27-09-2021 | 13:49 PM
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
Context: According to the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana will be started in 36000 villages of India.
Key Highlights
• Under the scheme, villages having 50 percent tribal population would be given priority.
• Around 1700 tribal villages in Assam will be converted into model village under the scheme.
• Apart from model villages, 184 new Van Dhan Kendra will also be set up in Assam in order to benefit 60 thousand people.
• This scheme would be started by Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
About Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)
• Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was launched with the aim of overall development of selected SC majority villages.
• The scheme seeks to provide the villages with all the necessary facilities in order to ensure that the disparity between SC and non-SC population is eliminated in terms of common socio-economic indicators.
• Performance of the PMAGY is being monitored in terms of achievement of the targets that are listed in Village Development Plan (VDP) prepared for each village.
• Under this scheme, technical resource support is provided by the “National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)” at the national level.
• In order to be declared as Adarsh village, village should have achieved minimum of three targets below, within three years:
100% enrolment and retention of children at the elementary stage.
100% allotment of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana houses.
100% institutional deliveries for pregnant women
100% registration of deaths and births
Elimination of poverty and reduction in its incidence by 50% within three years.
Villages should be 100 % open defecation-free.
Full immunisation of children
All-weather road connectivity to the village
No child marriages and child labour
No public consumption of liquor & intoxicating substances
Reduction of infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate
Access to safe drinking water facility on sustainable basis
