Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Capacity Building and Training in PRIs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: P. C. Mohan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 336

ANSWERED ON 5/12/2023

## Capacity Building and Training in PRIs

## 336. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of steps taken by the Ministry to promote capacity building and training in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs); and
- (b) the number of participants trained per training, category-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a)  Ministry has taken numerous steps to promote capacity building and training in Panchayati Raj  Institutions  (PRIs)  over  a  period  of  time.  Under  the  erstwhile  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Gram Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  implemented  during  the  year  2018-19  to  2021-22  had  provided assistance to the States/ UTs  for Capacity Building and Training  (CB&T)  of  Elected Representatives  (ERs)  and  other  stakeholdersin  Panchayats,  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 for increasing the capacity of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).Total 1,42,41,842 participants were trained under the scheme from 2018-19 to 2021-22. State-wise/ Year-wise details of participants trained is at Annexure-I.

To  give  further  boost  to  Capacity  Building  of  ERs  and  other  stakeholders  of  PRIs, 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.

- (b) Under  the  revamped  RGSA  scheme,  approx.  53,49,531  participants  have  been  trained during  2022-23  &  2023-24  (so  far).  Category-wise  participants  trained  during  the  years  is  at Annexure-II.

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## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 336 for 05/12/2023 regarding Capacity Building and Training in PRIs

## State/UT-wise status of Participants trained since 2018-19 to 2021-22 under RGSA

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                               |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |       343 |       509 |         0 |       553 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |    380224 |    600866 |    483233 |    155089 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |      1785 |      9636 |         0 |     18377 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |    322528 |    209737 |    114159 |    126731 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |         0 |     30223 |     34871 |     72328 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                             |    292025 |    129543 |     39843 |     54164 |
| 7         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |        56 |        61 |         0 |       813 |
| 8         | Goa                                      |      1704 |      3089 |         0 |      3249 |
| 9         | Gujarat                                  |    543094 |     22159 |         0 |     10455 |
| 10        | Haryana                                  |     35293 |         0 |      3334 |      5776 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh                         |      7303 |      3852 |       518 |     26923 |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir                           |    102540 |     34256 |     11950 |    261087 |
| 13        | Jharkhand                                |     11221 |         0 |         0 |     25260 |
| 14        | Karnataka                                |    301375 |    304477 |    296546 |    378586 |
| 15        | Kerala                                   |    109057 |    107216 |         0 |    150634 |
| 16        | Ladakh                                   |         0 |         0 |         0 |      4898 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep                              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh                           |    540573 |    480984 |    961367 |    374724 |
| 19        | Maharashtra                              |     80703 |    711268 |    116315 |    681610 |
| 20        | Manipur                                  |     20204 |       582 |      8338 |      1682 |
| 21        | Meghalaya                                |      2600 |     10797 |         0 |      3159 |
| 22        | Mizoram                                  |      6510 |      3048 |         0 |      4337 |
| 23        | Nagaland                                 |     14999 |      5457 |       600 |     25540 |
| 24        | Odisha                                   |     36851 |     65500 |     37784 |     27770 |
| 25        | Puducherry                               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 26        | Punjab                                   |     77112 |         0 |     28094 |     45940 |
| 27        | Rajasthan                                |    122077 |       570 |         0 |      3164 |
| 28        | Sikkim                                   |     15166 |      6910 |     15166 |      5439 |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu                               |    391621 |    160399 |    628125 |    138810 |
| 30        | Telangana                                |    169078 |     14016 |      1039 |      4927 |
| 31        | Tripura                                  |     15910 |     10399 |      6794 |     43138 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh                            |    251796 |     16648 |     71835 |    116042 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                              |     38839 |      2226 |     20335 |     17922 |
| 34        | West Bengal                              |    412064 |    453766 |    448226 |    421398 |
|           | Total                                    |   4304651 |   3398194 |   3328472 |   3210525 |

## Annexure-II

## Annex referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no 336 for 05/12/2023 regarding Capacity Building and Training in PRIs

## Total Participants Trained (Training Category wise) 2022-23

|   Sl. No. | States                                       | General Orientation Trainings   | Refresher Trainings   | PDP Trainings   | Thematic Trainings   | Specialized Trainings   | Any Other Trainings   | TOTAL     |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 709                             | 0                     | 208             | 536                  | 392                     | 29                    | 1,874     |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                               | 1,595                           | 154                   | 15,818          | 4,06,617             | 0                       | 2,24,972              | 6,49,156  |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 2,197                           |                       | 295             | 0                    | 22                      | 1,197                 | 3,711     |
|         4 | Assam                                        | 14,428                          | 1,46,425              | 32,687          | 25,568               | 508                     | 8,117                 | 2,27,733  |
|         5 | Bihar                                        | 3,08,766                        | 9,171                 | 52,390          | 14,103               | 6,502                   | 13,474                | 4,04,406  |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh                                 | 65,510                          | 11,303                | 26,771          | 2,809                | 219                     | 14,487                | 1,21,099  |
|         7 | Goa                                          | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 1,777                 | 1,777     |
|         8 | Gujarat                                      | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 250                   | 250       |
|         9 | Haryana                                      | 4,614                           | 0                     | 151             | 0                    | 0                       | 94                    | 4,859     |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh                             | 1,137                           | 1,020                 | 6,307           | 0                    | 395                     | 672                   | 9,531     |
|        11 | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 337                             |                       | 92,383          | 1,89,322             | 0                       | 2,096                 | 2,84,138  |
|        12 | Jharkhand                                    | 6,063                           | 489                   | 1,096           | 27                   | 85                      | 542                   | 8,302     |
|        13 | Karnataka                                    | 8,760                           | 7,480                 | 1,05,049        | 30                   | 46,126                  | 46,022                | 2,13,467  |
|        14 | Kerala                                       | 17,914                          | 5,665                 | 34,555          | 98,529               | 6,331                   | 16,484                | 1,79,478  |
|        15 | Ladakh                                       | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 98                      | 106                   | 204       |
|        16 | Lakshwadeep                                  | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 0                     | 0         |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh                               | 56,737                          | 3,594                 | 79,750          | 30,355               | 13,405                  | 97,769                | 2,81,610  |
|        18 | Maharashtra                                  | 1,75,016                        | 48,836                | 3,94,656        | 2,70,384             | 572                     | 1,51,701              | 10,41,165 |
|        19 | Manipur                                      | 91                              | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 803                   | 894       |
|        20 | Meghalaya                                    | 6,544                           | 230                   | 118             | 4,083                | 38                      | 575                   | 11,588    |
|        21 | Mizoram                                      | 219                             | 57                    | 650             | 1,260                | 0                       | 473                   | 2,659     |
|        22 | Nagaland                                     | 873                             | 47                    | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 912                   | 1,832     |
|        23 | Odisha                                       | 47,814                          | 1,939                 | 2,423           | 64                   | 0                       | 26,876                | 79,116    |
|        24 | Puducherry                                   | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                       | 0                     | 0         |
|        25 | Punjab                                       | 709                             | 82                    | 0               | 24,141               | 46                      | 11,400                | 36,378    |
|        26 | Rajasthan                                    | 755                             | 98                    | 206             | 1,108                | 57                      | 257                   | 2,481     |
|        27 | Sikkim                                       | 1,839                           | 33                    | 737             | 9,492                | 107                     | 1,344                 | 13,552    |
|        28 | Tamil Nadu                                   | 13,170                          | 25,011                | 39,226          | 8,568                | 762                     | 19,823                | 1,06,560  |
|        29 | Telangana                                    | 3,667                           | 66                    | 9,700           | 761                  | 0                       | 312                   | 14,506    |
|        30 | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 37                              | 0                     | 81              | 457                  | 0                       | 0                     | 575       |
|        31 | Tripura                                      | 2,133                           | 1,490                 | 1,985           | 100                  | 1,640                   | 395                   | 7,743     |
|        32 | Uttrakhand                                   | 1,427                           | 33                    | 82,893          | 72,625               | 96,128                  | 10,303                | 2,63,409  |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh                                | 33,094                          | 730                   | 5,270           | 2,367                | 0                       | 6,780                 | 48,241    |

Total Participants Trained (Training Category wise) 2023-24 till 22-11-2023

| Sl. No.   | States                                       | General Orientation Trainings   | Refersher Trainings   | PDP Trainings   | Thematic Trainings   | Specialize d Trainings   | Any Other Trainings   | TOTAL     |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 329                             | 0                     | 285             | 1,013                | 103                      | 51                    | 1,781     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                               | 2,251                           | 17,817                | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 587                   | 20,655    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 0                               | 0                     | 770             | 0                    | 31                       | 299                   | 1,100     |
| 4         | Assam                                        | 9,730                           | 92,510                | 1,439           | 1,247                | 1,617                    | 2,307                 | 1,08,850  |
| 5         | Bihar                                        | 28,244                          | 743                   | 12,684          | 21,030               | 1,629                    | 4,516                 | 68,846    |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                                 | 23,589                          | 9,557                 | 24,251          | 2,332                | 520                      | 6,283                 | 66,532    |
| 7         | Goa                                          | 124                             | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 20                       | 0                     | 144       |
| 8         | Gujarat                                      | 304                             | 0                     | 652             | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 956       |
| 9         | Haryana                                      | 2,742                           | 0                     | 2,228           | 48                   | 0                        | 1,113                 | 6,131     |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                             | 1,250                           | 1,499                 | 7,063           | 0                    | 642                      | 1,414                 | 11,868    |
| 11        | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 191                             | 0                     | 1,52,495        | 1,71,415             | 24,930                   | 991                   | 3,50,022  |
| 12        | Jharkhand                                    | 4,956                           | 0                     | 754             | 0                    | 0                        | 2,687                 | 8,397     |
| 13        | Karnataka                                    | 3,337                           | 189                   | 4,118           | 469                  | 2,694                    | 15,814                | 26,621    |
| 14        | Kerala                                       | 1,389                           | 24                    | 22              | 24,571               | 78                       | 18,191                | 44,275    |
| 15        | Ladakh                                       | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 0         |
| 16        | Lakshwadeep                                  | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 0         |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                               | 17,581                          | 21                    | 4,518           | 5,177                | 5,158                    | 9,160                 | 41,615    |
| 18        | Maharashtra                                  | 41,897                          | 12,309                | 68,052          | 28,924               | 1,316                    | 31,395                | 1,83,893  |
| 19        | Manipur                                      | 1,076                           | 157                   | 528             | 261                  | 1,756                    | 213                   | 3,991     |
| 20        | Meghalaya                                    | 160                             | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 97                    | 257       |
| 21        | Mizoram                                      | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 0         |
| 22        | Nagaland                                     | 0                               | 0                     | 20              | 0                    | 0                        | 1,382                 | 1,402     |
| 23        | Odisha                                       | 16,861                          | 1,444                 | 17,856          | 45,394               | 20                       | 35,890                | 1,17,465  |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 0         |
| 25        | Punjab                                       | 105                             | 299                   | 90              | 21                   | 583                      | 344                   | 1,442     |
| 26        | Rajasthan                                    | 2,993                           | 511                   | 459             | 80                   | 0                        | 659                   | 4,702     |
| 27        | Sikkim                                       | 699                             |                       | 709             | 177                  | 0                        | 223                   | 1,808     |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                                   | 3,646                           | 55                    | 7,647           | 33,894               | 0                        | 4,848                 | 50,090    |
| 29        | Telangana                                    | 533                             | 0                     | 27              | 608                  | 69                       | 25                    | 1,262     |
| 30        | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 0                        | 0                     | 0         |
| 31        | Tripura                                      | 2,286                           | 0                     | 67              | 2,553                | 350                      | 0                     | 5,256     |
| 32        | Uttrakhand                                   | 0                               | 0                     | 0               | 0                    | 8,636                    | 374                   | 9,010     |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                                | 4,867                           | 0                     | 65              | 762                  | 0                        | 418                   | 6,112     |
| 34        | West Bengal                                  | 6,087                           | 0                     | 1,278           | 0                    | 0                        | 415                   | 7,780     |
|           | Total                                        | 1,77,227                        | 1,37,135              | 3,08,077        | 3,39,976             | 50,152                   | 1,39,696              | 11,52,263 |
| 34        | Bengal                                       |                                 |                       |                 | 27,395               |                          |                       | 1,74,974  |
|           | Total                                        | 116                             | 34                    | 54,606          |                      | 19,736                   | 73,087                |           |
|           | West                                         | 7,76,271                        | 2,63,987              | 10,40,011       | 11,90,701            | 1,93,169                 | 7,33,129              | 41,97,268 |

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