Lok Sabha Question No. 4186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Infrastructure Facility to Panchayat
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/08/2016

## MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4186

## facility to Paochayat

## 4186. SHRI K PARASURAMAN:

## Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (@) wbether any scheme is being implemented by the Government to ensure the adequate
- () whcther the Government had also proposed for computerization of all panchayats and provision of services through online; and
- (c) ifso, the details tereof and the financial allocation made by the Goverment for this purpose for the last three years and the current yeat, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Panchayats is   primarily the   responsibility of the   State/UT Govemnments. Funds provided by the Central Govemment under  MGNREGS and Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award can also be utilized for provisioning infrastructure facilities in Panchayats.
- The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project wherein a suite of cre common sofitware applications has been developed to address various aspects of Panchayats'  functioning including planning, dcvcloped theit State-specific software applications for e-Governance of Panchayats. However, due to dififerentials in the level of preparedness of Panchayats (manpower, information and communication tcchnology related infrastructure, capacity, etc ) , the pace of adoption of these applications varies across States /UTs Under the erstwhile scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashakatikaran Abhiyan, the MoPR had provided financial assistance for €-enablement in Gram Panchayats during 2013-14 to 2015-16. The details of financial assistance provided tc States during the 2013-16 are given at Annexe.

Annexe

## to be answered on 11/08/2016 regarding Infrastructure facility to Panchayat

## Amount sanctioned under E-Enablement

(Amount Rs: in crore)

| SNo:   | States               | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|--------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh       | 24.23     | 6.53      | 0.00      |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 3      | Assam                | 8.80      | 4.40      | 0.00      |
| 4      | Bihar                | 0.40      | 7.32      | 0.00      |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh         | 0.00      | 8.00      | 2.44      |
| 6      | Gujarat              | 0.00      | 4.31      | 0.00      |
| 7      | Haryana              | 4.57      | 3.68      |           |
| 8      | Himachal Pradesh     |           |           | 0.00      |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir      | 412       | 6.19      | 0.00      |
| 10     | Jharkhand            | 4.00      | 0.00      |           |
|        | Karnataka            | 0.00      | 2.52      | 0.00      |
| 12     | Kerala               | 0.0       | 9.78      | 0.00      |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh       | 0.0       | 0.00      | 0.0       |
| 14     | Maharashua           | 0.00      | 0.0       | 0.00      |
| 15     | Manipur              | 0.26      | 0.0       | 0.00      |
| 16     | Odisha               | 11.21     | 5.61      |           |
| 17     | Punjab               | 0.00      | 0.40      | 0.00      |
| 18     | Rajasthan            | 0.91      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 19     | Sikkim               | 0.70      | 0.70      | 0.00      |
| 20     | Tami Nadu            | 50.09     | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 21     | Telangana            | 0.00      | 8.22      | 0.00      |
| 22     | Tripura              | 2.24      | 0.08      | 0.00      |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh        | 0.00      |           | 0.0       |
| 24     | Uttarakband          | 0.00      | 4.00      | 0.0       |
| 25     | Mizoram              |           | 0.48      | 0.00      |
| 26     | West Bengal          | 1.60      | 20.35     | 0.00      |
| 27     | Dadar GNagar Haveili | 0.04      | 0.14      | 0.00      |
| 28     | Daman & Diu          | 0.05      | 0.18      | 0.00      |
| 29     | Lakshadwecp          |           |           | 0.04      |
|        | Total                | 113.22    | 140.53    | 2.48      |