Lok Sabha Question No. 1244 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP)
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1244 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## GRAM PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN (GPDP)

## 1244. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  initiatives  being  taken  to  educate  Elected  Representatives  (ERs)  within Panchayati Raj Institutions in formulation, progress and monitoring of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP);
- (b) the total number of training institutes engaged in training ERs on Panchayati Raj, Statewise and district-wise for the State of Rajasthan;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  training  sessions  that  have  been  carried  out  at  training institutes  in  each  State,  the  number  of  ERs,  and  women  ERs,  separately  who  have attended such training sessions, State-wise;
- (d) the details of the method by which training sessions are monitored for effectiveness and whether the method by which the sessions are monitored is standardized across States; and
- (e) the total number of visits organised for ERs to model Gram Panchayats and percentage of female ERs who have attended visits in each State during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  has  formulated  model  Gram  Panchayat Development  Plan  (GPDP)  guidelines  to  enable  the  States  to  prepare  their  GPDP guidelines  as  per  State  specific  requirements.  MoPR  under  the  RGSA  is  providing assistance  for  enhancing  the  facilities  for  Capacity  Building  and  Training  (CB&T)  of Elected Representatives (ERs), Panchayat Functionaries (PFs) and other stakeholders of Panchayats for formulation of GPDP and their implementation and monitoring. In year 2018-19 & 2019-20, 4713372 ERs & other stakeholders were trained for preparation of

GPDP. In the year 2020-21, training for 3277820 ERs & other stakeholders for preparation of GPDP has been approved.

- (b) In  Rajasthan,  the  training  institutions  operating  for  training  of  ERs,  PFs  and  other stakeholders of Panchayats are Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj and Gramin Vikas Sasthan at State Level and 6 Panchayat Training Centers at Regional Level. In addition, 13District Panchayat Resource Centres are under various stages of construction.
- (c) Under the restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)  being  implemented  with  effect  from  2018-19,  support  is  provided  to  States towards CB&T of ERs, PFs and other stakeholders of panchayats. As per information furnished by States/ UTs the total no. of ERs including EWRs, PFs, and other stakeholders of panchayats who have attended training sessions across States/ UTs under RGSA are given at Annexure .
- (d) The CB&T plan of States/ UTs are in sync with National Capability Building Framework (NCBF) developed by MoPR which lays down comprehensive framework for building capacity of PRIs including monitoring and evaluation of training programmes as per State specific context. Broadly, the mechanisms used by States to monitor the Training Sessions are pre and post Training monitoring using customised training feedback forms/formats by using separate modules, dedicated team to monitor and evaluate, use of Institution specific online/offline training by using dedicated MIS portal, use of digital monitoring equipments like biometric attendance, interaction by District level senior officials with the participants during the Training Programme on a regular interval etc.
- (e) Under the scheme of RGSA 40,717 no. of ERs and other stakeholders of panchayats across States have undertaken exposure visit.

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## Annexe referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 1244 answered on 09.02.2021

State/ UT-wise total no. of ERs including EWRs, PFs, and other stakeholders of Panchayats attended training sessions under RGSA

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