Lok Sabha Question No. 5341 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Facilities for Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5341 ANSWERED ON 05.04.2022

## FACILITIES FOR GRAM PANCHAYATS

## †5341. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of villages and Gram Panchayats, State-wise including West Bengal;
- (b) the number of Gram Panchayats which have their own pucca office;
- (c) the number of Gram Panchayats offices functioning in rented or kutcha offices/building;
- (d) whether the Government has any scheme to provide pucca building, electricity, water and state-of-the-art facilities to all the Gram Panchayats; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) to  (c)  As  per  information  there  are  662223  villages  in  the  country  including  West Bengal. Further, out of 271179 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) across the country, 50917 are not having their own building. State-wise details are enclosed as Annexure.

(d) & (e) 'Panchayat' being State subject, providing infrastructural facilities such as Panchayat Building, electricity, computers etc are primarily the responsibility of the States. However, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) supplements the efforts of the States, through its schemes and programmes.

Support for infrastructural facilities of computers & peripherals, electricity connections, water etc. in GPs is provided under various schemes/programmes of MoPR viz. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), Central Finance Commission grants etc. Financial support on a limited scale for construction of GP Bhawans is provided to States under RGSA Scheme.  Since 2018-19, approximately 9273  GP  Bhawans  have  been  approved  for construction.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5341 answered on 05/04/2022

## Number of Gram Panchayats without own Building

| Sl. No   | State                              |   GPs without own building |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                         11 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                       2209 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                       1411 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                        630 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                       6711 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       |                        105 |
| 7        | Goa                                |                          4 |
| 8        | Gujarat                            |                         76 |
| 9        | Haryana                            |                       3059 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                        398 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                       1388 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                          |                        121 |
| 13       | Karnataka                          |                        414 |
| 14       | Kerala                             |                          1 |
| 15       | Ladakh                             |                          9 |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                        |                          5 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                        445 |
| 18       | Maharashtra                        |                       4007 |
| 19       | Manipur                            |                       3657 |
| 20       | Meghalaya                          |                       3602 |
| 21       | Mizoram                            |                        407 |
| 22       | Nagaland                           |                        625 |
| 23       | Odisha                             |                          0 |
| 24       | Puducherry                         |                         31 |
| 25       | Punjab                             |                       5176 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          |                       1606 |
| 27       | Sikkim                             |                          9 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         |                       1331 |
| 29       | Telangana                          |                       7986 |
| 30       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                         13 |
| 31       | Tripura                            |                         87 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                       4179 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                       1181 |
| 34       | West Bengal                        |                         23 |
|          | Total                              |                      50917 |