Lok Sabha Question No. 1513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-20
Subject: Funds allocated to Bihar for Rural Areas
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1513 ANSWERED ON 20.09.2020

## FUNDS ALLOCATED TO BIHAR FOR RURAL AREAS

## 1513. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds allocated by the Ministry to the State Government of Bihar for rural areas during the last four years including the purposes of the said funds;
- (b) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  eliminate  the  irregularities  in  Government schemes at Panchayat level in rural areas especially in district Gopalganj of Bihar;
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilized so far in district Gopalganj of Bihar; and
- (d) the details of all the schemes running in district Gopalganj of Bihar?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a): The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) under its erstwhile scheme of Capacity BuildingPanchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (CB-PSA)  and  ongoing  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) makes no prior allocation of funds to the States. The scheme is demand driven and proposals are approved based on their Annual Plan proposals. Under the scheme, Rs.184.26 crore was approved for the State of Bihar during the last four years for strengthening of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). During the last four years, Rs.16646.88 crore basic and Rs.2101.78 crore performance grants was allocated under Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) to the State for various developmental schemes in the rural areas.

(b): Under the scheme of MoPR, funds released to States/UTs are utilized by them for undertaking the activities sanctioned / permitted under their Annual Plans. The progress of implementation of the  schemes,  including  utilization  of  funds,  is  closely  monitored  through  meetings,  videoconferences etc. with the States/UTs. For further release of funds to the States/UTs, the status of utilization  of  funds  released  earlier  is  also  taken  into  account.  In  addition  to  this,  an  online monitoring  and  reporting  system  (MIS)  for  RGSA  has  been  developed  and  operationalised. Moreover, transaction based Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has been introduced for release and tracking of funds under RGSA.

(c): The Ministry of Panchayati Raj does not provide funds to any district directly. The States concerned  allocate  and  release  funds  to  the  districts.    As  per  information  shared  by  the

Government of Bihar, during the last four years, an amount of Rs.420.48 crores was allocated and utilized out of the Fourteenth Finance Commission allocated grants in the district of Gopalganj. Under  its  scheme  of  Incentivisation  of  Panchayats  to  best  performing  Panchayats  (District, Intermediate  and  Gram),  the  MoPR  has  provided  Rs.12  Lakh  for  Jigana  Jagarnath  Gram Panchayat of Gopalganj District under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) during 2018-19 as award money through State Government.

(d): As per the information shared by the Government of Bihar, the schemes of Mukhyamantri Nischay Yojna-MM Grameen Peyjal Yojana, Mukhyamantri Nischay Yojana-MM Grameen Gali Nali Pakkikaran Yojana and Panchayat Sarkar Bhawan  are running in the Gopalganj district of Bihar.

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