Lok Sabha Question No. 3431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Computers to Panchayats under RGSA
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 3431

ANSWERED ON 21/03/2023

## COMPUTERS TO PANCHAYATS UNDER RGSA

## †3431. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of Panchayats in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has provided computers to Panchayats under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA);
- (c) if so, the details of Panchayats in Bihar, district-wise and the number of such Panchayats which have been provided with computers in Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (d) whether computers have not been provided to the said panchayats and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

(SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) State-wise details of Panchayats in the country is at Annexure.
- (b) to  (d)  'Panchayat'  being  'local  government'  is  a  State  subject.  Hence,  providing  basic facilities such as Panchayat building, computer, internet and public service centre etc. are primarily the  responsibility  of  the  State.  However,  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  supplements  the efforts  of  the  States/UTs,  through  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  revamped  Rashtriya  Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) approved for the implementation from 2022-23 to 2025-26. Under the revamped scheme 267 computers have been approved to the State of Bihar. As per the information available,  all  the  Panchayats  have  computer  in  Bihar  including  Valmiki  Nagar  Parliamentary Constituency.

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Annexure

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3431 answered on 21/03/2023

## Details  of  District  Panchayats/Block  Panchayats/Gram  Panchayat  (As  per  LGD  Dated 17.03.2023)

| S.No.   | State/UT Name                                | No. of District Panchayats   | No. of Intermediate Panchayats   | No. of Village Panchayats   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 2                            | 7                                | 70                          |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                               | 13                           | 660                              | 13325                       |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 25                           | N.A                              | 2108                        |
| 4       | Assam                                        | 27                           | 192                              | 2197                        |
| 5       | Bihar                                        | 38                           | 534                              | 8181                        |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                                 | 27                           | 146                              | 11656                       |
| 7       | Goa                                          | 2                            | N.A                              | 191                         |
| 8       | Gujarat                                      | 33                           | 248                              | 14425                       |
| 9       | Haryana                                      | 22                           | 142                              | 6220                        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh                             | 12                           | 81                               | 3615                        |
| 11      | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 20                           | 285                              | 4291                        |
| 12      | Jharkhand                                    | 24                           | 264                              | 4345                        |
| 13      | Karnataka                                    | 31                           | 233                              | 5955                        |
| 14      | Kerala                                       | 14                           | 152                              | 941                         |
| 15      | Ladakh                                       | 2                            | 31                               | 193                         |
| 16      | Lakshadweep                                  | 1                            | N.A                              | 10                          |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh                               | 52                           | 313                              | 23020                       |
| 18      | Maharashtra                                  | 34                           | 351                              | 27896                       |
| 19      | Manipur                                      | 6                            | N.A                              | 161                         |
| 20      | Meghalaya                                    | N.A                          | N.A                              | N.A                         |
| 21      | Mizoram                                      | N.A                          | N.A                              | N.A                         |
| 22      | Nagaland                                     | N.A                          | N.A                              | N.A                         |
| 23      | Odisha                                       | 30                           | 314                              | 6794                        |
| 24      | Puducherry                                   | N.A                          | 10                               | 108                         |
| 25      | Punjab                                       | 22                           | 152                              | 13241                       |
| 26      | Rajasthan                                    | 33                           | 355                              | 11265                       |
| 27      | Sikkim                                       | 6                            | N.A                              | 199                         |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                                   | 36                           | 388                              | 12525                       |
| 29      | Telangana                                    | 32                           | 540                              | 12769                       |
| 30      | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 3                            | N.A                              | 38                          |
| 31      | Tripura                                      | 8                            | 35                               | 591                         |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh                                | 75                           | 826                              | 58174                       |
| 33      | Uttarakhand                                  | 13                           | 95                               | 7795                        |
| 34      | West Bengal                                  | 22                           | 344                              | 3339                        |
| Total   | Total                                        | 665                          | 6698                             | 255638                      |