Why in the news
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan opened the fourth phase of PMGSY at Bhairunda in Sehore district, timed with the programme’s silver jubilee. The event also announced road, housing and tribal-development sanctions for Madhya Pradesh.
Key facts
- Launch: PMGSY-IV on 10 May 2026, Bhairunda, Sehore (MP).
- Anniversary: 25 years of PMGSY, begun on 25 December 2000 by PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Awards: several large States were honoured for outstanding PMGSY performance.
- Message: a joint rural push combining roads, housing and tribal outreach.
Approvals announced
| Component | Scale |
|---|
| PMGSY-IV roads, Madhya Pradesh | 973 roads, 2,117.52 km, ₹1,763.08 crore |
| Vidisha constituency | 259 roads, 600.393 km |
| PM-JANMAN (PVTG habitations) | ₹261.81 crore, 384.34 km |
| PMAY-G mother sanction (to CM Mohan Yadav) | ₹2,055 crore |
About PMGSY
- Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development giving all-weather road links to unconnected habitations.
- Funding: Centre 60% and States 40%; 90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
- Original eligibility: habitations of 500+ people in plains; 250+ in hilly, tribal, desert and LWE-affected areas.
| Phase | Year | Focus |
|---|
| I | 2000 | New all-weather links to eligible habitations |
| II | 2013 | Upgrading selected through routes and major rural links |
| III | 2019 | Routes via Gramin Agricultural Markets, higher secondary schools and hospitals |
| IV | 2026 | Remaining unconnected habitations, including tribal and PVTG ones |
Related schemes
- PMAY-G: started 2016; pucca houses for homeless and kutcha-house rural families; replaced Indira Awaas Yojana.
- PM-JANMAN: Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan, begun 2023, for PVTG housing, roads, water, power, health, education and skilling.
- PVTGs: a sub-category of Scheduled Tribes; 75 identified.
- Mother sanction: an overall approval for a State, from which finer sanctions follow.
Exam angle
- Nodal ministry: Rural Development; launched by Vajpayee in 2000.
- Studies tie rural roads to less poverty, improved rural pay, school attendance and non-farm work.
- Remember: 973 roads, 2,117.52 km, ₹1,763.08 crore.