Lok Sabha Question No. 3789 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: Digitalization of Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Devesh Shakya

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 3789

ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025

## DIGITALIZATION OF GRAM PANCHAYATS

## †3789. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the Gram Panchayats of various States are still not equipped with facilities like computers and active internet connection, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and in Lok Sabha Constituencies Etah, Kasganj, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Auraiya, Etawah in Uttar Pradesh';
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has set any time-frame for digitisation of Gram Panchayats and implementation of Digital India programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government so far to provide computers and active internet connection to the Gram Panchayats, State-wise in Uttar Pradesh and in LokSabha constituency Aonla in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the time by which the above facilities are likely to be made available in all the Gram Panchayats, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) to (e) Panchayat, being 'Local Government', is a State subject and part of the State list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Thus the primary responsibility of providing computers and internet connectivity in Panchayats lies with States/UTs. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram SwarajAbhiyan (RGSA), the Ministry supplements the efforts of States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh by providing Computers and peripherals, at a limited scale, with particular focus on the North Eastern States. The state-wise status of computers in Gram Panchayat Bhawan is attached at Annexure -I .

The Ministry, with its limited resources under RGSA, attempted saturation approach for supporting computerization Gram Panchayat. Accordingly, during 2024 -25 special efforts were taken for the Gram panchayats having their own building and approved 22,164 computers to different States/UTs, apart from 30,398 computers already approved under the scheme to States/UTs, including Uttar Pradesh.Details of computers approved under the scheme, State/UTwise including Uttar Pradesh is attached at Annexure-II . District-wise information is not maintained centrally .

Further, BharatNet project being funded by Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) is being implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats (GPs). This infrastructure is leased to TSPs/ISPs for provision of internet connectivity in

GPs/rural areas including post offices/other Government institutions/ villages, schools, and private areas.

As of August 2025, out of 2,69,239 GPs/equivalents, 2,18,347 GPs/equivalents have been made Service Ready (Points) for providing high speed internet services under the BharatNet project. The State-wise details of GPs made Service Ready for providing Broadband services is given in Annexure-III . Further, out of 2225 Gram Panchayats in AonlaLokSabha constituency 1280 Gram Panchayats are Service Ready as per the BharatNet UNMS Dashboard. Further, the status of service ready Gram Panchayats in specific districts is as follows:

| District Panchayat   |   Total Number of Gram Panchayat |   Service Ready Gram Panchayats |
|----------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Etah                 |                              569 |                             405 |
| Kasganj              |                              423 |                             232 |
| Kannauj              |                              499 |                              80 |
| Mainpuri             |                              549 |                             346 |
| Auraiya              |                              477 |                             196 |
| Etawah               |                              469 |                             389 |

Furthermore, Amended BharatNetProgramme has been approved by Cabinet on 04.08.2023, wherein up-gradation of existing network of BharatNet Phase-I and Phase-II and work of creation of network in remaining GPs is proposed. BSNL has been nominated as the Project Management Agency. Also, Ministry has facilitated an interface on the eGramSwaraj portal to enable service-ready Gram Panchayats to easily apply for Fibre-to-Home (FTTH) connections.

Under Digital India Programme, the Ministry is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), in all the States/ Union Territories (UTs) of the country including Uttar Pradesh. 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. As on Date, 2,46,863 Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) for 2025-26 have been prepared and available in e-GramSwaraj.

All States are making efforts to implement e-Panchayat MMP, based on their available resources. However, due to differentials in the level of preparedness of Panchayats across the country, States are at different stages of implementing these applications.

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## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3789 to be answered on 12/08/2025 Status of Computers in Gram Panchayat Bhawan

| Sl. No            | Name of the States/UTs                   | Total GPs   | GPs with Computers   | GPs without Computers   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 13371       | 9991                 | 3380                    |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 2108        | 1372                 | 736                     |
| 3                 | Assam                                    | 2192        | 1324                 | 868                     |
| 4                 | Bihar                                    | 8053        | 2000                 | 6053                    |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh                             | 11693       | 6309                 | 5384                    |
| 6                 | Goa                                      | 191         | 191                  | 0                       |
| 7                 | Gujarat                                  | 14648       | 14181                | 467                     |
| 8                 | Haryana                                  | 6227        | 631                  | 5596                    |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 3615        | 3615                 | 0                       |
| 10                | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 4291        | 4291                 | 0                       |
| 11                | Jharkhand                                | 4345        | 2248                 | 2097                    |
| 12                | Karnataka                                | 5948        | 5948                 | 0                       |
| 13                | Kerala                                   | 941         | 941                  | 0                       |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh                           | 23011       | 22565                | 446                     |
| 15                | Maharashtra                              | 27943       | 27943                | 0                       |
| 16                | Manipur                                  | 161         | 161                  | 0                       |
| 17                | Meghalaya                                | 6431        | 4754                 | 1677                    |
| 18                | Mizoram                                  | 834         | 305                  | 529                     |
| 19                | Nagaland                                 | 1315        | 724                  | 591                     |
| 20                | Odisha                                   | 6794        | 5576                 | 1218                    |
| 21                | Punjab                                   | 13236       | 300                  | 12936                   |
| 22                | Rajasthan                                | 11193       | 11193                | 0                       |
| 23                | Sikkim                                   | 199         | 149                  | 50                      |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu                               | 12525       | 10941                | 1584                    |
| 25                | Telangana                                | 12848       | 5045                 | 7803                    |
| 26                | Tripura                                  | 606         | 588                  | 18                      |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh                            | 57691       | 57691                | 0                       |
| 28                | Uttarakhand                              | 7817        | 2863                 | 4954                    |
| 29                | West Bengal                              | 3339        | 3339                 | 0                       |
| Union Territories | Union Territories                        |             |                      |                         |
| 30                | Andaman &Nicobar                         | 70          | 70                   | 0                       |
| 31                | Dadra And Nagar Haveli and Daman And Diu | 42          | 42                   | 0                       |
| 32                | Lakshadweep                              | 10          | 10                   | 0                       |
| 33                | Ladakh                                   | 193         | 193                  | 0                       |
| 34                | Puducherry                               | 108         | 108                  | 0                       |
| Total             | Total                                    | 263989      | 207602               | 56387                   |

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3789 to be answered on 12/08/2025

## Status of State/UT-wise Computers Approved Under Revamped RGSA

| Sl. No   | State/UTs                                    |   Number of Computers Approved |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                               |                           1922 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                           1936 |
| 3        | Assam                                        |                           2055 |
| 4        | Bihar                                        |                           4267 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                                 |                           6496 |
| 6        | Goa                                          |                              0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                                      |                             43 |
| 8        | Haryana                                      |                           1363 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                             |                            334 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                            |                           1318 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                                    |                           2306 |
| 12       | Karnataka                                    |                              0 |
| 13       | Kerala                                       |                            200 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                               |                            289 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                                  |                           1625 |
| 16       | Manipur                                      |                            141 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                                    |                           1677 |
| 18       | Mizoram                                      |                            591 |
| 19       | Nagaland                                     |                            739 |
| 20       | Odisha                                       |                            350 |
| 21       | Punjab                                       |                           8334 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                                    |                           1554 |
| 23       | Sikkim                                       |                            235 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                                   |                           1594 |
| 25       | Telangana                                    |                           3452 |
| 26       | Tripura                                      |                            493 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                                |                           3145 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                                  |                           4260 |
| 29       | West Bengal                                  |                           1712 |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar                             |                              0 |
| 31       | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                              4 |
| 32       | Lakshadweep                                  |                              0 |
| 33       | Ladakh                                       |                            127 |
| 34       | Puducherry                                   |                              0 |
| Total    | Total                                        |                          52562 |

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3789 to be answered on 12/08/2025

## State wise details service ready points for providing Broadband connections.

| S.No.   | States/UTs                                   |   Total no. of GPs |   No. of Service Ready Points* |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  |                 70 |                             81 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                               |              13327 |                          12972 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                            |               2108 |                           1145 |
| 4       | Assam                                        |               2665 |                           1634 |
| 5       | Bihar                                        |               8054 |                           8860 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                                 |              11623 |                           9759 |
| 7       | Goa                                          |                191 |                              0 |
| 8       | Gujarat                                      |              14674 |                          14563 |
| 9       | Haryana                                      |               6225 |                           6204 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh                             |               3615 |                            416 |
| 11      | Jammu And Kashmir                            |               4291 |                           1115 |
| 12      | Jharkhand                                    |               4345 |                           4649 |
| 13      | Karnataka                                    |               5948 |                           6251 |
| 14      | Kerala                                       |                941 |                           1130 |
| 15      | Ladakh                                       |                193 |                            193 |
| 16      | Lakshadweep                                  |                 10 |                              9 |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh                               |              23011 |                          18106 |
| 18      | Maharashtra                                  |              27952 |                          24778 |
| 19      | Manipur                                      |               3812 |                           1485 |
| 20      | Meghalaya                                    |               6838 |                            697 |
| 21      | Mizoram                                      |                843 |                            539 |
| 22      | Nagaland                                     |               1315 |                            236 |
| 23      | Odisha                                       |               6794 |                           7099 |
| 24      | Puducherry                                   |                108 |                            101 |
| 25      | Punjab                                       |              13236 |                          12807 |
| 26      | Rajasthan                                    |              11193 |                           8997 |
| 27      | Sikkim                                       |                199 |                             54 |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu                                   |              12525 |                          10298 |
| 29      | Telangana                                    |              12860 |                          10926 |
|         | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |                 42 |                             41 |
| 30 31   | Tripura                                      |               1194 |                            772 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh                                |              57691 |                          47451 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand                                  |               7788 |                           2021 |
| 34      | West Bengal                                  |               3339 |                           2958 |
|         | Total                                        |             269020 |                         218347 |