Bharat Nirman
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Bharat Nirman is an Indian
plan for creating basic rural
infrastructure. It comprises projects on irrigation
, roads (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), housing (Indira Awaas Yojana
), water supply, electrification and telecommunication connectivity.
in order to provide some basic amenities to the rural India.
The objectives of the plan are as the followings.
of India
will try to improve the infrastructural facilities of these six sections individually which will result in the overall development of the infrastructural facilities of the country.
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. All unconnected habitations with a population of more than 500 persons has been provided connectivity by 2007.
Rural Teledensity (for the month of February 2011)
India
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plan for creating basic rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
infrastructure. It comprises projects on irrigation
Irrigation
Irrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...
, roads (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), housing (Indira Awaas Yojana
Indira Awaas Yojana
Indira Awaas Yojana is a Government of India social welfare programme to provide housing for the rural poor in India. The differentiation is made between rural poor and urban poor for a separate set of schemes operate for the urban poor...
), water supply, electrification and telecommunication connectivity.
Objectives
Bharat Nirman is a business plan for rural infrastructure which was implemented by the Government of IndiaGovernment of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
in order to provide some basic amenities to the rural India.
The objectives of the plan are as the followings.
- It aims at providing safe drinking water to all the under developed areas in India by 2012.
- It also aims to develop housing facilities for the poor. Initially the scheme targeted 60 lakh additional houses to be constructed for the poor within the year 2009, but now the plan has been extended to 2014 and the targeted house to be constructed has been increased to 1.2 crore.
- The plan also includes to cover 40% of the rural area with telecommunicationTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
facilities by the year 2014 and provide broadband coverage to all the 2.5 lakh Panchayats by the year 2012. - The plans suggests to construct all weather roads by the year 2012 in order to connect all the villages of India having a minimum populationPopulationA population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 1000 ( 500 in case of hilly or tribal areas). - The plan aims to provide electricityElectricityElectricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
to every village by the year 2012. - The plan aims to provide an additional one crore hector of irrigational land by the year 2012.
Sub Divisions of Bharat Nirman
Bharat Nirman have been sub-divided into six parts. The GovernmentGovernment
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of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
will try to improve the infrastructural facilities of these six sections individually which will result in the overall development of the infrastructural facilities of the country.
- WaterWaterWater is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
Supply - Roads
- HousingHousingHousing may refer to:* A House* Social or public housing* Enclosure containing some equipment or mechanism*House dance...
- TelephoneTelephoneThe telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
- ElectricityElectricityElectricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
- IrrigationIrrigationIrrigation may be defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall...
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.Bharat Nirman - Rural Drinking Water, Target and Achievement During(2005-06 TO 2008-09)
| Sl. No. | State/UT | TARGET ( BALANCE AS ON 1.4.2005) | COVERAGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncovered | Slipped Back | Quality affected Habs | Total | Uncovered | Slipped Back | Quality affected Habs | Total | ||
| 1 | ANDHRA PR. | 0 | 29744 | 4050 | 33794 | 0 | 28598 | 2611 | 31209 |
| 2 | ARUNACHAL PR. | 668 | 2752 | 0 | 3420 | 668 | 870 | 401 | 1939 |
| 3 | ASSAM | 7375 | 10636 | 8119 | 26130 | 7375 | 8829 | 2478 | 18682 |
| 4 | BIHAR | 0 | 47597 | 776 | 48373 | 0 | 42705 | 6306 | 49011 |
| 5 | CHHATTISGARH | 0 | 19007 | 5021 | 24028 | 0 | 29547 | 1042 | 20589 |
| 6 | GOA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | GUJARAT | 36 | 4389 | 8717 | 13142 | 36 | 6046 | 3551 | 9633 |
| 8 | HARYANA | 0 | 2506 | 361 | 2867 | 0 | 2860 | 205 | 3065 |
| 9 | HIMACHAL PR. | 6891 | 9308 | 0 | 16199 | 6891 | 9653 | 0 | 16544 |
| 10 | J & K | 3211 | 3138 | 49 | 6398 | 3211 | 782 | 0 | 3993 |
| 11 | JHARKHAND | 0 | 17225 | 168 | 17393 | 0 | 17005 | 457 | 17462 |
| 12 | KARNATAKA | 5618 | 809 | 21008 | 27435 | 5618 | 8578 | 3238 | 17434 |
| 13 | KERALA | 7573 | 421 | 867 | 8861 | 7573 | 3946 | 691 | 12210 |
| 14 | M.P. | 0 | 37269 | 5381 | 42650 | 0 | 38512 | 559 | 39071 |
| 15 | MAHARASHTRA | 17738 | 11579 | 3787 | 33104 | 17738 | 13987 | 3622 | 35347 |
| 16 | MANIPUR | 0 | 80 | 37 | 117 | 0 | 517 | 0 | 517 |
| 17 | MEGHALAYA | 251 | 4341 | 160 | 4752 | 251 | 3562 | 98 | 3911 |
| 18 | MIZORAM | 112 | 271 | 26 | 409 | 112 | 363 | 26 | 501 |
| 19 | NAGALAND | 731 | 202 | 157 | 1090 | 731 | 614 | 46 | 1391 |
| 20 | ORISSA | 0 | 14900 | 32254 | 47154 | 0 | 39902 | 5124 | 45026 |
| 21 | PUNJAB | 1931 | 5247 | 2093 | 9271 | 1786 | 2198 | 703 | 4687 |
| 22 | RAJASTHAN | 2300 | 33680 | 41072 | 77052 | 1871 | 26897 | 5355 | 34123 |
| 23 | SIKKIM | 74 | 783 | 0 | 857 | 74 | 510 | 0 | 584 |
| 24 | TAMIL NADU | 0 | 44080 | 5574 | 49654 | 0 | 33123 | 1300 | 34423 |
| 25 | TRIPURA | 0 | 651 | 7031 | 7682 | 0 | 825 | 683 | 1508 |
| 26 | UTTAR PRADESH | 0 | 19886 | 5062 | 24948 | 0 | 24629 | 3853 | 28482 |
| 27 | UTTRANCHAL | 272 | 7562 | 0 | 7839 | 237 | 5611 | 0 | 5848 |
| 28 | WEST BENGAL | 0 | 3536 | 65156 | 68692 | 0 | 7625 | 7728 | 15363 |
| 29 | A & N ISLANDS | 102 | 0 | 26 | 128 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| 30 | D & N HAVELI | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 31 | DAMAN & DIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DELHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | LAKSHADWEEP | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | PONDICHERRY | 108 | 0 | 16 | 124 | 108 | 57 | 91 | 256 |
| 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Example | TOTAL | 55067 | 331604 | 216968 | 603639 | 54440 | 358362 | 50168 | 462970 |
- Actually covered habitation. in earlier report coverage includes habitations of ongoing schemes making total of 310698 habitations.
Roads
The Government of India has several plans policies in order to improve the infrastructural facilities of rural roads.Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana or PMGSY is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages...
(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. All unconnected habitations with a population of more than 500 persons has been provided connectivity by 2007.
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 centre. The ratio of the sponsorship between the center and the state is 75:25.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.Rural Teledensity (for the month of February 2011)
| SL.No. | Circle/State | Percentage of Rural Teledensity as on March 31, 2009 | Percentage of Rural Teledensity as on February 28, 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR |
16.57 |
31.75% |
| 2 | ANDHRA PRADESH |
15.22 |
33.19% |
| 3 | ASSAM |
9.36 |
23.36% |
| 4 | BIHAR |
9.17 |
26.41% |
| 5 | CHHATTISGARH |
1.81 |
2.77% |
| 6 | GUJARAT |
25.21 |
45.81% |
| 7 | HARYANA |
28.10 |
51.36% |
| 8 | HIMACHAL PRADESH |
40.47 |
68.68% |
| 9 | JAMMU & KASHMIR |
16.72 |
29.13% |
| 10 | JHARKHAND |
1.44 |
2.35% |
| 11 | KARNATAKA |
14.36 |
34.26% |
| 12 | KERALA |
35.43 |
52.65% |
| 13 | MADHYA PRADESH |
11.07 |
28.95% |
| 14 | MAHARASHTRA (including Goa) |
21.70 |
45.25% |
| 15 | NORTH-EAST- I (comprising Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura) |
14.67 |
50.34% |
| 16 | NORTH-EAST- II (comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland) |
3.69 |
7.78% |
| 17 | ORISSA |
12.55 |
28.07% |
| 18 | PUNJAB |
33.11 |
55.45% |
| 19 | RAJASTHAN |
16.71 |
38.14% |
| 20 | TAMIL NADU |
25.62 |
47.53% |
| 21 | UTTARAKHAND |
6.04 |
9.46% |
| 22 | UTTAR PRADESH |
10.24 |
26.47% |
| 23 | WEST BENGAL (including Sikkim) |
13.50 |
35.22% |
| 24 | KOLKATA |
- | - |
| 25 | CHENNAI |
- | - |
| 26 | DELHI |
- | - |
| 27 | MUMBAI |
- | - |
| ALL- INDIA |
15.11 |
32.99% |