposal
- 4Tendering and construction by the state executing agency
- 5Quality monitoring at three levels and geo-tagged reporting on the OMMAS portal
Important dates
- PMGSY-IV target
- 25,000 habitations to be connected by 2028-29
Available in: All India
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