-The Hindu Business Line Rural ministry data shows 7,21,362 km roads completed under PMGSY, as on December 1, 2022 Out of 2,20,570 km of roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) scheme in the last six years (including the current year), 1,54,120 km, or 70 per cent, has come up in 10 States, with Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh getting the lion’s share. A total of 7,98,739 km of road...
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Making agriculture future ready: How Modi's 'Gram Sadak' scheme is helping
-Financial Express Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road building scheme for rural India could also hold a key towards uplifting farm economy. FM in her budget announcement said that the centre will “encourage” state governments if they implement reforms for agriculture. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road building scheme for rural India could also hold a key towards uplifting farm economy. Under the third phase of PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), the government...
More »Nobel winner Abhijeet Banerjee's advice to govt: Make policies that work; govt teachers are overpaid
-Financial Express Indian-American Nobel prize winner economist Abhijeet Banerjee on Monday said that the government should make policies that work for the people. Indian-American Nobel prize winner economist Abhijeet Banerjee on Monday said that the government should make policies that work for the people, TV news channel CNBC TV-18 reported. There is a willingness to announce policies that sound good and serve the political purpose dictate their nature, he also said in...
More »World Bank study on PMGSY: 'Rural roads scheme triggered shift from farm to non-farm employment'
--The Indian Express PMGSY was rolled out in 2000 to provide access to all-weather roads in 1.78 lakh rural habitations across the country. New Delhi: A recent independent World Bank assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads programme meant to establish ‘farm to market connectivity’ shows that the PMGSY roads, in fact, “triggered a shift from farm to non-farm employment” in the habitations studied between 2009 and...
More »With little allocation for agriculture, budget sends a worrying signal -Ashok Gulati
-The Indian Express One notable thing was the absence of emphasis on doubling farmers’ real incomes by 2022. Perhaps the reality that this is an uphill task has dawned on the government — it may not achieve even half the target. In her first budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reminded us of the famous quote from M K Gandhi, that the “soul of India lives in villages”. She also said...
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