Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched the scheme Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on dated 11thOctober, 2014. Inspired by the principles and values of Mahatma Gandhi, the Scheme places equal stress on nurturing the value of national pride, patriotism, unity, self confidence and on developing infrastructure. SAGY will keep the soul of rural India alive while providing its people with quality access to basic amenities and opportunities to enable them to shape their own destiny.
The SAGY Scheme broadly focuses upon development in the villages emphasizing upon 8 sectors that are, basic amenities, social development, human development, environment development, personal development, social security, economic development and good governance. Implementation of SAGY in identified GPs is majorly accomplished through the convergence of various existing Central Sector, Central Sponsored and State Sector Schemes. 
However, the last phase of SAGY was scheduled to end in March 2024 by the MoRD, Govt. of India. Prior to that 106 GPs have been identified by Members of Parliament in 28 Districts of Odisha for implementation under SAGY during 2014-2024 (till December, 2024). Till date, 3,295 projects have been taken up under the Village Development Plan, out of which 2,742 have been completed, achieving 83% implementation. However, instructions have been issued to complete the remaining projects at an earliest possible manner.