The government has said that one thousand 737 Gram Panchayats across the country have been developed under the ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ so far by completing the projects and activities planned under the Village Development Plan. The scheme was launched in October 2014. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, 830 Gram Panchayats have been developed under the scheme in the last five years. He mentioned the development activities under the scheme include Human development, Social development, Economic development, Social Security and Basic amenities.