Lok Sabha Question No. 2899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: e-Panchayats and Village Secretariats
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2899

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019

## E-PANCHAYATS AND VILLAGE SECRETARIATS

## 2899        DR. SHRIKANT  EKNATH  SHINDE:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  &  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has recommended the formation of e-Panchayats as part of the Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the Digital India Programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  target  with  regard  to  setting  up  of  gram sachivalayas (village secretariats) to provide city like IT facilities in rural areas under the centrally sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA);
- (c) whether some State Governments have failed to set up IT-enabled gram sachivalayas in the identified clusters. if so, the details thereof and the reasons thereof;
- (d) the details of the facilities proposed to be provided at village secretariats; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to achieve the target set under the RGSA?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (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,  licenses,  tax  collection  etc.  These applications  are  collectively  called  Panchayat  Enterprise  Suite  (PES).  Details  of  these applications is at Annexure-I . Further, some States have developed their own State-specific software applications for similar purposes.
- (b) to (e): The  Government  on  21 st April,  2018  approved  the  restructured  Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) w.e.f. the financial year 2018-19 with the primary aim of strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the main thrust on convergence with Mission Antyodaya and emphasis on strengthening PRIs in the 117 Aspirational districts. The scheme envisages to provide support for certain infrastructural requirement of Panchayats viz. construction/  repair  of  Panchayat  Bhawan  and  co-location  of  Common  Services  Center (CSC) in Panchayat Bhawan to deliver various citizen centric services at single point, Human Resource support, Computers etc. on limited scale as included in the 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, repair and co-location of CSC during the financial year 2019-20 is at Annexure-II .

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## List of Panchayat Enterprise Suite Applications

|   S. N. | 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

Annexure-I

| S. N.   | Application   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |               | 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 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 neighboring 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 |
| 9       | Social Audit  | Social Audit application aims to understand the 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 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

Annexure-II Number of Panchayat Bhawans approved for Construction, Repair and Co-location

|   S. N. | Application                         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|---------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

## of Common Services Centers under RGSA during the financial year 2019-20

| S. N.   | State                  | Panchayat Bhawans Approved   | Panchayat Bhawans Approved   | Panchayat Bhawans Approved   |
|---------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. N.   | State                  | Construction                 | Repair                       | Co-location of CSC           |
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh         | 0                            | 186                          | 100                          |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 80                           | 50                           | 80                           |
| 3.      | Assam                  | 30                           | 60                           | 100                          |
| 4.      | Bihar                  | 0                            | 117                          | 341                          |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh           | 0                            | 176                          | 0                            |
| 6.      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 5                            | 1                            | 0                            |
| 7.      | Daman and Diu          | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            |
| 8.      | Goa                    | 4                            | 15                           | 0                            |
| 9.      | Gujarat                | 30                           | 0                            | 250                          |
| 10.     | Haryana                | 175                          | 38                           | 109                          |
| 11.     | Himachal Pradesh       | 0                            | 50                           | 148                          |
| 12.     | Jammu and Kashmir      | 100                          | 100                          | 8                            |
| 13.     | Jharkhand              | 0                            | 100                          | 200                          |
| 14.     | Kerala                 | 1                            | 30                           | 15                           |
| 15.     | Madhya Pradesh         | 0                            | 100                          | 400                          |
| 16.     | Maharashtra            | 215                          | 200                          | 185                          |
| 17.     | Manipur                | 10                           | 10                           | 5                            |
| 18.     | Meghalaya              | 0                            | 20                           | 0                            |
| 19.     | Mizoram                | 10                           | 5                            | 10                           |
| 20.     | Puducherry             | 5                            | 5                            | 0                            |
| 21.     | Punjab                 | 351                          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 22.     | Rajasthan              | 150                          | 100                          | 230                          |
| 23.     | Sikkim                 | 10                           | 2                            | 0                            |
| 24.     | Tamil Nadu             | 120                          | 158                          | 460                          |
| 25.     | Telangana              | 500                          | 200                          | 60                           |
| 26.     | Tripura                | 10                           | 0                            | 23                           |

|   27. | Uttarakhand   |   100 |   150 |   150 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|-------|
|    28 | Uttar Pradesh |  1200 |   500 |   500 |
|    29 | West Bengal   |     2 |    10 |    30 |

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