Rural Transport Infrastructure, Poverty and Employment
Santosh Kumar (Associate Professor of Economics from Sam Houston State University), Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (Professor of Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Rohini Pande (Professor of Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School)
This survey was based on the Participatory Rural Appraisal Exercise (PRAE) and carried out in 269 villages and in 14 districts of Uttar Pradesh. MORSEL also collected secondary data needed for the analysis.
The PMGSY scheme was launched by the Government of India in the year 2001 to connect previously unconnected habitations to the Uttar Pradesh road network. In the first phase of this scheme, habitations of population size 1000 or more (500 in the case of hill States, tribal and desert areas) were covered. In the second phase habitations of the population between 500 and 1000 (250 to 500 in the case of hill States, tribal and desert areas) were covered. About 368,000 km of new roads were constructed and 370,000 km of up gradation/renewal is expected to be completed. The World Bank is also a partner in this scheme
Location: Uttar Pradesh
