Since its inception, PMGSY has sanctioned a total of 8, 25,000 km of rural roads, of which ~7,87,000 km have been completed, reflecting nearly 95 percent physical progress (December 2025).
About PMGSY:
- Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Type: Launched in December 2000 as Centrally sponsored scheme
- Objective: To provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations as a strategy for poverty alleviation. Bridges will be built/modernized along the alignment of these roads
- Habitation Population Criteria for PMGSY-IV: 500+ in Plains; 250+ in North-Eastern, special category states & Hill States and 100+ in LWE Affected Districts as per Census 2011.
- Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas: Launched in 2016 to improve the rural road connectivity in LWE affected districts.
- The project will be implemented as a vertical under PMGSY.
- Phases of PMGSY:
- Phase I: Launched in 2000, established foundation for universal rural access by linking villages with markets, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities.
- Phase - II: Introduced in 2013, focused on consolidating the existing rural road network.
- Phase III: Launched in 2019, focuses on strengthening connectivity between rural habitations and key socio-economic institutions.
- PMGSY–IV (2024–28): 25,000 habitations are to be connected through 62,500 km of roads.
