Lok Sabha Question No. 3928 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Digitalisation of Gram Panchayats
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3928

ANSWERED ON 25.03.2025

## DIGITALISATION OF GRAM PANCHAYATS

## 3928 DR. T SUMATHY ALIAS THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

(a) whether Government has completed the implementation of Digitalisation of Gram Panchayats and Digital India Programme, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;

(b) the number of Panchayats in the country that have been digitized under the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project as on 31 January, 2025, State-wise;

(c) the total number of Gram Panchayats in the country provided with computers and internet connection and Gram Panchayats not having computer and internet connection in the country, State-wise;

(d) whether there is a timeline for digitizing the remaining Panchayats in the country; and

(e) the total amount allocated, disbursed and spent till 31 January, 2025 for the implementation of e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

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

(a) & (b) Under the Digital India Programme, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) across all States and Union Territories (UTs) of the country. This initiative aims to revamp the functioning of Panchayats, making them more transparent, accountable, and effective. As part of this initiative, the Ministry has launched eGramSwaraj, an online planning and accounting application designed to simplify Panchayat activities such as planning, accounting, and budgeting. The Ministry has also integrated eGramSwaraj with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for Gram Panchayats (GPs) to make real time payments to vendors/service providers. Panchayats use the eGramSwaraj portal to prepare and upload their Annual Panchayat Development Plans. The progress made by States under eGramSwaraj is provided in Annexure-I .

(c) To attain the vision of Digital India, the BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats in the country. So far, out of a total of 2.68 lakh Gram

Panchayats/ Traditional Local Bodies (TLBs), 2.18 lakh GPs/TLBs have been made serviceready for providing high-speed internet services under the BharatNet project. To further improve digital connectivity, the Amended BharatNetProgramme was approved by the Cabinet on 04.08.2023 for the upgradation of the existing network of BharatNet Phase-I and Phase-II and the creation of a network in the remaining Gram Panchayats.

The number of Gram Panchayats (GPs) with computers, as reported by States in their Annual Action Plan, and the number of service-ready points in GPs under the BharatNet Project of the Department of Telecommunications may be seen in Annexure-II . The data on service-ready GPs is sourced from the BharatNet UNMS Dashboard.

(d) All States are striving to implement the e-Panchayat MMP based on the resources available to them. However, due to varying levels of preparedness among Panchayats nationwide, the progress of implementation differs across States. Furthermore, according to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the BharatNet project is scheduled for completion by March 2027.

(e) Under the e-Panchayat MMP, no direct financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for the implementation of e-governance in the Panchayats. Instead, funds are being provided to the National Informatics Center Services Inc. (NICSI) for central-level support and maintenance of e-Panchayat applications. For the current financial year, 2024-25, an amount of Rs. 13.72 crore was allocated to NICSI, out of which Rs. 9.75 crore had been released as of 31.01.2025.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3928 answered on 25.03.2025 regarding 'Digitalisation of Gram Panchayats' Status of adoption of eGramSwaraj at Gram Panchayat level as on 31.01.25

|   S. No | State Name           | To tal N u m be r of Vi lla ge Pa nc ha   | Vil lag e Pa nc ha ya t on bo ar d   | Villa ge Panc haya ts& Equi valen t With Onli ne Pay ment   |   Tota l Nu mbe r of Bloc k Pan chay ats & Equi vale nt |   Bl oc k Pa nc ha ya t on bo ar d |   Bloc k Pan cha yats Wit h Onli ne Pay men t |   Total Numb er of Zila Panch ayats & Equiv alent |   Zila Pan cha yat onb oar d |   Zila Panchay ats With Online Payment |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDH RA PRAD ESH     | 133 28                                    | 132 96 12970                         |                                                             |                                                     660 |                                660 |                                           642 |                                                13 |                           13 |                                     13 |
|       2 | ARUN ACHA L PRAD ESH | 210 8                                     | 210 6                                | 222                                                         |                                                       0 |                                  0 |                                             0 |                                                27 |                           25 |                                      8 |
|       3 | ASSA M               | 266 2                                     | 219 7                                | 2176                                                        |                                                     191 |                                191 |                                           189 |                                                30 |                           29 |                                     27 |
|       4 | BIHA R               | 805 4                                     | 805 4                                | 8045                                                        |                                                     534 |                                534 |                                           530 |                                                38 |                           38 |                                     38 |
|       5 | CHHA TTISG ARH       | 115 96                                    | 115 94                               | 11516                                                       |                                                     146 |                                146 |                                           146 |                                                27 |                           27 |                                     27 |
|       6 | GOA                  | 191                                       | 190                                  | 93                                                          |                                                       0 |                                  0 |                                             0 |                                                 2 |                            2 |                                      2 |
|       7 | GUJA RAT             | 146 56                                    | 145 99                               | 13890                                                       |                                                     248 |                                248 |                                           248 |                                                33 |                           33 |                                     33 |

|   8 | HARY ANA           | 622 6   | 622 2   |   5914 |   143 |   143 |   134 |   22 |   22 |   22 |
|-----|--------------------|---------|---------|--------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|------|
|   9 | HIMA CHAL PRAD ESH | 361 5   | 361 4   |   3540 |    81 |    81 |    81 |   12 |   12 |   12 |
|  10 | JHAR KHAN D        | 434 5   | 434 5   |   4329 |   264 |   264 |   262 |   24 |   24 |   24 |
|  11 | KARN ATAK A        | 595 4   | 595 4   |   5937 |   238 |   232 |   126 |   31 |   31 |   28 |
|  12 | KERA LA            | 941     | 941     |    941 |   152 |   152 |   152 |   14 |   14 |   14 |
|  13 | MAD HYA PRAD ESH   | 230 11  | 230 09  |  22980 |   313 |   313 |   310 |   52 |   52 |   52 |
|  14 | MAH ARAS HTRA      | 279 17  | 278 94  |  26737 |   351 |   351 |   307 |   34 |   34 |   34 |
|  15 | MANI PUR           | 318 0   | 161     |    123 |     0 |     0 |     0 |   12 |    6 |    4 |
|  16 | MEG HALA YA        | 681 7   | 0       |      0 |  2241 |     0 |     0 |    3 |    3 |    0 |
|  17 | MIZO RAM           | 842     | 842     |    832 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|  18 | NAGA LAND          | 128 9   | 186     |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|  19 | ODIS HA            | 679 4   | 679 4   |   6793 |   314 |   314 |   314 |   30 |   30 |   30 |
|  20 | PUNJ AB            | 132 37  | 132 22  |   9775 |   152 |   151 |   114 |   22 |   22 |   19 |
|  21 | RAJA STHA N        | 112 11  | 112 07  |  10837 |   361 |   353 |   351 |   33 |   33 |   33 |
|  22 | SIKKI M            | 199     | 199     |    195 |     0 |     0 |     0 |    6 |    6 |    6 |
|  23 | TAMI L NADU        | 125 25  | 125 25  |  12519 |   388 |   388 |   388 |   36 |   36 |   36 |
|  24 | TELA NGAN A        | 129 91  | 127 68  |  12636 |   572 |   540 |   508 |   32 |   32 |   32 |
|  25 | TRIPU RA           | 119 4   | 118 5   |   1174 |    75 |    75 |    75 |    9 |    9 |    9 |
|  26 | UTTA               | 779     | 779     |   7743 |    95 |    95 |    95 |   13 |   13 |   13 |

|       | RAKH            | 5       | 4       |         |      |       |      |     |     |     |
|-------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|------|-------|------|-----|-----|-----|
| 27    | UTTA R PRAD ESH | 576 91  | 576 91  | 57609   |  826 | 826   |  818 |  75 |  75 |  75 |
| 28    | WEST BENG AL    | 333 9   | 333 9   | 3338    |  345 | 345   |  345 |  22 |  21 |  21 |
| Total | Total           | 263 708 | 251 928 | 24286 4 | 8690 | 640 2 | 6135 | 652 | 642 | 612 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3928 answered on 25.03.2025 regarding 'Digitalisation of Gram Panchayats'.

State-wise Status of Gram Panchayats with Computers and Internet Connections

|   Sl. No | Name of the States/UTs   |   Total GPs/ TLBs (as per LGD) |   GPs with Computers |   GPs without Computers |   Service Ready Points in GPs/TLBs for internet* |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar        |                             70 |                   70 |                       0 |                                               81 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                          13327 |                 9556 |                    3771 |                                            12972 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                           2108 |                  972 |                    1136 |                                             1145 |
|        4 | Assam                    |                           2662 |                 1510 |                    1152 |                                             1634 |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                           8054 |                 8053 |                       1 |                                             8860 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh             |                          11648 |                 5752 |                    5896 |                                             9759 |
|        7 | Goa                      |                            191 |                  191 |                       0 |                                                0 |
|        8 | Gujarat                  |                          14656 |                14546 |                     110 |                                            14563 |
|        9 | Haryana                  |                           6223 |                 1725 |                    4498 |                                             6204 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh*        |                           3615 |                 3615 |                       0 |                                              416 |
|       11 | Jammu and Kashmir        |                           4291 |                 4291 |                       0 |                                             1115 |
|       12 | Jharkhand                |                           4345 |                 3312 |                    1033 |                                             4649 |
|       13 | Karnataka                |                           5953 |                 5953 |                       0 |                                             6251 |
|       14 | Kerala                   |                            941 |                  941 |                       0 |                                             1130 |
|       15 | Ladakh                   |                            193 |                  129 |                      64 |                                              193 |
|       16 | Lakshadweep              |                             10 |                    0 |                      10 |                                                9 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh           |                          23011 |                22722 |                     289 |                                            18106 |
|       18 | Maharashtra              |                          27951 |                27006 |                     945 |                                            24778 |
|       19 | Manipur                  |                           3812 |                  161 |                    3651 |                                             1485 |
|       20 | Meghalaya                |                           6832 |                 4729 |                    2103 |                                              697 |
|       21 | Mizoram                  |                            843 |                  261 |                     582 |                                              539 |
|       22 | Nagaland                 |                           1315 |                  595 |                     720 |                                              236 |
|       23 | Odisha                   |                           6794 |                 6794 |                       0 |                                             7099 |
|       24 | Puducherry               |                            108 |                    0 |                     108 |                                              101 |
|       25 | Punjab                   |                          13238 |                    0 |                   13238 |                                            12807 |
|       26 | Rajasthan                |                          11218 |                11208 |                      10 |                                             8997 |
|       27 | Sikkim                   |                            199 |                  149 |                      50 |                                               54 |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu               |                          12525 |                10100 |                    2425 |                                            10298 |
|       29 | Telangana                |                          12771 |                 4436 |                    8335 |                                            10926 |
|       30 | The Dadra And Nagar      |                             42 |                   42 |                       0 |                                               41 |

|       | Haveli And Daman And Diu   |        |        |       |        |
|-------|----------------------------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| 31    | Tripura                    |   1192 |    701 |   491 |    772 |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh              |  57702 |  57702 |     0 |  47451 |
| 33    | Uttarakhand                |   7795 |   2805 |  4990 |   2021 |
| 34    | West Bengal                |   3339 |   3339 |     0 |   2958 |
| Total | Total                      | 268974 | 213366 | 55608 | 218347 |

*The data is sourced from the BharatNet UNMS Dashboard, and some Gram Panchayats may have multiple service-ready points.

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