Lok Sabha Question No. 2038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Development of Backward Areas
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Subrata Pathak, Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2038

ANSWERED ON:  01.08.2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF BACKWARD AREAS

†2038: SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA: SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK: SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state;

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  Scheme  for  the  development  and upgradation of basic infrastructure in backward areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and utilised under the said Scheme during the last three years, State-wise/district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) & (b) Panchayat being a State subject, providing basic infrastructure facilities to the Panchayats  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  State  Governments.  However,  Ministry  of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) supplements and compliments the efforts of the State Governments by providing infrastructure facilities to the Panchayats on limited scale. To develop and upgrade the basic infrastructure in the Panchayats in the country, the MoPR is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) with the objectives, inter alia, providing infrastructure support like Gram Panchayat Bhawan and computers and peripherals. Also, the scheme of Mission Mode Project on e-Panchayats, a Central component of RGSA scheme is implemented to fund various e-governance projects for digitalization of Panchayats to bring in efficiency, accountability and transparency in the functioning of the PRIs for overall transformation of PRIs.

(c) The State/UT-wise fund released under the Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) during the last three years are at Annexure. No fund is provided to the States/UTs under Mission Mode Project on e-Panchayats.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  2038 answered on 01.08.2023 regarding Development of Backward Areas.

## State/UT-wise Funds Released under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan during 2020-21 to 2022-23

(In Crores of Rs.)

| Sl. No.   |                          | Fund Released   | Fund Released   | Fund Released   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                | 2020-21         | 2021-22         | 2022-23         |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 22.34           | 38.54           | 0.00            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.00            | 30.07           | 108.69          |
| 4         | Assam                    | 26.12           | 44.04           | 55.29           |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 0.00            | 63.77           | 33.37           |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh             | 4.04            | 7.93            | 0.00            |
| 7         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0.00            | 0.00            | 1.14            |
| 7         | Daman &Diu               |                 |                 |                 |
| 8         | Goa                      | 0.00            | 0.59            | 0.00            |
| 9         | Gujarat                  | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 10        | Haryana                  | 9.89            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh         | 22.10           | 32.42           | 60.65           |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 25.00           | 40.00           | 40.00           |
| 13        | Jharkhand                | 2.34            | 7.74            | 0.00            |
| 14        | Karnataka                | 0.44            | 29.15           | 36.00           |
| 15        | Kerala                   | 8.13            | 12.00           | 30.40           |
| 16        | Ladakh                   | 2.15            | 1.08            | 0.00            |
| 17        | Lakshadweep              | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh           | 71.42           | 47.11           | 28.00           |
| 19        | Maharashtra              | 66.76           | 73.34           | 37.84           |
| 20        | Manipur                  | 3.41            | 2.98            | 8.63            |
| 21        | Meghalaya                | 3.97            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 22        | Mizoram                  | 21.19           | 5.56            | 14.27           |
| 23        | Nagaland                 | 3.72            | 4.58            | 0.00            |
| 24        | Odisha                   | 2.94            | 1.33            | 11.40           |
| 25        | Puducherry               | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 26        | Punjab                   | 13.45           | 10.78           | 34.25           |
| 27        | Rajasthan                | 12.98           | 17.27           | 0.00            |
| 28        | Sikkim                   | 4.75            | 1.19            | 6.01            |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu               | 56.88           | 39.89           | 25.42           |
| 30        | Telangana                | 12.00           | 0.00            | 0.00            |
| 31        | Tripura                  | 2.53            | 4.67            | 9.80            |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh            | 32.54           | 83.08           | 85.05           |
| 33        | Uttarakhand              | 26.75           | 0.00            | 42.48           |
| 34        | West Bengal              | 33.52           | 15.14           | 4.28            |

Note: No District-wise fund is released under the scheme.