Lok Sabha Question No. 2620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Non-availability of Panchayat Bhawans
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2620

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/12/2016

## NON-AVAILABILITY OF PANCHAYAT BHAWANS

## 2620. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Union Government that many of Panchayats are facing a lot of difficulties due to non-availability of Panchayat Bhawans, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  number  of  Panchayat  Bhawan  sanctioned,  constructed  and  those  still under construction in country, State-wise;
- (c) the details of number of Resource Centres constructed at Gram Panchayat level in the country, State-wise;
- (d) whether any targets have been fixed by the Ministry in this regard; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  action  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  to  achieve  the targets?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)  As  per  reports  received  from  the  States/UTs,  about  46100  Gram  Panchayats (GPs)  are  without  their  own  buildings.  Since  Panchayat  is  a  State  subject,  providing  a separate building for each GP is primarily the responsibility of concerned State Government. Details  of  GP  Bhawans  constructed  and  under  construction  under  the  various  schemes  are maintained  at  the  State/UT  level.  Under  the  erstwhile  scheme  of  Rajiv  Gandhi  Panchayat Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (RGPSA),  financial  assistance  was  provided  to  the  States  for construction  of  GP  Bhawans  as  proposed  by  the  respective  States  in  their  annual  plans. Details  of  number  of  Panchayat  Bhawans  sanctioned  and  constructed  under  the  scheme  of RGPSA are given at Annexe.

(c) Under the scheme of RGPSA, funds were provided for setting up of resource centres at State, District/Sub-District and Block levels and not at the Gram Panchayat level.

(d) & (e) Do not arise.

## Annex referred to in reply to Part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2620 regarding non-availability of Panchayat Bhawans to be answered on 01.12.2016

## Panchayat Bhawan sanctioned to States/UTs and constructed under RGPSA

| S.No.   | States            |   Bhawans Sanctioned |   Bhawans Constructed |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.      | Assam             |                  455 |                    46 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    |                  569 |                   266 |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1556 |                    26 |
| 4.      | Bihar             |                  350 |                     0 |
| 5.      | Gujarat           |                  310 |                   246 |
| 6.      | Haryana           |                  275 |                   105 |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh  |                  212 |                    50 |
| 8.      | Jharkhand         |                   50 |                     0 |
| 9.      | Karnataka         |                  141 |                     2 |
| 10.     | Kerala            |                   67 |                    11 |
| 11.     | Maharashtra       |                  700 |                   617 |
| 12.     | Manipur           |                   40 |                    17 |
| 13.     | Mizoram           |                  594 |                    11 |
| 14.     | Odisha            |                  115 |                    25 |
| 15.     | Punjab            |                  170 |                    22 |
| 16.     | Rajasthan         |                  200 |                   195 |
| 17.     | Sikkim            |                   19 |                     8 |
| 18.     | Tamil Nadu        |                  399 |                   218 |
| 19.     | Telangana         |                  193 |                   193 |
| 20.     | Tripura           |                   96 |                     8 |
| 21.     | Uttarakhand       |                  151 |                    41 |
| 22.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                  630 |                    98 |
| 23.     | West Bengal       |                    5 |                     4 |
| 24.     | Daman             |                    6 |                     0 |
| 25.     | Dadara &Nagar     |                   11 |                     0 |
| 26.     | Haveli Chandigarh |                    6 |                     0 |
|         | Total             |                 7320 |                  2209 |

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