Miscellaneous Schemes/Initiatives under Ministry of Rural Development
Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) – Also called SAANJHI
🔷 Essence:
MPs are not just lawmakers; they must also become catalysts of village transformation. That’s the soul of SAGY. It was launched in 2014
🎯 Objectives:
- To trigger holistic development of identified Gram Panchayats (GPs)
- Improve standard of living and quality of life in villages
- Promote participatory, demand-driven planning
🗺️ Target & Timeframe:
- Each MP to develop 5 Adarsh Grams (Model Villages) by 2024
- One village selected per year
- The scheme continues beyond 2024, but with limited expansion and subdued momentum.
🏡 Development Unit:
- Gram Panchayat (GP) with:
- 3000–5000 people in plains
- 1000–3000 in hilly/tribal/difficult areas
🔧 Model of Implementation:
- Demand-driven, not scheme-driven
- Village Development Plan (VDP) created with active local participation
✅ Village Selection Criteria by MPs:
| MP Type | Can Choose Gram Panchayat From |
| Lok Sabha | Any GP within their constituency |
| Rajya Sabha | Any rural area in the state they represent |
| Nominated | Any rural GP across India |
| Urban Constituency MP | Nearby rural GP (but not their own village or that of spouse) |
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)
Official Launch: 21 February 2016 by PM Narendra Modi from Kurubhat village, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh
🔷 Vision:
“Urban facilities in rural settings, without losing rural soul.”
Create “Rurban Clusters” — rural areas with urban-like infrastructure.
🎯 Objectives:
- Stimulate local economic development
- Provide basic services like power, water, roads, sanitation
- Ensure planned growth in clusters of villages
🗺️ Rurban Cluster Definition:
| Region Type | Population of Cluster |
| Plains/Coastal | 25,000–50,000 |
| Desert/Hilly/Tribal | 5,000–15,000 |
🔄 Key Mechanism:
- Convergence of schemes — States identify ongoing schemes and merge their implementation under a Unified Cluster Development Plan.
✅ SPMRM is a hybrid model — between SAGY’s single GP development and PMAY-G’s individual household support.
Mission Antyodaya
Announced in Union Budget: 2017–18
🔷 Philosophy:
“Converge all schemes to serve the poorest of the poor—the ‘Antyodaya’.”
🎯 Purpose:
- Act as a framework for convergence, monitoring, and resource optimization
- Identify and transform backward Gram Panchayats
🧱 Basic Unit:
- Gram Panchayat, ranked using objective socio-economic indicators
🔎 Key Features:
- Strengthens democratic decentralization by empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
- Promotes infrastructure development, participatory planning, and livelihood diversification
✅ Expected Outcomes:
- Enhanced local infrastructure
- Stronger PRIs and transparency
- Rich social capital via community participation
- Sustainable rural livelihoods
In essence, Mission Antyodaya is a monitoring and convergence backbone — linking SAGY, MGNREGA, PMAY-G, etc.
National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS)
🔷 What is NGDRS?
A common, digital software platform developed by NIC for land/property document registration across states.
Initiated: Under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP)
Operational Since: 2017, with gradual rollout across states
🎯 Objectives:
- Implement the idea of “One Nation, One Software” in document registration
- Empower citizens through:
- Online submission of deeds
- Auto-calculation of stamp duty & property valuation
- Transparent, tamper-proof record keeping
🛠️ Key Features:
- Configurable by states to suit local requirements
- Seamless integration of:
- Sub-registrar offices
- Banks
- Revenue departments
- Citizens
For rural India, this means land mutation, sale, lease and title clarity becomes smoother, reducing disputes and corruption.