Lok Sabha Question No. 1402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Jagdambika Pal, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Shri Dileshwar Kamait, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Joyanta Basumatary, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Godam Nagesh, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary, Shri Yogender Chandolia, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402

ANSWERED ON 29/07/2025

## RASHTRIYAGRAM SWARAJABHIYAN

## 1402. SMT. APARAJITASARANGI:

DR. NISHIKANTDUBEY:

SHRI VISHNU DAYALRAM:

SHRI YOGENDERCHANDOLIA:

SHRI KOTASRINIVASAPOOJARY:

DR. HEMANTVISHNUSAVARA:

SHRI RAMESHAWASTHI:

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI VIJAYBAGHEL:

SHRI NABACHARANMAJHI:

SHRI JOYANTABASUMATARY:

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI GODAMNAGESH:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKAPAL:

SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of the Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA);
- (b) whether any of the States have achieved significant outcomes in enhancing Own Source Revenue (OSR), e-enablement or Panchayat infrastructure development through the Abhiyan, if so, the details thereof and names of the States;
- (c) the details of key achievements made/recorded and the follow-up measures taken by the Government to support States with better-performing or innovative practices under such Abhiyan including Madhya Pradesh, Palghar District in Maharashtra and North Eastern Regions, State wise; and
- (d) the details of Panchayat Infrastructure Development through Revamped RGSA in Palghar district in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

(Prof. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) The Ministry is implementing Revamped Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)w.e.f. financial year 2022-23 with the main objective to capacitate Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) through imparting training to Elected Representatives (ERs) and other stakeholders of Panchayats to develop their governance capabilities for leadership roles to enable the Panchayats to function effectively.

The implementation of the scheme including utilisation of funds released to States is closely monitored through review meetings/video-conferences, pre-CEC meeting, field visit by senior officers, etc. The Central Empowered Committee of RGSA while approving the Annual Action Plan of a States/UTs also review the progress of implementation of the scheme and utilization of funds thereof. States/ UTs are persistently requested for submitting the requisite documents viz. quarterly, annual progress reports, utilization certificate, auditor's report etc. and compliance of MoF instruction for regulating release of funds.

In addition to this, Training Management Portal (TMP), an online application for management of training programs conducted by the States/UTs under RGSA, is in place to monitor real time trainings conducted by States/ UTs. Also, a Public Financial Management System (PFMS) is in place for monitoring the releases and expenditure under RGSA.

(b) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj does not maintain the data pertaining to OSR of Panchayats, as Panchayat, being 'Local Government', is a State subject and part of the State list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Furthermore, States as well as Panchayats often do not share OSR data related to Panchayats. However, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj constituted an 'Expert Committee on Own Source Revenue of Rural Local Bodies' in 2022 to review the status of OSR of Panchayats. As per the report of the Expert Committee, around Rs. 25595 Crores OSR have been collected by Panchayati Raj Institutions in the 30 States/UTs, during 2017-18 to 2021-22 and per capita OSR at the national level was around Rs. 59 annually, for the same period. The details are enclosed as

## Annexure - I

Further, to make Panchayats e-enabled, the Ministry is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), which has significantly enhanced transparency, efficiency, and governance at the grassroots level. The eGramSwaraj application, facilitates digital

planning, accounting, monitoring, and online payments at the Panchayat level. The integration of eGramSwaraj with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) enables real-time payments to vendors and service providers, ensuring seamless fund flow and reducing delays.

Additionally, the Ministry has integrated eGramSwaraj with the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to bring transparency to Panchayat procurement. This integration allows Panchayats to procure goods and services through GeM via the eGramSwaraj platform. An application of 'AuditOnline' has also been developed for online audits of Panchayat accounts and their financial management.

As 'Panchayat' is a State subject, providing basic infrastructural facilities such as GP building, computer etc. are primarily the responsibility of the State. However, Ministry supplements the efforts of the States/UTs and approved for construction of 12940 Gram Panchayat Bhawans and 52562 procurement of computer to States/ UTs under the scheme.

(c) Ministry has been incentivizing the best-performing Panchayats by recognizing their exemplary work done under various nationally significant themes through the National Panchayat Awards. This initiative aims to foster a spirit of healthy competition among Panchayats and motivate them to strive for excellence in local governance. To facilitate cross-learning and knowledge exchange, the best practices and innovative initiatives of award-winning Panchayats are systematically documented and disseminated through workshops, conferences, training programmes, and exposure visits. Additionally, compendiums and booklets highlighting these practices are published and shared widely with Panchayati Raj stakeholders across the country. These efforts contribute to the replication of successful models and the overall strengthening of Panchayati Raj Institutions. The State-wise details of awarded Panchayats for the year 2024 are annexed at Annexure-II . Notably, five Panchayats from the State of Maharashtra received awards under various categories; however, none of the awarded Panchayats are from Palghar district. Further, no Panchayats from the State of Madhya Pradesh received any awards. A total of nine awards were conferred upon Panchayats from the North Eastern States, including two Panchayats from Assam and seven from Tripura.

(d) Under the RGSA, approval was granted for the construction of 44 Gram Panchayat Bhawans in Palghar district of Maharashtra. As reported by the State, construction of 25 Bhawans has been completed, while work on the remaining 19 is currently underway.

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## Annexure-I

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1402 to be answered on 29/07/2025

State/UT-wise OSR of Panchayats (2017-18 to 2021-22)

(Rs in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      2.12 |      1.6  |      2.5  |      2.84 |      3.02 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |    688.74 |    739.77 |    685.08 |    876.95 |    969.09 |
| 3         | Assam                    |     25.98 |     25.63 |     15.25 |     21.22 |     26.65 |
| 4         | Bihar                    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     37.89 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             |    166.51 |    144.8  |    159.69 |    132.57 |    141.5  |
| 6         | Goa                      |    225.49 |     61.08 |    220.54 |     85.62 |    218.52 |
| 7         | Gujarat                  |    864.1  |    778.3  |    881.46 |    795.14 |      0    |
| 8         | Haryana                  |     50.58 |    108.56 |     83.73 |     71.99 |     60.06 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         |      0.04 |      0.41 |      0.42 |      0.53 |      1.45 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir           |      0    |      0    |     15.01 |      0    |      2.08 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                |      0.16 |      0.42 |      1.78 |     23.64 |      1.86 |
| 12        | Karnataka                |    385.94 |    552.86 |    671.37 |    715.41 |    812.21 |
| 13        | Kerala                   |    868.62 |    802.84 |    792.05 |    769.94 |    781.28 |
| 14        | Ladakh                   |      0.28 |      0.07 |      0.09 |      0.04 |      0.05 |
| 15        | Lakshadweep              |      0.04 |      0.04 |      0.04 |      0.01 |      0.03 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh           |      0    |      0    |      0    |    105.22 |     63.93 |
| 17        | Manipur                  |      0.61 |      1.06 |      0.18 |      0.2  |      0.41 |
| 18        | Mizoram                  |      0.04 |      0.04 |      0.06 |      0.09 |      0.04 |
| 19        | Nagaland                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Odisha                   |     38.82 |     44.26 |     42.13 |     43.14 |      0    |
| 21        | Puducherry               |     29.46 |     35.28 |     45.26 |     41.08 |     45.93 |
| 22        | Punjab                   |    126.45 |    172.28 |    170.93 |    164.17 |    157.98 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                |     40.98 |     40.9  |     49.48 |     66.35 |     56.73 |
| 24        | Sikkim                   |      1.58 |      1.78 |      2.87 |      0    |      0    |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu               |    731.93 |    795.24 |    433.49 |    209.3  |    411.55 |
| 26        | Telangana                |    397.54 |    425.66 |    321.02 |    278.25 |    292.98 |
| 27        | Tripura                  |      3.02 |      3.94 |      3.8  |      0    |      0    |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh            |    192.89 |    204.27 |      0    |    229.08 |    246.34 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand              |     14.17 |     15.41 |     14.4  |     13.26 |     16.21 |
| 30        | West Bengal              |    522.63 |    502.88 |    487.23 |    198.43 |    464.66 |
|           |                          |   5378.74 |   5459.38 |   5099.84 |   4844.47 |   4812.46 |

Source: Report of the Expert Committee on OSR of Rural Local Bodies

## Annexure-II

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1402 to be answered on 29/07/2025

## Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSP)- (27 Awardees)

For Top 3 Gram Panchayats under each of 9 award themes

|   S l. N o . | Award Theme                                     | Gram Panchayat   | Block Panchayat   | District Panchayat                               | State/U T         |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|            1 | Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat | Galibeedu        | Madikeri          | Kodagu                                           | Karnatak a        |
|            1 | Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat | Perumpadappa     | Perumpadapp u     | Malappuram                                       | Kerala            |
|            1 | Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihoods Panchayat | Betcherra        | Kumarghat         | Unakoti                                          | Tripura           |
|            2 | Healthy Panchayat                               | Bommasamud rum   | Irala             | Chittoor                                         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|            2 | Healthy Panchayat                               | Keluapalli       | Rangeilunda       | Ganjam                                           | Odisha            |
|            2 | Healthy Panchayat                               | Jajuar Middle    | Katra             | Muzaffarpur                                      | Bihar             |
|            3 | Child- Friendly Panchayat                       | Jengrai          | Ujani Majuli      | Majuli                                           | Assam             |
|            3 | Child- Friendly Panchayat                       | Bhartaul         | Bithiri Chainpur  | Bareilly                                         | Uttar Pradesh     |
|            3 | Child- Friendly Panchayat                       | Rajkang          | Amarpur Bac       | Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council | Tripura           |
|            4 | Water- Sufficient Panchayat                     | Nayampudi        | Nakkapalle        | Visakhapatanam                                   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|            4 | Water- Sufficient Panchayat                     | Sikander         | Bamson            | Hamirpur                                         | Himacha l Pradesh |
|            4 | Water- Sufficient Panchayat                     | Debbari          | Amarpur           | Gomati                                           | Tripura           |
|            5 | Clean and Green Panchayat                       | Tagarampudi      | Anakapalle        | Visakhapatanam                                   | Andhra Pradesh    |
|            5 | Clean and Green Panchayat                       | Sumoor           | Panamic           | Leh Ladakh                                       | Ladakh            |
|            5 | Clean and Green Panchayat                       | Modale           | Igatpuri          | Nashik                                           | Maharas htra      |
|            6 | Self- Sufficient Infrastructure in Panchayat    | Keeranatham      | S.S.Kulam         | Coimbatore                                       | Tamil Nadu        |
|            6 | Self- Sufficient Infrastructure in Panchayat    | Sahapur          | Hinjilicut        | Ganjam                                           | Odisha            |
|            6 | Self- Sufficient Infrastructure in Panchayat    | Parthu           | Ekangarsarai      | Nalanda                                          | Bihar             |
|            7 | Socially Just &Socially                         | Muppalla         | Chandarlapad u    | Krishna                                          | Andhra Pradesh    |

|    | Secured Panchayat              | Thanadhar        | Narkanda       | Shimla                                           | Himacha l Pradesh   |
|----|--------------------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    | Secured Panchayat              | Hardibhata       | Nagari         | Dhamtari                                         | Chhattis garh       |
| 8  | Panchayat with Good Governance | Vavkulli Two     | Ghoghamba      | Panch Mahals                                     | Gujarat             |
| 8  | Panchayat with Good Governance | Khaltsi          | Khaltsi        | Leh Ladakh                                       | Ladakh              |
| 8  | Panchayat with Good Governance | Punhada          | Makhdumpur     | Jehanabad                                        | Bihar               |
| 9  | Women- Friendly Panchayat      | South Manubankul | Rupaichari Bac | Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council | Tripura             |
| 9  | Women- Friendly Panchayat      | Chillapalli      | Manthani       | Peddapalli                                       | Telangan a          |
| 9  | Women- Friendly Panchayat      | Varaganoor       | Kuruvikulam    | Tenkasi                                          | Tamil Nadu          |

## (2) Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (9 Awardees)

For top 3 best Gram Panchayats, Block Panchayats and District Panchayats on overall/average performance in 9 award themes of DDUPSVP

| Category                 | Panchayat                                                  | State            |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Best Gram Panchayats     | Manyachiwadi (Block Patan, District Satara)                | Maharashtra      |
| Best Gram Panchayats     | Bebejia Demow Bangthai (Block Khagarijan, District Nagaon) | Assam            |
| Best Gram Panchayats     | Thanadhar (Block Narkanda, District Shimla)                | Himachal Pradesh |
| Best Block Panchayats    | Chatrapur (District Ganjam)                                | Odisha           |
| Best Block Panchayats    | Amarpur (District Gomati)                                  | Tripura          |
| Best Block Panchayats    | Tirora (District Gondia)                                   | Maharashtra      |
| Best District Panchayats | Gomati                                                     | Tripura          |
| Best District Panchayats | Koraput                                                    | Odisha           |
| Best District Panchayats | Udupi                                                      | Karnataka        |

## (3) Special Category Awards (9 Awardees)

For 3 best Gram Panchayats (for climate sustainability performance and 3 Institutions for supporting Gram Panchayats and building their capacity

| Sl. No.   | Special Category Award     | Gram Panchayat / Institute                  | State       |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------|
| 1         | Gram Urja                  | Manyachiwadi (Block Patan, District Satara) | Maharashtra |
| 1         | Swaraj                     | Thakchara (Block Amarpur, District Gomati)  | Tripura     |
|           | Vishesh Panchayat Puraskar | Kasira (Block Koida, District Sundargarh)   | Odisha      |
| 2         | Carbon                     | Bela (Block Bhandara, District Bhandara)    | Maharashtra |

| Sl. No.   | Special Category Award      | Gram Panchayat / Institute                                         | State         |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 3         | Neutral Vishesh             | Kendrikela (Block Bonaigarh, District Sundargarh)                  | Odisha        |
| 3         | Panchayat Puraskar          | Milak Amawti (Block Dilari, District Moradabad)                    | Uttar Pradesh |
|           | Panchayat                   | Kerala Institute of Local Administration                           | Kerala        |
|           | Kshamta Nirmaan             | State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj             | Odisha        |
|           | Sarvottam Sansthan Puraskar | Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA) | Maharashtra   |

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