The Centre has released half of the funds to the States allocated under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, PMGSY in the current fiscal. In a written reply, Minister of State for Rural Development, Sudarshan Bhagat informed the Lok Sabha that of the total budgetary allocation of 15,291 crore rupees about 7,850 crore rupees have already been released. He said, the Ministry has so far cleared the projects for providing road connectivity to nearly 1.45 lakh unconnected habitations. He said, as per States report, around 1.12 lakh habitations have been provided connectivity till October this year. The PMGSY had been launched in the year 2000 as hundred per cent Centrally Sponsored Scheme.