Lok Sabha Question No. 966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: e-Panchayat Facility
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 966

ANSWERED ON 08.02.2022

## E-PANCHAYAT FACILITY

## †966.   SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be please to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  e-panchayat  facility  in  the  country  for improvement in functioning of Panchayats and if so, the present status of progress made in regard to e-panchayats in the country;
- (b) the  number  of  Panchayats  digitalized  and  the  number  of  Panchayats  yet  to  be digitalized in the country, particularly in the State of Maharashtra; and
- (c) the time limit set for digitalization of all Panchayats in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Under Digital India Programme, Ministry is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) with the aim to transform the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Under e-Panchayat MMP, Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched eGramSwaraj, a simplified work-based accounting application to addresses various aspects of Panchayat functioning viz. planning, budgeting, accounting and online payments through eGramSwaraj-PFMS Interface for expenses incurred. As on 2 February 2022, 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayat (GP), 5390 Block Panchayat and 481 Zilla Panchayats have prepared and uploaded their Development Plans for 2021-22on eGramSwaraj application. Further, 2.38 lakh GPs have adopted eGramSwaraj for the purpose of accounting in the current year 2021-22 out of which 2.19 lakh GPs have taken necessary  steps  for  carrying  out  payments  through  Public  Finance  Management  System (PFMS). Also,  1.81  lakh  GPs  have  made  online  payments.  State-wise  breakup  is  given  at Annexure .

(b) Panchayats need to use  internet  services  for  various  activities.  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 17.01.2022, total 1,70,136 GPs have been made Service Ready under the BharatNet project in the country. The scope of BharatNet on 30.06.2021 has been extended to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. In Maharashtra, 21,785 GPs have been made Service Ready against 28,237 GPs planned, under the BharatNet project.

(c) The targeted date for the completion of the BharatNet project to provide service-ready broadband connection to all the Gram Panchayats and traditional local bodies in the country is August 2023.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the LokSabha UnStarred Question No. 966 answered on 08.02.2022 regarding 'E-Panchayat Facility'.

## e-Gram SWARAJ- 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 Plan uploaded |   Total Number of ZillaPanchayats& Equivalent |   ZillaPanchayats Plan uploaded |   Gram Panchayat on onboard |   Gram Panchayat With Online Payment |
|-----|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|   1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | Y                      |                                            13371 |                                       13351 |                    13073 |                                            660 |                              660 |                                            13 |                              13 |                           0 |                                    0 |
|   2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Y                      |                                             2108 |                                        1577 |                     2034 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                            25 |                               0 |                           3 |                                    0 |
|   3 | ASSAM             | Y                      |                                             2666 |                                        2119 |                     2201 |                                            192 |                               32 |                                            26 |                               7 |                        2174 |                                  855 |
|   4 | BIHAR             | Y                      |                                             8135 |                                        8377 |                     8175 |                                            534 |                              533 |                                            38 |                              37 |                        8174 |                                 7863 |
|   5 | CHHATTISGARH      | Y                      |                                            11658 |                                       11662 |                    11657 |                                            146 |                              146 |                                            27 |                              26 |                       11613 |                                10836 |
|   6 | GOA               | Y                      |                                              191 |                                         191 |                      191 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             2 |                               1 |                         177 |                                   26 |
|   7 | GUJARAT           | Y                      |                                            14270 |                                       14042 |                    14225 |                                            248 |                                8 |                                            33 |                               3 |                       14210 |                                11809 |
|   8 | HARYANA           | Y                      |                                             6225 |                                        6154 |                     6224 |                                            142 |                               35 |                                            22 |                               8 |                        5861 |                                 3276 |
|   9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | Y                      |                                             3615 |                                        3200 |                     3611 |                                             81 |                               76 |                                            12 |                              11 |                        3540 |                                  517 |
|  10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                        |                                             4291 |                                        2016 |                        0 |                                            275 |                                2 |                                            20 |                               0 |                           0 |                                    0 |

|   # | 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 Plan uploaded |   Total Number of ZillaPanchayats& Equivalent |   ZillaPanchayats Plan uploaded |   Gram Panchayat on onboard |   Gram Panchayat With Online Payment |
|-----|----------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|  11 | JHARKHAND      | Y                      |                                             4351 |                                        4348 |                     4352 |                                            263 |                              263 |                                            24 |                              24 |                        4349 |                                 4345 |
|  12 | KARNATAKA      | Y                      |                                             5965 |                                        4865 |                     5993 |                                            229 |                              159 |                                            31 |                              18 |                        5994 |                                 5899 |
|  13 | KERALA         | Y                      |                                              941 |                                         941 |                      941 |                                            152 |                              152 |                                            14 |                              14 |                         941 |                                  606 |
|  14 | LADAKH         |                        |                                              193 |                                         193 |                        0 |                                             31 |                                0 |                                             2 |                               0 |                           0 |                                    0 |
|  15 | MADHYA PRADESH | Y                      |                                            22741 |                                       22695 |                    22778 |                                            313 |                              309 |                                            51 |                              51 |                       22689 |                                21775 |
|  16 | MAHARASHTRA    | Y                      |                                            27898 |                                       27875 |                    27403 |                                            351 |                               72 |                                            34 |                               4 |                       26678 |                                15381 |
|  17 | MANIPUR        | Y                      |                                             3818 |                                        2631 |                      161 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             6 |                               6 |                         161 |                                  152 |
|  18 | MEGHALAYA      | Y                      |                                             9015 |                                           0 |                        0 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             0 |                               0 |                           0 |                                    0 |
|  19 | MIZORAM        | Y                      |                                              834 |                                         834 |                      834 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             0 |                               0 |                         834 |                                  828 |
|  20 | NAGALAND       | Y                      |                                             1288 |                                        1195 |                      662 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             0 |                               0 |                           5 |                                    0 |
|  21 | ODISHA         | Y                      |                                             6798 |                                        6724 |                     6798 |                                            314 |                              313 |                                            30 |                              30 |                        6792 |                                 6635 |
|  22 | PUNJAB         | Y                      |                                            13248 |                                       13157 |                    13252 |                                            151 |                              143 |                                            22 |                              20 |                       12882 |                                 9879 |
|  23 | RAJASTHAN      | Y                      |                                            11307 |                                       11281 |                    11234 |                                            352 |                              331 |                                            33 |                              25 |                       10061 |                                 7774 |
|  24 | SIKKIM         | Y                      |                                              185 |                                         161 |                      185 |                                              0 |                                0 |                                             4 |                               4 |                         172 |                                  102 |
|  25 | TAMILNADU      | Y                      |                                            12525 |                                       12523 |                    12496 |                                            388 |                              381 |                                            37 |                              30 |                       11743 |                                 5874 |
|  26 | TELANGANA      | Y                      |                                            12769 |                                       12769 |                        1 |                                            540 |                              532 |                                            32 |                              31 |                           0 |                                    0 |

| #     | 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 Plan uploaded |   Total Number of ZillaPanchayats& Equivalent |   ZillaPanchayats Plan uploaded |   Gram Panchayat on onboard |   Gram Panchayat With Online Payment |
|-------|---------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 27    | TRIPURA       | Y                      |                                             1219 |                                        1178 |                     1178 |                                             35 |                               75 |                                             8 |                               9 |                        1178 |                                 1177 |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND   | Y                      |                                             7791 |                                        7791 |                     7789 |                                             95 |                               95 |                                            13 |                              13 |                        7787 |                                 5846 |
| 29    | UTTAR PRADESH | Y                      |                                            58189 |                                       58224 |                    58301 |                                            826 |                              740 |                                            75 |                              75 |                       58354 |                                57052 |
| 30    | WEST BENGAL   | Y                      |                                             3341 |                                        3228 |                     3229 |                                            344 |                              333 |                                            22 |                              21 |                        3222 |                                 3170 |
| Total | Total         | Total                  |                                           270946 |                                      255302 |                   238978 |                                           6662 |                             5390 |                                           656 |                             481 |                      219594 |                               181677 |