Q. Which Union Ministry implements the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)’ scheme?
Answer:
Ministry of Rural Development
Notes: Union Ministry of Rural Development implements the ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)’ scheme, with National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) as the nodal implementation agency.
Recently, the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh released Rural Connectivity GIS Data in Public Domain. This includes GIS data for 800,000+ rural facilities as points, 1 Million+ habitations and 25,00,000+ km of rural roads, digitised using the GIS platform.