Lok Sabha Question No. 1168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: e-Panchayat Facility
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Sudheer Gupta, Prataprao  Jadhav, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha, Shrirang Appa Barne, Subrata Pathak

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1168

ANSWERED ON-27.07.2021

## E-PANCHAYAT FACILITY

## 1168.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

## Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing e-Panchayat facility in the country to revamp the functioning of Panchayats;
- (b) if so, the current status of the progress regarding e-Panchayats in the country;
- (c) the number of Panchayats digitised in the country and the number of Panchayats yet to be digitised;
- (d) the time-limit fixed for the digitisation of all the Panchayats in the country;
- (e) whether the Government is providing financial support to the States for infrastructural facilities in the country such as Gram Panchayat Bhawans; and
- (f) if so, the details of financial assistance provided by the Government during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  The  Government  has  been  implementing  eGramSwaraj  under  e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project, as a part of Digital India Program, in the country to revamp the functioning of Panchayats. eGramSwaraj addresses various aspects of Panchayat functioning viz. planning,

accounting,  budgeting  including  online  payments  through  eGramSwaraj-PFMS  Interface  for services delivered.

(b) As  on  date,  2,53,716  Gram  Panchayat  Development  Plans  for  FY  2021-22  have  been prepared. 2,25,153 GPs have adopted eGramSwaraj for the purpose of accounting in the current year 2021-22. Further, 2,24,671 Panchayati Raj Institutions have onboarded eGramSwaraj-PFMS Interface for carrying out online transactions. During 2020-21, 1,54,091 Gram Panchayats have done  online  payments  worth  cumulative  of  Rs.  48,299  crores  (including  all  the  onboarded schemes)  through  eGramSwaraj-  PFMS  Interface.  For  the  current  year,  2021-22,  1,09,565 Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  have  carried  online  payments  worth  Rs.  7,699  crores.  State-wise breakup is given at Annexure- I.

(c) BharatNet  project is being  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  by  Department  of Telecommunications to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats and equivalent in the country. As on 16.07.2021, a total number of 1,58,266 GPs (including Block Head Quarters) have been made Service Ready in the country.

(d) Due  to  the  COVID-19  related  lockdown  and  restrictions  the  targeted  date  for  the completion of the project is extended to August 2023 from August 2021.

(e) Yes, Sir. Under the restructured scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), this Ministry  is  supplementing  the  efforts  of  State  Governments  by  providing  financial  support  to States for infrastructural facilities like Panchayat Ghars/Bhawans, on a limited scale at the rate of Rs. 20 lakhs for construction of new Panchayat Bhawan. Further, States have been advised to take up construction and repair of Gram Panchayat Bhawans through convergence of scheme funds of unspent  14 th Finance  Commission  grants,  untied  grants  of  the  XV  Finance  Commission, MGNREGS, State Finance Commission, Own Source of Revenue etc.

(f) State wise year wise details of Panchayat Bhawans approved and total funds released to States/UTs under RGSA are given at Annexure - II and Annexure - III respectively. Sate wise details of fund released under 14 th  Finance Commission and XV Finance Commission are given at Annexure - IV and Annexure - V respectively.

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## Annexure I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 1168 answered on 27.07.2021 regarding 'E-Panchayat Facility'.

## eGramSwaraj State wise Usage (2021-22)

|   # | State Name        | PFMS Scheme Creation   |   Total Number of Village Panchayats &Equivalent |   Gram Panchayat Development Plans Uploaded |   Gram Panchayats Ported |   Total Number of Block Panchayats& Equivalent |   Block Panchayats Ported |   Total Number of Zilla Panchayats& Equivalent |   Zilla Panchayats Ported |   Village Panchayat onboard |   Village Panchayats &Equivalent With Online Payment |
|-----|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|   1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                        |                                            13371 |                                       13348 |                        0 |                                            660 |                         0 |                                             13 |                         0 |                         205 |                                                    0 |
|   2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Y                      |                                             2106 |                                        1570 |                     1581 |                                            178 |                         0 |                                             25 |                         0 |                           0 |                                                    0 |
|   3 | ASSAM             | Y                      |                                             2663 |                                        2180 |                     2155 |                                            192 |                       166 |                                             29 |                        26 |                        2197 |                                                 1483 |
|   4 | BIHAR             | Y                      |                                             8387 |                                        8363 |                     8377 |                                            534 |                       532 |                                             38 |                        38 |                        8381 |                                                 6857 |
|   5 | CHHATTISGARH      | Y                      |                                            11658 |                                       11661 |                    11662 |                                            146 |                       140 |                                             27 |                        27 |                       11656 |                                                 4677 |
|   6 | GOA               | Y                      |                                              191 |                                         191 |                      190 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                              2 |                         2 |                         189 |                                                  106 |
|   7 | GUJARAT           | Y                      |                                            14256 |                                       14037 |                    13935 |                                            248 |                         0 |                                             33 |                         0 |                       14038 |                                                  324 |
|   8 | HARYANA           | Y                      |                                             6234 |                                        6114 |                     6172 |                                            126 |                       120 |                                             21 |                        21 |                        6009 |                                                 1355 |
|   9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | Y                      |                                             3615 |                                        3202 |                     3532 |                                             81 |                         0 |                                             12 |                        10 |                        1055 |                                                   21 |
|  10 | JHARKHAND         | Y                      |                                             4359 |                                        4288 |                     4362 |                                            263 |                       258 |                                             24 |                        24 |                        4363 |                                                 3042 |
|  11 | KARNATAKA         | Y                      |                                             6006 |                                        5947 |                     5998 |                                            227 |                       225 |                                             30 |                        30 |                        6006 |                                                 5301 |
|  12 | KERALA            | Y                      |                                              941 |                                         941 |                      927 |                                            152 |                       121 |                                             14 |                         9 |                         889 |                                                    1 |
|  13 | MADHYA PRADESH    | Y                      |                                            22782 |                                       22686 |                    22808 |                                            313 |                       312 |                                             51 |                        51 |                       22807 |                                                16856 |
|  14 | MAHARASHTRA       | Y                      |                                            27888 |                                       27869 |                    26817 |                                            351 |                        43 |                                             34 |                         4 |                       25102 |                                                 4652 |
|  15 | MANIPUR           | Y                      |                                             3812 |                                        2628 |                      161 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                             12 |                         6 |                         161 |                                                   85 |

| #     | State Name    | PFMS Scheme Creation   |   Total Number of Village Panchayats &Equivalent |   Gram Panchayat Development Plans Uploaded |   Gram Panchayats Ported |   Total Number of Block Panchayats& Equivalent |   Block Panchayats Ported |   Total Number of Zilla Panchayats& Equivalent |   Zilla Panchayats Ported |   Village Panchayat onboard |   Village Panchayats &Equivalent With Online Payment |
|-------|---------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 16    | MEGHALAYA     | Y                      |                                             6758 |                                           0 |                        0 |                                           2240 |                         0 |                                              0 |                         0 |                           0 |                                                    0 |
| 17    | MIZORAM       | Y                      |                                              834 |                                         834 |                      834 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                              0 |                         0 |                         834 |                                                  388 |
| 18    | NAGALAND      | Y                      |                                             1281 |                                        1195 |                        0 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                              0 |                         0 |                           0 |                                                    0 |
| 19    | ODISHA        | Y                      |                                             6798 |                                        6775 |                     6798 |                                            314 |                       314 |                                             30 |                        30 |                        6798 |                                                 5466 |
| 20    | PUNJAB        | Y                      |                                            13268 |                                       13205 |                    13157 |                                            151 |                       146 |                                             22 |                        21 |                       13212 |                                                 6881 |
| 21    | RAJASTHAN     | Y                      |                                            11341 |                                       11239 |                    10937 |                                            352 |                       262 |                                             33 |                        32 |                        8858 |                                                 3946 |
| 22    | SIKKIM        | Y                      |                                              185 |                                         182 |                      179 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                              4 |                         1 |                          56 |                                                    7 |
| 23    | TAMILNADU     | Y                      |                                            12525 |                                       12410 |                    12439 |                                            388 |                       335 |                                             37 |                        36 |                       12415 |                                                 3248 |
| 24    | TELANGANA     |                        |                                            12769 |                                       12769 |                        0 |                                            540 |                         0 |                                             32 |                         0 |                          13 |                                                    0 |
| 25    | TRIPURA       | Y                      |                                             1178 |                                        1177 |                     1178 |                                             75 |                        75 |                                              9 |                         9 |                        1178 |                                                  564 |
| 26    | UTTARAKHAND   | Y                      |                                             7791 |                                        7791 |                     7754 |                                             95 |                        55 |                                             13 |                        13 |                        7791 |                                                 4161 |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH | Y                      |                                            58323 |                                       57898 |                    57962 |                                            827 |                       724 |                                             75 |                        75 |                       58621 |                                                37621 |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL   | Y                      |                                             3340 |                                        3216 |                     3204 |                                            342 |                       331 |                                             22 |                        21 |                        3123 |                                                 2523 |
| Total | Total         | Total                  |                                           264660 |                                      253716 |                   223119 |                                           8795 |                      4159 |                                            642 |                       486 |                      215957 |                                               109565 |

## Annexure II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 1168 answered on 27.07.2021 regarding 'E-Panchayat Facility'.

|        |                          | Approved Panchayat Bhawan         | Approved Panchayat Bhawan         | Approved Panchayat Bhawan   | Approved Panchayat Bhawan   |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| SL. No | State /UT                | 2018-19                           | 2019-20                           | 2020-21 Approved PB         | 2021-22 Approved            |
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                                 | 7                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 64                                | 80                                | 5                           | 0                           |
| 4      | Assam                    | 20                                | 46                                | 21                          | 95                          |
| 5      | Bihar                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 500                         |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 54                          |
| 7      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 2                                 | 7                                 | 0                           | 13                          |
| 8      | Daman &Diu               | 0                                 | 2                                 |                             |                             |
| 9      | Goa                      | 1                                 | 4                                 | 1                           | 1                           |
| 10     | Gujarat                  | 20                                | 30                                | 30                          | 30                          |
| 11     | Haryana                  | 39                                | 383                               | 383                         | 383                         |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh         | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 389                         |
| 13     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 100                               | 250                               | 250                         | 742                         |
| 14     | Jharkhand                | 25                                | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 15     | Karnataka                | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 100                         |
| 16     | Kerala                   | 5                                 | 4                                 | 9                           | 8                           |
| 17     | Ladakh                   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 18     | Lakshadweep              | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh           | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 100                         |
| 20     | Maharashtra              | 218                               | 420                               | 420                         | 420                         |
| 21     | Manipur                  | 5                                 | 15                                | 15                          | 27                          |
| 22     | Mizoram                  | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 23     | Meghalaya                | 5                                 | 13                                | 0                           | 15                          |
| 24     | Nagaland                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 50                          |
| 25     | Odisha                   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                           | 0                           |
| 26     | Puducherry               | 0                                 | 5                                 | 5                           | 0                           |
| 27     | Punjab                   | 350                               | 351                               | 351                         | 259                         |
| 28     | Rajasthan                | 40                                | 150                               | 96                          | 43                          |
| 29     | Sikkim                   | 2                                 | 12                                | 10                          | 5                           |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu               | 50                                | 120                               | 120                         | 80                          |
| 31     | Telangana                | 0                                 | 738                               | 738                         | 675                         |
| 32     | Tripura                  | 5                                 | 15                                | 15                          | 29                          |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh            | 300                               | 2200                              | 1506                        | 1085                        |
| 34     | Uttarakhand              | 50                                | 100                               | 100                         | 0                           |
| 35     | West Bengal              | 0                                 | 2                                 | 4                           | 4                           |
|        | Total                    | 1301 4954 not received from State | 1301 4954 not received from State | 4079                        | 5107                        |

## Annexure III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 1168 answered on 27.07.2021 regarding 'E-Panchayat Facility'.

## State/UT-wise detail of Funds released under RGSA schemes

(Rs. in cr.)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs                | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   2020-21 | 2021-22   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            | 67.69     | 0         |  22.339   | -         |
| 2         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0         | 0         |   0       | -         |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 33.19     | 39.59     |   0       | -         |
| 4         | Assam                     | 39.21     | 23.22     |  26.1159  | -         |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 4.25      | 0         |   0       | 23.433    |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh              | 7.24      | 0         |   4.0395  | 7.929     |
| 7         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 0         | 0         |   0       | -         |
| 8         | Daman &Diu                | 0         | 0         |   0       | -         |
| 9         | Goa                       | 0         | 0         |   0       | 0.5949    |
| 10        | Gujarat                   | 0         | 0         |   0       | -         |
| 11        | Haryana                   | 6.99      | 0         |   9.89    | -         |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh          | 17.26     | 10        |  22.098   | -         |
| 13        | Jammu& Kashmir            | 25.06     | 6.19      |  25       | -         |
| 14        | Jharkhand                 | 4.49      | 0         |   2.34    | -         |
| 15        | Karnataka                 | 0         | 0         |   0.439   | 29.1495   |
| 16        | Kerala                    | 7.68      | 0         |   8.12955 | -         |
| 17        | Lakshadweep               | 0         | 0         |   0       | -         |
| 18        | Ladakh                    |           |           |   2.1485  | -         |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh            | 62.79     | 85.48     |  71.42    | 47.1075   |
| 20        | Maharashtra               | 11.54     | 8.44      |  66.76    | -         |
| 21        | Manipur                   | 9.25      | 4.54      |   3.4127  | -         |
| 22        | Meghalaya                 | 4.44      | 2.63      |   3.967   | -         |
| 23        | Mizoram                   | 9.85      | 0.5       |  21.185   | -         |
| 24        | Nagaland                  | 7.89      | 3.94      |   3.7217  | -         |
| 25        | Odisha                    | 0         | 0         |   2.937   | -         |
| 26        | Punjab                    | 29.68     | 0         |  13.45    | -         |
| 27        | Rajasthan                 | 25.57     | 0         |  12.981   | -         |
| 28        | Sikkim                    | 5.08      | 5.1       |   4.7475  | -         |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                | 57.6      | 5.3       |  56.875   | 39.89     |
| 30        | Telangana                 | 0         | 0         |  12       | -         |
| 31        | Tripura                   | 2.77      | 0         |   2.5304  | -         |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh             | 57.14     | 169.92    |  32.54    | -         |
| 33        | Uttarakhand               | 33.05     | 23.79     |  26.751   | -         |
| 34        | West Bengal               | 54.94     | 44.10     |  33.52    | 15.14     |
|           | Total                     | 584.65    | 432.74    | 491.339   | 163.2439  |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of the LokSabhaUnStarred Question No. 1168 answered on 27.07.2021 regarding 'E-PanchayatFacility'.

## Allocation  and Release of Fourteenth Finance Commission Grants to the States for Gram Panchayats for FY 2018-19 and 2019-20 23.09.2020)

(Rs. In crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2018-19    | 2018-19   | 2019-20    | 2019-20   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1947.32    | 1729.23   | 2622.13    | 2336.56   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 184.49     | 163.83    | 248.44     | 221.38    |
| 3         | Assam             | 1218.82    | 1082.32   | 1641.19    | 1462.45   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 4729.38    | 4199.71   | 6368.25    | 5674.7    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1180.02    | 1047.86   | 1588.94    | 1415.89   |
| 6         | Goa               | 30.1       | 26.73     | 40.53      | 36.12     |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1942.96    | 1725.36   | 2616.26    | 2331.33   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 873.86     | 775.99    | 1176.68    | 1048.53   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 407.24     | 361.63    | 548.36     | 488.64    |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 779.4      | 544.8262  | 1049.49    | 0         |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1360.62    | 1208.24   | 1832.12    | 1632.59   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 2090.1     | 1841.539  | 2814.39    | 2504.1309 |
| 13        | Kerala            | 904.03     | 802.78    | 1217.3     | 1084.73   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3050.41    | 2708.78   | 4107.48    | 3660.14   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 3383.28    | 3004.37   | 4555.7     | 4059.55   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 46.36      | 41.17     | 62.43      | 55.63     |
| 17        | Odisha            | 1991.48    | 1768.44   | 2681.59    | 2389.54   |
| 18        | Punjab            | 920.58     | 817.48    | 1239.58    | 1104.58   |
| 19        | Rajasthan         | 3067.8     | 2724.22   | 4130.9     | 3681.01   |
| 20        | Sikkim            | 33.41      | 29.67     | 44.99      | 40.09     |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu        | 1975.07    | 1753.87   | 2659.5     | 1821.106  |
| 22        | Telangana         | 1209.53    | 1071.59   | 1628.68    | 1451.3    |
| 23        | Tripura           | 75.53      | 67.07     | 101.71     | 90.625    |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh     | 8050.34    | 7148.74   | 10840.04   | 9659.47   |
| 25        | Uttarakhand       | 423.64     | 376.19    | 570.44     | 508.31    |
| 26        | West Bengal       | 3193.39    | 2740.687  | 4300.01    | 3703.25   |
|           | Total             | 45069.16   | 39762.32  | 60687.13   | 52461.65  |

## Annexure V

Annexure referred to in reply to part (f) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 1168 answered on 27.07.2021 regarding 'E-Panchayat Facility'.

## Year-wise allocation and release of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) Grant to State Government for Rural Local Bodies

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States            | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States            | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2625.00    | 2625.00   | 1939.00    | 387.80    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 231.00     | 231.00    | 170.00     | 34.00     |
| 3         | Assam             | 1604.00    | 1604.00   | 1186.00    | 237.20    |
| 4         | Bihar             | 5018.00    | 5018.00   | 3709.00    | 741.80    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1454.00    | 1454.00   | 1075.00    | 215.00    |
| 6         | Goa               | 75.00      | 37.50     | 55.00      | 0.00      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 3195.00    | 3195.00   | 2362.00    | 472.40    |
| 8         | Haryana           | 1264.00    | 1264.00   | 935.00     | 187.00    |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 429.00     | 429.00    | 317.00     | 63.40     |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 1689.00    | 1689.00   | 1249.00    | 249.80    |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 3217.00    | 3217.00   | 2377.00    | 475.40    |
| 12        | Kerala            | 1628.00    | 1628.00   | 1203.00    | 240.60    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 3984.00    | 3984.00   | 2944.00    | 588.80    |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 5827.00    | 5827.00   | 4307.00    | 861.40    |
| 15        | Manipur           | 177.00     | 177.00    | 131.00     | 26.20     |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 182.00     | 91.00     | 135.00     | 0.00      |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 93.00      | 93.00     | 69.00      | 13.80     |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 125.00     | 62.50     | 92.00      | 0.00      |
| 19        | Odisha            | 2258.00    | 2258.00   | 1669.00    | 333.80    |
| 20        | Punjab            | 1388.00    | 1388.00   | 1026.00    | 205.20    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 3862.00    | 3862.00   | 2854.00    | 570.80    |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 42.00      | 42.00     | 31.00      | 6.20      |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 3607.00    | 3607.00   | 2666.00    | 533.20    |
| 24        | Telangana         | 1847.00    | 1847.00   | 1365.00    | 273.00    |
| 25        | Tripura           | 191.00     | 191.00    | 141.00     | 28.20     |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 9752.00    | 9752.00   | 7208.00    | 1441.60   |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       | 574.00     | 574.00    | 425.00     | 85.00     |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 4412.00    | 4412.00   | 3261.00    | 652.20    |
|           | Total             | 60750.00   | 60559.00  | 44901.00   | 8923.80   |