Lok Sabha Question No. 5360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Devolution of Powers to Panchayati Raj
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5360

ANSWERED ON 05.04.2022

## DEVOLUTION OF POWERS TO PANCHAYATI RAJ

## 5360.   SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps/measures taken for the devolution of 29 powers to the Panchayati Raj under 73rd amendment;
- (b) the number of ST members as Sarpanches, Secretaries, Mukhiyas along with the name lists, Statewise with Male and Female segregated numbers; and
- (c) the details of activities planned and action plans that have been designed for e-gram Swaraj?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a)  As  the  performance  of  the  Panchayats  depends  on  the  extent  of  powers  and  resources devolved  to  them,  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR)  has  intensively  engaged  States  for devolution of powers to the Panchayats. The status of State-wise devolution of 29 Subjects to the Panchayats is furnished in the Annexure .
- (b) Data in this regard, are not maintained centrally.
- (c) To strengthen functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions across the country, MoPR has launched eGramSwaraj (https://egramswaraj.gov.in), a user friendly web-based portal, which aims to bring in better transparency in the decentralised planning, progress reporting, financial management, work-based accounting and details of assets created.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  5360 answered on 05.04.2022 regarding 'Devolution of Powers to Panchayati Raj'.

## Status of State-wise devolution of 29 Subjects to the Panchayats

|   S. No. | States           |   No. of subjects devolved |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                         25 |
|        2 | Assam            |                         21 |
|        3 | Bihar            |                         26 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh     |                         20 |
|        5 | Gujarat          |                         21 |
|        6 | Haryana          |                         29 |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh |                         29 |
|        8 | Jharkhand        |                         18 |
|        9 | Karnataka        |                         29 |
|       10 | Kerala           |                         29 |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh   |                         14 |
|       12 | Maharashtra      |                         29 |
|       13 | Manipur          |                          5 |
|       14 | Odisha           |                         21 |
|       15 | Punjab           |                          9 |
|       16 | Rajasthan        |                         25 |
|       17 | Sikkim           |                         29 |
|       18 | Tamil Nadu       |                         28 |
|       19 | Telangana        |                         14 |
|       20 | Tripura          |                         12 |
|       21 | Uttar Pradesh    |                         26 |
|       22 | Uttrakhand       |                         11 |
|       23 | West Bengal      |                         28 |

(*)State Government of Goa has informed that it has not devolved any subject to Panchayats.

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