Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)

It was launched in 2010 on pilot basis for the integrated development of 1000 villages each with more than 50% Scheduled Castes (SCs). In 2014-15 it was extended to other 1500 villages across 11 states. The government aims to cover more than 26000 villages by 2024-25.

• To become ‘Adarsh Grams’, these villages must fill in the gaps in critical socio-economic ‘Monitorable Indicators’ as part of various sectors/domains. These domains include water and sanitation, education, health and nutrition, agricultural best practices etc. amongst others.
• Schemes like this face challenges at the ground level like social and traditional dogmas, bringing attitudinal change for integration, ensuring proper utilization of funds, etc. The administration, especially the local units must ensure honest implementation to reap in maximum result.