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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86750, member: 27"] A decade of cash flooding rural programs just flipped poverty stats, roads, housing, and water access into a full-blown village makeover. Rural budget and poverty slide [LIST] [*]Rural development allocation climbed 211 percent to Rs 2.73 lakh crore in 2026-27. [*]Extreme poverty dropped to 5.3 percent in 2022-23. [*]Multidimensional poverty fell to 11.28 percent in 2023. [*]Back in 2005-06, that figure sat at 55.3 percent. [/LIST] Roads and near-universal access [LIST] [*]Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana funding rose from Rs 12,581 crore in 2016-17. [*]By 2026-27, PMGSY outlay touched Rs 19,000 crore. [*]As of mid-January 2026, 99.6 percent of habitations were linked. [*]Rural connectivity is described as nearly universal. [/LIST] Housing and basic services push [LIST] [*]Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin delivered 3.70 crore rural homes. [*]PMAY-G allocation jumped 266 percent to Rs 54,916.70 crore. [*]Improved water, power, and sanitation access hit 64.3 percent in 2025. [*]Jal Jeevan Mission expanded taps to 15.74 crore households. [/LIST] Decentralization and local funding [LIST] [*]15th Finance Commission routed Rs 2.36 lakh crore to panchayats. [*]The 16th Finance Commission raised that to nearly Rs 4.35 lakh crore. [*]Local bodies gained stronger financial autonomy. [*]Community-driven planning is replacing top-down control. [/LIST] Women collectives and social spending [LIST] [*]Self-help groups mobilized 10.05 crore women nationwide. [*]Around 90.09 lakh groups operate with 9 lakh cadres. [*]Social services expenditure grew at a 12 percent CAGR from FY22 to FY26. [*]Education rose 11 percent, while health increased 8 percent. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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