195 crores sanctioned to West Bengal in 2021-22 under PM-AJAY.


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The State Government of West Bengal is not implementing the “Adarsh Gram” component of the Scheme of PM Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY). Thus, no village has been selected under the said component of this scheme in West Bengal.

  1. scheme of PM-AJAY was introduced only in 2021-22 by merging of three Centrally Sponsored Schemes of this Department. The State-wise details of funds sanctioned and utilized under PM-AJAY in 2021-22 is at Annexure-I.

In view of reply at (a) above, does not arise.

The Ministry periodically undertakes review of the implementation of this scheme through meetings, visits of central teams and interactions through regional conferences.Third party evaluation studies are also undertaken by the Ministry from time to time.

Annexure-I

 

State-wise funds sanctioned and utilized in 2021-22 under PM-AJAY

(Rs. in lakh)

Sl. No

States/UTs

Amount Sanctioned

Amount Utilized

 

1

Andhra Pradesh

7493.83

0.00

2

Assam

0.00

0.00

3

Bihar

0.00

0.00

4

Chhattisgarh

3987.92

0.00

5

Gujarat

319.51

0.00

6

Haryana

0.00

0.00

7

Himachal Pradesh

3075.16

0.00

8

Jammu & Kashmir

615.63

0.00

9

Jharkhand

6880.00

0.00

10

Karnataka

19404.00

938.29

11

Kerala

135.00

0.00

12

Madhya Pradesh

5102.40

0.00

13

Maharashtra

1170.05

0.00

14

Manipur

0.00

0.00

15

Meghalaya

0.00

0.00

16

Odisha

9187.70

393.00

17

Puducherry

3.89

0.00

18

Punjab

0.00

0.00

19

Rajasthan

8037.94

0.00

20

Tamil Nadu

29976.55

14513.25

21

Telangana

2520.00

0.00

22

Tripura

4987.41

0.00

23

Uttar Pradesh

55350.84

0.00

24

Uttarakhand

1387.89

0.00

25

West Bengal

19500.00

0.00

26

Sikkim

0.00

0.00

27

Nagaland

2182.50

0.00

28

Mizoram

0.00

0.00

29

Delhi

0.00

0.00

30

Goa

0.00

0.00

31

Chandigarh

0.00

0.00

 

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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