Lok Sabha Question No. 316 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Implementation of e-Bill System
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *316

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 8th AUGUST, 2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF e-BILL SYSTEM

- *316.  DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented e-Bill system in all its Ministries and Departments so as to ensure transparency, efficiency and promptness in procurement and transaction operations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is placed on the Table of the House.

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  LOK  SABHA  Starred  Question  No.  316  for answer  on  8 th August,  2022  raised  by  Dr.  Arvind  Kumar  Sharma  regarding, 'Implementation of e-Bill System'.

- (a)  The e-Bill system is under implementation on Pilot basis in Ministries and Departments.
- (b)  The e-Bill system was launched on Pilot basis on 2nd March, 2022 in 9 Pay & Accounts Offices of 8 Ministries/Departments. At present it is being implemented on pilot basis in 126 Pay & Accounts Offices (PAOs) of 47 Ministries/Departments as per list enclosed (Annexure-A).
- (c)  The e-Bill system is being implemented in a phased manner.

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## ANNEXURE-A

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/Departments                                                                                           |   Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name | Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name      |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|         1 | Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (3)                                                              |                                  1 | PAO(Sectt)-I, Delhi                   |
|         1 | Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (3)                                                              |                                  2 | PAO(Sectt)-II, Delhi                  |
|         1 | Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (3)                                                              |                                  3 | PAO, Kolkata                          |
|         2 | Department of Fisheries (1) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (3)                                    |                                  4 | PAO(Sectt)-II, Delhi                  |
|         2 | Department of Fisheries (1) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (3)                                    |                                  5 | PAO(Sectt)-I, Delhi                   |
|         2 | Department of Fisheries (1) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (3)                                    |                                  6 | PAO(PPM), Faridabad                   |
|         2 | Department of Fisheries (1) Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (3)                                    |                                  7 | PAO(F&AHD), Kolkata                   |
|         3 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (1) Department of Fertilisers (1) Department of Pharmaceuticals (1) |                                  8 | Pr.A.O. (Fert-I), Delhi               |
|         3 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (1) Department of Fertilisers (1) Department of Pharmaceuticals (1) |                                  9 | PAO, D/o Pharmaceuticals, Delhi       |
|         3 | Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (1) Department of Fertilisers (1) Department of Pharmaceuticals (1) |                                 10 | Pr.A.O.-Cum-PAO, Delhi                |
|         4 | Ministry of Civil Aviation (3)                                                                                 |                                 11 | PAO(Sectt), Delhi                     |
|         4 | Ministry of Civil Aviation (3)                                                                                 |                                 12 | PAO(DGCA & Safdarjung Airport), Delhi |
|         4 | Ministry of Civil Aviation (3)                                                                                 |                                 13 | PAO(CAD), Kolkata                     |
|         5 | Ministry of Tourism (1)                                                                                        |                                 14 | PAO(Tourism), Delhi                   |
|         6 | Ministry of Coal (1)                                                                                           |                                 15 | PAO(Coal), Delhi                      |
|         7 | Ministry of Textiles (1)                                                                                       |                                 16 | PAO(Textile), Delhi                   |
|         8 | Department of Commerce (4)                                                                                     |                                 17 | CPAO(Commerce), Delhi                 |
|         8 | Department of Commerce (4)                                                                                     |                                 18 | RPAO(Commerce), Kolkata               |
|         8 | Department of Commerce (4)                                                                                     |                                 19 | PAO(Supply), Delhi                    |
|         8 | Department of Commerce (4)                                                                                     |                                 20 | PAO(Supply), Kolkata                  |
|         9 | Department of Consumer Affairs (2) Department of Food and Public Distribution (2)                              |                                 21 | PAO(CA), Delhi                        |
|         9 | Department of Consumer Affairs (2) Department of Food and Public Distribution (2)                              |                                 22 | PAO(Food), Delhi                      |
|         9 | Department of Consumer Affairs (2) Department of Food and Public Distribution (2)                              |                                 23 | PAO(Food), Kolkata                    |
|         9 | Department of Consumer Affairs (2) Department of Food and Public Distribution (2)                              |                                 24 | PAO(CA), Kolkata                      |
|        10 | Ministry of Cooperation (1)                                                                                    |                                 25 | PAO(Sectt)-I, Delhi                   |
|        11 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2)                                                                              |                                 26 | PAO, Corporate Affairs, Delhi         |
|        11 | Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2)                                                                              |                                 27 | PAO (Corporate Affairs), Kolkata      |
|        12 | Ministry of Culture (2)                                                                                        |                                 28 | PAO-Culture, Delhi                    |
|        12 | Ministry of Culture (2)                                                                                        |                                 29 | PAO(ASI), Delhi                       |
|        13 | Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (1)                                                            |                                 30 | PAO(NEC), Shillong                    |
|        14 | Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (1)                                                                |                                 31 | PAO(Drinking Water), Delhi            |
|        15 | Ministry of Earth Sciences (2)                                                                                 |                                 32 | PAO(IMD), Kolkata                     |
|        15 | Ministry of Earth Sciences (2)                                                                                 |                                 33 | PAO(Ocean Development), Delhi         |

| Sl. No.   | Ministry/Departments                                    |   Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name | Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name                |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 16        | Department of School Education and Literacy (1)         |                                 34 | PAO(D/o Elementary Education & Literacy), Delhi |
| 17        | Department of Higher Education (1)                      |                                 35 | PAO (Secondary Education), Delhi                |
| 18        | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (1)  |                                 36 | Pr.AO-Cum-PAO (DIT), Delhi                      |
| 19        | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (2) |                                 37 | PAO(Environment), Delhi                         |
| 19        | Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (2) |                                 38 | PAO(BSI/ZSI), Kolkata                           |
| 20        | Department of Economic Affairs (3)                      |                                 39 | PAO(Sectt), Delhi                               |
| 20        | Department of Economic Affairs (3)                      |                                 40 | PAO(Mint), Noida                                |
| 20        | Department of Economic Affairs (3)                      |                                 41 | PAO(IGM), Kolkata                               |
| 21        | Department of Expenditure (5)                           |                                 42 | PAO-CGA, Delhi                                  |
| 21        | Department of Expenditure (5)                           |                                 43 | PAO-PFMS, Delhi                                 |
| 21        | Department of Expenditure (5)                           |                                 44 | PAO(DE), Delhi                                  |
| 21        | Department of Expenditure (5)                           |                                 45 | PAO, INGAF, Delhi                               |
| 21        | Department of Expenditure (5)                           |                                 46 | CPAO, Delhi                                     |
| 22        | Department of Financial Services (1)                    |                                 47 | PAO(Disinvestment), Delhi                       |
| 23        | Department of Public Enterprises (1)                    |                                 48 | PAO, Public Enterprises, New Delhi              |
| 24        | Department of Revenue (20)                              |                                 49 | PAO(Hqr), CBIC, Delhi                           |
|           |                                                         |                                 50 | PAO(Customs), Amritsar                          |
|           |                                                         |                                 51 | PAO(Excise), Chandigarh                         |
|           |                                                         |                                 52 | PAO(Excise), Jaipur                             |
|           |                                                         |                                 53 | PAO(Excise-I), Kolkata                          |
|           |                                                         |                                 54 | PAO(Excise), Kolkata                            |
|           |                                                         |                                 55 | PAO(Excise), Kolkata                            |
|           |                                                         |                                 56 | PAO(Customs), Kolkata                           |
|           |                                                         |                                 57 | ZAO(CBDT), Delhi                                |
|           |                                                         |                                 58 | ZAO, CBDT, Bareily                              |
|           |                                                         |                                 59 | ZAO, CBDT, Ludhiana                             |
|           |                                                         |                                 60 | ZAO, CBDT, Chandigarh                           |
|           |                                                         |                                 61 | ZAO, CBDT, Panchkula                            |
|           |                                                         |                                 62 | ZAO, CBDT, Udaipur                              |
|           |                                                         |                                 63 | ZAO, CBDT, Jodhpur                              |
|           |                                                         |                                 64 | ZAO, CBDT, Jaipur                               |
|           |                                                         |                                 65 | ZAO, CBDT, Amritsar                             |
|           |                                                         |                                 66 | ZAO, CBDT, Meerut                               |
|           |                                                         |                                 67 | ZAO, (CBDT) Shillong                            |
|           |                                                         |                                 68 | ZAO(CBDT), Kolkata                              |

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/Departments                                        |   Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name | Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        25 | Ministry of Food Processing Industries (1)                  |                                 69 | Pr.AO-Cum-PAO, FPI, Delhi          |
|        26 | Department of Health and Family Welfare (5)                 |                                 70 | PAO(NICD), Delhi                   |
|        26 | Department of Health and Family Welfare (5)                 |                                 71 | PAO(LHMC), Delhi                   |
|        26 | Department of Health and Family Welfare (5)                 |                                 72 | PAO(Sectt), Delhi                  |
|        26 | Department of Health and Family Welfare (5)                 |                                 73 | PAO(RML), Delhi                    |
|        26 | Department of Health and Family Welfare (5)                 |                                 74 | PAO(H&FW), Kolkata                 |
|        27 | Ministry of Home Affairs (3)                                |                                 75 | PAO-Census, Delhi                  |
|        27 | Ministry of Home Affairs (3)                                |                                 76 | PAO(DCPW), Delhi                   |
|        27 | Ministry of Home Affairs (3)                                |                                 77 | PAO(Assam Rifle), Shillong         |
|        28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (5)                   |                                 78 | PAO(Printing), Delhi               |
|        28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (5)                   |                                 79 | PAO(DGW), Delhi                    |
|        28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (5)                   |                                 80 | PAO (Printing), Kolkata            |
|        28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (5)                   |                                 81 | PAO(EZ), CPWD, Kolkata             |
|        28 | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (5)                   |                                 82 | PAO(NEZ), CPWD, Kolkata            |
|        29 | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (4) |                                 83 | PAO(Salt), Jaipur                  |
|        29 | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (4) |                                 84 | PAO(Heavy Industry), Delhi         |
|        29 | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (4) |                                 85 | PAO(SSI), Kolkata                  |
|        29 | Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (4) |                                 86 | PAO(SSI), Delhi                    |
|        30 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (4)                |                                 87 | PAO(Main Sectt), Delhi             |
|        30 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (4)                |                                 88 | PAO(AIR), Kolkata                  |
|        30 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (4)                |                                 89 | PAO(Doordarshan), Kolkata          |
|        30 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (4)                |                                 90 | PAO(Doordarshan), Guwahati         |
|        31 | Ministry of Jal Shakti (2)                                  |                                 91 | PAO(Hqr), Delhi                    |
|        31 | Ministry of Jal Shakti (2)                                  |                                 92 | PAO(CGWB), Faridabad               |
|        32 | Ministry of Labour and Employment (2)                       |                                 93 | PAO(CLC), Delhi                    |
|        32 | Ministry of Labour and Employment (2)                       |                                 94 | PAO(Main Sectt), Delhi             |
|        33 | Law and Justice (1)                                         |                                 95 | PAO(Legal Affairs), Delhi          |
|        34 | Ministry of Mines (4)                                       |                                 96 | PAO(Mines), Delhi                  |
|        34 | Ministry of Mines (4)                                       |                                 97 | PAO(GSI), Jaipur                   |
|        34 | Ministry of Mines (4)                                       |                                 98 | PAO(GSI), Kolkata                  |
|        34 | Ministry of Mines (4)                                       |                                 99 | PAO(GSI), Shillong                 |
|        35 | Ministry of Minority Affairs (1)                            |                                100 | PAO(Minority), Delhi               |
|        36 | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (1)                    |                                101 | Pr.AO-Cum-PAO, MNRE, Delhi         |
|        37 | Ministry of Panchayati Raj (1)                              |                                102 | PAO, Panchayti Raj, Delhi          |
|        38 | Ministry of Planning (1) Ministry of Statistics and         |                                103 | PAO(Planning), Delhi               |
|        38 | Ministry of Planning (1) Ministry of Statistics and         |                                104 | PAO(Statistics), Kolkata           |

|         | Programme Implementation (1)                           |                                  |                                    |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 39      | Ministry of Power (2)                                  | 105                              | PAO(CEA) New Delhi                 |
| 39      | Ministry of Power (2)                                  | 106                              | PAO(Sectt), Delhi                  |
| Sl. No. | Ministry/Departments                                   | Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name | Pay & Accounts Office (PAO) Name   |
| 40      | Department of Rural Development (2)                    | 107                              | PAO, Land Resources, Delhi         |
| 40      | Department of Rural Development (2)                    | 108                              | Pr.A.O.-Cum-PAO (Sectt), Delhi     |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 109                              | PAO-DST, Delhi                     |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 110                              | PAO(DSIR), Delhi                   |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 111                              | PAO(Bio-Technology), Delhi         |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 112                              | RPAO(Survey of India), Dehradun    |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 113                              | RPAO(Survey of India), Jaipur      |
| 41      | Department of Science and Technology (6)               | 114                              | RPAO(SI), Kolkata                  |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 115                              | PAO(Sectt), Delhi                  |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 116                              | PAO(NH), Kolkata                   |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 117                              | RPAO(NH), Guwahati                 |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 118                              | PAO(Shipping), Delhi               |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 119                              | Pr.A.O.-Cum-PAO, Delhi             |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 120                              | PAO(LHLS), Noida                   |
| 42      | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (7)          | 121                              | PAO(Shipping), Kolkata             |
| 43      | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (1) | 122                              | Pr.A.O.-Cum-PAO, Delhi             |
| 44      | Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (1)       | 123                              | PAO(M/o SJE), Delhi                |
| 45      | Ministry of Steel (1)                                  | 124                              | PAO-Steel, Delhi                   |
| 46      | Ministry of Women and Child Development (1)            | 125                              | PAO(WCD), Kolkata                  |
| 47      | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (1)               | 126                              | PAO(Youth Affairs & Sports), Delhi |