Lok Sabha Question No. 1712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: Grants for Panchayati Raj Institution in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Sanatan Pandey

## GOVERNMENTOF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1712

ANSWEREDON10.02.2026

## GRANTS FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTION IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 1712: SHRI SANATAN PANDEY

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of grants released to Uttar Pradesh under various schemes of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj during the last five years, district-wise;
- (b) whether the said grants have been released in time during the said period;
- (c) if so, the scheme, year and district-wise details of the grants released so far including Ballia district; and
- (d) the details of the said grants utilized during the said period, area-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

(SHRI RAJEEV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) to (c) The scheme-wise and years-wise funds released by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj under the schemes of (i) Revamped/Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), (ii) Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP) and (iii) SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi & Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) to Uttar Pradesh during the last five years i.e. 2020-21 to 2024-25 is as under:

## (In Crores of Rupees)

| Year    |   RGSA ^ |   IoP@ |   SVAMITVA# |
|---------|----------|--------|-------------|
| 2020-21 |    32.54 |   4.79 |        1.45 |
| 2021-22 |    83.08 |   4.78 |        0    |
| 2022-23 |    85.05 |   3.83 |        0    |
| 2023-24 |    84.13 |   1.75 |        0    |
| 2024-25 |    38.77 |   1.01 |        0    |

Based on the award money released for the Award-winning Panchayats at various tiers in Uttar Pradesh, the details of district-wise and year-wise outgo of funds under IoP scheme are given at Annexure.

The release of grants under the RGSA Scheme are based on timely receipt and approval of annual action plan, contribution of matching State share (for RGSA) and utilization certificates of the previous grants. The release of grants under IoP Scheme is contingent upon timely receipt of utilization certificates of the previous grants.

(d) An amount of Rs.790.70 crore has been utilised by the State under the RGSA scheme that includes Central share of Rs. 323.57 crore, matching State share of Rs. 215.71 crore and Rs. 251.42 crore unspent balance of previous years released for capacity building of the elected representatives and their functionaries of the PRIs and for infrastructure like Gram Panchayat Bhawan, computers and peripherals. The entire amount of Rs.16.16 released under the IoP scheme has been utilised as financial incentives to the best performing Panchayats in the State in recognition of their good work for improving delivery of services and public goods selected under the National Panchayat Award competitions. Of the Rs.1.45 crore released under the SVAMITVA scheme for IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities for creation of awareness for popularisation of the scheme and setting up of State Project Management Unit, no fund was utilised by the State.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1712 answered on 10.02.2026 regarding Grants for Panchayati Raj Institution in Uttar Pradesh

## Year-wise and District-wise Funds as Award-money for Various Tiers of Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh during 2020-21 to 2024-25

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Name of the District   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Agra                   | 8         | -         | 24        | -         | -         |
| Amethi                 | -         | 8         | -         | -         | -         |
| Auraiya                | 8         | 16        | 8         | -         | -         |
| Ayodhya                | -         | -         | 20        | -         | -         |
| Baghpat                | -         | 16        | -         | -         | -         |
| Banda                  | 20        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Barabanki              | 33        | 8         | -         | -         | -         |
| Bareilly               | -         | -         | 17        | -         | 75        |
| Basti                  | -         | -         | 16        | -         | -         |
| Bijnor                 | -         | 20        | -         | -         | -         |
| Chandauli              | 16        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Deoria                 | 37        | -         | 25        | -         | -         |
| Etah                   | -         | 8         | -         | -         | -         |
| Etawah                 | -         | 13        | -         | -         | -         |
| Firozabad              | -         | 45        | -         | -         | -         |
| Ghaziabad              | 8         | 8         | -         | -         | -         |
| Gorakhpur              | 16        | 16        | -         | -         | -         |
| Hamirpur               | 16        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| Hapur                  | 50        | 58        | -         | -         | -         |
| Jalaun                 | 30        | 13        | 63        | -         | -         |
| Jhansi                 | 16        | 8         | 41        | -         | -         |
| Kanpur Nagar           | -         | 16        | -         | -         | -         |
| Kheri                  | 8         | -         | -         | -         | -         |

| Kushi Nagar       | -   | -   | 8   | -   | -   |
|-------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| Lucknow           | 16  | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Mainpuri          | 8   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Mathura           | -   | 30  | 33  | -   | -   |
| Mirzapur          | -   | -   | 50  | -   | -   |
| Moradabad         | 50  | 8   | 16  | 125 | 26* |
| Muzaffar Nagar    | 12  | 8   | 17  | -   | -   |
| Pratapgarh        | 8   | 10  | -   | -   | -   |
| Prayagraj         | 12  | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Rampur            | -   | 33  | -   | -   | -   |
| Sambhal           | -   | 12  | -   | -   | -   |
| Sant Kabeer Nagar | -   | 8   | -   | -   | -   |
| Shamli            | 8   | 50  | 12  | -   | -   |
| Siddharth Nagar   | 41  | 41  | 33  | 50  | -   |
| Sonbhadra         | 8   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Sultanpur         | 50  | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| Unnao             | -   | 25  | -   | -   | -   |

*The remaining amount of Rs.24 lakh was released in 2025-26.

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