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PMGSY

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

NationwideAllCentralMinistry Of Rural DevelopmentOpen since 2000-12-25

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What this is

In detail

With the objective of providing rural connectivity, the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (referred to as PMGSY-I hereinafter) on 25th December 2000 to provide all-weather access to eligible unconnected habitations with a population of up to 500(Census 2001) in plain area and 250 and above in Special category States(States of North East, Jammu, and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand), Desert Area as identified by Desert Development Program and 88 selected Backward Districts as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission as a strategy for poverty alleviation.

As of 8th December 2021, a total of 6,80,040 km of road length has been constructed under various interventions of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The primary objective of PMGSY concerns building robust, all-weather roads in rural habitations and other core areas. Panchayati Rajs and elected local representatives decide which habitations to be selected. This scheme was centrally funded only up to 2015-16. Since then, the funds have been divided between the Centre and the State. For North Eastern and Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh) 90% of a project is the Union Government funds, and 10% of this cost, is the State Government funds. For the Other States, the Union Government funds around 60% of a project while the remaining 40% is by State Government funds.

Some prominent features of PMGSY are -

Proper decentralized planning for the building of roads.

Build roads according to the Indian Road Congress and Rural Roads Manual.

3-tier quality management system.

An unbroken flow of funds.

Who qualifies

A region must be a habitation. It cannot be a hamlet or revenue village to be eligible for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).

The Central Government describes habitation as a population cluster residing within an area that remains constant over time. Some of the local words used to describe a habitation are:

Majras, Desam, Hamlets, Tolas, Dhanis

The hamlet must have a higher population as per the 2001 Census to be eligible for road connection. The eligible habitations have a population of above 500 persons in plain areas and around 250 persons and above in hilly areas.

What the CAG’s reports record

How the scheme was set up, as the Comptroller and Auditor General’s reports state it, cited to the printed page. Never what an audit found.

Began	25 December 2000; centrally sponsored	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2016, Performance Audit of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Union Government, Executive Summary, p. vii.
Began	25 December 2000 named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)”	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of 2016, Economic (Non-PSUs) Sector, Government of Madhya Pradesh, para 2.2.1, p. 30.
Began	25 December 2000 named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” under Government of India	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 3 of the year 2010-11, Impact of Implementation of Developmental Schemes in South District, Government of Sikkim, para 6.1.1.1, p. 57.
Began	December 2000 named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” under Ministry of Rural Development	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2013, Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non-Public Sector Undertakings), Government of Punjab, para 2.1, p. 13.
Began	December 2000 named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” under Government of India	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 1 of 2014, Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non-PSUs), Government of Uttarakhand, para 1.11, p. 70.
Funding	100 per cent centrally sponsored; PMGSY-II (May 2013) on Centre-State cost sharing	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2016, Performance Audit of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Union Government, para 5.1, p. 49.
Funding	100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)”	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2013, Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non-Public Sector Undertakings), Government of Punjab, para 2.1.1, p. 14.
Coverage	implemented in Uttar Pradesh since 2002 in 31 districts named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)”	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 2 of 2013, General and Social Sector, Government of Uttar Pradesh, para 2.1.1, p. 12.
Benefit	all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” under Ministry of Rural Development	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report of 2013, Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non-Public Sector Undertakings), Government of Punjab, para 2.1, p. 13.
Eligibility	unconnected rural habitations with 250 or more people (Uttarakhand) named in the report “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)” under Government of India	Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Report No. 1 of 2014, Social, General and Economic Sectors (Non-PSUs), Government of Uttarakhand, para 1.11, p. 70.

Found elsewhere in government

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Budget allocation

₹19,000 cr for 2026-27

Centrally Sponsored · Demand No. 87 · matched to budget line “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna” at 0.984 (strong)

Union Budget, Expenditure Profile Statement 4A

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schemeName	Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana	myScheme · 2026-10-17
schemeOpenDate	2000-12-25	myScheme · 2026-10-17
schemeCloseDate	...	not published at source
nodalMinistryName	Ministry Of Rural Development	myScheme · 2026-10-17
dbtScheme	...	myScheme · 2026-10-17
achievement data	...	no source publishes this for any central scheme