Lok Sabha Question No. 329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Panchayat Buildings
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, P.P. CHAUDHARY

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 329

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## PANCHAYAT BUILDINGS

SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the  construction  of  Panchayat  Building  is  essential  and  mandatory  for  all  the Gram Panchayats in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of Gram Panchayats without Panchayat Buildings in the country, State/UTwise;
- (c) the  funds  allocated/released  for  construction  of  such  buildings  during  each  of  the  last three years and the current year along with the utilisation status thereof State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether cases of alleged irregularities in the construction of such buildings have come to the notice of the Government during the said period and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to increase the budgetary allocation for the purpose to various States including Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NIHAL CHAND)

- (a)  Panchayat  Ghar/Bhawan  is  the  office  of  the  Gram  Panchayats  for  holding  meetings  and discharging  the  responsibilities  of  the  Panchayat  including  issuance  of  certificates,  permits, licenses  etc.  as  mandated  by  the  respective  State  Panchayati  Raj  Acts.    Panchayats  is  a  State subject, it is upto the States to provide building to Gram Panchayats.
- (b)  As  per  the  information  provided  by  States,  there  are 51332 Gram  Panchayats  without Panchayat Ghars in various States/UTs. State/UT wise details are given at Annexure-I.

(c)  To  strengthen  the  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  (PRIs)  across  the  country,  funds  under  the RGPSA have been provided for construction and repair of Panchayat Ghars. The details of funds sanctioned to States during 2013-14 & 2014-15 for construction and repair of Panchayat Ghars are given in Annexure-II. As a meagre amount was available under RGPSA in 2015-16 due to state  component  of  RGPSA  being  delinked  from  central  support,  construction  and  repair  of Panchayat Ghars could not be supported. However, funds have been sanctioned under RGPSA to UTs for Panchayat Ghars.

(d)The complaints connected to Panchayats  Bhawan fall within the purview of the  concerned State  Government,  the  same  are  addressed  by  them  as  per  their  respective  statutes.  In  case  a complaint  on  the  subject  is  received  by  the  Ministry,  these  are  sent  to  the  concerned  State Government  for  examination  and  remedial  action.  Since  issues  related  to  Panchayati  Raj Institutions  are  a  State  subject,  the  Ministry  does  not  maintain  any  data  regarding  the  total number and type of complaints received.

(e)  The  funds  available  for  2015-16  under  RGPSA  are  Rs.  191crore,  mainly  for  capacity building and training. However, construction of buildings for Gram panchayats was specifically notified as a permissible item of work under MGNREGS with effect from 3rd January, 2014. Construction  of  58851  Gram  Panchayat  Level  Sewa  Kendras  across  the  country  have  been sanctioned utilizing funds from MGNREGS of which 18961 have been completed. The number of such Gram Panchayat Level Sewa Kendras sanctioned to Rajasthan is 9165 out of which 7960 have already been completed.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part ( b) of the Lok Sabha starred Question no 329  to be answered on 25.2.2016 regarding Panchayat Building

## Number of Panchayats without Building

|   Sl.No. | State               | Panchayat without building   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | 1811                         |
|        2 | Andman &nikobar     | ₋₋                           |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 1247                         |
|        4 | Assam               | 314                          |
|        5 | Bihar               | 2182                         |
|        6 | Sikkim              | 17                           |
|        7 | Tamil Nadu          | 613                          |
|        8 | Rajasthan           | 723                          |
|        9 | Chandigarh          | ₋₋                           |
|       10 | Chhattisgarh        | 1526                         |
|       11 | Dadar Nagar Haveili | 0                            |
|       12 | Daman &Diu          | 0                            |
|       13 | Delhi               | ₋₋                           |
|       14 | Goa                 | ?                            |
|       15 | Gujarat             | 336                          |
|       16 | Haryana             | 2516                         |
|       17 | Himachal Pradesh    | 212                          |
|       18 | Jammu &Kashmir      | 1943                         |
|       19 | Jharkhand           | 1023                         |
|       20 | Karnataka           | 450                          |
|       21 | Kerala              | 0                            |
|       22 | Lakhdweep           | 5                            |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh      | 3500                         |
|       24 | Manipur             | 74                           |
|       25 | Maharashtra         | 4363                         |
|       26 | Odisha              | 245                          |
|       27 | Pudducherry         | ₋₋                           |
|       28 | Punjab              | 7754                         |
|       29 | Tripura             | **                           |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh       | 18000                        |
|       31 | Uttarakhand         | 1143                         |
|       32 | West Bengal         | 60                           |
|       33 | Telangana           | 1275                         |

Annexure-II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c ) of the Lok Sabha starred Question no 329  to be answered on 25.2.2016 regarding Panchayat Building

## Amount sanctioned and spent under Construction & Repair of GP building

| S.L No.   | States               | Construction& Repair of GP building   | Construction& Repair of GP building   | Funds utilized cumulative(2013 -14 &2014- 15(As reported by States in the Annual Plan   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                      | 2014-15                               | 2013-2014                             |                                                                                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 29.63                                 | 38.28                                 | 8.53                                                                                    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2.21                                  | 4.06                                  | 1.82                                                                                    |
| 3         | Assam                | 19.05                                 | 6.90                                  | 4.68                                                                                    |
| 4         | Bihar                | 8.85                                  | 3.60                                  | **                                                                                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 12.88                                 | 13.57                                 | 10.18                                                                                   |
| 6         | Gujarat              | 12.28                                 | 17.52                                 | 8.76                                                                                    |
| 7         | Haryana              | 12.74                                 | 3.96                                  | **                                                                                      |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh     | 9.16                                  | 7.50                                  | 10.27                                                                                   |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir       | 7.08                                  | 0.00                                  | 0.00                                                                                    |
| 10        | Jharkhand            | 6.79                                  | 8 .28                                 | 8.28                                                                                    |
| 11        | Karnataka            | 29.69                                 | 12.84                                 | 26.10                                                                                   |
| 12        | Kerala               | 11.38                                 | 2.01                                  | 1.91                                                                                    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh       | 28.12                                 | 18.75                                 | Funds not released                                                                      |
| 14        | Maharashtra          | 42.00                                 | 84.00                                 | 52.35                                                                                   |
| 15        | Manipur              | 2.54                                  | 0.66                                  | 1.82                                                                                    |
| 16        | Odisha               | 24.10                                 | 15.12                                 | 0                                                                                       |
| 17        | Punjab               | 0.00                                  | 0                                     | 0.00                                                                                    |
| 18        | Rajasthan            | 9.40                                  | 6.00                                  | 2.4                                                                                     |
| 19        | Sikkim               | 2.91                                  | 1.31                                  | 1.25                                                                                    |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu           | 20.02                                 | 2 9.79                                | 18.57                                                                                   |
| 21        | Telangana            | 29.97                                 |                                       | 24.81                                                                                   |
| 22        | Tripura              | 2.64                                  | 3.87                                  | 1.18                                                                                    |
| 23        | Uttar Pradesh        | 27.81                                 | 20.00                                 | 9.89                                                                                    |
| 24        | Uttarakhand          | 10.37                                 | 3.52                                  | 6.55                                                                                    |
| 25        | Mizoram              | 1.04                                  | 0                                     | **                                                                                      |
| 26        | West Bengal          | 17.52                                 | 0.00                                  | **                                                                                      |
| 27        | Dadar &Nagar Haveili | 0.33                                  | 0.48                                  | **                                                                                      |
| 28        | Daman &Diu           | 0.36                                  | 0.60                                  | **                                                                                      |