Lok Sabha Question No. 259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Construction of Panchayat Buildings
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 259

ANSWERED ON 15.09.2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF PANCHAYAT BUILDINGS

## †259. SHRI RAVINDRAKUSHWAHA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Panchayat Buildings have been constructed in all the Gram Panchayats of the country;
- (b) if  not,  the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats where buildings have been constructed and the numbers  of Gram Panchayats deprived from it, State/Union Territory-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Panchayat  Buildings  are  likely  to  be  constructed  in  the  remaining  Gram Panchayats; and
- (d) if  so,  the  time  by  which it is  likely to be started and completed along with the amount likely to be spent thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d)   Panchayat being a State subject, providing Panchayat Building in  Gram Panchayats (GPs) is primarily the responsibility of State Governments. The States are expected to  mobilise  funds  for  construction  of  Panchayat  Buildings  from  various  sources.  However,  to supplement  efforts  of  states,  the  Ministry  under  its  different  scheme/s  has  been  providing financial assistance to States/UTs for construction of Panchayat Bhawans. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  scheme  of Rashtriya Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA),  being implemented w.e.f 2018-19 also has a provision to provide funds to States/UTs for construction of GP building on limited scale at the rate of Rs. 20 lakhs per GP building and construction of approx  4500  GP  buildings  have  been  approved  under  the  scheme.  Details  of  GP  Buildings constructed  under  the  various  schemes  are  maintained  at  State/  UT  level.  As  per  information available, out of 256765 GPs/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) across States/ UTs, 197108 GPs have

Panchayat  Buildings  and  59657  GPs  are  without  Panchayat  Buildings.  State-wise  detail  is  at Annexure.

Keeping  in view felt need of  Gram  Panchayat Buildings and also taking into consideration  limited  resources  under  RGSA,  the  States  have  been  advised  to  ensure  that  the construction  of  GP  buildings  are  taken  up  on  priority  by  converging  funds  /  resources  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),  unspent funds of  14 th Finance  Commission , funds from 15 th Finance Commission and also those from State schemes etc., so as to saturate the gap by the end of year 2022.

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Annexure State-wise details of Panchayat Buildings

| SL. No   | State                       |   Gram Panchayats/Rural Local bodies |   Panchayat with own Buildings |   Panchayat without own Buildings |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar islands |                                   70 |                             59 |                                11 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                                13063 |                          11756 |                              1307 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                 1785 |                            552 |                              1233 |
| 4        | Assam                       |                                 2199 |                           1905 |                               294 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |                                 8387 |                           7332 |                              1055 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                |                                10963 |                          10963 |                                 0 |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                                   20 |                             11 |                                 9 |
| 8        | Daman and Diu               |                                   18 |                             18 |                                 0 |
| 9        | Goa                         |                                  191 |                            101 |                                90 |
| 10       | Gujarat                     |                                14292 |                          14065 |                               227 |
| 11       | Haryana                     |                                 6197 |                           2370 |                              3827 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh            |                                 3226 |                           3217 |                                 9 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir*          |                                 4292 |                           3033 |                              1259 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                   |                                 4350 |                           4074 |                               276 |
| 15       | Karnataka                   |                                 6021 |                           5561 |                               460 |
| 16       | Kerala                      |                                  941 |                            938 |                                 3 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh              |                                22813 |                          22813 |                                 0 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                 |                                27872 |                          24083 |                              3789 |
| 19       | Manipur                     |                                  161 |                            104 |                                57 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                   |                                 1570 |                              0 |                              1570 |
| 21       | Mizoram                     |                                  804 |                            709 |                                95 |
| 22       | Nagaland                    |                                 1262 |                            637 |                               625 |
| 23       | Odisha                      |                                 6798 |                           6798 |                                 0 |
| 24       | Puducherry                  |                                  108 |                             88 |                                20 |
| 25       | Punjab                      |                                13267 |                           5643 |                              7624 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                   |                                10136 |                           9413 |                               723 |
| 27       | Sikkim                      |                                  185 |                            142 |                                43 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                  |                                12524 |                           9873 |                              2651 |
| 29       | Telangana                   |                                12769 |                           8379 |                              4390 |
| 30       | Tripura                     |                                  591 |                            535 |                                56 |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                58761 |                          32444 |                             26317 |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                 |                                 7789 |                           6190 |                              1599 |
| 33       | West Bengal                 |                                 3340 |                           3302 |                                38 |
|          | Total                       |                               256765 |                         197108 |                             59657 |