Lok Sabha Question No. 266 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Computers to Panchayats under RGSA
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Kavitha Malothu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 266 ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## COMPUTERS TO PANCHAYATS UNDER RGSA

- *266.   DR. G RANJITH REDDY: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number Panchayats in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has provided computers under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) to Panchayats;
- (c) if so, the details of Panchayats that have been given computers and technical manpower i.e. computer literate persons in the State of Telangana, district-wise;
- (d) the details of requests received for sanction of computers and technical manpower from the Government of Telangana during each of the last five years; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  in  this  regard  to  provide  computers  and  manpower  to Panchayats under RGSA?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 266 FOR ANSWER  ON  22.03.2022  REGARDING COMPUTERS TO PANCHAYATS UNDER RGSA

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- (a) Details of all levels of Panchayats in the country is at Annexure-I.
- (b) Yes Sir.
- (c) to  (e)  Panchayat  being  State  subject,  providing  computers  and  manpower  for  Gram Panchayats (GPs) is primarily the responsibility of States. However, Ministry, under the scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being implemented w.e.f. 2018-19, has been supplementing the efforts of all States, including Telangana, towards supporting functioning of GPs by providing computers for GPs and technical manpower at Block/ cluster of Panchayats as proposed by States in their Annual Action Plan and approved by Central Empowered Committee on a limited scale.  Financial support for computer and technical support for Gram Panchayats were not provided under the erstwhile scheme of Capacity  Building-Panchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (CB-PSA)  implemented  during 2016-17  &  2017-18.    District-wise  information  is  not  maintained  centrally.  Details  of computer and technical support proposed by State of Telanagana and approved there upon under the scheme is at Annexure-II .

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## Annexe referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 266 answered on 22.03.2022

## Details of all levels of Panchayats in the country

| Sl. No.   | State Name                                   | District Panchayats   | Intermediate Panchayats   |   Village Panchayats |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 2                     | N.A.                      |                   70 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                               | 13                    | 660                       |                13371 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 25                    | N.A.                      |                 2108 |
| 4         | Assam                                        | 26                    | 192                       |                 2197 |
| 5         | Bihar                                        | 38                    | 534                       |                 8151 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                                 | 27                    | 146                       |                11658 |
| 7         | Goa                                          | 2                     | N.A.                      |                  191 |
| 8         | Gujarat                                      | 33                    | 248                       |                14288 |
| 9         | Haryana                                      | 22                    | 142                       |                 6225 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                             | 12                    | 81                        |                 3615 |
| 11        | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 20                    | 275                       |                 4291 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                                    | 24                    | 263                       |                 4351 |
| 13        | Karnataka                                    | 31                    | 229                       |                 5963 |
| 14        | Kerala                                       | 14                    | 152                       |                  941 |
| 15        | Ladakh                                       | 2                     | 31                        |                  193 |
| 16        | Lakshadweep                                  | 1                     | N.A.                      |                   10 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                               | 51                    | 313                       |                22735 |
| 18        | Maharashtra                                  | 34                    | 351                       |                27899 |
| 19        | Manipur                                      | 6                     | N.A.                      |                  161 |
| 20        | Odisha                                       | 30                    | 314                       |                 6798 |
| 21        | Puducherry                                   | N.A.                  | 10                        |                  108 |
| 22        | Punjab                                       | 22                    | 151                       |                13241 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                                    | 33                    | 352                       |                11304 |
| 24        | Sikkim                                       | 4                     | N.A.                      |                  185 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                                   | 37                    | 388                       |                12525 |
| 26        | Telangana                                    | 32                    | 540                       |                12769 |
| 27        | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 3                     | N.A.                      |                   38 |
| 28        | Tripura                                      | 8                     | 35                        |                  591 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand                                  | 13                    | 95                        |                 7791 |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh                                | 75                    | 826                       |                58189 |
| 31        | West Bengal                                  | 22                    | 344                       |                 3339 |
|           | Total                                        | 662                   | 6672                      |               255296 |

## Annexe referred to in reply to part (c) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 266 answered on 22.03.2022

Details of Computer and technical manpower proposed and approved to State of Telanagana

| Year    | Computers    | Computers    | Administrative &Technical Manpower   | Administrative &Technical Manpower   |
|---------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         | Proposed New | Approved New | Proposed                             | Approved                             |
| 2018-19 | 532          | 532          | 205                                  | 205                                  |
| 2019-20 | 1569         | 1569         | 539                                  | 539                                  |
| 2020-21 | 245          | 245          | 539                                  | 539                                  |
| 2021-22 | 0            | 0            | 539                                  | 539                                  |
| Total   | 2346         | 2346         | 1822                                 | 1822                                 |

Note: The carryover activities under computerisation are also approved as proposed by State.