Lok Sabha Question No. 1091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Allocation of Funds to schemes of Panchayati Raj Institutions
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Dileshwar Kamait, Jugal Kishore Sharma, S.R. Parthiban, Kanakmal Katara, Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1091

ANSWERED ON 08.02.2022

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO SCHEMES OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS

## †1091. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

SHRI SANJAY SETH:

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

- (a) the details of schemes of Panchayati Raj Institutions started by the Government in the States  during  each  of  the  last  five  years  and  the  progress  made  therein,  State-wise including the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of total funds allocated/released and utilized by the States during the said period, scheme, district and State-wise including the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the said grants were released on time during the said period, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that the plans of Panchayat are completed on time; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  utilize  all  the  funds  for  the  development  of Panchayats?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR) is  implementing  the  (i)  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  of  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  with  the  primary  aim  of strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutes (PRIs) for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's)  with  the  main  thrust  on  convergence  with  Mission  Antyodaya  and  emphasis  on strengthening PRI's in the 117 Aspirational districts since 2018-19 and prior to 2018-19, the Scheme  of  Capacity  Building-Panchayat  Sashktikaran  Abhiyan  (CB-PSA)  for  capacity building and training of elected representatives of PRIs during 2016-17 and 2017-18,  (ii)

Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP), a Central Components of RGSA scheme to encourage competitive spirit among Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) under which, Awards including financial incentives are given to best performing Panchayats in recognition of their good work for  improving  delivery  of  services  and  public  goods,  (iii)  Mission  Mode  Project  on  ePanchayats,  a  Central  component  of  RGSA  scheme  under  which  various  e-governance projects are funded towards digitalisation of Panchayats to bring in efficiency, accountability and transparency in the functioning of the PRIs for overall transformation of PRIs (No funds are released to States under the scheme). All the above schemes are implemented for all the States including the State of Uttar Pradesh.

(b) No prior allocation of funds is made under the schemes of Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Funds are released based on the approved annual action plan to the States and not to their Districts under the schemes of CB-PSA/RGSA and under the scheme of IoP, funds are released to the States for the awardee Panchayats selected under the annually held National Panchayat Award competition. The State-wise funds released under the above schemes including to the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Rajasthan is at Annexure .

(c) The release of grants under the CB-PSA/RGSA Scheme are contingent upon timely receipt and  approval  of  annual  action  plan,  contribution  of  matching  State  share  and  utilization certificates of the previous grants. The release of grants under IoP Scheme is contingent upon timely receipt of utilization certificates of the previous grants. Generally, funds were released on time.

(d) & (e):  In order to give States maximum time for accomplishment of approved activities, the Annual Action Plan (AAP) of the State/ UTs are approved in the beginning of the financial year. The Central Empowered Committee of RGSA while approving the AAP also takes into consideration  the  progress  of  implementation  of  the  scheme  in  the  respective  States/  UTs. Further, the implementation of the scheme in the States including utilisation of funds is closely monitored  with  the  States  through  meetings,  video-conferences  field  visit  by  Officers  etc. States/ UTs are persistently requested for submitting the requisite documents viz. Utilization Certificate,  Auditor's  Report  etc  and  compliance  of  Ministry  of  Finance  instruction  for regulating release of funds. In addition to this, an online monitoring and reporting system (MIS) for  RGSA  has  been  developed  and  operationlised.  Transaction  based  PFMS  has  been introduced for release and tracking of funds under RGSA.

Annexure

Annexure referred to in part (b) of the Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.  1091  answered  on  08.02.2022  Regarding  Allocation  of  Funds  to Schemes of Panchayati Raj Institutions

## State/UT-wise Funds released under CB-PSA/RGSA schemes during the last five years

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. No. | State                    |   Amount Released (Rs. in Cr.) | Unspent Balance as on 31 st March 2021   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                         262.99 | 37.229                                   |
|         2 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                           7.09 | 2.86                                     |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                          76.96 | 21.03                                    |
|         4 | Assam                    |                         165.22 | 17.55                                    |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                           4.25 | 13.47                                    |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh             |                          87.11 | 2.995                                    |
|         7 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                           0    |                                          |
|         8 | Daman &Diu               |                           0    | 3.12                                     |
|         9 | Goa                      |                           1.59 | 0.05                                     |
|        10 | Gujarat                  |                          38.8  | 21.92                                    |
|        11 | Haryana                  |                          50.76 | 21.84                                    |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh         |                          56.25 | 6.424                                    |
|        13 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                          74.89 | 8.19                                     |
|        14 | Jharkhand                |                          56.6  | 9.68                                     |
|        15 | Karnataka                |                          47.72 | 0                                        |
|        16 | Kerala                   |                           0    | 2.02                                     |
|        17 | Lakshadweep              |                         305.39 | 0                                        |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh           |                         152.44 | 2.34                                     |
|        19 | Maharashtra              |                          33.54 | 46.88                                    |
|        20 | Manipur                  |                          11.04 | 0.001                                    |
|        21 | Meghalaya                |                          50.89 | 7.81                                     |
|        22 | Mizoram                  |                          15.55 | 0.88                                     |
|        23 | Nagaland                 |                          60.9  | 0.82                                     |
|        24 | Odisha                   |                          62.39 | 5.29                                     |
|        25 | Punjab                   |                          74.54 | 0                                        |
|        26 | Rajasthan                |                          22.61 | 7.34                                     |
|        27 | Sikkim                   |                         183.93 | 6.198                                    |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu               |                          72.22 | 10.355                                   |
|        29 | Telangana                |                          14.81 | 17.66                                    |
|        30 | Tripura                  |                         383.54 | 1.20                                     |
|        31 | Uttar Pradesh            |                         104.62 | 2.89                                     |
|        32 | Uttarakhand              |                         202.86 | 3.13                                     |
|        33 | West Bengal              |                           2.15 | 1.48                                     |
|        34 | Ladakh                   |                           0    | 0.38                                     |
|        35 | Puducherry               |                         262.99 | 0                                        |

State/UT-wise Funds  released  under  Incentivisation of  Panchayats during the last five Years

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs              |   Amount Released (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                             0.23 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                            11.39 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                             1.2  |
|         4 | Assam                    |                             6.95 |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                             3.44 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh             |                             7.26 |
|         7 | Dadra &Nagar haveli      |                             0.7  |
|         8 | Daman &Diu               |                             0.35 |
|         9 | Goa                      |                             0    |
|        10 | Gujarat                  |                             8.3  |
|        11 | Haryana                  |                             6.69 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh         |                             5.22 |
|        13 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                             0.73 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                |                             5.19 |
|        15 | Karnataka                |                             6.38 |
|        16 | Kerala                   |                             6.65 |
|        17 | Ladakh                   |                             0    |
|        18 | Lakshadweep              |                             0.05 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh           |                             9.93 |
|        20 | Maharashtra              |                             9.23 |
|        21 | Manipur                  |                             2.86 |
|        22 | Meghalaya                |                             0.05 |
|        23 | Mizoram                  |                             0    |
|        24 | Nagaland                 |                             0.26 |
|        25 | Odisha                   |                             7.16 |
|        26 | Punjab                   |                             8.01 |
|        27 | Rajasthan                |                             7.79 |
|        28 | Sikkim                   |                             4.08 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu               |                             8.9  |
|        30 | Telangana                |                             7.23 |
|        31 | Tripura                  |                             5.37 |
|        32 | Uttarakhand              |                             7.03 |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh            |                            22.4  |
|        34 | West Bengal              |                             9    |