Lok Sabha Question No. 1470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Computerisation of Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban, Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1470

ANSWERED ON- 07/12/2021

## COMPUTERISATION OF GRAM PANCHAYATS

## 1470.   SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a) the number of Gram Panchayats computerized in the country, State/UT-wise including the State of Bihar?
- (b) the number of Gram Panchayats which are yet to be computerized, State/Union Territorywise?
- (c) the reasons for slow progress in this regard? and
- (d) the steps taken to accelerate the pace of computerization of Gram Panchayats and the time by when the remaining panchayats are likely to be computerized??

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The State/UT-wise details of Gram panchayats having computers and which do not have computers including Bihar is given at Annexure .

- (c) Panchayat being a State subject, providing basic infrastructure including computers etc. is primarily  the  responsibility  of  concerned  State  Government/  UT  administration.  The  level  of computerisation of GPs varies among States, depending upon the availability of electric power supply, internet connectivity, adequate computer- trained manpower, financial resources at the GP level etc.

(d) Under the erstwhile scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA), Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  had  provided  financial  assistance  to  States/  UTs  for  e- enablement including computers and peripherals upto 2014-15. Under the restructured scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), funds have been provided to States/UTs for provision of  computer  for  their  e-enablement.  Further,  the  untied/  basic  grants  under  15th  Finance Commission can also be used by Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for computer in the respective Rural

Local Bodies.

MoPR is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) 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.

For attaining the vision of Digital India, BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications in a phased manner to create network to connect all the Gram Panchayats by broadband in the country. As on 01.11.2021, a total number of 1,65,765 GPs (including Block Head Quarters) have been made Service Ready in the country. The targeted date for the completion of the project is extended to August, 2023.

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## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1470 answered on 07.12.2021

## State/UT-wise details of Gram Panchayats with/ without computer

|   Sl. No | State/UT                 |   Gram Panchayats including TLBs (as per LGD updated on 01.12.2021) |   GP with Computer |   GP Without computers |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                                                  70 |                 70 |                      0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                                                               13371 |               7854 |                   5517 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                                2108 |                305 |                   1803 |
|        4 | Assam*                   |                                                                2666 |               1399 |                   1267 |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                                                                8173 |               7626 |                    547 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh             |                                                               11658 |               5484 |                   6174 |
|        7 | Goa                      |                                                                 191 |                191 |                      0 |
|        8 | Gujarat*                 |                                                               14257 |              14253 |                      4 |
|        9 | Haryana                  |                                                                6225 |               2500 |                   3725 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                                3615 |               3226 |                    389 |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                                                4291 |               3973 |                    318 |
|       12 | Jharkhand                |                                                                4352 |               3753 |                    599 |
|       13 | Karnataka                |                                                                5975 |               5550 |                    425 |
|       14 | Kerala                   |                                                                 941 |                941 |                      0 |
|       15 | Ladakh                   |                                                                 193 |                184 |                      9 |
|       16 | Lakshadweep              |                                                                  10 |                 10 |                      0 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh           |                                                               22741 |              22710 |                     31 |
|       18 | Maharashtra              |                                                               27897 |              26167 |                   1730 |
|       19 | Manipur                  |                                                                3818 |                 86 |                   3732 |
|       20 | Meghalaya                |                                                                9005 |               5171 |                   3834 |
|       21 | Mizoram                  |                                                                 834 |                175 |                    659 |
|       22 | Nagaland                 |                                                                1288 |                216 |                   1072 |
|       23 | Odisha                   |                                                                6798 |               6798 |                      0 |
|       24 | Puducherry               |                                                                 108 |                100 |                      8 |
|       25 | Punjab                   |                                                               13263 |              13263 |                      0 |
|       26 | Rajasthan                |                                                               11341 |               9701 |                   1640 |
|       27 | Sikkim                   |                                                                 185 |                165 |                     20 |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu               |                                                               12525 |              12525 |                      0 |

| 29               | Telangana                          | 12769            | 4783             | 7986             |
|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 30               | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 38               | 38               | 0                |
| 31               | Tripura*                           | 1219             | 412              | 807              |
| 32               | Uttar Pradesh                      | 58189            | 36167            | 22022            |
| 33               | Uttarakhand                        | 7791             | 1939             | 5852             |
| 34               | West Bengal                        | 3340             | 3340             | 0                |
|                  | Total                              | 271245           | 201075           | 70170            |
| * Including TLBs | * Including TLBs                   | * Including TLBs | * Including TLBs | * Including TLBs |

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