Bharat Nirman

Bharat Nirman
Country India
Prime Minister(s) Manmohan Singh

Bharat Nirman is an Indian business plan for creating and augmenting basic rural infrastructure. It comprises projects on irrigation, roads (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), housing (Indira Awaas Yojana), water supply (National Rural Drinking Water Programme), electrification (Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana) and telecommunication connectivity.

Objectives

Bharat Nirman is a business plan for rural infrastructure which was implemented by the Government of India in order to provide some basic amenities to the rural India.[1]

Water Supply

Bharat Nirman was launched by the Government of India in 2005. Providing rural areas with safe drinking water facilities was one of the key objectives of the plan. It got implemented during 2005-06 to 2008-09 . The plan aimed to cover 55,067 un-covered and 3.31 lakh under developed areas with safe drinking water facilities. It also aimed to improve the quality standard of drinking water of 2.17 lakh areas which had poor quality water supplies.[2]

Bharat Nirman - Rural Drinking Water, Target and Achievement During (2005-06 to 2008-09)

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana marker in a village in Punjab
Sl. No.State/UT TARGET ( BALANCE AS OF 1.4.2005)COVERAGE
UncoveredSlipped BackQuality affected HabsTotalUncoveredSlipped BackQuality affected HabsTotal
1Andhra Pradesh029744405033794028598261131209
2Arunachal Pradesh6682752034206688704011939
3Assam73751063681192613073758829247818682
4Bihar04759777648373042705630649011
5Chhattisgarh019007502124028029547104220589
6Goa60066107
7Gujarat36.0438987171314236604635519633
8Haryana025063612867028602053065
9Himachal Pradesh6891930801619968919653016544
10Jammu and Kashmir32113138496398321178203993
11Jharkhand0172251681739301700545717462
12Karnataka5618809210082743556188578323817434
13Kerala757342186788617573394669112210
14Madhya Pradesh03726953814265003851255939071
15Maharashtra17738115793787331041773813987362235347
16Manipur0803711705170517
17Meghalaya251434116047522513562983911
18Mizoram1122712640911236326501
19Nagaland7312021571090731614461391
20Odisha0149003225447154039902512445026
21Punjab1931524720939271178621987034687
22Rajasthan2300336804107277052187126897535534123
23Sikkim747830857745100584
24Tamil Nadu044080557449654033123130034423
25Tripura06517031768208256831508
26Uttar Pradesh019886506224948024629385328482
27Uttarakhand272756207839237561105848
28West Bengal03536651566869207625772815363
29Andaman and Nicobar Islands102026128940094
30Dadra and Nagar Haveli600060600060
31Daman and Diu00000000
32Delhi00000000
33Lakshadweep1000100000
34Pondicherry1080161241085791256
35000000000
ExampleTOTAL550673316042169686036395444035836250168462970

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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on December 25, 2000. The primary objective of PMGSY is to provide good quality all-weather roads in all the rural areas where urban-rural road connectivity is found to be very weak.[4] All unconnected habitations with a population of more than 500 persons has been provided connectivity by 2007.[5]

Housing

The main objective is to provide housing facilities to the rural areas of India. According to the plan the government of India will construct 60 lac houses for the rural areas by 2009. The scheme under this is named as Indira Awaas Yojana and is governed by the Ministry of Rural Development. It is mainly sponsored by the central government. The ratio of the sponsorship between the center and the state is 75:25.[6]

Telephone

This plan aims to supply telecommunication facilities to remote areas of rural areas. It aims in increasing the rural telecommunication facilities by 40%. It also aims to supply broadband and Bharat Nirman Seva Kendras in 2.5 lac Panchayats. According to this plan the government of India will connect each and every village by telecommunication facilities. The plan is taken care of by the Department of Telecom which fall under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. There are 66,822 villages which are still left to be covered.[7]

Rural Teledensity (for the month of February 2011)

SL.No.Circle/StatePercentage of Rural Teledensity as of March 31, 2009Percentage of Rural Teledensity as of February 28, 2011
1Andaman and Nicobar Islands 16.57 31.75%
2Andhra Pradesh 15.22 33.19%
3Assam 9.36 23.36%
4Bihar 9.17 26.41%
5Chhattisgarh 1.81 2.77%
6Gujarat 25.21 45.81%
7Haryana 28.10 51.36%
8Himachal Pradesh 40.47 68.68%
9Jammu and Kashmir 16.72 29.13%
10Jharkhand 1.44 2.35%
11Karnataka 14.36 34.26%
12Kerala 35.43 52.65%
13Madhya Pradesh 11.07 28.95%
14Maharashtra (including Goa) 21.70 45.25%
15NORTH-EAST- I (comprising Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura) 14.67 50.34%
16NORTH-EAST- II (comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland) 3.69 7.78%
17Odisha 12.55 28.07%
18Punjab 33.11 55.45%
19Rajasthan 16.71 38.14%
20Tamil Nadu 25.62 47.53%
21Uttarakhand 6.04 9.46%
22Uttar Pradesh 10.24 26.47%
23West Bengal (including Sikkim) 13.50 35.22%
24Kolkata --
25Chennai --
26Delhi --
27Mumbai --
ALL- INDIA 15.11 32.99%

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References

  1. ↑ Bharat Nirman, India.gov.in Archive
  2. ↑ BHARAT NIRMAN - WATER SUPPLY, archived from the original on 6 September 2011
  3. ↑ "rural drinking water" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna http://www.india.gov.in/sectors/rural/pradhan_manthri.php
  5. ↑ http://rural.nic.in/annual0203/chap-3.pdf
  6. ↑ "housing". Archived from the original on 28 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "telephone". Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "table 1". Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
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