Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development
Objective: To ensure integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health, education, sanitation, environment, livelihoods etc.
Scheme:
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Launched on birth anniversary of Jayprakash Narayan
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SAGY was launched in 2014 under which each Member of Parliament will take the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.
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Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by 2024.
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MPs can select any gram panchayat, other than their own village or that of their spouse, to be developed as an Adarsh Gram.
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Objective is to trigger processes which lead to holistic development of the identified Gram Panchayats and substantially improve the standard of living.
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Ministry of Rural Development will be nodal Ministry
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Under SAGY, no new funds have been allocated for the Yojana. Refer infographic for SAGY funding.
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Issues:
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Fund scarcity due to suspension of MPLAD scheme for 2 year.
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SAGY envisages synergy and convergence of various development schemes, which is a tough task.
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Factual Information:
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Launched in 2014