Lok Sabha Question No. 4267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Digital Panchayat
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Tharaniventhan M S

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4267

ANSWERED ON 19.08.2025

## DIGITAL PANCHAYAT

## 4267. SHRI THARANIVENTHAN M S:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

(a) the objectives and components of the Digital Panchayat initiative and the timeline for its implementation in the country, State and district-wise;

(b) the  details  of  number  of  Gram  Panchayats  that  have  been  digitized  so  far  State-wise including Tamil Nadu;

(c) the type of e-governance services currently available to citizens through Panchayat digital platforms and their usage statistics;

(d) the steps taken to ensure digital infrastructure, training, and internet connectivity in rural areas to support digital governance at the Panchayat level; and

(e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  new  tools  or  reforms  to  enhance  the transparency, accountability, and service delivery of Panchayats through digital means and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) &(b) The objective of the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) is to strengthen eGovernance  in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across the country and enhance the transparency, accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery and governance at the  grassroots  level.  The  project  aims  to  automate  internal  workflows  and  core  functions  of Panchayats and bring about greater citizen-centricity in their functioning. Under the Digital India Programme,  the  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  is  implementing  the  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode Project (MMP) across all States and Union Territories. One of the flagship applications under this  initiative  is  eGramSwaraj,  an  online  platform  for  planning,  budgeting,  accounting,  and monitoring of  works  by  Gram  Panchayats.  Additionally,  integration  of  eGramSwaraj  with  the

Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has enabled real-time payments to vendors and service providers, thereby enhancing financial transparency and efficiency.

In  FY  2024-25,  over  2.60  lakh  Panchayati  Raj  institutions  (PRIs)  across  the  country onboarded on eGramSwaraj-PFMS interface. Over 2.51 lakh PRIs transferred more than ₹61,000 crore  through  the  eGramSwaraj-PFMS  interface.  The  progress  made  by  States/UTs,  under eGramSwaraj for the XV Finance Commission during the year 2024-25, including Tamil Nadu is given at Annexure-I .  The district-wise progress may be viewed on the eGramSwaraj portal at https://egramswaraj.gov.in/.

All States are making efforts 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 application.

(c) The  Ministry  has  introduced  the  Model  Panchayat  Citizens'  Charter,  aligning  local actions with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This framework guides Panchayats in delivering services in a time-bound manner while addressing citizens' grievances effectively. The campaign "MeriPanchayat, MeraAdhikaar - Jan SevaayeinHamaareDwaar," conducted in 2021, reinforced  these  efforts.  So  far,  2.15  lakh  Gram  Panchayats  have  uploaded  their  Citizens' Charters, offering 954 services.

(d) The  Ministry of PanchayatiRaj is implementing  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of revamped Rashtriya Gram SwarajAbhiyan (RGSA) w.e.f. financial year 2022-23 with the main objective  for  capacitating  Panchayati  Raj  institutions  (PRIs)  through  imparting  training  to Elected  Representatives  (ERs)  and  other  stakeholders  to  develop  their  governance  capabilities for  leadership  roles  to  enable  the  Gram  Panchayats  to  function  effectively.  Training  is  also provided  on  the  e-governance  tools  of  the  Ministry  under  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode  Project (MMP). Apart from training, the scheme also provides support to the States/ UTs to create eenabled Panchayats through Computer and co-location of Common Service Centres (CSCs) in Gram PanchayatBhawan on limited scale.

To  enhance  internet  connectivity,  the  BharatNet  project  is  being  implemented  by  the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India in a phased manner to provide high-speed  internet  connectivity  to  all  GPs  and  Traditional  Local  Bodies  (TLBs)  across  the country. As of August 2025, out of 2,69,239 GPs/TLBs planned, 2,18,347 GPs/TLBs have been made  Service  Ready  (Points)  for  providing  high  speed  internet  services  under  the  BharatNet project. The State wise details of GPs made Service Ready for providing Broadband services is given in Annexure-II .

Further, the Union Cabinet approved the Amended BharatNet Programme on 04.08.2023. This includes upgradation of the existing networks under Phase-I and Phase-II of BharatNet and extending connectivity to the remaining uncovered GPs. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been nominated as the Project Management Agency for this initiative. To facilitate ease of access for Panchayats, an interface has also been made available on the eGramSwaraj portal to apply for Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connections in service-ready areas.

(e) To enable multilingual capabilities, the eGramSwaraj platform has been integrated with the Bhashini, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under  the  National  Language  Translation  Mission  (NLTM).  Bhashini  leverages  cutting-edge AI/ML-based Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies for text and speech translation across  Indian  languages.  Additionally,  the  Ministry  has  recently  launched  'SabhaSaar'  an  AIpowered tool to automatically transcribe, translate and summarize the proceedings through the audio/video recordings of meetings of Gram Panchayat meetings and Gram Sabhas.

Further, The Ministry is collaborating with State Governments to improve data entry and platform adoption under the e-Panchayat MMP. Enhancements are continually made based on user feedback, including functionality upgrades in e-GramSwaraj and capacity-building efforts for Panchayat officials.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  the  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question  No.  4267  answered  on  19.08.2025 regarding 'Digital Panchayat'.

## Adoption of eGramSwaraj for the XV Finance Commission at Panchayat level during FY 2024-25

|   S.No | State Name        |   Total Number of Village Panchayats &Equivalent |   Village Panchayat onboard |   Village Panchayats &Equivalent With Online Payment |   Total Number of Block Panchayats &Equivalent |   Block Panchayat onboard |   Block Panchayats With Online Payment |   Total Number of Zila Panchayats& Equivalent |   Zila Panchayat onboard |   Zila Panchayats With Online Payment |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|      1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                                            13328 |                       13320 |                                                13002 |                                            660 |                       660 |                                    645 |                                            13 |                       13 |                                    13 |
|      2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                             2108 |                        2108 |                                                  426 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                            27 |                       26 |                                    11 |
|      3 | ASSAM             |                                             2662 |                        2197 |                                                 2183 |                                            191 |                       191 |                                    191 |                                            30 |                       29 |                                    27 |
|      4 | BIHAR             |                                             8054 |                        8054 |                                                 8046 |                                            534 |                       534 |                                    531 |                                            38 |                       38 |                                    38 |
|      5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                                            11701 |                       11684 |                                                11540 |                                            146 |                       146 |                                    146 |                                            33 |                       33 |                                    27 |
|      6 | GOA               |                                              191 |                         191 |                                                   97 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                             2 |                        2 |                                     2 |
|      7 | GUJARAT           |                                            14656 |                       14645 |                                                14006 |                                            248 |                       248 |                                    248 |                                            33 |                       33 |                                    33 |
|      8 | HARYANA           |                                             6226 |                        6226 |                                                 5980 |                                            143 |                       143 |                                    134 |                                            22 |                       22 |                                    22 |
|      9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                             3615 |                        3615 |                                                 3557 |                                             81 |                        81 |                                     81 |                                            12 |                       12 |                                    12 |
|     10 | JHARKHAND         |                                             4345 |                        4345 |                                                 4335 |                                            264 |                       264 |                                    263 |                                            24 |                       24 |                                    24 |
|     11 | KARNATAKA         |                                             5954 |                        5954 |                                                 5942 |                                            238 |                       232 |                                    127 |                                            31 |                       31 |                                    29 |
|     12 | KERALA            |                                              941 |                         941 |                                                  941 |                                            152 |                       152 |                                    152 |                                            14 |                       14 |                                    14 |
|     13 | MADHYAPRADESH     |                                            23011 |                       23011 |                                                22987 |                                            313 |                       313 |                                    311 |                                            52 |                       52 |                                    52 |
|     14 | MAHARASHTRA       |                                            27955 |                       27940 |                                                27025 |                                            351 |                       351 |                                    312 |                                            34 |                       34 |                                    34 |
|     15 | MANIPUR           |                                             3812 |                         161 |                                                  125 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                            12 |                        6 |                                     4 |
|     16 | MEGHALAYA         |                                             6817 |                           0 |                                                    0 |                                           2241 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                             3 |                        3 |                                     0 |
|     17 | MIZORAM           |                                              842 |                         842 |                                                  832 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                             0 |                        0 |                                     0 |
|     18 | NAGALAND          |                                             1289 |                         977 |                                                    0 |                                              0 |                         0 |                                      0 |                                             0 |                        0 |                                     0 |

| 19    | ODISHA        |   6794 |   6794 |   6794 |   314 |   314 |   314 |   30 |   30 |   30 |
|-------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|------|
| 20    | PUNJAB        |  13237 |  13234 |  10240 |   153 |   151 |   123 |   23 |   22 |   19 |
| 21    | RAJASTHAN     |  11222 |  11219 |  10905 |   361 |   353 |   351 |   33 |   33 |   33 |
| 22    | SIKKIM        |    199 |    199 |    195 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    6 |    6 |    6 |
| 23    | TAMILNADU     |  12525 |  12525 |  12520 |   388 |   388 |   388 |   36 |   36 |   36 |
| 24    | TELANGANA     |  12991 |  12768 |  12648 |   572 |   540 |   514 |   32 |   32 |   32 |
| 25    | TRIPURA       |   1194 |   1194 |   1175 |    75 |    75 |    75 |    9 |    9 |    9 |
| 26    | UTTARAKHAND   |   7795 |   7795 |   7757 |    95 |    95 |    95 |   13 |   13 |   13 |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH |  57691 |  57691 |  57638 |   826 |   826 |   819 |   75 |   75 |   75 |
| 28    | WEST BENGAL   |   3339 |   3339 |   3339 |   345 |   345 |   345 |   22 |   21 |   21 |
| Total | Total         | 264494 | 252969 | 244235 |  8691 |  6402 |  6165 |  659 |  649 |  616 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4267 answered on 19.08.2025 regarding 'Digital Panchayat'.

State wise details service ready points for providing Broadband connections.

|   S.No. | States/Uts                                 |   Total no. of GPs |   No. of Service Ready Points* |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS                  |                 70 |                             81 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                             |              13327 |                          12972 |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                          |               2108 |                           1145 |
|       4 | ASSAM                                      |               2665 |                           1634 |
|       5 | BIHAR                                      |               8054 |                           8860 |
|       6 | CHHATTISGARH                               |              11623 |                           9759 |
|       7 | GOA                                        |                191 |                              0 |
|       8 | GUJARAT                                    |              14674 |                          14563 |
|       9 | HARYANA                                    |               6225 |                           6204 |
|      10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                           |               3615 |                            416 |
|      11 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                          |               4291 |                           1115 |
|      12 | JHARKHAND                                  |               4345 |                           4649 |
|      13 | KARNATAKA                                  |               5948 |                           6251 |
|      14 | KERALA                                     |                941 |                           1130 |
|      15 | LADAKH                                     |                193 |                            193 |
|      16 | LAKSHADWEEP                                |                 10 |                              9 |
|      17 | MADHYA PRADESH                             |              23011 |                          18106 |
|      18 | MAHARASHTRA                                |              27952 |                          24778 |
|      19 | MANIPUR                                    |               3812 |                           1485 |
|      20 | MEGHALAYA                                  |               6838 |                            697 |
|      21 | MIZORAM                                    |                843 |                            539 |
|      22 | NAGALAND                                   |               1315 |                            236 |
|      23 | ODISHA                                     |               6794 |                           7099 |
|      24 | PUDUCHERRY                                 |                108 |                            101 |
|      25 | PUNJAB                                     |              13236 |                          12807 |
|      26 | RAJASTHAN                                  |              11193 |                           8997 |
|      27 | SIKKIM                                     |                199 |                             54 |
|      28 | TAMILNADU                                  |              12525 |                          10298 |
|      29 | TELANGANA                                  |              12860 |                          10926 |
|      30 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU |                 42 |                             41 |
|      31 | TRIPURA                                    |               1194 |                            772 |
|      32 | UTTAR PRADESH                              |              57691 |                          47451 |

| 33   | UTTARAKHAND   |   7788 |   2021 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|
| 34   | WEST BENGAL   |   3339 |   2958 |
|      | Total         | 269020 | 218347 |

* The data is sourced from the BharatNet UNMS Dashboard, and some Gram Panchayats may have more than one service-ready points.