Lok Sabha Question No. 579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 579 ANSWERED ON 25.06.2019

## RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAN

## 579. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched a scheme - Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  a  Mission  Antyodaya  to  bring  one  crore households  out  of  poverty  and  make  50,000  Gram  Panchayats  poverty  free  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(c)  whether  there  is  an  urgent  need  for  implementation  of  e-governance  in  panchayats  to make it transparent, accountable and effective institutions of self-governance and if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and

(d) the other corrective steps taken by the Government for strengthening the Panchayati Raj Institutions?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Yes,  Sir.  In  order  to  strengthen  governance  capabilities  of  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions (PRIs) to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals, the Government has launched the core Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  which  is  being implemented for 4 years from 2018-19 to 2021-22 with  total outlay of Rs.7255.50 crore. The scheme  comprises  Central  share  of  Rs.4500  crore  and  State  share  of  2755.50  crore.  The sharing ratio in respect of the State components for all States is in the proportion of 60:40 for Central and State share, except North East and Hill States where the sharing ratio is 90:10. In the case of Union Territories (UTs), the Central share is 100%.

(b) Yes, Sir. The Department of Rural Development has undertaken Mission Antyodaya, in which  the  State  Governments  have  selected  50,000  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  from  around 5,000  clusters. I n  October  2017,  ranking  of  these  Gram  Panchayats  on  parameters  of pshysical infrastructure, human development and economic activities was done to facilitate identification  of  gaps  in  a  quest  for  Poverty  Free  Gram  Panchayats  through  convergent actions.  The  State  Governments  are  advised  that  the  State  Action  Plan  in  respect  of  Rural Development  schemes  be  based  upon  the  gap  analysis  of  Mission  Antyodaya  Gram Panchayats so as to fill those gaps in saturation mode. The progress of Mission Antyodaya is monitored and is quantified both at the level of Households and Gram Panchayats to assess the change.

(c)    Yes  Sir.  The  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  has  been  implementing  e-Panchayat Mission  Mode  Project  (MMP)  under  Digital  India  Programme  that  seeks  to  transform  the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), making them more transparent, accountable and effective as units of decentralized local self-governments. Under  e-Panchayat MMP, a suite of Core Common Software Applications, namely Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) has been  developed  to  address  various  aspects  of  Panchayats'  functioning  including  planning, budgeting,  implementation,  accounting,  monitoring,  social  audit  and  delivery  of  citizen services like issue of certificates, licences etc. The various applications under PES are listed at Annexure.

(d)  MoPR  has  been  providing  programmatic  support  for  strengthening  of  PRIs,  advocacy support for inter-ministerial and multi-sectoral coordination and capacity building of Elected Representatives  and  functionaries  of  PRIs  to  improve  their  functioning  and  effectiveness. Under Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC), grants to the tune of Rs. 2,00,292 crore for the period from 2015 to 2020 have been allocated to Gram Panchayats (GPs) constituted under Part-IX of Constitution, for delivering basic services. Towards holistic development of GPs and  to  bring  about  convergence  in  the  resources  and  activities,  the  GPs  prepare  Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP). The detailed guidelines for formulation of GPDP have been  framed  and  provided  by  MoPR  to  the  GPs.    The  MoPR  rolled  out  People's  Plan Campaign    'Sabki  Yojana  Sabka  Vikas'  from    2 nd October to  31 st December, 2018 successfully for formulation of evidence based GPDP by the GPs.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 579 answered on 25/06/2019 regarding Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

## List of PES Applications

|   Sl. No. | Application                                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | PRIASoft https://accountingonline.gov.in/                       | Captures receipt & expenditure details through voucher entries and automatically generates cash book, registers etc.                                                                                                                    |
|         2 | PlanPlus http://planningonline.gov.in/                          | Facilitates strengthening of participative decentralized planning and enables preparation of participatory Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).                                                                                      |
|         3 | National Panchayat Portal (NPP) http://panchayatportals.gov.in/ | Dynamic Web site for each Panchayat (i.e. District Panchayats, Block Panchayats & Gram Panchayats) to share information in public domain. NPP facilitates seamless access to the information and services provided by the local bodies. |
|         4 | Local Government Directory http://lgdirectory.gov.in/           | Captures all details of local governments and assigns unique code. Also maps Panchayats with Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies.                                                                                                 |
|         5 | ActionSoft http://reportingonline.gov.in/                       | Facilitates proper recording of the Financial and Physical progress of the works.                                                                                                                                                       |
|         6 | National Asset Directory (NAD) http://assetdirectory.gov.in/    | Captures details of assets created/maintained; helps avoid duplication of works.                                                                                                                                                        |
|         7 | Area Profiler http://areaprofiler.gov.in./                      | Captures geographic, demographic, infrastructural, socio-economic and natural resources profile of a village/panchayats and provides details of Elected Representatives & Panchayat Functionaries, Election details etc.                |
|         8 | ServicePlus http://serviceonline.gov.in./                       | A dynamic metadata-based service delivery portal to help in providing electronic delivery of services. The functionality of the erstwhile Grievance Redressal Application has also been subsumed into this Application.                 |
|         9 | Social Audit http://socialaudit.gov.in./                        | Social Audit application aims to understand, measure and verify work under different schemes done by the Panchayat and further to improve social performance of respective Panchayats.                                                  |
|        10 | Training Management http://trainingonline.gov.in/               | Portal to address training needs of stakeholders including citizens, their feedback, training materials etc.                                                                                                                            |
|        11 | Geographic Information System (GIS)                             | A spatial layer to view all data generated by all Applications on a GIS map                                                                                                                                                             |