Lok Sabha Question No. 17 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Computer Education at Village Level
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. † *17 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2021

Computer Education at Village Level

## †*17.  DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide at least one computer in each Panchayat in the country to achieve the target of imparting computer education at village level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the amount allocated to State Governments including Uttar Pradesh for the said purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the amount made available is sufficient for the said purpose; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government to increase the allocated amount for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(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.  17  FOR  ANSWER  ON  02.02.2021  REGARDING COMPUTER EDUCATION AT VILLAGE LEVEL

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(a), (d) & (e) Panchayat being local government which is part of the State list of 7 th Schedule of the Constitution of India, is a State subject and is responsibility of State. However, Ministry of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  including  provision  of Computers through its schemes and programmes. Under the restructured scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being implemented w.e.f. 2018-19, this  Ministry  has  been supplementing the efforts of state governments in this regard by providing financial support for computers and peripherals to States/ UTs for GPs on a limited scale. Further, the untied/ basic grants under 15 th  Finance Commission can be used by Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for location-specific felt needs, except for salary or other establishment expenditure.

(b) The details of number of GPs for which computer was approved under the Annual Action Plan of States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date) is given  in Annexure  -I .  No  computers  were  approved  during  2017-18  under  the  erstwhile scheme of Capacity Building-Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA).

(c) The details of funds approved under the Annual Action Plan for Computers, State-wise during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date) is given in Annexure - II .

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## Annexe referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 17 to be answered on 02.02.2021

Number of Gram Panchayats (State/UT-wise) for which computers have been approved under Annual Action Plan since 2018-19 to 2020-21

|   Sl. No. | State                    | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           | 611       | 690       | 971       |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | 122       | 139       | 50        |
|         4 | Assam                    | 60        | 149       | 26        |
|         5 | Bihar                    | 352       | 531       | 531       |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh             | 100       | 100       | 100       |
|         7 | Dadra And Nagar Haveli   | 0         | 1         | 0         |
|         8 | Daman And Diu            | 0         | 0         |           |
|         9 | Goa                      | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|        10 | Gujarat                  | 0         | 30        | 0         |
|        11 | Haryana                  | 359       | 405       | 405       |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir        | 316       | 1000      | 250       |
|        14 | Jharkhand                | 36        | 41        | 17        |
|        15 | Karnataka                | 0         | 0         |           |
|        16 | Kerala                   | 0         | 100       | 0         |
|        17 | Ladakh                   | -         | -         | 100       |
|        18 | Lakshdweep               | -         | -         | 0         |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh           | 100       | 150       | 100       |
|        20 | Maharashtra              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|        21 | Manipur                  | 10        | 8         | 12        |
|        22 | Meghalaya                | 135       | 152       | 54        |
|        23 | Mizoram                  | 25        | 149       | 18        |
|        24 | Nagaland                 | 92        | 124       | 42        |
|        25 | Odisha                   | 0         | 0         | 0         |
|        26 | Puducherry               | 0         | 14        | 0         |
|        27 | Punjab                   | 931       | 1052      | 1052      |
|        28 | Rajasthan                | 54        | 54        | 54        |
|        29 | Sikkim                   | 13        | 16        | 0         |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu               | 187       | 200       | 200       |
|        31 | Telangana                | 532       | 1569      | 1812      |
|        32 | Tripura                  | 54        | 250       | 250       |
|        33 | Uttarakhand              | 487       | 549       | 0         |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh            | 4238      | 7788      | 7788      |
|        35 | West Bengal              | 0         | 0         | 0         |

- (-) No proposal received/ newly created UT.
- (0) Proposal for computer not received

## Annexure II

## Annexe referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 17 to be answered on 02.02.2021

Details of funds approved under the Annual Action Plan for Computers (State/UT-wise) during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State                    | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 2.444     | 2.76      | 3.884     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.49      | 0.55      | 0.20      |
| 4         | Assam                    | 0.24      | 0.59      | 0.104     |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 1.24      | 2.12      | 2.12      |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh             | 0.40      | 0.40      | 0.40      |
| 7         | Dadra And Nagar Haveli   | 0         | 0.004     | 0         |
| 8         | Daman And Diu            | 0         | 0         |           |
| 9         | Goa                      | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 10        | Gujarat                  | 0         | 0.12      | 0         |
| 11        | Haryana                  | 1.44      | 1.62      | 1.62      |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 13        | Jammu and Kashmir        | 1.26      | 8.29      | 2.73      |
| 14        | Jharkhand                | 0.144     | 0.164     | 0.068     |
| 15        | Karnataka                | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 16        | Kerala                   | 0         | 0.40      | 0         |
| 17        | Ladakh                   | -         | -         | 0.4       |
| 18        | Lakshdweep               | -         | -         | 0         |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh           | 0.40      | 0.60      | 0.40      |
| 20        | Maharashtra              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 21        | Manipur                  | 0.04      | 0.032     | 0.048     |
| 22        | Meghalaya                | 0.54      | 0.61      | 0.216     |
| 23        | Mizoram                  | 0.10      | 0.59      | 0.07      |
| 24        | Nagaland                 | 0.37      | 0.49      | 0.17      |
| 25        | Odisha                   | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 26        | Puducherry               | 0         | 0.056     | 0         |
| 27        | Punjab                   | 3.724     | 4.2080    | 4.21      |
| 28        | Rajasthan                | 0.21      | 0.21      | 0.216     |
| 29        | Sikkim                   | 0.05      | 0.06      | 0         |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu               | 0.75      | 0.06      | 0.80      |
| 31        | Telangana                | 2.128     | 6.27      | 7.248     |
| 32        | Tripura                  | 0.21      | 1.00      | 1.00      |
| 33        | Uttarakhand              | 1.95      | 2.19      | 0         |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            | 16.95     | 31.15     | 31.15     |
| 35        | West Bengal              | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| Total     | Total                    | 35.08     | 64.544    | 57.054    |

- (-) No proposal received/ newly created UT.
- (0) Proposal for computer not received