4.Works under the Scheme —(1) Focus of the Scheme —Classification of
•Works: The Scheme shall focus on the following categories of works, as identified
•in the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans and aggregated into the Viksit Bharat National
•Rural Infrastructure Stack.
(2)For the purposes of section 4 of the Act, the works to be taken up under
•the Scheme, shall fall under the following Categories, together with their thematic
•focus and intended outcomes, namely:—
(a)Category I—Water-Related Works (for Water Security)—
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(A)The focus shall include conservation, irrigation, groundwater
•recharge, source sustainability, rejuvenation of water bodies, watershed
•development and afforestation and the Illustrative works include—
(i)construction of canals, flood or diversion channels, check
•dams, gully plugs and underground dykes;
•(ii) construction or rejuvenation of ponds, percolation tanks,
•recharge pits, recharge shafts, injection wells and associated water
•harvesting structures;
•(iii) irrigation open wells, micro-irrigation channels and field
•water distribution systems;
•(iv) reclamation of community waterlogged land;
(v)afforestation and plantation works linked with soil and
•moisture conservation; and
•(vi) rooftop rainwater harvesting and other dec entralised
•recharge systems.
(B)Intended Outcomes—Strengthening of water security through
•integrated water resource management, recharge and conservation for
•long-term climate resilience.
(b)Category II—Core Rural Infrastructure—
(A)Thematic focus shall include core civic, social, governance and
•service-delivery infrastructure relating to education, health, drinking
•water, sanitation, connectivity, renewable energy and community
•services and the Illustrative works include—
(i)construction or upgradation of rural roads, culverts, cross-
•drainage structures and village connectivity facilities;
•(ii) construction of Gram Panchayat Bhawans, Anganwadi
•centres, rural libraries and other public buildings;
•(iii) construction of school infrastructure, includ ing kitchen
•sheds, additional classrooms, laboratories, compound walls and
•playgrounds;
•(iv) crematoria and community infrastructure;
(v)solid and liquid waste management assets, including
•stabilising ponds, community sanitary complexes, and waste
•segregation and collection centres;
•(vi) installation of solar lighting systems and other renewable
•rural energy infrastructure; and
•(vii) village parking areas, transport sheds and other common
•rural amenities;
•(viii) rural housing works permissible unde r the schemes of
•the Central Government, including those permitted under the
•Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana—Gramin;
•(ix) repair and maintenance of works created under the Jal
•Jeevan Mission for ensuring water supply.
(B)Intended Outcome—Creation of foundational civic and social
•infrastructure ensuring basic amenities, improved service access and
•enhanced quality of life in rural areas.
(c)Category III—Livelihood-related Infrastructure—
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(A)Thematic focus shall include productive assets and facilities
•that enhance rural livelihoods through agriculture, livestock, fisheries,
•value addition, skilling and enterprise development and the Illustrative
•works include—
(i)construction of training -cum-skill development centres
•and work sheds for livelihood activities;
•(ii) rural haats or weekly markets and other market
•infrastructure;
•(iii) food grain storage buildings, agricultural produce
•storage structures, cold storage units and other agri -value chain
•infrastructure;
•(iv) buildings for Self Help Groups and federation-level
•institutions;
(v)compost structures, including vermicompost and NADEP
•units;
•(vi) development of silvipasture grasslands, dairy
•infrastructure and shelters for cattle, goats, pigs, poultry and other
•livestock;
•(vii) f isheries-related infrastructure, including fish drying
•yards;
•(viii) raising of nurseries and production of building material;
•and
•(ix) Integrated projects promoting circular and cyclical
•economy models, as may be approved by the Central Government.
(B)Intended Outcome—Strengthening of sustainable livelihoods,
•value addition, enterprise development and self-reliant rural economies.
(d)Category IV —Special works to mitigate Extreme Weather Events
•and Disaster Preparedness—
(A)Thematic focus shall include d isaster risk reduction,
•climate adaptation, and protection of rural communities and assets
•from floods, cyclones, storms, droughts, landslides, forest fires and
•other extreme weather events and the Illustrative works include—
(i)construction of cyclone sh elters, flood shelters and
•multipurpose disaster resilient structures;
•(ii) construction of diversion channels, embankments
•and other disaster-mitigation works;
•(iii) stabilising ponds and water structures for flood
•management;
•(iv) post-disaster rehabilitation, restoration and repair
•of rural roads and community assets;
(v)windbreak and shelterbelt plantations; and
•(vi) forest fire management works, including fire
•breaks, fuel buffer zones and allied measures.
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(B)Intended Outcome—Creation of climate -resilient
•villages capable of withstanding extreme weather conditions.
(3)Any other public work which may be notified by the Central Government.
(4)Maintenance of rural public assets created under the Act.
(5)Works for individual beneficiaries, including but not limited to housing -
•related works under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana—Gramin, sanitation-related
•works, and other beneficiary -oriented developmental works undertaken under
•various schemes of the Central Government from time to time and expressly notified
•for inclusion under the Scheme, may also be taken up. The eligibility of such
•beneficiaries shall be as notified by the Central Government, aligned with the
•eligibility criteria specified under the respective Central Government schemes, with
•all such works conforming to the norms, standards and guidelines issued by the
•Central Government.
(6)Without prejudice to the generality of the above, works creating individual
•assets as notified by the Central G overnment shall be prioritised on land or
•homestead owned by households belonging to—
(a)the Scheduled Castes;
(b)the Scheduled Tribes;
(c)nomadic tribes;
(d)denotified tribes;
(e)economically weaker sections of the society as identified based on
•criteria notified by the Central Government;
(f)women-headed households;
(g)households headed by persons with disabilities;
(h)beneficiaries of land reforms;
(i)beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana—Gramin
•(PMAY-G); and
(j)beneficiaries under the Scheduled Tribes and Other
•Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
•(2 of 2007), and
•after exhausting the eligible beneficiaries under the above categories, works may be
•taken up o n the lands of small or marginal farmers as identified on the basis of
•criteria notified by the Central Government, subject to such conditions as may be
•notified by the Central Government, including the requirement that such households
•possess a valid job card and have at least one adult member willing to work on the
•project undertaken on their land or homestead.
