Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

Date : 11/10/2014 -

The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was launched on 11 October 2014, with the aim of realizing Mahatma Gandhi’s broad vision of an ideal Indian village, keeping in mind the current situation. Under SAGY, each Member of Parliament adopts a Gram Panchayat and guides its overall progress with an emphasis on social development along with basic infrastructure. ‘Adarsh Gram’ is envisioned to become a school of local development and governance, inspiring other Gram Panchayats. By involving the rural population and taking advantage of scientific tools, a village development plan is prepared under the leadership of the Member of Parliament. The characteristic of this scheme is that it is demand driven, community driven and based on public participation.

Objectives

Gram Panchayats should achieve inclusive development by significantly improving the standard of living and quality of life of all sections of the population.

Delivering good basic facilities, high productivity, advanced human development, better livelihood opportunities.

Creating models of development at the local level with less inequality, more rights and entitlements, wider social inclusion, richer social capital and effective local governance.

Training others to develop model villages identified as schools of local development, capable of learning and adapting to neighboring gram panchayats.

Benefits & Activity

Elements of an Ideal Gram

Personal development

Social development

Human development

Economic development

Environmental Development

Social security

Basic facilities and services

Eligibility

Gram Panchayat should be the basic unit. Village population should be 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-3000 in hilly, tribal and difficult areas.

A Member of Parliament shall identify an appropriate Gram Panchayat in any rural part of the country other than his own village or the village of his spouse.

The Member of Parliament will identify one Gram Panchayat to start work immediately and two others to start work after a short period of time.

An MP has to elect a Gram Panchayat from his constituency.

A member of the Rajya Sabha has to select a Gram Panchayat of his choice from any rural area of the state in which he is elected.

In urban areas (where there is no Gram Panchayat), the Member of Parliament will identify the Gram Panchayat from the nearest rural constituency.

Gram Panchayats elected by MPs (whose tenure has ended due to resignation or other reasons) will continue under SGFY, activities under SGFY under GP whether or not they have already started in that GP. Newly elected MPs will have the option to choose the GP of their choice and two more GPs after 2019.