Lok Sabha Question No. 1586 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Unnat Bharat Programme
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1586 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09/03/2017

## UNNAT BHARAT PROGRAMME

## 1586. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has launched an 'Unnat Bharat' programme;
- (b) if so, the salient features thereof;
- (c) whether the programme has been implemented in any districts in the country;
- (d) if so, the details of the districts chosen for the purpose and the criteria adopted for the selection of districts, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the programme also aims to impart greater technical expertise to members of Panchayati Raj Institutions to conceptualize focused development plans at all levels and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes, Union Government had launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) on 11 th November,  2014 to enable higher educational institutions to work with people of rural India and local bodies for identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth.

(c)    &  (d)  Yes,  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  advised  all  the  higher educational  institutions,  which  are  funded  by  the  Central/  State  Government,  and  all institutions which are under approval by the regulatory bodies to adopt clusters of backward Gram  Panchayats/  villages  in  their  vicinity,  and  apply  their  knowledge  and  expertise  to improve  the  infrastructure  in  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs).  The  details  of  the  districts  adopted state-wise  are  given  in Annexure .  Higher  Educational  Institutions  have  been  advised  for selecting clusters of five villages each in these districts.

(e)  Yes,  the  programme  also  aims  to  use  the  expertise  of  the  members  of  Panchayati  Raj Institutions  to  conceptualize  focused  development  plans  at  Gram  Panchayat  level.  For  this purpose,  a  Tripartite  Agreement  between  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj had also been signed on 12 th January, 2017 to bring substantial positive improvements in the formulation and delivery of developmental  schemes  in  the  rural  areas.  The  local  bodies  would  benefit  from the knowledge inputs of the educational institutions.

Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1586 for 09/03/2017 regarding 'Unnat Bharat Programme'

| North India               | North India               | North India               |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.                    | State                     | District                  |
| 1.                        | Uttar Pradesh             | Agra                      |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Jhansi                    |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Jalaun                    |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Hamirpur                  |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Banda                     |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Mahoba                    |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Lalitpur                  |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Chitrakoot                |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Varanasi                  |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Mirzapur                  |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Kanpur                    |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Allahabad                 |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Pratapgarh                |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Fatehpur                  |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Kaushambi                 |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Amethi                    |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Raebareli                 |
|                           | Uttar Pradesh             | Saharanpur                |
|                           | Haryana                   | Gurugram (Gurgaon)        |
|                           | Uttarakhand               | Haridwar                  |
|                           | Uttarakhand               | Dehradun                  |
|                           | Himachal Pradesh          | Hamirpur                  |
|                           | Himachal Pradesh          | Mandi                     |
|                           | Himachal Pradesh          | Kangra                    |
|                           | Himachal Pradesh          | Chamba                    |
|                           | Jammu and Kashmir         | Kulgam                    |
|                           | Jammu and Kashmir         | Anantnag                  |
|                           | Jammu and Kashmir         | Budgam                    |
|                           | Jammu and Kashmir         | Srinagar                  |
|                           | Jammu and Kashmir         | Pulwama                   |
|                           | Punjab                    | Rupnagar (Ropar)          |
| East and North East India | East and North East India | East and North East India |
| 2.                        | West Bengal               | Kharagpur                 |
| 2.                        | West Bengal               | Bardhaman (Burdwan)       |
| 2.                        | Jharkhand                 | Lohardaga                 |
| 2.                        | Jharkhand                 | Hazaribagh                |
| 2.                        | Odisha                    | Cuttack                   |
| 2.                        | Bihar                     | Patna                     |
| 2.                        | Chhattisgarh              | Jashpur                   |
| 2.                        | Assam                     | Kamrup                    |
| 2.                        | Assam                     | Cachar                    |
| 2.                        | Meghalaya                 | East Khasi Hills          |
| 2.                        | Nagaland                  | Dimapur                   |
| 2.                        | Nagaland                  | Kohima                    |
| 2.                        | Nagaland                  | Wokha                     |
| 2.                        | Nagaland                  | Zunheboto                 |

|             |                   | Peren              |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|             |                   | Longleng           |
|             |                   | Mokokchung         |
|             | Manipur           | Bishnupur          |
|             | Mizoram           | Aizawl             |
|             | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum pare         |
| West India  | West India        | West India         |
| 3.          | Rajasthan         | Jaipur             |
|             |                   | Jodhpur            |
|             |                   | Ajmer              |
|             |                   | Bikaner            |
|             | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar        |
|             |                   | Surat              |
|             |                   | Tapi               |
|             |                   | Navsari            |
|             |                   | Valsad             |
|             |                   | Dang               |
|             | Madhya Pradesh    | Jhabua             |
|             |                   | Alirajpur          |
|             |                   | Chhatarpur         |
|             |                   | Datia              |
|             |                   | Tikamgarh          |
|             |                   | Panna              |
|             |                   | Bhopal             |
|             | Maharashtra       | Kolhapur           |
|             |                   | Wardha             |
|             |                   | Nagpur             |
|             |                   | Akola              |
|             |                   | Pune               |
|             |                   | Solapur            |
|             |                   | Raigarh            |
|             |                   | Thane              |
|             |                   | Ahmednagar         |
|             |                   | Palgarh            |
|             |                   | Amravati           |
|             |                   | Aurangabad         |
|             |                   | Yavatmal           |
| South India | South India       | South India        |
| 4.          | Telangana         | Medak              |
|             |                   | Warangal           |
|             | Tamil Nadu        | Kancheepuram       |
|             |                   | Thiruvallur        |
|             | Karnataka         | Chamrajnagar       |
|             |                   | Chitradurga        |
|             |                   | Dharwad            |
|             | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram |
|             | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam      |
|             |                   | Srikakulam         |
|             |                   | Chittoor           |