Lok Sabha Question No. 1908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-03
Subject: RGSA Beneficiaries in Jharkhand
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1908 ANSWERED ON 03.03.2020

## RGSA BENEFICIARIES IN JHARKHAND

## 1908. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of beneficiaries of various projects  under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) in the aspirational districts in the State of Jharkhand in 2018 and 2019;
- (b) the  salient  features  of  Mission  Mode  Project  on  e-Panchayat  and  the  details  of  work carried out under the project in the State of Jharkhand, and
- (c) the details of the measures taken to spread awareness regarding Mission Antyodaya in the aspirational districts of Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being implemented since 2018 with the  primary aim  of  developing governance  capabilities PRIs  to deliver  on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with main thrust on Panchayats identified under Mission Antyodaya and 117 Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog.

RGSA scheme is demand driven in nature.  It is not an individual beneficiary oriented scheme.    It  seeks  to  build  the  capacity  of  the  PRIs  and  its  functionaries.  Under  this scheme,  financial  support  is  provided  to  States/  Union  Territories  towards  various activities  for  strengthening  of  Panchayats  viz  Capacity  Building  &Training,   training infrastructure and HR support for training, Strengthening of Gram Sabhas in Panchayats Extension to Schedule Areas (PESA), Distance Learning Facility, Support for Innovations, Panchayat Buildings, e-enablement of Panchayats etc.

- (b) Realising the importance of e-governance at the Gram Panchayat level, the Ministry of Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  is  implementing  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode  Project  (MMP)

wherein a suite of core software applications for Panchayats have been developed.  These applications  are  collectively  called  Panchayat  Enterprise  Suite  (PES)  which  address planning, budgeting, implementation, accounting, monitoring, social audit and delivery of citizen  services  like  issue  of  certificates,  licences  etc.  The  details  of  various  PES Applications are at Annexure - I. The details of the work carried out under this MMP in the State of Jharkhand is at Annexure - II.

- (c) Mission Antyodaya (MA), is a convergence and accountability framework for transforming lives and livelihood of people through the optimum use and management of resources allocated by different Ministries/ Department of the Government of India under various  programmes  for  the  development  of  rural  areas.  MA  survey,  which  is  an important aspect of MA, is carried out coterminous with the People's Plan Campaign.  It is  an  important  tool  for  developmental  gap  identification  at  village  level  and  lending support to the process of participatory planning for Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP). Mission Antodaya survey in Jharkhand state is executed by Aajeevika Mission (SRLM).  Comprehensive training of Gram Panchayat and Ward facilitation teams along with SHG members have been done for MA survey. Besides trainings, other information disseminating activities like detailed guidelines, audio-visuals films, hoardings and wall writing etc.  have also been carried out to spread awareness on MA.

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## Annexure referred to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1908 to be answered on 03/03/2020 regarding RGSA Beneficiaries in Jharkhand

## Panchayat Enterprise Suite Applications

|   Sl. No. | Application                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | PRIASoft                         | It is a web-based Application that captures receipt & expenditure details through voucher entries and automatically generates cash book, registers, utilization certificates, etc. It has been designed in such a way that the only requirement from the Panchayats is to make entry of the four vouchers (Receipt/Payment/Contra/Journal) that would automatically generate all associated Statements and Reports. PRIASoft follows double entry, cash basis of accounting and is based on the four-tier Simplified Model Accounting Format recommended by CAG. All the Central Government & State Government schemes are available within PRIASoft which are mapped with the account heads. |
|         2 | PlanPlus                         | PlanPlus facilitates in strengthening participative decentralized planning and enables preparation of district as well as sectoral plans. It also allows the citizens/plan units to submit their development needs to appropriate planning unit. This Application has been modified for incorporating various components of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|         3 | National Panchayat Portal (NPP)  | Dynamic Web site for each Panchayat (i.e. ZPs, BPs & GPs) to share information in public domain. NPP facilitates seamless access to the information and services provided by the local bodies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|         4 | Local Government Directory (LGD) | The LGD aims at keeping all information about the list, structure of Local Governments (Rural and Urban) and revenue entities online. LGD acts as a standard digital repository of unique location codes of all administrative units e.g. revenue entities (districts, sub-districts and villages), Local Government Bodies (Panchayats, Municipalities and traditional bodies), blocks, reporting hierarchy within the Governments organisations, territorial units etc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|         5 | ActionSoft                       | It aims at monitoring and keeping record of the progress of the works being undertaken as part of the finally approved plans (Action Plan) of various ULB, RLB and Line departments as available in PlanPlus. It facilitates proper recording of the Financial and Physical                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| Sl. No.   | Application                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                                            | progress of the works. It acts as a tool to support the monitoring of the status and the expenditure incurred in works undertaken under various central and state schemes by various governments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 6         | National Asset Directory (NAD)             | Captures details of assets created/maintained; helps avoid duplication of works and provides for maintenance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 7         | Area Profiler                              | Captures geographic, demographic, infrastructural, socio- economic and natural resources profile of a village/panchayat. Universal database for planning of all sectoral programmes and provides details of Elected Representatives & Panchayat Functionaries, Election details etc. AreaProfiler is a centralized database also providing various details of the Panchayats such as neighbouring local bodies, tourist places and lodging facilities etc. AreaProfiler. |
| 8         | ServicePlus                                | A dynamic metadata-based service delivery portal to help in providing electronic delivery of all services in all States. The functionality of the erstwhile Grievance Redressal Application has also been subsumed into this Application.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9         | Social Audit and Meeting Management (SAMM) | The Application facilitates Social Audit process by providing requested information to social auditor, captures audit report and action taken by Panchayat/Local body.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 10        | Trainings Management                       | Portal to address training needs of stakeholders including citizens, their feedback, training materials etc. It is a single platform for government officials and elected representatives in a State to log in their training needs and training organizations including Government to address and manage these requirements.                                                                                                                                            |
| 11        | Geographic Information System (GIS)        | Geo-spatial planning application for Gram Panchayat users to better visualize the various developmental works to be taken up across different sectors and provide a decision support system for Gram Panchayat Development Plan.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

## Annexure - II

## Annexure referred to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1908 to be answered on 03/03/2020 regarding RGSA Beneficiaries in Jharkhand

## e-Panchayat MMP - Status in Jharkhand

## A. Account closure in PRIASoft FY 2018-19 & FY 2019-20

| Total no. of GPs*   | 2018-19                          | 2018-19   | 2019-20                          | 2019-20   | 2019-20                            | 2019-20   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------|
|                     | No. of GPs with Yearbooks closed | %         | No. of GPs with Day books closed | %         | No. of GPs with Month books closed | %         |
| 4,346               | 4,308                            | 99%       | 2,543                            | 59%       | 2,512                              | 58%       |

## B. Progress on PRIASoft-PFMS interface

| Total no. of GPs   | No. of GPs on- board PRIASoft - PFMS   | No. of GPs with online payment   |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 4,346              | 321 (7%)                               | 132 (3%)                         |

## C. Progress on PlanPlus

| Year    | Total No. of GPs   | No. of GPs with plans uploaded   |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2019-20 | 4,346              | 3,748 (86%)                      |
| 2018-19 |                    | 4,330 (99%)                      |

## D. Progress on ActionSoft

| Year    | Total No. of GPs   | GPs using ActionSoft   |
|---------|--------------------|------------------------|
| 2019-20 | 4,346              | 949 (22%)              |
| 2018-19 |                    | 3106 (71%)             |

## Activity Status

| Year    |   Activities Ported |   Ongoing Activities |   Completed Activities |   Abandoned Activities |   Suspended Activities | Yet to Start Activities   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2018-19 |               88618 |                18254 |                    368 |                   4957 |                    474 | 64565 (73%)               |
| 2019-20 |               46242 |                 1526 |                      1 |                     22 |                      0 | 44693 (97%)               |

## E. Progress on Local Government Directory (LGD)

| Type of Entity                |   Total Entities |
|-------------------------------|------------------|
| No. of Districts              |               24 |
| No. of Sub-districts          |              264 |
| No. of Villages               |            32725 |
| No. of District Panchayat     |               24 |
| No. of Intermediate Panchayat |              263 |
| No. of Village Panchayat      |             4346 |
| No. of Blocks                 |              261 |
| No. of Urban Local Bodies     |               56 |