Lok Sabha Question No. 4952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Monitoring of Work done by the Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4952 ANSWERED ON 23.07.2019

## MONITORING OF WORK DONE BY THE PANCHAYATS

## 4952. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  been  effectively  monitoring  and  supervising  the  physical progress of works being undertaken by the Panchayats;
- (b)   if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  reported  instances  of  misuse  of Government funds;
- (c)   whether  the  Government  is  able  to  suitably  cater  to  the  needs  of  the  Panchayati  Raj institutions; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b) Yes Sir.High Level Monitoring Committees are constituted by State Governments to monitor  and  carry  out  concurrent  evaluation  of  the  Panchayats  receiving  the  grants  of  the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC).  Coordination Committee has also been constituted by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) for monitoring the progress of expenditure of the FFC grants  by  the  Panchayats.  Monitoring  of  the  physical  progress  of  works  is  done  through  an Information  Technology  application  of  MoPR;  ActionSoft  portal/mActionSoft  app  is  being used  to  upload  the  geo-tagged  photographs  of  assets  created  out  of  FFC  funds.  Panchayats being a State subject, all reported instances of misuse of Government funds at the Panchayats are being duly forwarded to the respective State Governments for necessary follow up action.

(c)& (d)Under FFC  grant,  amount of Rs. 2,00,292.20 crore have been devolved to the Gram Panchayats  constituted  under  Part  IX  of  the  Constitution  in  26  States  for  delivering  basic service  needs  including  water  supply,  sanitation  including  septic  management,  sewerage  and solid waste management, storm water drainage, maintenance of community assets, maintenance of roads, footpaths and street-lighting, and burial and cremation grounds, and any other basic service within the functions assigned to them under relevant legislations.The State-wise status of allocation and release of FFC grants is given at Annexure .

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 4952 answered on 23.07.2019 regarding Monitoring of Work done by the Panchayats.

## State-wise status of allocation and release of Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants for Gram Panchayats (As on 17.07.2019)

(Rs in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | 2015-16    | 2015-16   | 2016-17    | 2016-17   | 2017-18    | 2017-18   | 2018-19    | 2018-19   | 2019-20    | 2019-20   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 934.34     | 928.41    | 1463.45    | 1454.05   | 1686.85    | 1675.88   | 1947.32    | 858.99    | 2622.13    |           |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 88.52      | 88.52     | 138.66     | 138.45    | 159.82     | 70.57     | 184.49     |           | 248.44     |           |
| 3         | Assam             | 584.80     | 584.80    | 915.98     | 915.98    | 1055.80    | 467.80    | 1218.82    |           | 1641.19    |           |
| 4         | Bihar             | 2269.18    | 2269.18   | 3554.23    | 3142.08   | 4096.80    | 3630.39   | 4729.38    | 4199.71   | 6368.25    |           |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 566.18     | 566.18    | 886.82     | 886.82    | 1022.18    | 1022.18   | 1180.02    | 1047.86   | 1588.94    |           |
| 6         | Goa               | 14.44      | 14.44     | 22.62      | 22.62     | 26.07      | 23.10     | 30.10      |           | 40.53      |           |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 932.25     | 932.25    | 1460.18    | 1460.18   | 1683.08    | 1683.08   | 1942.96    | 1725.36   | 2616.26    | 1165.665  |
| 8         | Haryana           | 419.28     | 419.28    | 656.72     | 656.72    | 756.98     | 756.98    | 873.86     | 775.99    | 1176.68    | 524.265   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 195.39     | 195.39    | 306.05     | 306.05    | 352.76     | 312.60    | 407.24     | 361.63    | 548.36     | 244.32    |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 373.96     | 367.72    | 585.73     | 474.41    | 675.15     | 470.97    | 779.40     |           | 1049.49    |           |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 652.83     | 652.83    | 1022.53    | 1022.53   | 1178.63    | 1044.45   | 1360.62    | 1208.24   | 1832.12    |           |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 1002.85    | 972.36    | 1570.77    | 1547.66   | 1810.55    | 1784.26   | 2090.10    | 1841.54   | 2814.39    | 1251.857  |
| 13        | Kerala            | 433.76     | 433.76    | 679.40     | 679.39    | 783.12     | 693.96    | 904.03     | 802.78    | 1217.30    | 542.365   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 1463.61    | 1463.61   | 2292.46    | 2292.46   | 2642.40    | 2341.57   | 3050.41    | 2708.78   | 4107.48    | 1830.07   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 1623.32    | 1623.32   | 2542.61    | 2542.61   | 2930.76    | 2597.10   | 3383.28    | 3004.37   | 4555.70    |           |
| 16        | Manipur           | 22.25      | 22.25     | 34.84      | 34.84     | 40.16      | 40.16     | 46.36      | 20.59     | 62.43      |           |
| 17        | Odisha            | 955.52     | 955.52    | 1496.64    | 1496.64   | 1725.11    | 1528.71   | 1991.48    | 1768.44   | 2681.59    | 1194.77   |
| 18        | Punjab            | 441.70     | 441.70    | 691.84     | 386.04    | 797.45     |           | 920.58     |           | 1239.58    |           |
| 19        | Rajasthan         | 1471.95    | 1471.95   | 2305.52    | 2305.52   | 2657.47    | 2657.47   | 3067.80    | 2724.22   | 4130.90    | 1840.505  |
| 20        | Sikkim            | 16.03      | 16.04     | 25.11      | 25.11     | 28.95      | 28.95     | 33.41      | 29.67     | 44.99      |           |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 947.65     | 947.65    | 1484.31    | 1484.31   | 1710.90    | 1516.12   | 1975.07    | 876.93    | 2659.50    |           |
| 22        | Telangana         | 580.34     | 580.34    | 908.99     | 908.99    | 1047.75    | 928.47    | 1209.53    | 1071.59   | 1628.68    |           |
| 23        | Tripura           | 36.24      | 36.24     | 56.76      | 56.76     | 65.43      | 65.43     | 75.53      | 67.07     | 101.71     | 45.315    |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     | 3862.60    | 3852.60   | 6050.02    | 6034.33   | 6973.57    | 6179.65   | 8050.34    | 7148.74   | 10840.04   | 4829.735  |
| 25        | Uttarakhand       | 203.26     | 203.26    | 318.37     | 318.37    | 366.97     | 325.19    | 423.64     | 376.19    | 570.44     | 254.155   |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 1532.21    | 1470.86   | 2399.91    | 2319.48   | 2766.26    | 2369.18   | 3193.39    | 2740.69   | 4300.01    | 1851.625  |
|           | Total             | 21624.46   | 21510.46  | 33870.52   | 32912.4   | 39040.97   | 34214.22  | 45069.16   | 35359.38  | 60687.13   | 15574.647 |