Lok Sabha Question No. 1028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: Sustainable Development Goals of PRIs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah, Jaskaur Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1028

ANSWERED ON 13/12/2022

## SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF PRIS

## 1028.   SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH: SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

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

- (a) the  salient  features  of  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  in  Panchayati  Raj Institutions;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under the said goals during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Assam and Rajasthan;
- (c) whether  it  is  upto  the  set  target,  if  so,  the  details  of  target  set  under  this  and achievements made so far along with positive results and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Government is emphasizing on vision and roadmap to take forward the process  of  Localisation  of  Sustainable  Development  Goals  in  rural  areas  through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) & (d) India is a signatory to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and committed towards  their  achievements  of  17  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs). Ministry  has evolved a thematic approach towards SDGs whereby 9 themes have been developed. Each of these themes covers several SDGs and mapped to different nodal Ministries /Departments to localise SDGs in Panchayat.  Thematic approach would enable easy understanding; acceptance & implementation by Panchayats with community involvement. To give the impetus of the process  of  LSDGs  at  Panchayats, Gram  Panchayat  is  preparing  thematic  Gram  Panchayat

Development  Plan  for  holistic  development  based  on  the  sankalp  taken  by  Panchayats  on themes of LSDGs.

(b)  &  (c)  The  Ministry  implemented  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) during 2018-19 to 2021-22 and revamped RGSA scheme approved for  implementation  from  2022-23  to  2025-26.  The  scheme  mandates  to  capacitate  elected representatives and functionaries to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through participatory local planning at the Gram Panchayat level. The scheme was demand driven in nature and funds had/ have been released to States/ UTs including Assam and Rajasthan on basis  of    respective Annual  Action Plan  as  approved  by Central  Empowered  Committee (CEC) of RGSA. There is no fixed target under the scheme. Details of funds released and participants trained under the schemes  are attached as Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.

Annexure-I

Annex refer to in reply to Part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1028 answered on 13/12/2022

## Details of Funds released and cumulative unspents balance available during the last three year (2019-20 to 2021-22) and funds released during 2022-23 (Rs. crore)

|   Sl. No. | State/ UT                 | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | Cumulative Unspent Balance as on 31 st March, 2022   | 2022-23   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.86                                                 | 0.00      |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh            | 0.00      | 22.34     | 38.54     | 38.50                                                | 0.00      |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 39.59     | 0.00      | 30.07     | 22.90                                                | 108.69    |
|         4 | Assam                     | 23.22     | 26.12     | 44.04     | 46.90                                                | 44.34     |
|         5 | Bihar                     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 63.77     | 97.70                                                | 0.00      |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh              | 0.00      | 4.04      | 7.93      | 32.30                                                | 0.00      |
|         7 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli       | 0.00      | 0.00      |           | 2.87                                                 | 0.00      |
|         7 | Daman &Diu                | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |                                                      |           |
|         8 | Goa                       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.59      | 0.50                                                 | 0.00      |
|         9 | Gujarat                   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 25.10                                                | 0.00      |
|        10 | Haryana                   | 0.00      | 9.89      | 0.00      | 17.30                                                | 0.00      |
|        11 | Himachal Pradesh          | 10.00     | 22.10     | 32.42     | 29.40                                                | 60.645    |
|        12 | Jammu& Kashmir            | 6.19      | 25.00     | 40.00     | 44.0                                                 | 0.00      |
|        13 | Jharkhand                 | 0.00      | 2.34      | 7.74      | 27.80                                                | 0.00      |
|        14 | Karnataka                 | 0.00      | 0.44      | 29.15     | 0                                                    | 36        |
|        15 | Kerala                    | 0.00      | 8.13      | 12.00     | 6.80                                                 | 30.40     |
|        16 | Ladakh                    | -         | 2.15      | 1.08      | 2.50                                                 | 0.00      |
|        17 | Lakshdweep                | 0         | 0.00      | 0.00      | 1.50                                                 | 0.00      |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh            | 85.48     | 71.42     | 47.11     | 162.80                                               | 0.00      |
|        19 | Maharashtra               | 8.44      | 66.76     | 73.34     | 66.00                                                | 37.84     |
|        20 | Manipur                   | 4.54      | 3.41      | 2.98      | 5.0                                                  | 0.00      |
|        21 | Meghalaya                 | 2.63      | 3.97      | 0.00      | 8.0                                                  | 0.00      |
|        22 | Mizoram                   | 0.50      | 21.19     | 5.56      | 23.90                                                | 14.27     |
|        23 | Nagaland                  | 3.94      | 3.72      | 4.58      | 5.4                                                  | 0.00      |
|        24 | Odisha                    | 0.00      | 2.94      | 1.33      | 32.70                                                | 11.397    |
|        25 | Puducherry                | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00                                                 | 0.00      |
|        26 | Punjab                    | 0.00      | 13.45     | 10.78     | 15.10                                                | 34.253    |
|        27 | Rajasthan                 | 0.00      | 12.98     | 17.27     | 32.10                                                | 0.00      |

| 28   | Sikkim        |   5.10 |   4.75 |   1.19 |   2.50 |    6.01 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 29   | Tamil Nadu    |   5.3  |  56.88 |  39.89 |  44    |   0     |
| 30   | Telanagana    |   0    |  12    |   0    |   6.9  |   0     |
| 31   | Tripura       |   0    |   2.53 |   4.67 |   5.1  |   0     |
| 32   | Uttar Pradesh | 169.92 |  32.54 |  83.08 |  37.8  |   0     |
| 33   | Uttarakhand   |  23.79 |  26.75 |   0    |  11.2  |  42.48  |
| 34   | West Bengal   |  44.1  |  33.52 |  15.14 |  61.8  |   0     |
|      | Total         | 432.74 | 491.34 | 614.25 | 919.23 | 426.325 |

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (b) &(c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1028 answered on 13/12/2022

## Participants trained since 2018-19 to 2021-22 under RGSA

| Sl. No   | States                   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22   |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |       343 |       509 |         0 | 553       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |    380224 |    600866 |    483233 | 155089    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |      1785 |      9636 |         0 | 18377     |
| 4        | Assam                    |    322528 |    209737 |    114159 | 126731    |
| 5        | Bihar                    |         0 |     30223 |     34871 | 72328     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |    292025 |    129543 |     39843 | 54164     |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   |        42 |        43 |         0 | 813       |
| 8        | Daman and Diu            |        14 |        18 |         0 |           |
| 9        | Goa                      |      1704 |      3089 |         0 | 3249      |
| 10       | Gujarat                  |    543094 |     22159 |         0 | 10455     |
| 11       | Haryana                  |     35293 |         0 |      3334 | 5776      |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh         |      7303 |      3852 |       518 | 26923     |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir           |    102540 |     34256 |     11950 | 261087    |
| 14       | Jharkhand                |     11221 |         0 |         0 | 25260     |
| 15       | Karnataka                |    301375 |    304477 |    296546 | 378586    |
| 16       | Kerala                   |    109057 |    107216 |         0 | 150634    |
| 17       | Ladakh                   |         0 |         0 |         0 | 4898      |
| 18       | lakshadweep              |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh           |    540573 |    480984 |    961367 | 374724    |
| 20       | Maharashtra              |     80703 |    711268 |    116315 | 681610    |
| 21       | Manipur                  |     20204 |       582 |      8338 | 1682      |
| 22       | Meghalaya                |      2600 |     10797 |         0 | 3159      |
| 23       | Mizoram                  |      6510 |      3048 |         0 | 4337      |
| 24       | Nagaland                 |     14999 |      5457 |       600 | 25540     |
| 25       | Odisha                   |     36851 |     65500 |     37784 | 27770     |
| 26       | Puducherry               |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 27       | Punjab                   |     77112 |         0 |     28094 | 45940     |
| 28       | Rajasthan                |    122077 |       570 |         0 | 3164      |
| 29       | Sikkim                   |     15166 |      6910 |     15166 | 5439      |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu               |    391621 |    160399 |    628125 | 138810    |
| 31       | Telangana                |    169078 |     14016 |      1039 | 4927      |
| 32       | Tripura                  |     15910 |     10399 |      6794 | 43138     |
| 33       | Uttarakhand              |     38839 |      2226 |     20335 | 17922     |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            |    251796 |     16648 |     71835 | 116042    |
| 35       | West Bengal              |    412064 |    453766 |    448226 | 421398    |
|          | Total                    |   4304651 |   3398194 |   3328472 | 3210525   |