Lok Sabha Question No. 1455 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Elected Women Representatives in PRIs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1455

ANSWERED ON-26.07.2022

## ELECTED WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES IN PRIS

## 1455. SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI :

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of elected women representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) throughout the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of elected representatives, Panchayat functionaries and other stakeholders trained under various training and capacity building programmes along with the funds allocated and utilized during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government evaluates and monitors the impact of the training and capacity building interventions; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) Article 243D of the Constitution of India provides for not less than one-third reservation for women out of total number of seats to be filled by direct election and number of offices of chairpersons of Panchayats. However, as per the information available with the Ministry, 21 States  namely,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal Pradesh,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, have made provision for 50% reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in their respective State Panchayati Raj Acts. In respect of remaining States, Constitutional provision as prescribed in Article 243D applies.
- (b) The details of elected representatives, Panchayat functionaries and other stakeholders trained under the Centrally Sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) are furnished at Annexure-I. Details of funds released under the scheme during the last three years are furnished at Annexure-II .
- (c) to (d) The Third Party Evaluation has indicated that the interventions made through the scheme  of  RGSA  for  enhancing  the  capabilities  of  Panchayats  for  good  governance  and attainment  of  Sustainable  Development  Goals  through  participatory  local  planning  are appreciable. The scheme has been recommended for further continuation. The recommendation of third party has been suitably incorporated in the Revamped RGSA approved on 13.04.2022 for implementation from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2026.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1455 answered on 26.07.2022 regarding 'Elected Women Representatives in PRIs'.

Details  of  Elected  Representatives,  Panchayat  Functionaries  and  other  stakeholders trained under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

| Sl. No   | State/UT                 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |       509 |         0 | 553       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |    600866 |    483233 | 155089    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |      9636 |         0 | 0         |
| 4        | Assam                    |    209737 |    114159 | 113700    |
| 5        | Bihar                    |     30223 |     34871 | 24352     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |    129543 |     39843 | 42115     |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   |        43 |         0 | 223       |
| 8        | Daman and Diu            |        18 |         0 |           |
| 9        | Goa                      |      3089 |         0 | 3249      |
| 10       | Gujarat                  |     22159 |         0 | 10455     |
| 11       | Haryana                  |         0 |      3334 | 4490      |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh         |      3852 |       518 | 18387     |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir           |     34256 |     11950 | 80000     |
| 14       | Jharkhand                |         0 |         0 | 25260     |
| 15       | Karnataka                |    304477 |    296546 | 246328    |
| 16       | Kerala                   |    107216 |         0 | 140390    |
| 17       | Ladakh                   |         0 |         0 | 4898      |
| 18       | Lakshadweep              |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh           |    480984 |    961367 | 334724    |
| 20       | Maharashtra              |    711268 |    116315 | 632686    |
| 21       | Manipur                  |       582 |      8338 | 232       |
| 22       | Meghalaya                |     10797 |         0 | 1173      |
| 23       | Mizoram                  |      3048 |         0 | 58        |
| 24       | Nagaland                 |      5457 |       600 | 25540     |
| 25       | Odisha                   |     65500 |     37784 | 27077     |
| 26       | Puducherry               |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 27       | Punjab                   |         0 |     28094 | 45940     |
| 28       | Rajasthan                |       570 |         0 | 3164      |
| 29       | Sikkim                   |      6910 |     15166 | 335       |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu               |    160399 |    628125 | 130329    |
| 31       | Telangana                |     14016 |      1039 | 3889      |
| 32       | Tripura                  |     10399 |      6794 | 6708      |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh            |     16648 |     71835 | 116042    |
| 34       | Uttarakhand              |      2226 |     20335 | 140       |
| 35       | West Bengal              |    453766 |    448226 | 378110    |
|          | Total                    |   3398194 |   3328472 | 2575636   |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1455 answered on 26.07.2022 regarding 'Elected Women Representatives in PRIs'.

## Details of funds released under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No   | State/UT                 | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 0         | 22.339    | 38.542    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 39.59     | 0         | 30.06732  |
| 4        | Assam                    | 23.22     | 26.1159   | 44.041    |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 0         | 0         | 63.768    |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             | 0         | 4.0395    | 7.929     |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 0         |           |           |
| 8        | Daman and Diu            | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 9        | Goa                      | 0         | 0         | 0.59495   |
| 10       | Gujarat                  | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11       | Haryana                  | 0         | 9.89      | 0         |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh         | 10        | 22.098    | 32.42     |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 6.19      | 25        | 40        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                | 0         | 2.34      | 7.742     |
| 15       | Karnataka                | 0         | 0.439     | 29.1495   |
| 16       | Kerala                   | 0         | 8.129     | 12        |
| 17       | Ladakh                   | -         | 2.1485    | 1.0801    |
| 18       | Lakshadweep              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh           | 85.48     | 71.42     | 47.1075   |
| 20       | Maharashtra              | 8.44      | 66.76     | 73.3435   |
| 21       | Manipur                  | 4.54      | 3.4127    | 2.979     |
| 22       | Meghalaya                | 2.63      | 3.967     | 0         |
| 23       | Mizoram                  | 0.503     | 21.185    | 5.556     |
| 24       | Nagaland                 | 3.94      | 3.7217    | 4.5846    |
| 25       | Odisha                   | 0         | 2.937     | 1.326     |
| 26       | Puducherry               | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 27       | Punjab                   | 0         | 13.45     | 10.78     |
| 28       | Rajasthan                | 0         | 12.981    | 17.274    |
| 29       | Sikkim                   | 5.095     | 4.7475    | 1.19      |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu               | 5.3       | 56.875    | 39.8922   |
| 31       | Telangana                | 0         | 12        | 0         |
| 32       | Tripura                  | 0         | 2.5304    | 4.6657    |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh            | 169.92    | 32.5407   | 83.08     |
| 34       | Uttarakhand              | 23.79     | 26.751    | 0         |
| 35       | West Bengal              | 44.1      | 33.52     | 15.14     |
|          | Total                    | 432.74    | 491.3379  | 614.25237 |

Note: During the current financial year no fund has been released so far under the revamped scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan.