Lok Sabha Question No. 4580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Gram Panchayats Digitally connected for Public Service
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4580 ANSWERED ON 28.03.2023

## GRAM PANCHAYATS DIGITALLY CONNECTED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

## 4580.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

- (a) the details and the number of Gram Panchayats that have been digitally connected for better public service during the last three years and the current year 2022-23, State-wise including West Bengal; and
- (b) the corrective measuers taken by the Government in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) Under  Digital  India  Programme,  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  is  implementing  ePanchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), in all the States/ UTs of the country. The aim is to revamp the functioning of Panchayats and to make them more transparent, accountable and effective.  Ministry  has  launched  eGramSwaraj,  an  accounting  application  to  simplify Panchayat  work  like  planning,  accounting  and  budgeting.  Ministry  has  also  integrated eGramSwaraj with Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for Gram Panchayats (GPs) to  make  real  time  payments  to  vendors/service  providers.  The  progress  made  by  States, including West Bengal, under eGramSwaraj in for the year 2022-23 is given at Annexure.

Furthermore, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is implementing the BharatNet project to provide broadband connectivity to all GPs in the country. Phase-I of the project to connect one lakh GPs has been completed in December, 2017. Under Phase- 1 of BharatNet out of 1.23 lakh GPs approximately 1.22 lakhs of GPs were made Service Ready. Implementation  of  Phase-II  to  connect  remaining  GPs  is  in  progress.  Under  Phase  -2  of BharatNet out of 1.44 lakh allotted GPs more than 71,000 GPs have been made Service Ready.

- (b) All States are making efforts at State level to implement e-Panchayat MMP, based on their  available  resources.  However,  due  to  differentials  in  the  level  of  preparedness  of Panchayats across the country, States are at different stages of implementing these applications. Besides, some States also have their own State-specific applications for similar purpose.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part  (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4580 answered on 28.03.2023 regarding 'Gram

Panchayats Digitally Connected for Public Service'.

## Adoption of eGramSwaraj at Panchayat level during FY 2022-23

|   S. No | State Name        |   Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent |   Village Panchayat onboard |   Village Panchayats & Equivalent with Online Payment |   Total Number of Block Panchayats |   Block Panchayat onboard |   Block Panchayats with Online Payment |   Total Number of Zila Panchayats |   Zila Panchayat onboard |   Zila Panchayats with Online Payment |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                                             13371 |                        8845 |                                                     2 |                                660 |                       603 |                                      0 |                                13 |                       13 |                                    10 |
|       2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                              2114 |                        2088 |                                                  1120 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                25 |                       25 |                                    20 |
|       3 | ASSAM             |                                              2663 |                        2197 |                                                  2180 |                                191 |                       191 |                                    191 |                                30 |                       26 |                                    26 |
|       4 | BIHAR             |                                              8176 |                        8175 |                                                  7920 |                                534 |                       534 |                                    531 |                                38 |                       38 |                                    36 |
|       5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                                             11659 |                       11658 |                                                 11537 |                                146 |                       146 |                                    146 |                                27 |                       27 |                                    27 |
|       6 | GOA               |                                               191 |                         191 |                                                   131 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                 2 |                        1 |                                     1 |
|       7 | GUJARAT           |                                             14400 |                       14236 |                                                 13334 |                                248 |                       248 |                                    248 |                                33 |                       33 |                                    33 |
|       8 | HARYANA           |                                              6230 |                        5976 |                                                  3605 |                                142 |                       140 |                                     84 |                                22 |                       22 |                                    17 |
|       9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                              3615 |                        3611 |                                                  3557 |                                 81 |                        81 |                                     80 |                                12 |                       12 |                                    12 |
|      10 | JHARKHAND         |                                              4345 |                        4342 |                                                  4337 |                                264 |                       264 |                                    263 |                                24 |                       24 |                                    24 |
|      11 | KARNATAKA         |                                              5958 |                        5958 |                                                  5938 |                                233 |                       232 |                                    226 |                                31 |                       31 |                                    31 |
|      12 | KERALA            |                                               941 |                         941 |                                                   940 |                                152 |                       152 |                                    152 |                                14 |                       14 |                                    14 |
|      13 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                                             23032 |                       22970 |                                                 21419 |                                313 |                       313 |                                    303 |                                52 |                       52 |                                    51 |
|      14 | MAHARASHTRA       |                                             27896 |                       27713 |                                                 25942 |                                351 |                       351 |                                    351 |                                34 |                       34 |                                    34 |
|      15 | MANIPUR           |                                              3812 |                         161 |                                                   160 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                12 |                        6 |                                     6 |

| S. No   | State Name    |   Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent |   Village Panchayat onboard |   Village Panchayats & Equivalent with Online Payment |   Total Number of Block Panchayats |   Block Panchayat onboard |   Block Panchayats with Online Payment |   Total Number of Zila Panchayats |   Zila Panchayat onboard |   Zila Panchayats with Online Payment |
|---------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 16      | MEGHALAYA     |                                              6760 |                           0 |                                                     0 |                               2240 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                 3 |                        3 |                                     0 |
| 17      | MIZORAM       |                                               834 |                         834 |                                                   764 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                 0 |                        0 |                                     0 |
| 18      | NAGALAND      |                                              1293 |                           5 |                                                     0 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                 0 |                        0 |                                     0 |
| 19      | ODISHA        |                                              6798 |                        6798 |                                                  6764 |                                314 |                       314 |                                    314 |                                30 |                       30 |                                    30 |
| 20      | PUNJAB        |                                             13241 |                       13162 |                                                  9629 |                                152 |                       151 |                                    131 |                                22 |                       22 |                                    21 |
| 21      | RAJASTHAN     |                                             11342 |                       11314 |                                                 11241 |                                352 |                       352 |                                    350 |                                33 |                       33 |                                    33 |
| 22      | SIKKIM        |                                               198 |                         181 |                                                   175 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                 6 |                        4 |                                     4 |
| 23      | TAMILNADU     |                                             12525 |                       12480 |                                                 11788 |                                388 |                       388 |                                    386 |                                36 |                       36 |                                    36 |
| 24      | TELANGANA     |                                             12769 |                       12745 |                                                 12468 |                                540 |                       539 |                                    500 |                                32 |                       32 |                                    32 |
| 25      | TRIPURA       |                                              1178 |                        1178 |                                                  1151 |                                 75 |                        75 |                                     75 |                                 9 |                        9 |                                     8 |
| 26      | UTTARAKHAND   |                                              7812 |                        7789 |                                                  7686 |                                 95 |                        95 |                                     92 |                                13 |                       13 |                                    13 |
| 27      | UTTAR PRADESH |                                             58842 |                       58812 |                                                 58138 |                                827 |                       826 |                                    822 |                                75 |                       75 |                                    75 |
| 28      | WEST BENGAL   |                                              3340 |                        3229 |                                                  3222 |                                344 |                       334 |                                    334 |                                22 |                       21 |                                    21 |
| Total   | Total         |                                            265335 |                      247589 |                                                225148 |                               8642 |                      6329 |                                   5579 |                               650 |                      636 |                                   615 |