Lok Sabha Question No. 1398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Digitisation of Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Sunny Deol, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Satyadev Pachauri, Saikia Dilip, Jayant Sinha, Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap, Rekha Arun Verma, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Devji Mansingram Patel, Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1398

ANSWERED ON 12.12.2023

## DIGITISATION OF PANCHAYATS

## 1398.   SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI SUNNY DEOL:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

## Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the various programmes undertaken by the Ministry to promote digitisation of panchayats in the country;
- (b) the objectives of the Ministry in promoting digitisation;
- (c) the progress made so far in the digitisation of panchayats, State and district-wise including Jharkhand; and
- (d) the total  funds allocated to  enhance the working standards of panchayats in the country, State-wise including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a)  to (c) Under Digital India Programme, Ministry is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project  (MMP)  with  the  aim  to  making  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  (PRIs),  more  transparent, accountable, and effective as local self-governments. Building on the achievements in the past, the Ministry launched eGramSwaraj, a work-based comprehensive application for PRIs under the ePanchayat  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. So far, 2.49 lakh GPs have prepared and uploaded their  Gram  Panchayat  Development  Plans  (GPDPs)  for  2023-24.  Further,  2.32  lakh  Gram Panchayats have completed online transactions for 15th Finance Commission grants for 2023-24. State wise adoption of eGramSwaraj including Jharkhand is given at Annexure-I .

Also, for strengthening the transparency and accountability at grassroots level; the Ministry has rolled out an application - AuditOnline under e-panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP). It allows for online audit of Panchayat accounts and records detailed information about internal and external audit. For audit year 2021-22, 2.47 lakh Audit Plans have been created and 2.37 lakh Audit Report have been generated. Similarly, For audit year 2022-23, 1.44 lakh Audit Plans have been created and audit reports have been generated for 29,981 Gram Panchayats.

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 GPs by  broadband  in  the  country.  So  far,  2,10,181  GPs  have  been  made  Service  Ready  under  the BharatNet project 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 Service Ready Gram panchayats is given at Annexure-II .

(d) Panchayat being a State subject, providing infrastructural facilities to GPs is primarily the responsibility of States. Under the e-Panchayat MMP, no direct financial assistance is provided to States  /  UTs  for  implementation  of  e-governance  in  the  Panchayats.  However,  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being implemented from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2026, supplements the efforts of States on a limited scale by providing financial support for infrastructural facilities for GPs such as Gram Panchayat Bhawans, computers and peripherals. The State wise fund released including Rajasthan, during current financial year (2023-24) is given at Annexure-III .

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply  to  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1398  answered  on  12.12.2023 regarding 'Digitisation of Panchayats'.

## Adoption of eGramSwaraj at Panchayat level during FY 2023-24

|   S. No | State Name        |   Total Number of Village Panchayat s& Equivalent |   Village Panchay at onboard |   Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt with Online Payment |   Total Numb er of Block Panch ayats |   Block Panch ayat onboa rd |   Block Pancha yats with Online Payme nt |   Total Numbe r of Zila Pancha yats |   Zila Pancha yat onboar d |   Zila Pancha yats with Online Payme nt |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                                             13325 |                        12976 |                                                  10633 |                                  660 |                         658 |                                      567 |                                  13 |                         13 |                                      13 |
|       2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                              2108 |                         2091 |                                                   1307 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                  25 |                         25 |                                      21 |
|       3 | ASSAM             |                                              2662 |                         2197 |                                                   2184 |                                  191 |                         191 |                                      191 |                                  30 |                         27 |                                      27 |
|       4 | BIHAR             |                                              8176 |                         8175 |                                                   7880 |                                  534 |                         534 |                                      519 |                                  38 |                         38 |                                      38 |
|       5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                                             11655 |                        11654 |                                                  10786 |                                  146 |                         146 |                                      145 |                                  27 |                         27 |                                      27 |
|       6 | GOA               |                                               191 |                          191 |                                                     63 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   2 |                          2 |                                       2 |
|       7 | GUJARAT           |                                             14625 |                        14319 |                                                  13096 |                                  248 |                         248 |                                      248 |                                  33 |                         33 |                                      33 |
|       8 | HARYANA           |                                              6226 |                         6204 |                                                   5327 |                                  143 |                         143 |                                      106 |                                  22 |                         22 |                                      21 |
|       9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                              3615 |                         3612 |                                                   3426 |                                   81 |                          81 |                                       78 |                                  12 |                         12 |                                      12 |
|      10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                                              4286 |                         4285 |                                                   1584 |                                  275 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                  20 |                          0 |                                       0 |
|      11 | JHARKHAND         |                                              4345 |                         4344 |                                                   4336 |                                  264 |                         264 |                                      261 |                                  24 |                         24 |                                      24 |
|      12 | KARNATAKA         |                                              5955 |                         5955 |                                                   5862 |                                  233 |                         232 |                                      165 |                                  31 |                         31 |                                      27 |
|      13 | KERALA            |                                               941 |                          941 |                                                    876 |                                  152 |                         152 |                                      126 |                                  14 |                         14 |                                      13 |
|      14 | LADAKH            |                                               193 |                          193 |                                                      0 |                                   31 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   2 |                          0 |                                       0 |
|      15 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                                             23032 |                        22998 |                                                  21657 |                                  313 |                         313 |                                      302 |                                  52 |                         52 |                                      51 |
|      16 | MAHARASHTRA       |                                             27619 |                        27530 |                                                  24510 |                                  351 |                         351 |                                      333 |                                  34 |                         34 |                                      34 |
|      17 | MANIPUR           |                                              3812 |                          161 |                                                      0 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                  12 |                          6 |                                       3 |
|      18 | MEGHALAYA         |                                              6760 |                            0 |                                                      0 |                                 2240 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   3 |                          3 |                                       0 |

| S. No   | State Name                                 |   Total Number of Village Panchayat s& Equivalent |   Village Panchay at onboard |   Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt with Online Payment |   Total Numb er of Block Panch ayats |   Block Panch ayat onboa rd |   Block Pancha yats with Online Payme nt |   Total Numbe r of Zila Pancha yats |   Zila Pancha yat onboar d |   Zila Pancha yats with Online Payme nt |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 19      | MIZORAM                                    |                                               834 |                          834 |                                                     70 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |
| 20      | NAGALAND                                   |                                              1293 |                          114 |                                                      0 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |
| 21      | ODISHA                                     |                                              6798 |                         6798 |                                                   6744 |                                  314 |                         314 |                                      314 |                                  30 |                         30 |                                      28 |
| 22      | PUNJAB                                     |                                             13241 |                        13200 |                                                  10609 |                                  152 |                         151 |                                      132 |                                  22 |                         22 |                                      20 |
| 23      | RAJASTHAN                                  |                                             11251 |                        11243 |                                                  10835 |                                  362 |                         352 |                                      350 |                                  33 |                         33 |                                      33 |
| 24      | SIKKIM                                     |                                               199 |                          183 |                                                    176 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   6 |                          4 |                                       4 |
| 25      | TAMILNADU                                  |                                             12525 |                        12524 |                                                  12295 |                                  388 |                         388 |                                      386 |                                  36 |                         36 |                                      36 |
| 26      | TELANGANA                                  |                                             12769 |                        12767 |                                                  12738 |                                  540 |                         540 |                                      428 |                                  32 |                         32 |                                      31 |
| 27      | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU |                                                38 |                            0 |                                                      0 |                                    0 |                           0 |                                        0 |                                   3 |                          0 |                                       0 |
| 28      | TRIPURA                                    |                                              1178 |                         1178 |                                                   1173 |                                   75 |                          75 |                                       73 |                                   9 |                          9 |                                       9 |
| 29      | UTTARAKHAND                                |                                              7794 |                         7793 |                                                   7716 |                                   95 |                          95 |                                       94 |                                  13 |                         13 |                                      13 |
| 30      | UTTAR PRADESH                              |                                             57915 |                        57910 |                                                  57319 |                                  827 |                         826 |                                      818 |                                  75 |                         75 |                                      75 |
| 31      | WEST BENGAL                                |                                              3339 |                         3227 |                                                   3224 |                                  345 |                         336 |                                      334 |                                  22 |                         21 |                                      21 |
| Total   | Total                                      |                                            268700 |                       255597 |                                                 236426 |                                 8960 |                        6390 |                                     5970 |                                 675 |                        638 |                                     616 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1398 answered on 12.12.2023 regarding 'Digitisation of Panchayats'.

State/UT-wise details of Service Ready Gram panchayats

| Sr. No      | State Name                                 |   Total GPs/ TLBs |   Service Ready GPs/TLBs |   Operational GPs/TLBs |
|-------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1           | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                |                70 |                       81 |                     55 |
| 2           | ANDHRA PRADESH                             |             13325 |                    12198 |                   2994 |
| 3           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                          |              2108 |                     1011 |                    184 |
| 4           | ASSAM                                      |              2197 |                     1640 |                    473 |
| 5           | BIHAR                                      |              8174 |                     8860 |                   2903 |
| 6           | CHHATTISGARH                               |             11656 |                     9759 |                   1446 |
| 7           | GOA                                        |               191 |                        0 |                      0 |
| 8           | GUJARAT                                    |             14376 |                    14524 |                  10325 |
| 9           | HARYANA                                    |              6220 |                     6204 |                   1036 |
| 10          | HIMACHAL PRADESH                           |              3615 |                      415 |                    260 |
| 11          | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                          |              4291 |                     1113 |                    445 |
| 12          | JHARKHAND                                  |              4345 |                     4638 |                   1797 |
| 13          | KARNATAKA                                  |              5958 |                     6251 |                   3144 |
| 14          | KERALA                                     |               941 |                     1130 |                    960 |
| 15          | LADAKH                                     |               193 |                      193 |                     50 |
| 16          | LAKSHADWEEP                                |                10 |                        9 |                      1 |
| 17          | MADHYA PRADESH                             |             23023 |                    18102 |                   2037 |
| 18          | MAHARASHTRA                                |             27894 |                    24166 |                   2770 |
| 19          | MANIPUR                                    |              3818 |                     1479 |                     10 |
| 20          | MEGHALAYA                                  |              9058 |                      688 |                     72 |
| 21          | MIZORAM                                    |               834 |                      493 |                     59 |
| 22          | NAGALAND                                   |              1292 |                      230 |                     16 |
| 23          | ODISHA                                     |              6794 |                     7099 |                   3927 |
| 24          | PUDUCHERRY                                 |               108 |                      101 |                     95 |
| 25          | PUNJAB                                     |             13241 |                    12807 |                   7161 |
| 26          | RAJASTHAN                                  |             11265 |                     8997 |                   5529 |
| 27          | SIKKIM                                     |               198 |                       54 |                     12 |
| 28          | TAMILNADU                                  |             12525 |                     6469 |                      0 |
| 29          | TELANGANA                                  |             12769 |                    10675 |                   4953 |
| 30          | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU |                38 |                       41 |                     20 |
| 31          | TRIPURA                                    |               591 |                      771 |                    360 |
| 32          | UTTAR PRADESH                              |             58188 |                    45061 |                   2125 |
| 33          | UTTARAKHAND                                |              7796 |                     2013 |                    846 |
| 34          | WEST BENGAL                                |              3339 |                     2909 |                   2284 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                |            270441 |                   210181 |                  58349 |

*Some GP may have more than 1 service points.

Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1398 answered on 12.12.2023 regarding 'Digitisation of Panchayats'.

State/UT-wise details of fund released under RGSA as on 06.12.2023

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                |   Amount Release (Rs in crore) |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andman &Nicobar           |                          0.59  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |                         60.09  |
| 3         | Assam                     |                         60     |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh              |                         17.57  |
| 5         | Dadar Nagar and Daman Diu |                          1     |
| 6         | Goa                       |                          0.89  |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir            |                         40     |
| 8         | Jharkhand                 |                         31     |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh            |                         32.17  |
| 10        | Maharashtra               |                         95.445 |
| 11        | Meghalaya                 |                          6     |
| 12        | Mizoram                   |                         10     |
| 13        | Nagaland                  |                         10     |
| 14        | NIRD                      |                         12.37  |
| 15        | Odisha                    |                         27.334 |
| 16        | Punjab                    |                         10     |
| 17        | Rajasthan                 |                         21.72  |
| 18        | Sikkim                    |                          6     |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh             |                         13.53  |
| 20        | Uttarakhand               |                         64.67  |
| 21        | West Bengal               |                         33.47  |
| 22        | Others                    |                          1.45  |
| Total     |                           |                        555.299 |

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