Gram Panchayats connected digitally for strengthening the Panchayati Raj system

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1519

ANSWERED ON 02.08.2023

DIGITIZATION OF GRAM PANCHAYATS

1519. SMT. KANTA KARDAM

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

(a) the State-wise details of the number of Gram Panchayats connected digitally for strengthening the Panchayati Raj system and better public service in the country including Uttar Pradesh during the last three years and the current year; and

(b) the corrective measures taken by Government in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

(a) Under Digital India Programme, Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing e- Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), in all the States/ UTs of the country. The aim is to revamp the functioning of Panchayats and to make them more transparent, accountable and effective. Ministry has launched eGramSwaraj, an accounting application to simplify Panchayat work like planning, accounting and budgeting. Ministry has also integrated eGramSwaraj with Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for Gram Panchayats (GPs) to make real time payments to vendors/service providers. The progress made by States/UTs, including Uttar Pradesh, under eGramSwaraj in for the last three years and the current year is given at Annexure.

Furthermore, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is implementing the Bharat Net project to provide broadband connectivity to all GPs in the country. Phase-I of the project to connect one lakh GPs has been completed in December 2017. Under Phase-I of Bharat Net out of 1.23 lakh GPs, approximately 1.22 lakhs of GPs were made Service Ready. Implementation of Phase-II to connect with the remaining GPs is in progress. Under Phase -II of Bharat Net out of 1.44 lakh allotted GPs more than 77,000 GPs have been made Service Ready.

(b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been taking several other steps for strengthening and development of the PRIs in States and Union Territories covered under Part IX of the Constitution through financial and technical assistance under the schemes and programmes of the Government and issuing advisories from time to time. The various measures taken include incentivizing good performing Panchayats, providing financial and technical assistance for capacity building of Panchayats to enable them to perform devolved functions effectively and efficiently, strengthening systems of budgeting, accounting and auditing and assisting States in preparation of participatory Gram Panchayat Development Plans by the Panchayats.

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1519 answered on 02.08.2023 regarding Digitization of Gram Panchayats’.

Adoption of eGram Swaraj at Panchayat level during FY 2023-24

Sl. No	State Name	2020-21			2021-22			2022-23			2023-24
Sl. No	State Name	Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent	Village Panchay at onboard	Village Panchayat s & Equivalen t with Online Payment	Total Number of Village Panchay ats & Equivale nt	Village Panchaya t onboard	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	13422	8843	0	13371	8840	0	13371	8763	2	13371	8763	0
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	2100	2068	0	2114	2096	0	2108	2096	1218	2108	2096	688
3	ASSAM	2664	2197	2197	2664	2197	1973	2662	2197	2185	2662	2197	2111
4	BIHAR	8387	8387	15	8221	8220	7924	8176	8175	7954	8176	8175	6782
5	CHHATTISGARH	11666	11663	11388	11658	11657	11303	11659	11658	11546	11659	11658	7405
6	GOA	191	191	98	191	191	169	191	191	138	191	191	40
7	GUJARAT	14308	14237	1	14343	14239	13168	14400	14272	13435	14589	14272	10616
8	HARYANA	6304	6258	4497	6237	6204	3653	6230	6198	3768	6226	6188	4090
9	HIMACHAL PRADESH	3654	3613	29	3616	3613	1321	3615	3613	3563	3615	3613	2948
10	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	4277	4276	4231	4291	4290	4251	4291	4290	4221	4291	4290	176

Sl. No	State Name	2020-21			2021-22			2022-23			2023-24
Sl. No	State Name	Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent	Village Panchay at onboard	Village Panchayat s & Equivalen t with Online Payment	Total Number of Village Panchay ats & Equivale nt	Village Panchaya t onboard	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt
11	JHARKHAND	4364	4364	4268	4353	4352	4348	4345	4344	4338	4345	4344	4171
12	KARNATAKA	6008	6008	5940	5968	5967	5919	5958	5958	5942	5958	5958	5626
13	KERALA	941	941	0	941	941	941	941	941	940	941	941	614
14	LADAKH	193	193	173	193	193	151	193	193	82	193	193	0
15	MADHYA PRADESH	22813	22808	22496	23129	23069	22126	23032	22991	21495	23032	22991	18345
16	MAHARASHTRA	27903	27810	1264	27902	27813	18364	27900	27783	26185	27555	27448	18499
17	MANIPUR	3811	161	160	3812	161	153	3812	161	160	3812	161	0
18	MEGHALAYA	6758	0	0	6760	0	0	6760	0	0	6760	0	0
19	MIZORAM	834	834	2	834	834	832	834	834	764	834	834	27
20	NAGALAND	1280	5	0	1293	5	0	1293	5	0	1293	5	0
21	ODISHA	6798	6798	6714	6798	6798	6734	6798	6798	6773	6798	6798	6228
22	PUNJAB	13270	13206	8082	13268	13207	10309	13241	13183	9813	13241	13183	7284
23	RAJASTHAN	11347	11314	3858	11343	11316	8493	11342	11315	11244	11342	11315	7936
24	SIKKIM	185	181	4	185	181	130	199	181	175	199	181	138

Sl. No	State Name	2020-21			2021-22			2022-23			2023-24
Sl. No	State Name	Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent	Village Panchay at onboard	Village Panchayat s & Equivalen t with Online Payment	Total Number of Village Panchay ats & Equivale nt	Village Panchaya t onboard	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt	Total Numbe r of Village Pancha yats & Equival ent	Village Pancha yat onboar d	Village Pancha yats & Equival ent with Online Payme nt
25	TAMIL NADU	12519	12490	7986	12525	12496	7783	12525	12494	12029	12525	12494	10835
26	TELANGANA	12771	12765	0	12773	12767	0	12769	12767	12543	12769	12767	12451
27	THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU	38	0	0	38	0	0	38	0	0	38	0	0
28	TRIPURA	1178	1178	1176	1178	1178	1177	1178	1178	1158	1178	1178	911
29	UTTARAKHAND	7791	7791	7763	7791	7791	6291	7812	7811	7730	7812	7811	7316
30	UTTAR PRADESH	58984	58950	58425	58842	58810	57857	58842	58810	58151	58853	58821	51048
31	WEST BENGAL	3340	3229	1863	3340	3229	3213	3340	3229	3223	3340	3229	3218
Total		270099	252759	152630	269972	252655	198583	269855	25242 9	230775	269706	25209 5	189503

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