Lok Sabha Question No. 2611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi, Mohammad Jawed, Adoor Prakash, A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2611 ANSWERED ON 02.08.2022

## E-PANCHAYAT MISSION MODE PROJECT

## 2611.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI: DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED: ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH: DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

- (a) the  number  and  percentage  of  Panchayat  offices  that  have  a  computer  and  internet connection, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the steps taken by the Government to digitise Panchayat institutions and offices;
- (c) the  annual  budget  allocation  and  final  expenditure  on  E-Panchayat  Mission  Mode Project during the last ten years and the current year; and
- (d) the outcome status of the E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) Panchayat being State subject,  providing  computers  for  Panchayats  is  primarily  the responsibility  of  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs).  However,  Ministry,  under  the  scheme  of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)supplemented the efforts of all States by providing computers for Panchayats as proposed by States/UTs in their Annual Action Plan and approved by Central Empowered Committee, on a limited scale. For attaining the vision of Digital India, BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications in a phased manner to create network to connect all the Gram Panchayats by broadband in the country. The scope of BharatNet on 30.06.2021 has been extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country. The State/UT-wise details of Gram panchayats having computers and internet connection is given at Annexure-I .

(b)  Under  Digital  India  Programme,  Ministry  is  implementing  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode Project (MMP) with the aim to transform the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), making them more transparent, accountable, and effective. The Ministry launched eGramSwaraj, a work-based Accounting Application for Panchayati Raj Institutions under the e-Panchayat MMP on 24th April 2020. This application encompasses all aspects of Panchayat functioning  viz.  planning,  budgeting,  accounting,  monitoring,  asset  management  etc.,  on  a single digital platform including online payments.

(c) Under  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode  Project  funds  are  being  provided  to  National Informatics  Center  Services  Inc.  (NICSI)  for  central  level  support  for  maintenance  of  ePanchayat  applications.  The  year  wise  annual  expenditure  on  E-Panchayat  Mission  Mode Project is given at Annexure-II . (d) So far, 2.53 lakh GPs have prepared and uploaded their Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs)for 2022-23 on E-GramSwaraj. Under 14th Finance Commission, 1.44 lakh GPs and 91,607 GPs have carried out online transactions during 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively. Similarly,  1.93  lakh  GPs  have  carried  online  transactions  under  15 th Finance  Commission during 2021-22. All States are making efforts to implement e-Panchayat MMP, based on their available resources and here is substantial improvement in adoption of digital applications by the States in PRIs functioning.

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Annexure-I Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2611

answered on 02.08.2022 regarding 'E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project'.

| Sl. No   | State                              |   No. of GPs and Traditional Bodies |   GPs with Computer | Percentage of GPs with Computer   |   GPs with FTTH Commissio ned | Percentage of GPs with FTTH commissio ned   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                  70 |                  70 | 100%                              |                             1 | 1%                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                               13371 |                7854 | 59%                               |                          1099 | 8%                                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                2108 |                 305 | 14%                               |                            88 | 4%                                          |
| 4        | Assam                              |                                2666 |                1399 | 52%                               |                           474 | 18%                                         |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                8135 |                7626 | 94%                               |                          5572 | 68%                                         |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       |                               11658 |                5484 | 47%                               |                          3275 | 28%                                         |
| 7        | Goa                                |                                 191 |                 191 | 100%                              |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 8        | Gujarat                            |                               14287 |               14253 | 100%                              |                         12709 | 89%                                         |
| 9        | Haryana                            |                                6225 |                2500 | 40%                               |                          4725 | 76%                                         |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                3615 |                3226 | 89%                               |                           205 | 6%                                          |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                4291 |                3973 | 93%                               |                           210 | 5%                                          |
| 12       | Jharkhand                          |                                4351 |                3753 | 86%                               |                          2740 | 63%                                         |
| 13       | Karnataka                          |                                5964 |                5550 | 93%                               |                          5225 | 88%                                         |
| 14       | Kerala                             |                                 941 |                 941 | 100%                              |                           852 | 91%                                         |
| 15       | Ladakh                             |                                 193 |                 184 | 95%                               |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 16       | Lakshadweep                        |                                  10 |                  10 | 100%                              |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                               22736 |               22710 | 100%                              |                          4100 | 18%                                         |
| 18       | Maharashtra                        |                               27898 |               26167 | 94%                               |                         12146 | 44%                                         |
| 19       | Manipur                            |                                3818 |                  86 | 2%                                |                           335 | 9%                                          |
| 20       | Meghalaya                          |                                9015 |                5171 | 57%                               |                            13 | 0%                                          |
| 21       | Mizoram                            |                                 834 |                 175 | 21%                               |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 22       | Nagaland                           |                                1289 |                 216 | 17%                               |                           116 | 9%                                          |
| 23       | Odisha                             |                                6798 |                6798 | 100%                              |                          4451 | 65%                                         |
| 24       | Puducherry                         |                                 108 |                 100 | 93%                               |                            65 | 60%                                         |
| 25       | Punjab                             |                               13245 |               13245 | 100%                              |                          6222 | 47%                                         |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          |                               11307 |                9701 | 86%                               |                           406 | 4%                                          |
| 27       | Sikkim                             |                                 185 |                 165 | 89%                               |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         |                               12525 |               12525 | 100%                              |                             0 | 0%                                          |
| 29       | Telangana                          |                               12769 |                4783 | 37%                               |                          1463 | 11%                                         |
| 30       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                  38 |                  38 | 100%                              |                            25 | 66%                                         |
| 31       | Tripura                            |                                1219 |                 412 | 34%                               |                           419 | 34%                                         |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                               58189 |               36167 | 62%                               |                         11385 | 20%                                         |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                                7791 |                1939 | 25%                               |                          1045 | 13%                                         |
| 34       | West Bengal                        |                                3339 |                3339 | 100%                              |                          1671 | 50%                                         |
|          | Total                              |                              271179 |              201056 | 74%                               |                         81037 | 30%                                         |

## Annexure -II

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2611 answered on 02.08.2022 regarding 'E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project'.

## Details of annual expenditure on E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project

## (Rs. in Crore)

| Financial Year   | Budgeted estimates (B.E)   | Revised Estimates (R.E)   |   Actual Expenditure |
|------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
| 2012-13          | 40                         | 36                        |                 5.8  |
| 2013-14          | *                          | *                         |                12.53 |
| 2014-15          | *                          | *                         |                14.04 |
| 2015-16          | *                          | *                         |                14.31 |
| 2016-17          | 22                         | 16.55                     |                16.55 |
| 2017-18          | 17                         | 13                        |                12.81 |
| 2018-19          | 20                         | 11.91                     |                10.07 |
| 2019-20          | 15.50                      | 7.50                      |                 7.25 |
| 2020-21          | 20                         | 17.82                     |                17.79 |
| 2021-22          | 20                         | 11.71                     |                11.71 |
| 2022-23          | 20                         | -                         |                 0    |