Lok Sabha Question No. 2680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Panchayat Bhawan
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2680

## ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## PANCHAYAT BHAWAN

## 2680. DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that a significant number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) are still functioning without proper infrastructure and at its most basic level devoid of a Panchayat Bhawan;
- (b) if so, the details of GPs functioning without Panchayat Bhawans, State-wise;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the incentives provided to the panchayats in the form of monetary awards for recognizing their good work in improving public service delivery have been stagnant during the last three years; and
- (d) if so, the details of monetary incentives/ awards given to the panchayats during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) & (b) Panchayat being State subject, providing Panchayat Bhawan for Gram Panchayats (GPs)  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  States.  The  States  are  expected  to  mobilise  funds  for construction  of  Panchayat  Buildings  from  various  sources.  However,  under  the  revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) scheme approved for implementation from 2022-23 to 2025-2026, Ministry supplements the efforts of all States/UTs with focus on NE States, towards supporting the functioning of GPs by providing Panchayat Bhawan as proposed by States/UTs in their Annual Action Plan and approved by Central Empowered Committee on a limited scale. As per the information available 35439 GPs are not having own Panchayat Bhawan. State-wise details of GPs without Panchayat Bhawan is at Annexure-I.
- (c)  &  (d)  The  State/UT-  wise  number  of  National  Panchayat  Awards  (NPA)  and  amount  of monetary incentives conferred/released to the Panchayats in various States/UTs during the last three years are given at Annexure- II.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexed refer to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2680 answered on 19/12/2023 regarding Panchayat Bhawan

## State-wise details of GPs without Panchayat Bhawan

| Sl. No   | State/UTs                                    | Without Panchayat Bhawan   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 1893                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 1356                       |
| 3        | Assam                                        | 134                        |
| 4        | Bihar                                        | 6606                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 0                          |
| 6        | Goa                                          | 9                          |
| 7        | Gujarat                                      | 775                        |
| 8        | Haryana                                      | 3137                       |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                             | 315                        |
| 10       | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 1519                       |
| 11       | Jharkhand                                    | 88                         |
| 12       | Karnataka                                    | 460                        |
| 13       | Kerala                                       | 1                          |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 499                        |
| 15       | Maharashtra                                  | 3356                       |
| 16       | Manipur                                      | 27                         |
| 17       | Meghalaya                                    | 1358                       |
| 18       | Mizoram                                      | 407                        |
| 19       | Nagaland                                     | 605                        |
| 20       | Odisha                                       | 0                          |
| 21       | Punjab                                       | 4907                       |
| 22       | Rajasthan                                    | 978                        |
| 23       | Sikkim                                       | 20                         |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 435                        |
| 25       | Telangana                                    | 4436                       |
| 26       | Tripura                                      | 34                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 805                        |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                                  | 1230                       |
| 29       | West Bengal                                  | 35                         |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                     | 8                          |
| 31       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 4                          |
| 32       | Lakshadweep                                  | -                          |
| 33       | Ladakh                                       | 2                          |
| 34       | Puducherry                                   | -                          |
| Total    | Total                                        | 35439                      |

## Annexure-II

Annexed refer to in reply to part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2680 answered on 19/12/2023 regarding Panchayat Bhawan

State/UT-  wise  number  of  National  Panchayat  Awards  (NPA)  and  amount  of  monetary incentives conferred/released to the Panchayats in various States/UTs during the last three years (2020-21 to 2022-23)

| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs               | 2020-21     | 2020-21                 | 2021-22     | 2021-22                 | 2022-23     | 2022-23                 |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs               | Award money | Number of NPA conferred | Award money | Number of NPA conferred | Award money | Number of NPA conferred |
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.18        | 3                       | 0           | 0                       | 0.36        | 5                       |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            | 2.47        | 14                      | 2.95        | 16                      | 2.59        | 16                      |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0.15        | 2                       | 0.85        | 7                       | 0.85        | 7                       |
| 4.        | Assam                     | 1.59        | 9                       | 1.62        | 9                       | 1.59        | 9                       |
| 5.        | Bihar                     | 2.76        | 12                      | 2.27        | 12                      | 2.3         | 12                      |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh              | 1.54        | 11                      | 1.6         | 11                      | 1.69        | 12                      |
| 7.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 0.7         | 4                       | 0.35        | 4                       | 0.35        | 4                       |
| 8.        | Daman &Diu                | 0.35        | 4                       | 0.32        | 4                       |             |                         |
| 9.        | Goa                       | 0           | 0                       | 0           | 0                       | 0           | 0                       |
| 10.       | Gujarat                   | 3.62        | 13                      | 1.88        | 13                      | 1.87        | 13                      |
| 11.       | Haryana                   | 2.86        | 9                       | 1.48        | 9                       | 0.58        | 2                       |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1.54        | 9                       | 1.41        | 9                       | 1.44        | 9                       |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir            | 0.6         | 6                       | 0.36        | 5                       | 1.4         | 8                       |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                 | 1.52        | 9                       | 1.59        | 9                       | 1.59        | 9                       |
| 15.       | Karnataka                 | 0.1         | 9                       | 1.87        | 9                       | 2.67        | 9                       |
| 16.       | Kerala                    | 1.75        | 9                       | 2.1         | 9                       | 2.65        | 9                       |
| 17.       | Ladakh                    | 0           | 0                       | 0           | 0                       | 0.43        | 4                       |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep               | 0.05        | 1                       | 0.3         | 3                       | 0.05        | 1                       |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh            | 0.05        | 18                      | 5.13        | 18                      | 2.72        | 18                      |
| 20.       | Maharashtra               | 2.31        | 20                      | 4.6         | 20                      | 2.71        | 23                      |
| 21.       | Manipur                   | 0.25        | 6                       | 1.76        | 6                       | 0.94        | 6                       |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                 | 0           | 0                       | 0.05        | 1                       | 0.05        | 1                       |
| 23.       | Mizoram                   | 0           | 0                       | 0.25        | 4                       | 0.3         | 5                       |
| 24.       | Nagaland                  | 0.26        | 4                       | 0.36        | 5                       | 0           | 0                       |
| 25.       | Odisha                    | 2.97        | 9                       | 1.87        | 10                      | 2.89        | 17                      |

| 26.   | Punjab        |   1.64 |   13 |   1.74 |   13 |   1.68 |   13 |
|-------|---------------|--------|------|--------|------|--------|------|
| 27.   | Rajasthan     |   1.83 |   11 |   1.72 |   11 |   1.88 |   12 |
| 28.   | Sikkim        |   0.86 |    6 |   0.86 |    6 |   0.86 |    6 |
| 29.   | Tamil Nadu    |   3.56 |   12 |   1.87 |   12 |   1.8  |   12 |
| 30.   | Telangana     |   2.91 |   10 |   1.68 |   12 |   2.46 |   19 |
| 31.   | Tripura       |   1.36 |    8 |   1.43 |    8 |   1.4  |    8 |
| 32.   | Uttarakhand   |   2.96 |   10 |   1.49 |   10 |   1.51 |   11 |
| 33.   | Uttar Pradesh |   4.79 |   38 |   4.78 |   38 |   3.83 |   28 |
| 34.   | West Bengal   |   1.65 |    9 |   1.95 |   11 |   2.75 |   14 |
| Total | Total         |  49.18 |  298 |  52.49 |  314 |  50.19 |  322 |

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