The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched on 11th October 2014 with the vision to improve the standard of life of the villagers through holistic development of identified Gram Panchayats (GPs) by implementing existing Government Schemes in convergence mode without allocating additional funds, so that these GPs serve as model for inspiration of other GPs. The Members of Parliament have identified 1,782 Gram Panchayats (GPs) from 2019 to 2023 and there has been continuous and progressive development of the identified GPs under SAGY.

There is no apex Committee to assess the scheme. However, under the SAGY guidelines, there are two Committees at the national level to monitor the implementation of the schemes viz. (i) National Level Committee under the chairmanship of Minister of Rural Development with the participation of 12 Union Ministers and 4 Members of Parliament and (ii) A National Level Committee under the chairmanship of Secretary, Rural Development Department with representatives from 20 Central Ministries/ Departments as members. There is no such proposal to form a Committee to give a report on the scheme as of now.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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