Lok Sabha Question No. 3719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Panchayat Bhawans in the Country
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3719 ANSWERED ON 09/08/2018

## Panchayat Bhawans in the Country

## †3719.  SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all villages across the country have Panchayat Bhawans;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) As per information available, out  of 2,48,651 Gram Panchayats (GPs), 52,073 GPs    are  without  Panchayat  Bhawans    across  various  States/  UTs.  State-wise  detail  is  at Annexure.  Panchayat  being  a  State  subject,  providing  Panchayat  Bhawan  in  GPs  is  the responsibility of State Governments.

However, to supplement State efforts, under the erstwhile scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (RGPSA)  implemented  during  2012-13  upto  2015-16,  financial assistance was provided to States for construction of Panchayat Bhawans upto 2014-15. The newly  launched  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), to be implemented from 2018-19 to 2021-22, also envisages assistance to States for construction of Panchayat Bhawans.

Annexure referred to in Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3719 to

## be replied on 09/08/2018 regarding Panchayat Bhawans in the Country

| S.No.   | State/UT Name               |   No. of Gram Panchayat | GPs without own building   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1       | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                      70 | 8                          |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH              |                   12918 | 1811                       |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |                    1795 | 1342                       |
| 4       | ASSAM                       |                    2201 | 314                        |
| 5       | BIHAR                       |                    8386 | 499                        |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                  |                      12 | 12                         |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH                |                   10977 | 0                          |
| 8       | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      |                      20 | *                          |
| 9       | DAMANAND DIU                |                      15 | 7                          |
| 11      | GOA                         |                     191 | 0                          |
| 12      | GUJARAT                     |                   14292 | 0                          |
| 13      | HARYANA                     |                    6204 | 742                        |
| 14      | HIMACHAL PRADESH            |                    3226 | 0                          |
| 15      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           |                    4204 | 1943                       |
| 16      | JHARKHAND                   |                    4394 | 659                        |
| 17      | KARNATAKA                   |                    6024 | 460                        |
| 18      | KERALA                      |                     942 | 3                          |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP                 |                      10 | 5                          |
| 20      | MADHYA PRADESH              |                   22824 | 3500                       |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA                 |                   27862 | 4077                       |
| 22      | MANIPUR                     |                     161 | 57                         |
| 26      | ODISHA                      |                    6798 | 620                        |
| 27      | PUDUCHERRY                  |                      98 | *                          |
| 28      | PUNJAB                      |                   13051 | 7624                       |
| 29      | RAJASTHAN                   |                    9892 | 723                        |
| 30      | SIKKIM                      |                     185 | 13                         |
| 31      | TAMILNADU                   |                   12524 | 0                          |
| 32      | TELANGANA                   |                    8684 | 275                        |
| 33      | TRIPURA                     |                     591 | 104                        |
| 34      | UTTAR PRADESH               |                   58807 | 26085                      |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND                 |                    7952 | 1134                       |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL                 |                    3341 | 56                         |
|         | Total                       |                  248651 | 52073                      |

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