Rural Development ministry's allocation for PMGSY

Shillong, Apr 03: The Union Ministry for Rural Development has systematically increased allocation for the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).

According to official sources the progress of work was being continuously monitored through regional/performance review meetings so that the quality of roads was ensured.

In the North Eastern Region, Asom had been allocated the highest amount of Rs.276 crore during 2006-07, which includes an allocation of Rs.100 crore from the Asian Development Bank. The allocation for the other NE states are:Arunachal Pradesh Rs.52 crore, Manipur Rs.28 crore, Meghalaya Rs.40 crore, Mizoram Rs.27 crore, Nagaland Rs.25 crore, Sikkim Rs.25 crore and Tripura Rs.35 crore.

A separate window with a corpus of Rs.4000 crore had also been created in NABARD for financing rural roads under Bharat Nirman Programme.

A total of Rs.5225.62 crore has been allocated under PMGSY during 2006-07 to all the states in the country, the sources said.

UNI