Out of the total 790, only 252 Members of Parliament (MPs) have adopted gram panchayats under phase-4 of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
This scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.
The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister of India on 2014 on the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan.
About scheme
It is a village development project under which each Members of Parliament (MPs) are responsible for developing the socio-economic and physical infrastructure of three villages each by 2019, and a total of eight villages each by 2024.
The first Adarsh Gram (Model Village) was to be developed by 2016, and two more by 2019.
From 2019 to 2024, five more Adarsh Grams must be developed by each MP, one each year.