Parliament Question: Gram Panchayat Development Plans

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1491 ANSWERED ON 28.07.2026

1491. SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

SHRI NARAYAN TATU RANE:

SHRI RAJPALSINH MAHENDRASINH JADAV:

SHRI MURASOLI S:

SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

DR. C M RAMESH:

SHRI HARIBHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

(a) the details and status of implementation of e-Gram Swaraj and Audit Online across Gram Panchayats, State-wise;

(b) the status of preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) and the current status of integration of e-Gram Swaraj with other digital governance platforms for planning and financial management, State-wise;

(c) whether training programmes have been conducted for elected representatives and Panchayat officials under these platforms, if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(d) the details of funds disbursed and pending for panchayats, district the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan during the last five years, State-wise including in Panchayat in Thanjavur district;

(e) the details and status of implementation of the e-Gram Swaraj portal for panchayats in Thanjavur district, including data entry compliance levels and State-wise including such panchayat;

(f) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of the e-Gram Swaraj and Audit Online platforms State-wise including Andhra Pradesh, particularly in Anakapalli Lok Sabha Constituency;

(g) the number of Gram Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh and Anakapalli that have prepared and uploaded their Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) through e-Gram Swaraj during the last three years, State-wise;

(h) whether the Government proposes to integrate e-Gram Swaraj with other digital governance platforms for real-time monitoring of Panchayat finances, execution of development works in Andhra Pradesh; and

(i) if so, the details thereof, including the financial assistance, capacity-building initiatives and timeline, State-wise? 1ANSWER THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH)

(a), (b), (e), (f) & (g) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) to strengthen digital governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions across the country. Under the project, eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline have been developed to facilitate digital planning, budgeting, accounting, audit, asset management and monitoring of Panchayat activities. Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) are prepared through a participatory planning process and uploaded on the eGramSwaraj portal. The Ministry regularly reviews the implementation of these applications through periodic reviews, data analytics and technical support provided to the States/UTs.

The State-wise details of implementation of eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline, status of GPDP preparation during the last three years, implementation in Thanjavur district and Anakapalli Lok Sabha Constituency status are given at Annexure-I.

(c) Training of elected representatives and Panchayat functionaries is conducted under the Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA). The details of elected representatives and Panchayat functionaries trained in eGramSwaraj and other Digital platforms during 2025-26 is at Annexure-II.

(d) The State/UT-wise details of funds released under the Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) during the last five years, including the State of Tamil Nadu, are given at Annexure-III. District-wise allocation is not maintained separately by the Ministry.

(h) & (i) The eGramSwaraj portal is a simplified, work-based application developed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj under the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), through which the planning, accounting, implementation, online payments, monitoring, and reporting of Gram Panchayat activities are carried out on a unified digital platform.

eGramSwaraj has already been integrated with various Government digital platforms, including the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for online payments and financial management, the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) for procurement, BHASHINI for multilingual AI-enabled services, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for weather- related information.

The Ministry continuously enhances the e-Panchayat applications and provides technical support and capacity-building under the Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) to facilitate their effective adoption by the States/UTs. These initiatives are implemented across the country, including the State of Andhra Pradesh.

*** 2Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1491 answered on

28.07.2026 regarding ‘Gram Panchayat Development Plans’. i. State wise Adoption Status of eGramSwaraj for FY 2025-26 Village No. of GPDP Total Number Village Panchayat Panchayats & Uploaded on of Village onboarded on S.No State Name Equivalent eGramSwaraj Panchayats & eGramSwaraj- With Online during Plan Year Equivalent PFMS interface Payment 2025-26 Andhra 1 Pradesh 13327 13320 13041 13320 Arunachal 2 Pradesh 2108 2108 1541 2089 3 Assam 2663 2198 2118 2117 4 Bihar 8054 8054 8050 8053 5 Chhattisgarh 11692 11688 11390 11651 6 Goa 191 191 119 191 7 Gujarat 14619 14591 13948 13805 8 Haryana 6227 6227 6051 6221 Himachal 9 Pradesh 3615 3615 3597 3611 10 Jharkhand 4345 4345 4316 4343 11 Karnataka 5949 5949 5938 5940 12 Kerala 941 941 939 941 Madhya 13 Pradesh 23011 23011 22352 22974 14 Maharashtra 28002 27936 26773 27902 15 Manipur 3175 161 113 161 16 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 17 Mizoram 855 855 817 816 18 Nagaland 1312 984 0 0 19 Odisha 6794 6794 6788 6794 20 Punjab 13236 13235 12551 13229 21 Rajasthan 13128 11185 10835 11174 22 Sikkim 199 199 197 199 23 Tamil Nadu 12482 12482 12443 12392 24 Telangana 12760 12759 12372 12751 25 Tripura 1194 1194 1192 1193 Uttar 26 Pradesh 57695 57693 57674 57683 27 Uttarakhand 7812 7810 7347 7777 28 West Bengal 3339 3339 3337 3337 Total 258725 252864 245839 250664 3ii. Details of Gram Panchayats Preparing and Uploading GPDPs through eGramSwaraj in Andhra Pradesh and Anakapalli (Last Three Years) No. of GPDP No. of GPDP No. of GPDP Total Number State/ Block Uploaded on Uploaded on Uploaded on of Village S.No Panchayat eGramSwaraj eGramSwaraj eGramSwaraj Panchayats & Name during Plan Year during Plan Year during Plan Year Equivalent 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 1 Andhra 13327 13320 13310 13305 Pradesh 2 Anakapalli, 32 32 32 32 Andhra Pradesh 3 Thanjavur, 589 589 585 587 Tamil Nadu iii. State wise Audit Report Generated through AuditOnline for Audit Period FY 2024-25 Total Number of Village Total Number of Audit S.No. State Name Panchayats & Equivalent Report Generated 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13328 13175 ARUNACHAL 2 PRADESH 2108 1823 3 ASSAM 2770 2025 4 BIHAR 8053 4734 5 CHHATTISGARH 11713 11621 6 GOA 191 88 7 GUJARAT 14687 14585 8 HARYANA 6230 6124 HIMACHAL 9 PRADESH 3615 3486 10 JHARKHAND 4345 4039 11 KARNATAKA 5952 5949 12 KERALA 941 828 13 MADHYA PRADESH 23011 20085 14 MAHARASHTRA 27953 26705 15 MANIPUR 3811 0 16 MEGHALAYA 6854 0 17 MIZORAM 843 0 18 NAGALAND 1330 0 19 ODISHA 6794 6784 20 PUNJAB 13237 13221 21 RAJASTHAN 11230 11079 22 SIKKIM 199 199 423 TAMIL NADU 12525 12517 24 TELANGANA 12994 12577 25 TRIPURA 1194 1193 26 UTTAR PRADESH 57691 57639 27 UTTARAKHAND 7787 0 28 WEST BENGAL 3339 3180 Total 264725 233656 5Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1491 answered on

28.07.2026 regarding ‘Gram Panchayat Development Plans’.

The details of elected representatives and Panchayat functionaries trained in eGramSwaraj and other Digital platforms during 2025-26 S.No State/UT Name 2025-26 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands - 2 Andhra Pradesh 13,812 3 Arunachal Pradesh 299 4 Assam 7,471 5 Bihar 31,956 6 Chhattisgarh 81 7 Goa - 8 Gujarat - 9 Haryana 12,381 10 Himachal Pradesh 817 11 Jammu And Kashmir 3,461 12 Jharkhand 2,460 13 Karnataka - 14 Kerala 7,799 15 Ladakh 281 16 Madhya Pradesh 7,679 17 Maharashtra 75 18 Manipur 26 19 Meghalaya - 20 Mizoram 3,053 21 Nagaland - 22 Odisha 7,433 23 Puducherry - 24 Punjab 86 25 Rajasthan 13,841 26 Sikkim 135 27 Tamil Nadu 9,824 28 Telangana 540 29 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 138 30 Tripura - 31 Uttar Pradesh 52,380 32 Uttarakhand - 33 West Bengal 40,657 34 Center - TOTAL 2,16,685 6Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1491 answered on

28.07.2026 regarding ‘Gram Panchayat Development Plans’.

State/UT- wise details of funds released under Revamped RGSA during the last five years (Rs. in crore) Sl. No State 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0.00 0.00 0.79 2.12 1.00 2 Andhra Pradesh 38.54 0.00 0.00 2.52 35.00 3 Arunachal Pradesh 30.07 108.69 72.09 70.00 57.00 4 Assam 44.04 55.29 77.70 60.00 64.00 5 Bihar 63.77 33.37 25.00 0.00 26.00 6 Chhattisgarh 7.93 0.00 17.57 16.50 29.00 7 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 0.00 1.14 1.00 1.00 1.25 8 Goa 0.59 0.00 0.89 1.35 1.00 9 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 10 Haryana 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 17.91 11 Himachal Pradesh 32.42 60.65 19.31 27.21 14.00 12 Jammu & Kashmir 40.00 40.00 65.00 65.00 57.00 13 Jharkhand 7.74 0.00 31.00 0.00 15.20 14 Karnataka 29.15 36.00 20.00 16.25 11.03 15 Kerala 12.00 30.40 10.00 10.00 18.00 16 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17 Ladakh 1.08 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.72 18 Madhya Pradesh 47.11 28.00 32.17 40.00 49.95 19 Maharashtra 73.34 37.84 116.12 80.00 54.49 20 Manipur 2.98 8.63 9.56 0.00 1.48 21 Meghalaya 0.00 0.00 6.00 8.00 5.02 22 Mizoram 5.56 14.27 10.00 12.00 16.50 23 Nagaland 4.58 0.00 10.00 10.00 10.70 24 Odisha 1.33 11.40 27.33 20.00 62.24 25 Puducherry 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26 Punjab 10.78 34.25 10.00 5.00 30.30 27 Rajasthan 17.27 0.00 21.72 15.00 13.00 28 Sikkim 1.19 6.01 6.00 7.00 3.21 729 Tamil Nadu 39.89 25.42 0.00 45.00 20.00 30 Telangana 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 3.00 31 Tripura 4.67 9.80 7.43 10.00 29.99 32 Uttar Pradesh 83.08 85.05 84.13 38.77 28.05 33 Uttarakhand 0.00 42.48 64.67 50.00 44.09 34 West Bengal 15.14 4.28 33.69 52.68 40.00 Sub-Total 614.25 672.97 800.17 670.40 768.13 Others Implementing Agencies 3.75 10.01 14.69 23.77 23.63 Grand Total 618.00 682.98 814.86 694.17 791.76 For FY 2025–26, the releases comprise funds through both SNA till 30th June 2025 and SNA- SPARSH since 1st July 2025.

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