Lok Sabha Question No. 1048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Gram Panchayat Development Scheme
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1048

ANSWERED ON- 08/02/2021

## GRAM PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

## †1048. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  steps  taken/being  taken  to  educate  the  selected  representatives  in Panchayati Raj Institutes for monitoring the Gram Panchayat Development Scheme;
- (b) the total number of training institutes engaged in the training of selected representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutes State/district-wise particularly in the State of Maharashtra;
- (c) the details of the number of training sessions conducted in training institutes in each State, the number of representatives selected and the number of women representatives selected who participated in such sessions;
- (d) whether methods designed for effectiveness  of the  training  sessions,  monitoring  of  the sessions have been standardized for all States; and
- (e) the total number of visits to Adarsh Gram Panchayats by selected representatives and the percentage of women representatives selected in each State during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) The  Ministry  under  the  ongoing  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj Abhiyan  (RGSA)  has  been  providing  financial  support  to  States/UTs  for  various  activities relating  to  Capacity  Building  and  Training  (CB&T)  of  Elected  Representatives  (ERs), functionaries and other stakeholders including training on different aspects of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).
- (b) The  training  programmes  are  conducted  by  States/UTs  through  their  designated  training Institutions,  viz  State  Institute  of  Rural  Development  (SIRDs)/  State  Panchayat  Resource Centre (SPRC)/ Panchayati Raj Training Intuitions (PRTIs)/ Central Training Institute (CTI) etc at state level and through Extension Training Centre (ETCs)/ Panchayat Training Centre (PTCs) /District Panchayat Resource Centre (DPRCs) etc at District/ below State level. SIRDs perform as Apex training Institute at State level. As per the information available, State-wise details training Institute engaged in training of ERs on Panchayati Raj including Maharashtra is at Annexure-I.
- (c) Details  of  training  sessions  conducted  are  not  maintained  centrally.  The  details  of  Elected Representatives (ERs) including Elected Women Representatives (EWRs), functionaries and other stakeholders imparted training including GPDP training; state-wise during 2018-19 to 2020-21 under RGSA are given in Annexure-II .
- (d) The MoPR has shared with the states detailed National Capability Framework (NCBF) which lays down a comprehensive framework for building the capacity of PRIs and inter-alia provides guidelines for monitoring & evaluation, training programme norms, subjects, duration, target groups & pedagogical software for training. The Framework for implementation (FFI) of RGSA also lays down broad focus and priority areas for training under the scheme with flexibility to evolve training plan as per state specific context in conformity of NCBF and FFI of RGSA. States are also required to upload the training related activities under RGSA on the Training Management Portal, which inter-alia captures progress of trainings in the states. For effective monitoring  of  progress  of  approved  activities  including  trainings  at  MoPR  level,  an  online monitoring and reporting system (MIS) for RGSA has been developed and operationlised.
- (e) The scheme of RGSA inter-alia provides support for exposure visits to ERs and functionaries of Panchayats to well performing Panchayats on various thematic areas, situated within and outside  the  state.  Details  of  exposure  visits  provided  to  ERs  and  Panchayat  Functionaries State/UT-wise under the scheme of RGSA during last three years as available with Ministry are given in Annexure-III .

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## Annexure-I

## Annex referred to in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 1048 for 08.02.2022 regarding Gram Panchayat Development Scheme

## State-wise details of training institutes at State level/ District level

| Sl. No.   | State / UTs                     |   State Level |   District Level |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands        |             1 |                0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                  |             1 |               13 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh               |             1 |               12 |
| 4         | Assam                           |             1 |               11 |
| 5         | Bihar                           |             1 |               38 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                    |             1 |               21 |
| 7         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu |             0 |                0 |
| 8         | Goa                             |             1 |                1 |
| 9         | Gujarat                         |             1 |                0 |
| 10        | Haryana                         |             1 |               22 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                |             1 |               12 |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir                  |             1 |               10 |
| 13        | Jharkhand                       |             1 |               24 |
| 14        | Karnataka                       |             1 |               22 |
| 15        | Kerala                          |             1 |               12 |
| 16        | Ladakh                          |             1 |                2 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep                     |             0 |                0 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                  |             1 |               12 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                     |             1 |               34 |
| 20        | Manipur                         |             1 |                0 |
| 21        | Odisha                          |             1 |               21 |
| 22        | Puducherry                      |             1 |                1 |
| 23        | Punjab                          |             1 |               11 |
| 24        | Rajasthan                       |             1 |               13 |
| 25        | Sikkim                          |             1 |                4 |
| 26        | Tamil Nadu                      |             1 |               36 |
| 27        | Telangana                       |             1 |               32 |
| 28        | Tripura                         |             1 |                4 |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh                   |             1 |               25 |
| 30        | Uttarakhand                     |             1 |               13 |
| 31        | West Bengal                     |             1 |               23 |
| 32        | Meghalaya                       |             1 |                0 |
| 33        | Mizoram                         |             1 |                5 |
| 34        | Nagaland                        |             1 |                1 |
|           | Total                           |            32 |              435 |

## Annex referred to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 1048 for 08.02.2022 regarding Gram Panchayat Development Scheme

## Total participants trained since 2018-19 to 2020-21 under RGSA Scheme

| Sl. No   | States                 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | A &NIslands            |       343 |       509 |         0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh         |    380224 |    600866 |    483233 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      |      1785 |      9636 |         0 |
| 4        | Assam                  |    322528 |    209737 |    114159 |
| 5        | Bihar                  |         0 |     30223 |     34871 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh           |    292025 |    129543 |     39843 |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |        42 |        43 |         0 |
| 8        | Daman and Diu          |        14 |        18 |         0 |
| 9        | Goa                    |      1704 |      3089 |         0 |
| 10       | Gujarat                |    543094 |     22159 |         0 |
| 11       | Haryana                |     35293 |         0 |      3334 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh       |      7303 |      3852 |       518 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir         |    102540 |     34256 |     11950 |
| 14       | Jharkhand              |     11221 |         0 |         0 |
| 15       | Karnataka              |    301375 |    304477 |    296546 |
| 16       | Kerala                 |    109057 |    107216 |         0 |
| 17       | Ladakh                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 18       | lakshadweep            |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh         |    540573 |    480984 |    961367 |
| 20       | Maharashtra            |     80703 |    711268 |    116315 |
| 21       | Manipur                |     20204 |       582 |      8338 |
| 22       | Meghalaya              |      2600 |     10797 |         0 |
| 23       | Mizoram                |      6510 |      3048 |         0 |
| 24       | Nagaland               |     14999 |      5457 |       600 |
| 25       | Odisha                 |     36851 |     65500 |     37784 |
| 26       | Puducherry             |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 27       | Punjab                 |     77112 |         0 |     28094 |
| 28       | Rajasthan              |    122077 |       570 |         0 |
| 29       | Sikkim                 |     15166 |      6910 |     15166 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu             |    391621 |    160399 |    628125 |
| 31       | Telangana              |    169078 |     14016 |      1039 |
| 32       | Tripura                |     15910 |     10399 |      6794 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand            |     38839 |      2226 |     20335 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh          |    251796 |     16648 |     71835 |
| 35       | West Bengal            |    412064 |    453766 |    448226 |
|          | Total                  |   4304651 |   3398194 |   3328472 |

## Annexure-III

## Annex referred to in reply to Part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 1048 for 08.02.2022 regarding Gram Panchayat Development Scheme

## Number of ERs and Panchayat Functionaries State/UT-wise provided exposure visits since 2018-19 to 2020-21

| SL. No   | State                   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island |        20 |         0 |         0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          |      1375 |         0 |         0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4        | Assam                   |       428 |         0 |         0 |
| 5        | Bihar                   |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            |       335 |         0 |         0 |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli  |         2 |         1 |         0 |
| 8        | Daman and Diu           |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 9        | Goa                     |        36 |         0 |         0 |
| 10       | Gujarat                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11       | Haryana                 |        93 |         0 |         0 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh        |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir          |        40 |        44 |         0 |
| 14       | Jharkhand               |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 15       | Karnataka               |         0 |       766 |         0 |
| 16       | Kerala                  |       524 |         0 |         0 |
| 17       | laddakh                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 18       | Lakshdweep              |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh          |      2250 |      1358 |         0 |
| 20       | Maharashtra             |      1071 |       811 |         0 |
| 21       | Manipur                 |       721 |         0 |         0 |
| 22       | Meghalaya               |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 23       | Mizoram                 |        90 |         0 |         0 |
| 24       | Nagaland                |       588 |        50 |         0 |
| 25       | Odisha                  |       179 |       245 |         0 |
| 26       | Puducherry              |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 27       | Punjab                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 28       | Rajasthan               |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 29       | Sikkim                  |       726 |       258 |         0 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu              |       530 |      1505 |         0 |
| 31       | Telangana               |        80 |         0 |         0 |
| 32       | Tripura                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand             |         0 |        28 |         0 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh           |       120 |         0 |         6 |
| 35       | West Bengal             |     10300 |      9843 |         0 |
|          | Total                   |     19508 |     14909 |         6 |