Lok Sabha Question No. 3035 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Infrastructural Facilities to Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Arun Sao, Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Devji Mansingram Patel, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3035

ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES TO PANCHAYATS

## 3035. SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to upgrade the gram panchayats of the country and if so, the details of basic facilities provided like gram bhawan, building internet and public service centre, State and district-wise.
- (b) if so, the details of the work done to upgrade all the panchayats of the country during the  last  three  years  including  Maharashtra,  Gram  Panchayat-wise  especially  Latur district of Maharashtra
- (c) the total amount of funds allocated to provide above mentioned infrastructure facility during the said period to all Gram Panchayats of the country including the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka;
- (d) the  total  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  where  such  infrastructural  facilities  are  not available, State/UT-wise including the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka; and
- (e) whether the Government has fixed any time limit to provide the said infrastructure facilities in all the panchayats of the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken  to  digitize  district  and  village  panchayats  for  greater devolution of powers to panchayats?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) to (e) Panchayat being a State subject, providing infrastructural facilities to Gram Panchayats (GPs) are primarily the responsibility of States. Hence, no timeline can be fixed by the Ministry for saturation of infrastructural facilities. However, the Ministry, through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)  being implemented since from 2018-19, supplements the efforts of States including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka on limited scale by providing financial support for certain infrastructural facilities for GPs such as Gram Panchayat Bhawans, computers and peripherals and also for co-location of Common Service Centre.  Under  the  scheme  funds  have  been  provided  to  States  and  not  to  Districts  or  Gram Panchayats.  During the last three years, against the approved annual action plan of Rs. 5373.79 crores,  a  sum  of  Rs.  1508.72  crore  has  been  released  under  the  scheme  for  various  activities covered under RGSA including infrastructure facilities.

As per information available, State/UT-wise details of Gram Panchayats where such infrastructural facilities  are  not  available,  including  the  States  of  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra,  Chhattisgarh  and Karnataka is at Annexure .

(f) The scheme of e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) is implemented under which a suite of core common 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, etc. Under the  Digital  India Programme, BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications in a phased manner to provide connectivity in all the Gram Panchayats in the country through Wi-fi or any other suitable broadband technology including Fiber to the Home (FTTH). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India initiated a project namely 'Common Services Centre (CSC-2.0: A Way Forward Project)' in August, 2015 under Digital India Programme, which aims to set up at least one CSC at Gram Panchayat (GP) level to cover all around 2.55 lakhs GPs across the country. The project is being implemented by M/s CSC eGovernance Services India Limited (CSC Special Purpose Vehicle; i.e. CSC -SPV).

Annexure Referred to in Reply to part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.3035 answered on 22.03.2022 Regarding Infrastructural Facilities to Panchayats

State/UT-wise status of Gram Panchayat without Bhawan and Computers

| Sl. No   | State/UT                           |   Number of GPs and Traditional Bodies (TLBs)in the country |   GPs and TLBs without Gram Panchayat Bhawan |   GPs and TLBs Without Computers |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                                          70 |                                           11 |                                0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                                       13371 |                                         2209 |                             5517 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                        2108 |                                         1411 |                             1803 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                                                        2666 |                                          630 |                             1267 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                                        8135 |                                         6749 |                              547 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                                       11658 |                                          105 |                             6174 |
| 7        | Goa                                |                                                         191 |                                            4 |                                0 |
| 8        | Gujarat                            |                                                       14287 |                                           46 |                                4 |
| 9        | Haryana                            |                                                        6225 |                                         3059 |                             3725 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                                        3615 |                                          398 |                              389 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                                        4291 |                                         1388 |                              318 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                          |                                                        4351 |                                          122 |                              599 |
| 13       | Karnataka                          |                                                        5964 |                                          425 |                              425 |
| 14       | Kerala                             |                                                         941 |                                            1 |                                0 |
| 15       | Ladakh                             |                                                         193 |                                            9 |                                9 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                        |                                                          10 |                                            5 |                                0 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                                       22736 |                                          450 |                               31 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                        |                                                       27898 |                                         4006 |                             1730 |
| 19       | Manipur                            |                                                        3818 |                                         3657 |                             3732 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                          |                                                        9015 |                                         3592 |                             3834 |
| 21       | Mizoram                            |                                                         834 |                                          407 |                              659 |
| 22       | Nagaland                           |                                                        1289 |                                          624 |                             1072 |
| 23       | Odisha                             |                                                        6798 |                                            0 |                                0 |
| 24       | Puducherry                         |                                                         108 |                                           31 |                                8 |
| 25       | Punjab                             |                                                       13245 |                                         5194 |                                0 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          |                                                       11307 |                                         1640 |                             1640 |
| 27       | Sikkim                             |                                                         185 |                                            9 |                               20 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                                       12525 |                                         1331 |                                0 |
| 29       | Telangana                          |                                                       12769 |                                         7986 |                             7986 |
| 30       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                                          38 |                                           13 |                                0 |
| 31       | Tripura                            |                                                        1219 |                                           87 |                              807 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                                       58189 |                                         4179 |                            22022 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                                                        7791 |                                         1181 |                             5852 |
| 34       | West Bengal                        |                                                        3339 |                                           24 |                                0 |
|          | Total                              |                                                      271179 |                                        50983 |                            70170 |