Lok Sabha Question No. 699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Governance in Gram Panchayat
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PANCHYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699 TO BE ANSWERED ON  21.07.2016

## GOVERNANCE IN GRAM PANCHAYAT

†699. SHRI DEVJI  M. PATEL

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- a) whether any steps have been taken by the Government for cleanliness, potable water, child development,  livestock  rearing  and  governance  in  all  the  Gram  Panchayats  across  the country including Rajasthan to empower the rural India;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether the Government proposes to conduct training programme  for  representatives  and office bearers of Panchayats to apprise them about their duties and responsibilities; and
- d) if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) & (b) Yes, Madam. Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission award an amount of Rs. 2,00,292.20  crore  for  the  period  2015-20  is  being  devolved  to  the  Gram  Panchayats constituted under Part IX of the Constitution in 26 States including Rajasthan for delivering basic  services,  technical  &  administrative  support  towards  operations  and  maintenance, creation  of  reliable  data  base  of  local  bodies'  receipts  &  expenditure  through  audited accounts and for improvement of own source revenue of the Gram Panchayats. The grants are allocated  and  released  to  the  States  by  the  Ministry  of  Finance  in  accordance  with  the guidelines. The State-wise total allocation and release of grants for Gram Panchayats during 2015-16 and 2016-17 is at Annexe.
- (c) & (d) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj provides funds to the States for capacity building and  training  of  various  Stakeholders  i.e.  Elected  Representatives  and  Functionaries  of Panchayati Raj Institutions on a large scale, including e-enablement and setting up Panchayat resource  centres  for  the  same,  thereby  increasing  the  capacity  of  PRIs  and  improving governance of Panchayats.

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(Referred  to  in  Reply  to  Part  (a)  &  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  699 answered on 21.03.2016)

State-wise  Allocation  &  Release  of  Rural  Local  Body  Grants  under  Fourteenth  Finance Commission (FFC) for 2015-16 and 2016-17 as on 30-6-2016.

| S. No.   |                   | 2015-16     | 2015-16   | 2016-17     | 2016-17   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|          | States            | Allocation* | Releases  | Allocation* | Releases  |
| (1)      | (2)               | (3)         | (4)       | (5)         | (6)       |
| 1        | #Andhra Pradesh   | 934.34      | 928.41    | 1293.75     | 0.00      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 88.52       | 88.52     | 122.58      | 0.00      |
| 3        | Assam             | 584.80      | 292.40    | 809.76      | 0.00      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 2269.18     | 2269.18   | 3142.08     | 0.00      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 566.18      | 566.18    | 783.98      | 0.00      |
| 6        | Goa               | 14.44       | 7.22      | 20.00       | 0.00      |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 932.25      | 932.25    | 1290.86     | 645.43    |
| 8        | Haryana           | 419.28      | 419.28    | 580.57      | 290.29    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 195.39      | 195.39    | 270.56      | 135.28    |
| 10       | #Jammu& Kashmir   | 373.96      | 367.72    | 517.81      | 0.00      |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 652.83      | 652.83    | 903.96      | 0.00      |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 1002.85     | 972.36    | 1388.62     | 0.00      |
| 13       | Kerala            | 433.76      | 433.76    | 600.62      | 0.00      |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1463.61     | 1463.61   | 2026.62     | 0.00      |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 1623.32     | 1623.32   | 2247.77     | 0.00      |
| 16       | Manipur           | 22.25       | 22.25     | 30.80       | 0.00      |
| 17       | Odisha            | 955.52      | 955.52    | 1323.09     | 661.55    |
| 18       | Punjab            | 441.70      | 441.70    | 611.61      | 0.00      |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | 1471.95     | 1471.95   | 2038.17     | 1019.09   |
| 20       | Sikkim            | 16.03       | 16.04     | 22.20       | 0.00      |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu        | 947.65      | 947.65    | 1312.19     | 656.10    |
| 22       | Telangana         | 580.34      | 580.34    | 803.58      | 0.00      |
| 23       | Tripura           | 36.24       | 36.24     | 50.18       | 0.00      |
| 24       | #Uttar Pradesh    | 3862.60     | 3852.60   | 5348.45     | 0.00      |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       | 203.26      | 203.26    | 281.45      | 140.73    |
| 26       | W. Bengal         | 1532.21     | 735.43    | 2121.61     | 0.00      |
|          | Total             | 21624.46    | 20475.41  | 29942.87    | 3548.45   |

Note: Information has been compiled based on the release orders issued by MoF.

*As recommended by FFC

#Released on pro-rata basis on the basis of information provided by the State Government.