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प्रधानमंत्री ग्राम सड़क योजना (PMGSY)
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देश का अधिकांश हिस्सा जुड़ा और बारह वर्ष बाद भी काम पूरा नहीं। सबसे स्पष्ट माप यह है कि कार्यक्रम के चौथे चरण की ज़रूरत पड़ी: केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने 2024-25 से 2028-29 के लिए पीएमजीएसवाई-IV को स्वीकृति दी ‘जिसका लक्ष्य देश भर की 25,000 पात्र असंबद्ध बस्तियों को हर मौसम की सड़क संपर्कता (62,500 किमी सड़कों का निर्माण) देना है’, परिव्यय ₹70,125 करोड़। इस चरण की स्वीकृति के समय 25,000 बस्तियों में हर मौसम की सड़क नहीं थी — वादे के एक दशक बाद। तीसरा चरण, जो नई संपर्कता के बजाय मौजूदा मार्गों के उन्नयन का था, 31 जुलाई 2025 तक 1,25,000 किमी के लक्ष्य में से 98,766 किमी बना चुका था — 79 प्रतिशत — और उसकी समय-सीमा मार्च 2025 से मार्च 2026 कर दी गई।
“हर गाँव को हर मौसम में चलने योग्य सड़कों से जोड़ा जाएगा।”कोई कैग निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं
इस योजना पर कैग की कोई निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं हुई है। लेखापरीक्षा का न होना इस बात का प्रमाण नहीं है कि दावा सही है या ग़लत।
इस अवधि के राष्ट्रीय कार्यक्रम को कवर करने वाली पीएमजीएसवाई की कोई कैग निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा हमारे पास मौजूद रिपोर्टों में संसद में नहीं रखी गई है। यहाँ के आँकड़े ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय के अपने हैं।
कोई लेखापरीक्षा अवधि नहीं — इस योजना पर कैग की कोई निष्पादन लेखापरीक्षा प्रकाशित नहीं हुई।
25,000 eligible unconnected habitations targeted under PMGSY-IV, 2024-25 to 2028-29
पात्रता जनगणना 2011 के जनसंख्या मानकों से तय है — मैदानों में 500 और उससे अधिक, विशेष श्रेणी के राज्यों और क्षेत्रों में 250, वामपंथी उग्रवाद प्रभावित ज़िलों में 100। इससे छोटी बस्तियाँ इन 25,000 में नहीं हैं और इस गणना में असंबद्ध नहीं मानी जातीं।
Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 121, Unconnected Habitations under PMGSY-IV — answer by the Ministry of Rural Development
The 2014 manifesto states this one in seven words: "Every village will be connected through all-weather roads."
The programme that does this, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, has run since 2000 and has built rural roads at very large scale through this period. The simplest evidence of what it has not finished is that the government has just approved a fourth phase to do it.
The Ministry of Rural Development told the Lok Sabha on 28 July 2026: "The Union Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV (PMGSY-IV), for implementation during FY 2024–25 to FY 2028–29 with the target to provide all-weather road connectivity (construction of 62,500 km of roads) to 25,000 eligible unconnected habitations across the country with a total outlay of Rs.70,125 crore."
Twenty-five thousand habitations without an all-weather road, a decade after a promise that every village would have one, and the plan to reach them runs to 2029. That is the shortfall stated in the government's own words.
Two details sharpen it. The 25,000 is not every unconnected habitation in India — it is those that meet population thresholds set on Census 2011: "Habitations with a population of 500 and above in plains… 250 and above in Special Category States… and 100 and above in LWE affected Districts". Smaller hamlets fall outside the target entirely and are not counted as a shortfall at all. And the norms are anchored to a census now fifteen years old.
The upgrading side of the programme is also behind. PMGSY-III was launched in July 2019 to upgrade "Through Routes" and "Major Rural Links" connecting habitations to Gramin Agricultural Markets, higher secondary schools and hospitals. By July 2025 it had sanctioned "15,972 roads with length of 1,22,419 km and 3212 bridges" nationally.
Kerala shows what completion looks like against that, and what has happened to the deadline. In July 2025 the ministry reported the state "sanctioned 1421.06 kms out of which 732.45 kms have been completed, as on 18.07.2025" — 52 per cent — and said "The timeline for completion of ongoing PMGSY III works is March, 2026." A year later the same programme in the same state stood at 1,022 km completed of 1,406 km sanctioned, and the deadline had moved again: "The timeline for completion of PMGSY-III is March 2028." A phase launched in 2019 is now scheduled to finish in its ninth year.
An earlier version of this entry gave national completion figures for PMGSY-III that we have since been unable to trace to a document we hold. They have been removed. What remains is sourced to the three answers cited below, and this entry is held as a draft until those answers have Internet Archive snapshots.
What the record shows overall is a programme that has connected the great majority of rural India — the remaining 25,000 habitations are the hardest and most remote — and a promise of universality that has been carried forward through three further phases without being met. Our verdict is partly accurate.
BJP Election Manifesto 2014 — Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
“Our Pledge — Ek Bharat - Shreshtha Bharat: Vibrant and Participatory Democracy; Empowered and Inspired People; Inclusive and Sustainable Development; Quality life in Villages and Cities; Basic Amenities to All; Flourishing Agriculture; Productive Youth; Involved Women; Robust physical and social Infrastructure; Innovative and Technologically driven Society; Globally competitive Economy; Brand India built on Quality; Strong, Effective and Futuristic Institutions; Open, Transparent and Systems-based Government; Pro-active, Pro-people Good Governance.”
Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 121, Unconnected Habitations under PMGSY-IV — answer by the Ministry of Rural Development
“The Union Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-IV (PMGSY-IV), for implementation during FY 2024-25 to FY 2028-29 with the target to provide all-weather road connectivity (construction of 62,500 km of roads) to 25,000 eligible unconnected habitations across the country with a total outlay of Rs.70,125 crore. There is no state-wise target under PMGSY-IV. The eligibility criteria of the habitations to be provided connectivity under PMGSY-IV based on population norms of Census 2011 are as follows: i. Habitations with a population of 500 and above in plains, ii. Habitations with a population of 250 and above in Special Category States… and iii. Habitations with a population of 100 and above in LWE affected Districts.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1597, Approved Projects under PMGSY-III — answer by the Ministry of Rural Development
“…Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY-III) in July, 2019, for upgradation of rural roads 'Through Routes' and 'Major Rural Links' connecting habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals. Under PMGSY III a total of 15,972 roads with length of 1,22,419 km and 3212 bridges have been sanctioned till date among States/UTs. [State/UT-wise annexure, Total: 15,972 road works; 1,22,419.09 km sanctioned length; 3,212 bridges]”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 278, Pending Works under PMGSY-III in Kerala — answer by the Ministry of Rural Development
“(a) & (b): Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III, the State of Kerala has been sanctioned 1421.06 kms out of which 732.45 kms have been completed, as on 18.07.2025. The timeline for completion of ongoing PMGSY III works is March, 2026… As on 14th July, 2025, 78 roads of 351.64 km have been locked [in eMARG].”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 239, PMGSY-III in Kerala — answer by the Ministry of Rural Development
“(a): Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-III (PMGSY III), a total 1,406 km road length (280 roads) and 11 bridges have been sanctioned, out of which 1,022 km (139 roads) have been completed as on 16th July, 2026. 377 km road length (141 roads) and 11 bridges are at various stages of construction. The timeline for completion of PMGSY-III is March 2028. (b): Under PMGSY-III, a total of 95 roads of 286.66 km and 11 bridges are remaining for construction. The slight differences in the completed and balance projects are due to foreclosures and dropping of road lengths in various projects.”