Lok Sabha Question No. 375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Powers to Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-375

ANSWERED ON-19.11.2019

## POWERS TO PANCHAYATS

375. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Panchayats  are  being  given  greater  powers  so  that  villagers  can  have  a  greater measure of swaraj (self-Government) in their own villages;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether Panchayats are being given financial aid sufficiently to run local self-Government; and
- (d) if so, the details of aid provided to them, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- ( a) and (b)  Panchayat, being 'Local Government', is a State subject  and part of State list of Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India. Mandate for setting up of Panchayats is provided by Article  246  in  Part  IX  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  Accordingly  the  Panchayats  are  setup  and operate through the respective State Panchayati Raj Acts
- (c) and (d ) Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) for the award period of year 2015 to  2020,    grants      to  the  tune  of  Rs.  2,00,292.20  Crores  are  being  devolved,  amounting  to  an assistance  of  Rs.  488  per  capita  per  annum  at  an  aggregate  level,  to  the  Gram  Panchayats constituted under Part IX of the Constitution for delivering basic services, namely water supply, sanitation, sewerage, solid waste management, storm water drainage, maintenance of community assets,  roads,  footpath,  street  lighting,  burial  and  cremation  grounds  etc.  Detailed statement of State-wise release of FFC Grants is at Annexure .

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) and (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.375 answered on 19.11.2019 regarding 'Powers to Panchayats'

## State-wise release of Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants (As on 13.11.2019)

(Rs in crore)

| S. No.   | States            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |    928.41 |   1454.05 | 1675.88   | 858.99    | 0.00*     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |     88.52 |    138.45 | 70.57     | 0.00*     | 0.00*     |
| 3        | Assam             |    584.8  |    915.98 | 1055.80   | 1082.32   | 0.00*     |
| 4        | Bihar             |   2269.18 |   3142.08 | 3630.39   | 4199.71   | 5674.7    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |    566.18 |    886.82 | 1022.18   | 1047.86   | 0.00**    |
| 6        | Goa               |     14.44 |     22.62 | 26.07     | 13.37     | 0.00*     |
| 7        | Gujarat           |    932.25 |   1460.18 | 1683.08   | 1725.36   | 1165.67   |
| 8        | Haryana           |    419.28 |    656.72 | 756.98    | 775.99    | 1048.53   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |    195.39 |    306.05 | 312.60    | 361.63    | 488.64    |
| 10       | Jammu& Kashmir    |    367.72 |    474.41 | 470.97    | 544.83    | 0.00*     |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |    652.83 |   1022.53 | 1044.45   | 1208.24   | 1632.59   |
| 12       | Karnataka         |    972.36 |   1547.66 | 1784.26   | 1841.54   | 2504.13   |
| 13       | Kerala            |    433.76 |    679.39 | 773.54    | 802.78    | 1084.73   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |   1463.61 |   2292.46 | 2638.21   | 2708.78   | 3660.14   |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |   1623.32 |   2542.61 | 2597.10   | 3004.37   | 2029.775  |
| 16       | Manipur           |     22.25 |     34.84 | 40.16     | 41.17     | 0.00*     |
| 17       | Odisha            |    955.52 |   1496.64 | 1725.11   | 1768.44   | 2389.54   |
| 18       | Punjab            |    441.7  |    691.84 | 0.00*     | 0.00*     | 0.00 *    |
| 19       | Rajasthan         |   1471.95 |   2305.52 | 2657.47   | 2724.22   | 3681.01   |
| 20       | Sikkim            |     16.04 |     25.11 | 28.95     | 29.67     | 20.045    |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        |    947.65 |   1484.31 | 1516.12   | 1753.87   | 0.00*     |
| 22       | Telangana         |    580.34 |    908.99 | 1047.75   | 1071.59   | 725.65    |
| 23       | Tripura           |     36.24 |     56.76 | 65.43     | 67.07     | 90.63     |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh     |   3852.6  |   6034.33 | 6179.65   | 7148.74   | 9659.47   |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       |    203.26 |    318.37 | 346.77    | 376.19    | 254.16    |
| 26       | West Bengal       |   1470.86 |   2319.48 | 2369.18   | 2740.69   | 3703.25   |
|          | Total             |  21510.5  |  33218.2  | 35518.67  | 37897.41  | 39812.65  |