Lok Sabha Question No. 328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Digitisation of GPs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram, Behanan Benny, Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 328

ANSWERED ON 5/12/2023

## Digitisation of GPs

## 328. SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  out  of  2,71,102  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  in  the country, only 2,19,889 GPs have computers facility;
- (b) if so, the timeline for supplying computers to every GP in the country to achieve the goal of digitisation of functioning of GPs;
- (c) the timeline fixed for achieving broadband connectivity in all Gram Panchayats by 202425; and
- (d) the update on the progress made towards this connectivity goal, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

- (a) As per the information available, out of 269073 Gram Panchayats (GPs)/ Traditional Local Bodies (TLBs), 226063 GPs have been computerized.
- (b) Panchayat  being  State  subject,  providing  computers  for  Gram  Panchayats  (GPs)  is primarily  the  responsibility  of  States.  However,  under  the  revamped  Rashtriya  Gram Swaraj  Abhiyan  (RGSA)  scheme  approved  for  implementation  from  01.04.2022  to 31.03.2026, has been supplementing the efforts of all States/UTs with focus on NE States, towards supporting functioning of GPs by providing computers as proposed by States/UTs in their Annual Action Plan and approved by Central Empowered Committee on a limited scale. Apart from this, the untied/ basic grants under 15th Finance Commission can also be used by Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for computerization of GPs.
- (c) Bharat  Net  project  is  being  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  by  Department  of Telecommunications to provide broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats and equivalent in the country. As on date, over 2.12 lakh GPs have been made Service Ready under the Bharat Net project in the country. The targets of BSNL for providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connections to all GPs through Bharat Net by 2024-25.
- (d) State-wise progress towards connectivity goal is at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

## Annex refer to in reply to Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 328 answered on 05/12/2023

| Sl. No.   | State Name                                   |   Service Ready |   Operational |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  |              81 |            61 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                               |           12729 |          3654 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                            |            1081 |           191 |
| 4         | Assam                                        |            1640 |           486 |
| 5         | Bihar                                        |            8860 |          2755 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                                 |            9759 |          2222 |
| 7         | Goa                                          |               0 |             0 |
| 8         | Gujarat                                      |           14545 |         10881 |
| 9         | Haryana                                      |            6204 |           976 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                             |             415 |           274 |
| 11        | Jammu and Kashmir                            |            1113 |           400 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                                    |            4638 |          1801 |
| 13        | Karnataka                                    |            6251 |          3173 |
| 14        | Kerala                                       |            1130 |           931 |
| 15        | Ladakh                                       |             193 |            51 |
| 16        | Lakshadweep                                  |               9 |             3 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                               |           18102 |          2220 |
| 18        | Maharashtra                                  |           24166 |          2600 |
| 19        | Manipur                                      |            1479 |            18 |
| 20        | Meghalaya                                    |             692 |            73 |
| 21        | Mizoram                                      |             495 |            57 |
| 22        | Nagaland                                     |             230 |            17 |
| 23        | Odisha                                       |            7099 |          3559 |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   |             101 |            91 |
| 25        | Punjab                                       |           12807 |          6854 |
| 26        | Rajasthan                                    |            8997 |          5327 |
| 27        | Sikkim                                       |              54 |            13 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu                                   |            6837 |          2675 |
| 29        | Telangana                                    |           10797 |          4872 |
| 30        | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |              41 |            20 |
| 31        | Tripura                                      |             771 |           345 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh                                |           45863 |          1900 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                                  |            2013 |           837 |
| 34        | West Bengal                                  |            2909 |          1904 |
|           | Total                                        |          212101 |         61241 |

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