- PMGSY has approved over 8,25,114 kilometre (km) of rural roads and completed around 787,520 km, achieving nearly 95% of the planned physical progress as of December 2025.
About Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) :
Objective: The objective of PMGSY is to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations in rural areas by way of a single all-weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations of designated population size in the core network.
Nodal Agency: The programme is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) through the Rural Roads Wing, in coordination with State Governments and Union Territories.
Funding Pattern: This is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS). The funding pattern of PMGSY is in the ratio of 60:40 in respect of all the States except Special Category States (8 North Eastern (NE) States: Jammu & Kashmir(J&K), Himachal Pradesh (HP), Uttarakhand and Union Territories (UTs) with Legislatures, for which the sharing pattern would be 90:10 and for UTs without legislatures, the centre will provide 100% funding.
Financial Allocation: For the Financial Year 2025-26 (FY26), an allocation of Rs 19,000 crore (Cr) has been made for the programme.
Phase-IV: Launched in 2024, Phase IV of the PMGSY aims to provide all-weather road connectivity to 25,000 unconnected rural habitations based on Census 2011 population criteria.
- Under this phase, a total of 62,500 km of roads is planned to be constructed during Financial Year 2024-25(FY25) to FY29, with an overall financial outlay of Rs. 70,125 crore.
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