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The Centre has directed states to install QR codes on PMGSY road boards to collect citizen feedback on road quality and maintenance. This move aims to enhance transparency, use AI for inspection analysis, and improve rural road accountability.
Description:
Approval & Period:
- Approved by the Union Cabinet for the period 2024-25 to 2028-29.
Objective:
- Enhance rural connectivity by constructing 62,500 km of new all-weather roads.
Coverage:
- To connect 25,000 unconnected habitations, based on population:
- Plains: Habitations with a population over 500.
- Northeast & Hill States: Population over 250.
- LWE-affected districts: Population over 100.
Expected Outcomes:
- Boost socio-economic development in remote rural areas.
- Improve access to:
- Education
- Healthcare
- Markets
- Growth centres
- Generate 40 crore human-days of employment.
Background of PMGSY:
- Launched in 2000 as a 100% centrally-sponsored scheme.
- Aimed at providing all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations.
Funding Pattern (since 2015-16):
- 60:40 cost-sharing between Centre and State Governments.
Achievements till Date:
- Around 8 lakh km of rural roads were constructed.
- Over 1.8 lakh habitations connected under various phases of PMGSY.
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