Lok Sabha Question No. 3214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: E-Panchayat Mission
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3214

ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023

## E-PANCHAYAT MISSION

## 3214. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

- (a) the  number  of  Panchayats  in  the  country  which  are  being  covered  under  the Government E-Panchayat Mission and specially in Bihar, State district-wise;
- (b) the equipments and facilities being made available in those Panchayats;
- (c) the amount of budget allotted on this mission for each Panchayat; and
- (d) the details of amount of funds released and spent under this Mission so far, Statewise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) Under Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing ePanchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), in all the States/ Union Territories (UTs) of the country including Bihar. The aim is to revamp the functioning of Panchayats and to make them more transparent, accountable, and effective. Ministry has launched eGramSwaraj, an accounting application to simplify Panchayat work like planning, accounting, and budgeting. Ministry  has  also  integrated  eGramSwaraj  with  Public  Financial  Management  System (PFMS)  for  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  to  make  real-time  payments  to  vendors/  service providers. The progress made by States/UTs, including Bihar, under eGramSwaraj for the year 2023-24 is given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II .

(b) to (c) Under the e-Panchayat MMP, no direct financial assistance is provided to States /  UTs for the implementation of e-governance in the Panchayats. Panchayat being a State subject, providing infrastructural facilities to GPs is primarily the responsibility of States. However, the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) implemented from 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2026, supplements the efforts of States on a limited scale by providing financial support for certain infrastructural facilities for GPs such as Gram Panchayat Bhawans, computers, and peripherals.

(d) Under  e-Panchayat  Mission  Mode  Project  funds  are  being  provided  to  National Informatics  Center  Services  Inc.  (NICSI)  for  central  level  support  for  maintenance  of  ePanchayat applications. The year wise annual expenditure on E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project is given at Annexure-III .

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part  (a) to of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3214 answered on 08.08.2023 regarding 'E-Panchayat Mission'.

Adoption of eGramSwaraj at Panchayat level during FY 2023-24

|   S. N o | State Name        |   Total Number of Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt |   Village Panchay at onboard |   Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt with Online Payment |   Total Number of Block Panchay ats |   Block Panchay at onboard |   Block Panchay ats with Online Payment |   Total Number of Zila Panchay ats |   Zila Panchay at onboard |   Zila Panchay ats with Online Payment |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                                              13371 |                         8841 |                                                      0 |                                 660 |                        609 |                                       0 |                                 13 |                        13 |                                     12 |
|        2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                               2108 |                         2096 |                                                    615 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                 25 |                        25 |                                     16 |
|        3 | ASSAM             |                                               2662 |                         2197 |                                                   2075 |                                 191 |                        191 |                                     184 |                                 30 |                        27 |                                     26 |
|        4 | BIHAR             |                                               8176 |                         8175 |                                                   6585 |                                 534 |                        534 |                                     450 |                                 38 |                        38 |                                     36 |
|        5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                                              11659 |                        11658 |                                                   6460 |                                 146 |                        146 |                                     132 |                                 27 |                        27 |                                     27 |
|        6 | GOA               |                                                191 |                          191 |                                                     37 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                  2 |                         1 |                                      0 |
|        7 | GUJARAT           |                                              14589 |                        14272 |                                                   9681 |                                 248 |                        248 |                                     248 |                                 33 |                        33 |                                     33 |
|        8 | HARYANA           |                                               6226 |                         6174 |                                                   3775 |                                 143 |                        142 |                                      66 |                                 22 |                        22 |                                     15 |
|        9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                               3615 |                         3612 |                                                   2785 |                                  81 |                         81 |                                      73 |                                 12 |                        12 |                                     12 |
|       10 | JHARKHAND         |                                               4345 |                         4344 |                                                   4062 |                                 264 |                        264 |                                     256 |                                 24 |                        24 |                                     23 |
|       11 | KARNATAKA         |                                               5958 |                         5958 |                                                   5488 |                                 233 |                        232 |                                     113 |                                 31 |                        31 |                                     17 |
|       12 | KERALA            |                                                941 |                          941 |                                                    544 |                                 152 |                        152 |                                      60 |                                 14 |                        14 |                                     11 |
|       13 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                                              23032 |                        22989 |                                                  17341 |                                 313 |                        313 |                                     260 |                                 52 |                        52 |                                     47 |

| S. N o   | State Name    |   Total Number of Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt |   Village Panchay at onboard |   Village Panchay ats& Equivale nt with Online Payment |   Total Number of Block Panchay ats |   Block Panchay at onboard |   Block Panchay ats with Online Payment |   Total Number of Zila Panchay ats |   Zila Panchay at onboard |   Zila Panchay ats with Online Payment |
|----------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA   |                                              27555 |                        27446 |                                                  16643 |                                 351 |                        351 |                                     173 |                                 34 |                        34 |                                     31 |
| 15       | MANIPUR       |                                               3812 |                          161 |                                                      0 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                 12 |                         6 |                                      3 |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA     |                                               6760 |                            0 |                                                      0 |                                2240 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                  3 |                         3 |                                      0 |
| 17       | MIZORAM       |                                                834 |                          834 |                                                     24 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |
| 18       | NAGALAND      |                                               1293 |                            5 |                                                      0 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                  0 |                         0 |                                      0 |
| 19       | ODISHA        |                                               6798 |                         6798 |                                                   5818 |                                 314 |                        314 |                                     304 |                                 30 |                        30 |                                     19 |
| 20       | PUNJAB        |                                              13241 |                        13181 |                                                   6565 |                                 152 |                        151 |                                     109 |                                 22 |                        22 |                                     18 |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN     |                                              11342 |                        11323 |                                                   6841 |                                 352 |                        352 |                                     266 |                                 33 |                        33 |                                     30 |
| 22       | SIKKIM        |                                                199 |                          181 |                                                    134 |                                   0 |                          0 |                                       0 |                                  6 |                         4 |                                      4 |
| 23       | TAMILNADU     |                                              12525 |                        12489 |                                                   9945 |                                 388 |                        388 |                                     379 |                                 36 |                        36 |                                     36 |
| 24       | TELANGANA     |                                              12769 |                        12767 |                                                  12255 |                                 540 |                        540 |                                     286 |                                 32 |                        32 |                                     25 |
| 25       | TRIPURA       |                                               1178 |                         1178 |                                                    806 |                                  75 |                         75 |                                      62 |                                  9 |                         9 |                                      6 |
| 26       | UTTARAKHAND   |                                               7812 |                         7811 |                                                   7122 |                                  95 |                         95 |                                      93 |                                 13 |                        13 |                                     13 |
| 27       | UTTAR PRADESH |                                              58853 |                        58822 |                                                  48456 |                                 827 |                        826 |                                     777 |                                 75 |                        75 |                                     75 |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL   |                                               3340 |                         3229 |                                                   3217 |                                 344 |                        336 |                                     334 |                                 22 |                        21 |                                     21 |
| Total    | Total         |                                             265184 |                       247673 |                                                 177274 |                                8643 |                       6340 |                                    4625 |                                650 |                       637 |                                    556 |

Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3214 answered on 08.08.2023 regarding 'E-Panchayat Mission'.

## District wise adoption of eGramSwaraj in Bihar during FY 2023-24

|   S.No. | Zilla Panchayat    |   No. of Village Panchayat |   Village Panchayat onboard (eGS - PFMS) |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | ARARIA             |                        212 |                                      212 |
|       2 | ARWAL              |                         64 |                                       64 |
|       3 | AURANGABAD         |                        202 |                                      202 |
|       4 | BANKA              |                        182 |                                      182 |
|       5 | BEGUSARAI          |                        229 |                                      229 |
|       6 | BHAGALPUR          |                        238 |                                      238 |
|       7 | BHOJPUR            |                        226 |                                      226 |
|       8 | BUXAR              |                        142 |                                      142 |
|       9 | DARBHANGA          |                        319 |                                      319 |
|      10 | GAYA               |                        320 |                                      320 |
|      11 | GOPALGANJ          |                        232 |                                      232 |
|      12 | JAMUI              |                        152 |                                      152 |
|      13 | JEHANABAD          |                         93 |                                       93 |
|      14 | KAIMUR (BHABUA)    |                        147 |                                      147 |
|      15 | KATIHAR            |                        234 |                                      234 |
|      16 | KHAGARIA           |                        129 |                                      129 |
|      17 | KISHANGANJ         |                        125 |                                      125 |
|      18 | LAKHISARAI         |                         76 |                                       76 |
|      19 | MADHEPURA          |                        160 |                                      159 |
|      20 | MADHUBANI          |                        388 |                                      388 |
|      21 | MUNGER             |                         99 |                                       99 |
|      22 | MUZAFFARPUR        |                        381 |                                      381 |
|      23 | NALANDA            |                        231 |                                      231 |
|      24 | NAWADA             |                        187 |                                      187 |
|      25 | PASHCHIM CHAMPARAN |                        315 |                                      315 |
|      26 | PATNA              |                        313 |                                      313 |
|      27 | PURBI CHAMPARAN    |                        396 |                                      396 |
|      28 | PURNIA             |                        230 |                                      230 |
|      29 | ROHTAS             |                        238 |                                      238 |
|      30 | SAHARSA            |                        141 |                                      141 |
|      31 | SAMASTIPUR         |                        347 |                                      347 |
|      32 | SARAN              |                        318 |                                      318 |

| S.No.   | Zilla Panchayat   |   No. of Village Panchayat |   Village Panchayat onboard (eGS - PFMS) |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 33      | SHEIKHPURA        |                         50 |                                       50 |
| 34      | SHEOHAR           |                         53 |                                       53 |
| 35      | SITAMARHI         |                        269 |                                      269 |
| 36      | SIWAN             |                        284 |                                      284 |
| 37      | SUPAUL            |                        174 |                                      174 |
| 38      | VAISHALI          |                        280 |                                      280 |
| Total   | Total             |                       8176 |                                     8175 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question No. 3214 answered on 08.08.2023 regarding 'E-Panchayat Mission'.

## Details of annual expenditure on E-Panchayat Mission Mode Project

(Rs. in Crore)

| Financial Year   | Budgeted estimates (B.E)   | Revised Estimates (R.E)   | Actual Expenditure          |
|------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2012-13          | 40                         | 36                        | 5.80                        |
| 2013-14          | *                          | *                         | 12.53                       |
| 2014-15          | *                          | *                         | 14.04                       |
| 2015-16          | *                          | *                         | 14.31                       |
| 2016-17          | 22                         | 16.55                     | 16.55                       |
| 2017-18          | 17                         | 13                        | 12.81                       |
| 2018-19          | 20                         | 11.91                     | 10.07                       |
| 2019-20          | 15.50                      | 7.50                      | 7.25                        |
| 2020-21          | 20                         | 17.82                     | 17.79                       |
| 2021-22          | 20                         | 11.71                     | 11.71                       |
| 2022-23          | 20                         | 15                        | 15                          |
| 2023-24          | 20                         | -                         | 6.28 (as on 4 th Aug, 2023) |