Lok Sabha Question No. 1292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Panchayat Buildings
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1292 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2021

## PANCHAYAT BUILDINGS

## 1292. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Panchayat Buildings have been constructed in all the Gram Panchayats of the country;
- (b) if  not,  the  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  where  buildings  have  been  constructed  and  the numbers of Gram Panchayats deprived from it, State/Union Territory-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Panchayat  Buildings  are  likely  to  be  constructed  in  the  remaining  Gram Panchayats; and
- (d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be started and completed along with the amount likely to be spent thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) No Sir.

(b) As per the information available, out of 264963 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) / Village (VCs), 66326 no. of GPs/RLBs / VCs are without Panchayat Bhawan. State/UTwise details of no. of GPs/RLBs / VCs without Panchayat Bhawan is placed as Annexure .

(c)&(d)  Panchayat,  being  local  government  is  part  of  the  State  list  of  7th  Schedule  of  the Constitution of India. Being a State subject it is the responsibility of the State. The States/ UTs are expected  to  mobilise  funds  for  GP  Bhawans  from  various  sources.  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj (MoPR) supplements the efforts of the State for construction of Panchayat Bhawans through its schemes and programmes. Under the scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), approx. 4740 GP Bhawan have been approved for construction. Under the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhyan (GKRA) construction of 1347 new GP Bhawans have been completed and 24808 Bhawans are under various stages of construction. In view of gaps in Panchayat Buildings, States/ UTs have been advised to take up the construction of GP building on priority in a phased manner by converging funds/resources under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS), FFC with other schemes of concerned States/UTs so as to saturate the gap by end of 2022.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1292 regarding Panchayat Building answered on 09.02.2021

## State/UT-wise details of Gram Panchayats without own Building

| Sl. No   | State                              |   Gram Panchayats / RLBs / Village Councils (as per LGD updated on 19/01/2021) |   GP without own Buildings office |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | 2                                  |                                                                              3 |                                 4 |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                                                             70 |                                11 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                                                          13371 |                              5838 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                                           1785 |                              1518 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                                                                           2197 |                               294 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                                                           8387 |                              7224 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                                                          11664 |                              1478 |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                                                             38 |                                13 |
| 8        | Goa                                |                                                                            191 |                                 8 |
| 9        | Gujarat                            |                                                                          14253 |                                80 |
| 10       | Haryana                            |                                                                           6196 |                              3827 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                                                           3226 |                                20 |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                                                           4289 |                              1259 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                          |                                                                           4364 |                               175 |
| 14       | Karnataka                          |                                                                           6009 |                               460 |
| 15       | Kerala                             |                                                                            941 |                                 3 |
| 16       | Ladakh                             |                                                                            192 |                                10 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                        |                                                                             10 |                                 5 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                                                          22798 |                               164 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        |                                                                          27884 |                              4025 |
| 20       | Manipur                            |                                                                            161 |                                42 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          |                                                                           6983 |                              1570 |
| 22       | Mizoram                            |                                                                            864 |                               418 |
| 23       | Nagaland                           |                                                                           1626 |                               626 |
| 24       | Odisha                             |                                                                           6798 |                                 0 |
| 25       | Puducherry                         |                                                                            108 |                                31 |
| 26       | Punjab                             |                                                                          13263 |                              5193 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                          |                                                                          11341 |                              1278 |
| 28       | Sikkim                             |                                                                            185 |                                43 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                                                          12525 |                                 0 |
| 30       | Telangana                          |                                                                          12769 |                              4783 |
| 31       | Tripura                            |                                                                            591 |                                56 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                                                          58753 |                             24482 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                                                                           7791 |                              1361 |
| 34       | West Bengal                        |                                                                           3340 |                                31 |
| Total    |                                    |                                                                         264963 |                             66326 |