Lok Sabha Question No. 539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Capacity Building of Panchayat
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi, Keshari Devi Patel, Dinesh Lal "Nirahua" Yadav, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †539 ANSWERED ON 06/02/2024

## Capacity Building of Panchayat

## †539. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: SHRI DINESH LAL YADAV 'NIRAHUA': SHRI CHANDRAPRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) the details of steps taken or to be taken by the Government to promote capacity building and training in the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in various districts including aspirational districts;
- (b) the total number of participants trained under the said programme in the country after year 2014, category and training-wise; and
- (c) the figures of the capacity building and training in the said PRIs in Rajasthan, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) & (b) The Ministry implemented the schemes of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Shashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) during the period 2012-13 to 2015-16 and Capacity Building Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA) during the year 2016-17 and 2017-18 for strengthening of Panchayati Raj System across the country. Total 11,195,813 participants were provided training under the scheme from 2014-15 to 2017-18.

Further, under the erstwhile scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) implemented during the year 2018-19 to 2021-22 the Ministry had provided assistance to the States/ UTs for Capacity Building and Training (CB&T) of Elected Representatives (ERs) and other stakeholders of Panchayati Raj Institutions, including aspirational districts, to enable them to perform their functions, including planning and implementation of development programmes effectively. The States were also provided support for establishment of Panchayat Resource Centres. Under the scheme, the States had taken up Capacity Building and Training of Elected Representatives and other stakeholders in Panchayats on a large scale and Total 1,42,41,842 participants were trained from 2018-19 to 2021-22. Details of Participant trained since 2014-15 to 2021-22 is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Year    | Scheme                                                      |   Participants trained |
|-----------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 | Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaltikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA)        |                 930589 |
|         2 | 2015-16 | Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaltikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA)        |                1457656 |
|         3 | 2016-17 | Capacity Building- Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA) |                3437500 |
|         4 | 2017-18 | Capacity Building- Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA) |                5370068 |
|         5 | 2018-19 | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)                        |                4304651 |
|         6 | 2019-20 | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)                        |                3398194 |
|         7 | 2020-21 | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)                        |                3328472 |
|         8 | 2021-22 | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)                        |                3210525 |

To give further boost to Capacity Building of Elected Representatives and other stakeholders of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Government has approved the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) for implementation from 2022-23 to 2025-26 with the primary objective to build capacity of Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs) through imparting training to all the Elected Representatives (ERs) and other stakeholders to enable the Gram Panchayats to function effectively and to achieve Sustainable Development Goals through Localization at grassroot level. Category-wise participants provided training during 202223 & 2023-24 is as under :

|   Sl. No. | Category                      | 2022-23   |   2023-24 (as on 31 st Jan, 2024) |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | General Orientation Trainings | 7,76,271  |                            494702 |
|         2 | Refresher Trainings           | 2,63,987  |                            403566 |
|         3 | PDPTrainings                  | 10,40,011 |                            754670 |
|         4 | Thematic Trainings            | 11,90,701 |                            604868 |
|         5 | Specialized Trainings         | 1,93,169  |                            132408 |
|         6 | Any Other Trainings           | 7,33,129  |                            179205 |

- (c) As per the information available on Training Management Portal (TMP), district-wise participants trained in Rajasthan is at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-I

## Annex referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 539 for 06/02/2024 regarding Capacity Building of Panchayat

| District wise total Participants Trained in Rajasthan (FY 2023-24)   | District wise total Participants Trained in Rajasthan (FY 2023-24)   | District wise total Participants Trained in Rajasthan (FY 2023-24)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                | District                                                             | Total Trained in FY 2023-24(as on 2nd Feb 2024)                      |
| 1                                                                    | Ajmer                                                                | 197                                                                  |
| 2                                                                    | Alwar                                                                | 250                                                                  |
| 3                                                                    | Banswara                                                             | 6295                                                                 |
| 4                                                                    | Baran                                                                | 186                                                                  |
| 5                                                                    | Barmer                                                               | 69                                                                   |
| 6                                                                    | Bharatpur                                                            | 0                                                                    |
| 7                                                                    | Bhilwara                                                             | 0                                                                    |
| 8                                                                    | Bikaner                                                              | 0                                                                    |
| 9                                                                    | Bundi                                                                | 2458                                                                 |
| 10                                                                   | Chittorgarh                                                          | 729                                                                  |
| 11                                                                   | Churu                                                                | 787                                                                  |
| 12                                                                   | Dausa                                                                | 0                                                                    |
| 13                                                                   | Dholpur                                                              | 471                                                                  |
| 14                                                                   | Dungarpur                                                            | 2859                                                                 |
| 15                                                                   | Ganganagar                                                           | 0                                                                    |
| 16                                                                   | Hanumangarh                                                          | 0                                                                    |
| 17                                                                   | Jaipur                                                               | 2918                                                                 |
| 18                                                                   | Jaisalmer                                                            | 0                                                                    |
| 19                                                                   | Jalore                                                               | 100                                                                  |
| 20                                                                   | Jhalawar                                                             | 97                                                                   |
| 21                                                                   | Jhunjhunu                                                            | 2905                                                                 |
| 22                                                                   | Jodhpur                                                              | 264                                                                  |
| 23                                                                   | Karauli                                                              | 430                                                                  |
| 24                                                                   | Kota                                                                 | 97                                                                   |
| 25                                                                   | Nagaur                                                               | 51                                                                   |
| 26                                                                   | Pali                                                                 | 0                                                                    |
| 27                                                                   | Pratapgarh                                                           | 433                                                                  |
| 28                                                                   | Rajsamand                                                            | 94                                                                   |
| 29                                                                   | Sawai Madhopur                                                       | 106                                                                  |
| 30                                                                   | Sikar                                                                | 2257                                                                 |
| 31                                                                   | Sirohi                                                               | 0                                                                    |
| 32                                                                   | Tonk                                                                 | 1512                                                                 |
| 33                                                                   | Udaipur                                                              | 260                                                                  |
|                                                                      | TOTAl                                                                | 25825                                                                |