Lok Sabha Question No. 3700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Functioning of PRIs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3700

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## FUNCTIONING OF PRIS

## † 3700. SHRI ALOK SANJAR

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- a) the  number  of  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  functioning  in  the  country  as  on  date, State/UT-wise;
- b) whether the Union Government have constituted any monitoring units to review their functioning;
- c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  working  of  Panchayati  Raj institutions in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a):  As  per  available  information,  the  total  number  of  District  Panchayats,  Intermediate Panchayats  and  Gram  Panchayats  in  the  country  are  595,  6284  and  247155,  respectively. State/UT- wise details of various tiers of Panchayats are given at Annexe .
- (b)  &  (c):  No,  Madam.    Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  has  not  constituted  any monitoring  units  to  review  the  functioning  of  Panchayats.  MoPR  in  its  overseeing  role reviews the implementation of the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution from time to time through meetings and discussions with the States. The annual Devolution Index Report and the  State  of  Panchayati  Raj  Reports  commissioned  by  the  MoPR  assess  the  policy  and legislative framework and outcomes of the State in respect of Panchayati Raj.
- (d): The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has been taking several steps to strengthen the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the States and Union Territories covered under Part IX of the Constitution through provisioning of financial and technical assistance under the schemes and programmes  of  the  government  and  issue  of  advisories  from  time  to  time.  The  various measures taken include incentivizing the States which have devolved more functions, funds and  functionaries  to  Panchayats,  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  for  capacity building  of  Panchayats  to  enable  them  to  perform  the  devolved  functions  effectively  and efficiently,  strengthening  systems  of  budgeting,  accounting  and  auditing,  development  of software applications and imparting training for their use to bring in transparency, accountability  and  efficiency  in  their  functioning,  incentive  awards    to  the  selected  best performing  Panchayats  and  assisting    the  States  in  formulation  of  detailed  guidelines  for preparation  of  participatory  Gram  Panchayat  Development  Plans  by  the  Gram  Panchayats utilising the resources available at their command.

During  the  years  2012-13  to  2016-17,  the  MoPR  has  released  Rs  1831.94  crore  to States  for  capacity  building  activities.  Under  the  Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  award, grants  to  the  tune  of  Rs.  2,00,292.20  crore  for  the  period  from  2015  to  2020  are  being devolved to Gram Panchayats for delivery of basic services, preparation of audited accounts and for improvement of own source revenue of the Gram Panchayats.

Annexe referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 3700 to be answered on 08.12.2016

## Total number of Panchayats* in India

| State               | District Panchayats   | Intermediate Panchayats   | Gram Panchayats   | Total Panchayat in State   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|
| A&N Island          | 2                     | 7                         | 70                | 79                         |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 13                    | 660                       | 12,920            | 13,593                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 20                    | 177                       | 1,779             | 1,976                      |
| Assam               | 21                    | 185                       | 2,200             | 2,406                      |
| Bihar               | 38                    | 534                       | 8,391             | 8,963                      |
| Chandigarh          | 1                     | 1                         | 12                | 14                         |
| Chhattisgarh        | 27                    | 146                       | 10,971            | 11,144                     |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 1                     | NA                        | 20                | 21                         |
| Daman &Diu          | 2                     | NA                        | 15                | 17                         |
| Goa                 | 2                     | NA                        | 191               | 193                        |
| Gujarat             | 33                    | 247                       | 14,023            | 14,303                     |
| Haryana             | 21                    | 126                       | 6,205             | 6,352                      |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 12                    | 78                        | 3,226             | 3,315                      |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | Not notified          | Not notified              | 4,198             | 4,198                      |
| Jharkhand           | 24                    | 259                       | 3,398             | 3,681                      |
| Karnataka           | 30                    | 176                       | 6,019             | 6,225                      |
| Kerala              | 14                    | 152                       | 941               | 1,107                      |
| Lakshadweep         | 1                     | NA                        | 10                | 11                         |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 51                    | 313                       | 22,824            | 23,188                     |
| Maharashtra         | 34                    | 351                       | 28,009            | 28,394                     |
| Manipur             | 4                     | NA                        | 161               | 165                        |
| Odisha              | 30                    | 314                       | 6,211             | 6,555                      |
| Puducherry          | NA                    | 10                        | 98                | 108                        |
| Punjab              | 22                    | 146                       | 13,028            | 13,196                     |
| Rajasthan           | 33                    | 295                       | 9,894             | 10,222                     |
| Sikkim              | 4                     | NA                        | 176               | 180                        |
| Tamil Nadu          | 31                    | 385                       | 12,524            | 12,940                     |
| Telangana           | 9                     | 438                       | 8,684             | 9,131                      |
| Tripura             | 8                     | 35                        | 591               | 634                        |
| Uttarakhand         | 13                    | 95                        | 7,950             | 8,058                      |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 75                    | 821                       | 59,074            | 59,970                     |
| West Bengal         | 19                    | 333                       | 3,342             | 3,694                      |
| Grand Total         | 595                   | 6,284                     | 247,155           | 254,034                    |

The  provisions  of Part  IX  are  not  applicable to  the  States  of  Nagaland,  Meghalaya, Mizoram and Delhi.

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