Lok Sabha Question No. 2595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: e-Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2595 ANSWERED ON 09.07.2019

## e-PANCHAYATS

## 2595.  DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether under the Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj had recommended the formation of e-panchayats as part of the Mission Mode Project (MMP) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  fixed  any  target  to  set  up  gram  sachivalayas  (village secretariats) to provide city-like IT facilities in rural areas under the Centrally sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Gram SwarajAbhiyan (RGSA);
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) the details of the facilities proposed to be provided at village secretariats and particularly for the villages in Bundelkhand;
- (e) whether some State Governments have failed to set up IT-enabled gram sachivalayas in the identified clusters; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to complete the target under the RGSA?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Under the Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) is implementing e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode  Project  (MMP)  wherein  a  suite  of  core  software  applications  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,  tax  collection  etc.  These  applications  are  part  of  Panchayat Enterprise  Suite  (PES).  Details  of  these  applications  is  at Annexure-I .  Further,  certain  States have also developed and deployed their own State-specific software applications.

(b) to (f) 'Local Bodies' or Panchayats is a state subject, regarding which the infrastructure is provided and the processes are formulated by the respective States or Union Territories (UT). Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  through  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Aabhiyan  (RGSA)  and Fourteenth  Finance  Commission  grants  to  states  supplements  the  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions (PRI) strengthening by the State Government. RGSA scheme envisages to provide support for certain infrastructural requirement of Panchayats viz. construction/ repair of Panchayat Bhawan, Human  Resource  support,  providing  computers  etc.  in  accordance  with  the  approved  Annual Action Plans of States/ UTs. The scheme of RGSA does not have any separate component to provide funds for Gram Sachivalayas (village secretariat).  State-wise details  of the number of Panchayat Bhawans approved under RGSA for construction and repair during the financial year 2019-20 is at Annexure-II .  The current status of computerization of GPs may also be seen at Annexure-III.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2595 for answer on 09.07.2019

## List of 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. NPP creates dynamic websites for State Panchayati Raj Departments and each Panchayat can configure their website to be accessed using a URL of their choice.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|         4 | Local Government Directory (LGD) | Captures all details of local governments and assigns unique code. Also maps Panchayats with Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies. It enables interoperability across all e-governance applications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|         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 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|   Sl. No. | Application                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|-----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         6 | National Asset Directory (NAD) | Captures details of assets created/maintained; helps avoid duplication of works and provides for maintenance. NAD comprises of a repository of movable and immovable assets (i.e. both public and private viz major schools, banks &hospital) present within the geographical boundaries of the Panchayats. It also generates unique asset ID for identification of assets created/maintained/controlled by the Panchayats.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|         7 | Area Profiler                  | Captures geographic, demographic, infrastructural, socio-economic and natural resources profile of a village/panchayat. Universal database for planning of all sectoralprogrammes 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         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. ServicePlus offers benefits to both Government and citizens: Benefits to Government - Enables configuring of all rules associated with service delivery and thus ensures delivery of services as per defined rules. - Provides quick, efficient and transparent delivery of both informational and transactional services to citizens and efficient monitoring of application processing. - Defines work flow for each service &kiosk policy in terms of role. - Streamlines workflows, reduces workload of Government departments and improves efficiency in service delivery Benefits to Citizens - Provides an integrated single, unified portal to the citizens (single-window) - Enables citizens to query on their entitlement to various services provided across the country on a single window. - Provides services which are fully aligned with the actual service delivery processes/rules and thus ensures correctness/validity of certificate. - Workflow for issue of certificate can be configured dynamically based on the applicant's requirement. - Captures all relevant documents from citizens only once and thus provides convenience to the citizen. |
|         9 | Social Audit                   | 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. Social Audit process involves Auditing of various schemes by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| Sl. No.   | Application                         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                                     | Social Auditor and Social Audit Facilitator and submission of audit report. 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.The Application also maintains a database of participants (viz. Elected Representatives/ Department officials). There is a provision for capturing feedback from the participants thereby using them in further analysis. |
| 11        | Geographic Information System (GIS) | A spatial layer to view all data generated by all Applications on a GIS map.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2595 for answer on 09.07.2019

## Number of Panchayat Bhawans (GPB) approved for Construction and  under RGSA during the financial year 2019-20

|   SL. No | State                  |   GPB Construction |   GPB Repair |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------|--------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh         |                  0 |          186 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                 80 |           50 |
|        3 | Assam                  |                 30 |           60 |
|        4 | Bihar                  |                  0 |          117 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh           |                  0 |          176 |
|        6 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                  5 |            1 |
|        7 | Daman and Diu          |                  0 |            1 |
|        8 | Goa                    |                  4 |           15 |
|        9 | Gujarat                |                 30 |            0 |
|       10 | Haryana                |                175 |           38 |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh       |                  0 |           50 |
|       12 | Jammu and Kashmir      |                100 |          100 |
|       13 | Jharkhand              |                  0 |          100 |
|       14 | Kerala                 |                  1 |           30 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh         |                  0 |          100 |
|       16 | Maharashtra            |                215 |          200 |
|       17 | Manipur                |                 10 |           10 |
|       18 | Meghalaya              |                  0 |           20 |
|       19 | Mizoram                |                 10 |            5 |
|       20 | Puducherry             |                  5 |            5 |
|       21 | Punjab                 |                351 |            0 |
|       22 | Rajasthan              |                150 |          100 |
|       23 | Sikkim                 |                 10 |            2 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu             |                120 |          158 |
|       25 | Telangana              |                500 |          200 |
|       26 | Tripura                |                 10 |            0 |
|       27 | Uttarakhand            |                100 |          150 |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh          |               1200 |          500 |
|       29 | West Bengal            |                  2 |           10 |

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2595 for answer on 09.07.2019