Lok Sabha Question No. 392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 392

ANSWERED ON 19/07/2022

## RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAN

## 392.  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  proposed/extended  the  continuation  of  Rashtriya  Gram Swaraj Abhiyan(RGSA) beyond 2022 to 2026;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of beneficiaries, financial and physical progress made under the RGSA so far, component and State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  evaluation  of  the  RGSA  and  major  impact  of Abhiyan, if so, the details thereof, and
- (e) the details of the other steps being taken by the Government for effective implementation of the RGSA; and
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  strengthening  the  Panchayati  Raj institutions for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir. Government has approved the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  as  Revamped  RGSA  on  13.04.2022  for  implementation  from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2026 at a total cost of Rs.5911 crore including Central Share of Rs.3700 crore and State share of Rs.2211 crore. Every five years a majority of the newly Elected Representatives (ERs) elected as fresh entrants across the country. Hence, they need to be adequately capacitated along with other stakeholders of PRIs, which necessitated the continuation of the scheme.

(c) Under the RGSA scheme being implemented since 2018-19 to 2021-22, funds had been released  to  the States/  Union  Territories  for  different  activities  meant  for  strengthening  of Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  viz  Capacity  Building  &  Training  of  Elected  Representatives, Panchayat Functionaries and other stakeholders of Panchayats  and Construction of Panchayat Bhawan, computers & peripherals on limited scale.  Details of funds released under the scheme State-wise  and  Year-wise  and  participants  trained  so  far  are  attached  as Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(d) Third Party Evaluation of scheme had been done. The report of evaluation had appreciated the interventions made through the scheme of RGSA for enhancing the capabilities of Panchayats for  good  governance  and  attainment  of  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs)  through participatory  local  planning  and  recommended  for  further  continuation.  The  recommendation contained  in  evaluation  report  suitably  incorporated  in  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of Revamped RGSA approved on 13.04.2022 for implementation from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2026.

(e) For effective implementation of the scheme, utilisation of funds was closely monitored with the States through meetings, video-conferences etc. For release of funds to the States, the status of utilization of funds released earlier was also taken into account. In addition to this, an online monitoring and reporting system (MIS) for RGSA had been developed and operationlised. Transaction based PFMS has been introduced for release and tracking of funds under RGSA.

(f) Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  has  been  implementing  Rashtriya  Gram  Swaraj  Abhiyan (RGSA) scheme which mandates to capacitate elected representatives and functionaries to deliver on  Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs)  through  participatory  local  planning  at  the  Gram Panchayat level. Ministry has adopted thematic approach for the Localization of SDGs with nine themes integrating all 17 SDGs as per the recommendations of the Expert Group constituted by the  Ministry.  In  furtherance  to  this,  inter-ministerial  consultations  with  the  Nodal  Ministries, regional  workshops with States and consultative  meeting with UN  Agencies had been held to reinforce the collaborative endeavour for localizing SDGs through PRIs. Ministry is continuously working with the States and other stakeholders to take forward the LSDG at grossroot level.

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## Annex refer to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 392 answered on 19/7/2022

## State/UT-wise Funds Released under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)

(Rs. in crore.)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                 | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands  | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            | 67.69     | 0         | 22.339    | 38.542    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 33.19     | 39.59     | 0         | 30.06732  |
| 4         | Assam                     | 39.21     | 23.22     | 26.1159   | 44.041    |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 4.25      | 0         | 0         | 63.768    |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh              | 7.24      | 0         | 4.0395    | 7.929     |
| 7         | Dadar &Nagar Haveli       | 0         | 0         | 0         |           |
| 8         | Daman &Diu                | 0         | 0         |           | 0         |
| 9         | Goa                       | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0.59495   |
| 10        | Gujarat                   | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 11        | Haryana                   | 6.99      | 0         | 9.89      | 0         |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh          | 17.26     | 10        | 22.098    | 32.42     |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir            | 25.06     | 6.19      | 25        | 40        |
| 14        | Jharkhand                 | 4.49      | 0         | 2.34      | 7.742     |
| 15        | Karnataka                 | 0         | 0         | 0.439     | 29.1495   |
| 16        | Kerala                    | 7.68      | 0         | 8.129     | 12        |
| 17        | Ladakh                    | -         | -         | 2.1485    | 1.0801    |
| 18        | Lakshdweep                | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh            | 62.79     | 85.48     | 71.42     | 47.1075   |
| 20        | Maharashtra               | 11.54     | 8.44      | 66.76     | 73.3435   |
| 21        | Manipur                   | 9.25      | 4.54      | 3.4127    | 2.979     |
| 22        | Meghalaya                 | 4.44      | 2.63      | 3.967     | 0         |
| 23        | Mizoram                   | 9.85      | 0.503     | 21.185    | 5.556     |
| 24        | Nagaland                  | 7.89      | 3.94      | 3.7217    | 4.5846    |
| 25        | Odisha                    | 0         | 0         | 2.937     | 1.326     |
| 26        | Puducherry                | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 27        | Punjab                    | 29.68     | 0         | 13.45     | 10.78     |
| 28        | Rajasthan                 | 25.57     | 0         | 12.981    | 17.274    |
| 29        | Sikkim                    | 5.08      | 5.095     | 4.7475    | 1.19      |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                | 57.6      | 5.3       | 56.875    | 39.8922   |
| 31        | Telanagana                | 0         | 0         | 12        | 0         |
| 32        | Tripura                   | 2.77      | 0         | 2.5304    | 4.6657    |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh             | 57.14     | 169.92    | 32.5407   | 83.08     |
| 34        | Uttarakhand               | 33.05     | 23.79     | 26.751    | 0         |
| 35        | West Bengal               | 54.94     | 44.1      | 33.52     | 15.14     |
|           | Sub Total                 | 584.65    | 432.74    | 491.3385  | 614.2524  |
|           | Other Implementing Agency | 13.62     | 0.16      | 8.5902    | 3.7465882 |
|           | Total                     | 598.27    | 432.90    | 499.93    | 617.9999  |

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 392 answered on 19/7/2022

## Participants trained since 2018-19 to 2021-22 under RGSA (as on 31/03/2022)

| 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 | 0         |
| 4        | Assam                    |    322528 |    209737 |    114159 | 113700    |
| 5        | Bihar                    |         0 |     30223 |     34871 | 24352     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |    292025 |    129543 |     39843 | 42115     |
| 7        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   |        42 |        43 |         0 | 223       |
| 8        | Daman and Diu            |        14 |        18 |         0 |           |
| 9        | Goa                      |      1704 |      3089 |         0 | 3249      |
| 10       | Gujarat                  |    543094 |     22159 |         0 | 10455     |
| 11       | Haryana                  |     35293 |         0 |      3334 | 4490      |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh         |      7303 |      3852 |       518 | 18387     |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir           |    102540 |     34256 |     11950 | 80000     |
| 14       | Jharkhand                |     11221 |         0 |         0 | 25260     |
| 15       | Karnataka                |    301375 |    304477 |    296546 | 246328    |
| 16       | Kerala                   |    109057 |    107216 |         0 | 140390    |
| 17       | Ladakh                   |         0 |         0 |         0 | 4898      |
| 18       | lakshadweep              |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh           |    540573 |    480984 |    961367 | 334724    |
| 20       | Maharashtra              |     80703 |    711268 |    116315 | 632686    |
| 21       | Manipur                  |     20204 |       582 |      8338 | 232       |
| 22       | Meghalaya                |      2600 |     10797 |         0 | 1173      |
| 23       | Mizoram                  |      6510 |      3048 |         0 | 58        |
| 24       | Nagaland                 |     14999 |      5457 |       600 | 25540     |
| 25       | Odisha                   |     36851 |     65500 |     37784 | 27077     |
| 26       | Puducherry               |         0 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 27       | Punjab                   |     77112 |         0 |     28094 | 45940     |
| 28       | Rajasthan                |    122077 |       570 |         0 | 3164      |
| 29       | Sikkim                   |     15166 |      6910 |     15166 | 335       |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu               |    391621 |    160399 |    628125 | 130329    |
| 31       | Telangana                |    169078 |     14016 |      1039 | 3889      |
| 32       | Tripura                  |     15910 |     10399 |      6794 | 6708      |
| 33       | Uttarakhand              |     38839 |      2226 |     20335 | 140       |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh            |    251796 |     16648 |     71835 | 116042    |
| 35       | West Bengal              |    412064 |    453766 |    448226 | 378110    |
|          | Total                    |   4304651 |   3398194 |   3328472 | 2575636   |