Lok Sabha Question No. 972 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Computers Provided under RGSA
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.972

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/02/2018

## Computers Provided under RGSA

## 972.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  large  number  of  computers  provided  by  the  Government  to  Gram Panchayats under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and are not being utilised by them;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  computers  provided  by  the Government to Gram Panchayats under this scheme till now, State-wise including the State of Haryana;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  reasons  for  lying  idle  of  computers purchased under centrally sponsored scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (d)  Funds  for  computers  have  not  been  provided  by  the  Government  to  Gram Panchayats  under  the  scheme  of  Capacity  Building-Panchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan (CB-PSA)/  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  during  2016-17  &  2017-18. However, under the erstwhile scheme of  Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) which was implemented during 2012-13 to 2015-16, financial assistance was provided to States/UTs upto 2014-15 for computers and peripherals for Gram Panchayats (GPs)  which  had  building  and  internet  connectivity,  but  no  computers.  The  details regarding  number  of  computers  procured  under  the  erstwhile  scheme  of  RGPSA  by States/UTs,  including  the  State  of  Haryana,  is  given  at  Annexure.      Government  of Haryana has informed that some computers are unutilised due to inadequate strength of Gram Sachivs who have passed the basic computer course.  Haryana  Institute  of  Rural Development  has  signed  MoU  with  HARTRON  for  imparting  training  to  Panchayat functionaries including Gram Sachivs.

## Annexe referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 972 to be answered on 08.02.2018

## State wise details of Computers Procured by States under RGPSA

| S.No.   | States            |   No of Computer procured for GPs |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam             |                              1433 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |                              3896 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                 0 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                                 0 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                               127 |
| 6       | Goa               |                                 0 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                                 0 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                              1372 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                              3316 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                 0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                              1000 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                                 0 |
| 13      | Kerala            |                                 0 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 0 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                                 0 |
| 16      | Manipur           |                                65 |
| 17      | Odisha            |                              6109 |
| 18      | Punjab            |                               500 |
| 19      | Rajasthan         |                               408 |
| 20      | Sikkim            |                               238 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu        |                             12524 |
| 22      | Telangana         |                              3325 |
| 23      | Tripura           |                                72 |
| 24      | Uttarakhand       |                              1242 |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh     |                              1500 |
| 26      | West Bengal       |                               150 |
| 27      | Mizoram           |                                 0 |
|         | Total             |                             37277 |