Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas

Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas

Question: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on … .
a) 25th December, 2000
b) 26th January, 2000
c) 15th August, 2000
d) 1st May 2000
Ans (a)
Related facts:

  • On 28th December, 2016 , The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely “Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas”.
  • The objective of this scheme is to improve the rural road connectivity in the worst LWE affected districts from security angle.
  • The project will be implemented as a vertical under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to provide connectivity with necessary culverts and cross-drainage structures in 44 worst affected LWE districts and adjoining districts.
  • Under the project, construction/upgradation of 5,411.81 km road and 126 bridges/Cross Drainage (up to span of 100 meters) works will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs.11,724.53 crore in the these district.
  • The fund sharing pattern of LWE road project will be same as that of PMGSY i.e. in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States for all States except for eight North Eastern and three Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand) for which it is 90:10.
  • Ministry of Finance will have to allocate to Ministry of Rural Development Rs.7,034.72 crore for this project during the period of implementation 2016-17 to 2019-20.
  • The National Highways and the State Highways would be excluded from this project. The roads to be constructed under the scheme have been identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs in close consultation with the State Governments and the security agencies.
  • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25th December, 2000 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with the objective to provide all-weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas of the country.
  • The programme envisages connecting all unconnected habitations with a population of 500 persons and above (as per 2001 Census) in plain areas and 250 persons and above (as per 2001 Census) in Special Category States namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand, Tribal (Schedule-V) areas, the Desert Areas (as identified in Desert Development Programme) and in Select Tribal and Backward Districts (as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission).

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155909
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/ccea-approves-road-connectivity-project-for-left-wing-extremism-affected-areas/article9447591.ece