Parliament Question: Development of Panchayats

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4096 ANSWEREDON 17.03.2026 DEVELOPMENTOFPANCHAYATS †4096: SHRIBALYAMAMASURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has allocated funds under Centrally Sponsored Schemes toenhance the development of Panchayats during the last three financial years, if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) the details of the funds allocated during the said period including the funds thatremainedunutilized, district-wise;

(c) whether any specific funds have been allocated to Panchayats to ensure the developmentof various social groups, including the marginalized sections and to promote employment; and

(d) if so, the detailsthereof,year-wise anddistrict-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRIRAJEEVRANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a) to (d) Panchayat is a State subject and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) supplements and complements the efforts of State Governments, including fund support under the schemes towards functioning of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) on a continuousbasis.

The MoPR implements a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) with the primary objective of strengthening PRIs by way of capacity building and training of the Elected Representatives (ERs) and their functionaries, and providing infrastructural support like Gram Panchayat Bhawan andcomputerization. The State/UT-wise funds released, utilised and unspent balance under the RGSA scheme during the last three years are at Annexure-I. It may be mentioned here that funds under RGSA is not releasedtoanyDistricts.

There isno specific fund provision for the Panchayats for the marginalised sections under the scheme of MoPR. However, funds are released under RGSA for capacity building of the elected representatives and functionaries of the PRIs from all socio-economic groups. Funds for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)under the scheme are earmarked in proportion totheirpopulation inthe country.

1Further, Panchayats receive Central Finance Commission (CFC) Grants for various developmental works. At present, the Panchayats are receiving funds based on recommendations of the 15thFinance Commission that have two components - Tied and Untied. Tied Grants are used for drinking water, rainwater harvesting, water recycling, sanitation and maintenance of Open Defecation Free status. Untied grants are used for felt needsunder the 29subjects enshrined in the XI Schedule of the Constitution of India –which include, inter alia, poverty alleviation, women and child development, social welfare, including welfare of the handicapped and mentally retarded and welfare of the weaker sections, and particularly, of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST). The State-wise allocation of tied and untied grants under the 15thFinance Commission recommendations during the last three years is at Annexure-II. District-wise allocation of funds underthe CFCismade bythe States andhence are not maintainedinthe Ministry.

*** 2Annexure-I Statement referred to in Reply to Parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.4096 answeredon 17.03.2026regardingDevelopment of Panchayats State/UT-wise Funds Released and Utilised during the last three years and Unspent Balancelyingwith themunderthe RGSAScheme (Rs inCrores) Sl.No StateName FundsReleased Fundsutilised UnspentBalance 1 Andhra Pradesh 2.52 86.61 15.65 2 Arunachal Pradesh 250.78 300.36 0.18 3 Assam 192.99 258.43 2.40 4 Bihar 58.37 197.36 1.25 5 Chhattisgarh 34.07 85.89 1.60 6 Goa 2.24 3.41 1.57 7 Gujarat 0 16.77 9.13 8 Haryana 5 20.12 8.36 9 HimachalPradesh 107.17 149.73 6.14 10 Jammu and 170 214.25 16.96 Kashmir 11 Jharkhand 31 70.86 12.12 12 Karnataka 72.25 114.22 6.52 13 Kerala 50.4 92.82 1.92 14 Madhya Pradesh 100.17 316.15 3.25 15 Maharashtra 233.96 458.08 5.16 16 Manipur 18.19 15.56 8.12 17 Meghalaya 14 20.27 2.76 18 Mizoram 36.27 60.75 2.73 19 Nagaland 20 20.78 1.63 20 Odisha 58.73 129.2 8.84 21 Punjab 49.25 89.86 9.79 22 Rajasthan 36.72 103.53 20.61 23 Sikkim 19.01 20.07 3.13 24 Tamil nadu 70.42 98.2 1.80 25 Telangana 20 32.65 27.76 26 Tripura 27.23 34.96 0.48 27 Uttar Pradesh 207.95 436.12 47.97 28 Uttarakhand 157.15 187.16 2.92 29 West Bengal 90.65 190.77 14.45 30 Andaman & 2.91 3.49 1.12 Nicobar 31 DNH&DD 3.14 5.12 0.76 32 Ladakh 1 2.9 0.42 Sub-Total 2143.54 3836.45 247.50 Agencies 48.47 0 0 3Total 2192.01 3836.45 247.50 *FundreleasedasCentral Shareonly.

# Utilization of funds includes unspent balance of previous years/scheme, funds returned from implementing agencies after implementation of SNAmodule and matching State share releasedby the State Government underthe scheme.

$Unspent balance includes matching State share and interest accrued in Single Nodal Account.

4Annexure-II Annexure Referred to inReplyto Parts(a) & (d)of theLok Sabha UnstarredQuestion No. 4096answered on17.03.2026regardingDevelopment of Panchayats.

Component-wiseand State-wise Allocationof FifteenthFinance Commission Grantsduring2022-23 to 2024 -25 Sl. States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 N Unti Tied Total Unti Tied Total Untie Tied Total o. ed Allocatio ed Allocat d Allocati n ion on 1 Andhra 804.0 1206.0 2010.00 812.4 1218.60 2031.0 860.80 1291.2 2152.00 Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 2 Arunach 70.80 106.20 177.00 71.60 107.40 179.00 75.60 113.40 189.00 al Pradesh 3 Assam 491.2 736.80 1228.00 496.4 744.60 1241.0 526.00 789.00 1315.00 0 0 0 4 Bihar 1536. 2305.2 3842.00 1553. 2330.40 3884.0 1645.6 2468.4 4114.00 80 0 60 0 0 0 5 Chhattis 445.6 668.40 1114.00 450.0 675.00 1125.0 476.80 715.20 1192.00 garh 0 0 0 6 Goa 22.80 34.20 57.00 23.20 34.80 58.00 24.80 37.20 62.00 7 Gujarat 978.4 1467.6 2446.00 989.2 1483.80 2473.0 1047.6 1571.4 2619.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Haryana 387.2 580.80 968.00 391.6 587.40 979.00 414.40 621.60 1036.00 0 0 9 Himacha 131.6 197.40 329.00 132.8 199.20 332.00 140.80 211.20 352.00 l 0 0 Pradesh 10 Jharkhan 517.2 775.80 1293.00 522.8 784.20 1307.0 554.00 831.00 1385.00 d 0 0 0 11 Karnatak 985.2 1477.8 2463.00 996.0 1494.00 2490.0 1054.8 1582.2 2637.00 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Kerala 498.4 747.60 1246.00 504.0 756.00 1260.0 533.60 800.40 1334.00 0 0 0 13 Madhya 1220. 1830.0 3050.00 1233. 1849.80 3083.0 1306.0 1959.0 3265.00 Pradesh 00 0 20 0 0 0 14 Maharas 1784. 2676.6 4461.00 1804. 2706.00 4510.0 1910.4 2865.6 4776.00 htra 40 0 00 0 0 0 15 Manipur 54.00 81.00 135.00 54.80 82.20 137.00 58.00 87.00 145.00 16 Meghala 56.00 84.00 140.00 56.40 84.60 141.00 59.60 89.40 149.00 ya 17 Mizoram 28.40 42.60 71.00 28.80 43.20 72.00 30.40 45.60 76.00 18 Nagalan 38.40 57.60 96.00 38.80 58.20 97.00 40.80 61.20 102.00 d 19 Odisha 691.2 1036.8 1728.00 698.8 1048.20 1747.0 740.40 1110.6 1851.00 50 0 0 0 0 20 Punjab 424.8 637.20 1062.00 429.6 644.40 1074.0 455.20 682.80 1138.00 0 0 0 21 Rajastha 1182. 1774.2 2957.00 1195. 1793.40 2989.0 1266.4 1899.6 3166.00 n 80 0 60 0 0 0 22 Sikkim 13.20 19.80 33.00 13.20 19.80 33.00 14.00 21.00 35.00 23 Tamil 1104. 1656.6 2761.00 1116. 1674.60 2791.0 1182.8 1774.2 2957.00 Nadu 40 0 40 0 0 0 24 Telangan 566.0 849.00 1415.00 572.0 858.00 1430.0 605.60 908.40 1514.00 a 0 0 0 25 Tripura 58.80 88.20 147.00 59.20 88.80 148.00 62.80 94.20 157.00 26 Uttar 2986. 4479.6 7466.00 3018. 4528.20 7547.0 3197.6 4796.4 7994.00 Pradesh 40 0 80 0 0 0 27 Uttarakh 176.0 264.00 440.00 178.0 267.00 445.00 188.40 282.60 471.00 and 0 0 28 West 1351. 2026.8 3378.00 1366. 2049.00 3415.0 1446.8 2170.2 3617.00 Bengal 20 0 00 0 0 0 *** 6