Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (Hindi:सांसद आदर्श ग्राम योजना,abbr.: SAGY) is arural development programme broadly focusing upon the development in the villages which includes social development, cultural development and spread motivation among the people on social mobilization of the village community.[1] The programme was launched by thePrime Minister of India,Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary ofJayaprakash Narayan, on 11 October 2014.[2]
The distinct feature of this Yojana is that it is (a) demand-driven, (b) inspired by society, and (c) based on people's participation.
The development of model villages, called Adarsh Grams, through the implementation of existing schemes, and certain new initiatives to be designed for the local context, which may vary from village to village.
Creating models of local development which can be replicated in other villages.
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was initiated to bring themember of parliament of all the political parties under the same umbrella while taking the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and turning them into model villages.[3] Under this yojana, eachmember of parliament needs to choose one village each from the constituency that they represent, except their village or their in-laws village and fix parameters and make it a model village by 2019.
Thereafter, they can take on two or three more villages and follow the same approach by the time the next general elections come along in 2019, and subsequently, set themselves ten-year village or rural improvement projects.[1] Villages will be offered smart schools, universal access to basic health facilities andPucca housing to homeless villagers.[4]
Under the scheme, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has adoptedJayapur village his constituencyVaranasi inUttar Pradesh.[6] PM Modi has adopted 6 villages as of now. His first four villages were Jayapur, Nagepur, Kakrahia and Domari. Recently, PM Modi adopted 2 more villages, Poore Bariyarpur and Parampur.[7]
Under Phase 1 (2014–16) of the scheme, nearly 500 out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs and 203 out of 253 Rajya Sabha MPs adopted the village. In Phase 2 (2016–18), the number dipped to 326 Lok Sabha MPs and 121 Rajya Sabha MPs adopting the village. The numbers dipped further in Phase 3 (2017–19). As of February 2018, only 97 Lok Sabha MPs and 27 Rajya Sabha MPs had adopted the village.[14][15]
