BUDGET 2024-25 PM Sadak Yojana: Modi’s new roadmap: Linking 25K villages
New Delhi, July 23
The Finance Minister on Tuesday announced that Phase IV of PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana) will be launched to provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 villages which have become eligible in view of their population increase.
The move aims to promote transportation in remote areas, boost economic growth and enable people easy access to the market. PMGSY is focused on expanding and upgrading the existing network of rural roads and linking them with nearby hubs and markets to enhance productive capacity of the economy and ensure ease of living.
“Phase-four of the PMGSY will be launched to provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 rural habitations, which have become eligible in view of their population increase,” Sitharaman said.
The allocation for the flagship scheme in the budget is Rs 12,000 crore, while in 2023-24, Rs 19,000 crore was allocated for it and the revised estimates were Rs 17,000 crore. A study on the impact of PMGSY, conducted by the World Bank in 2018, revealed that farm produce transported to markets for sale using roads built under the scheme increased eight per cent than before. — TNS
Improving lives
- Farm produce transported to markets for sale using roads built under the scheme increased 8% than before
- Primary employment in the non-farm sector rose about 13 per cent because of the improved road network
- Share of people with primary employment outside their habitation went up by 8%
- The share of babies delivered at home dropped by 30% in connected habitations
