Parliament Question: Common Service Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. †5270 ANSWEREDON 24/03/2026 COMMONSERVICECENTRES †5270.SHRIGIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIDINESHCHANDRAYADAV: Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state: (a)whether the Government hasreleasedthe entire Central amountof the share for the period 2022-26 in proportion to the amount spent by Bihar under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan(RGSA), if so, the detailsthereof; and (b) the number of Panchayats inBihar where Common Service Centres(CSCs) and computer systems have beenset upso far; and (c)the detailsandthe numberof Panchayatswhere computershave not beenprovidedyet? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRIRAJIVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH) (a) Yes, Sir. Revamped RGSA is demand-driven in nature. The Ministry has released the Central share for the period of 2022-23 to 2025-26 to the State of Bihar as per the norms of RGSAbasedontheAnnualActionPlan(AAP)approved,thepaceofexpenditure&utilisation certificate&Auditreportsubmitted.Theyear-wisedetailsoffundsreleasedandutilisedbythe StateofBiharareasfollows: (Rs. incrore) 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Fund Funds Funds Funds Funds utilized# Fund Fund Fund Release Release Release Release (ason utilized# utilized# utilized# d d d d 28.02.20 26) 33.37 70.07 25.00 51.81 0.00 75.08 35.00 35.69 Fund utilization includes the Central Share, the State Share, and the unspent balance of the previous year. Fundsreleased represent the Central Share only. ForFY 2025–26,the releases comprise fundsthrough bothSNAtill 30thJune 2025andSNA-SPARSHsince 1stJuly 2025. (b) and (c)Panchayat, being “Local Government”, is a State subject and part of the State list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. However, under the scheme of Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), the Ministry provides support to States/UTs for the establishment of an institutional mechanism for the Capacity Building & 1Training and to create Panchayat infrastructure like Gram Panchayat Bhawan, Computer and Co-location of Common Service Centres (CSCs) in Gram Panchayat Bhawan on a limited scale. As reportedbythe State,Right toPublicService(RTPS)centersin all8053 Gram Panchayats are functional which are equivalent to CSCs for providing doorstep delivery tocitizens at GP level. Further, during FY 2024-25, 2000 computers, along with printers and scanners, have been provided to GPs under the Revamped RGSA. Further, as per the information provided by the State, 3882 GPs out of 8053, are yet to be supported with computer and accessories. However, during the current financial year 2025-26, 2171 additional computers were approvedfor the State of Bihar underthe scheme. **** 2