Parliament Question: Rajaswa Abhiyan

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. †3817 ANSWEREDON 12/08/2025 RAJASWAABHIYAN †3817.SHRIBHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE: SMT.BHARTI PARDHI: SHRISANJAYUTTAMRAO DESHMUKH: SHRISANJAYHARIBHAU JADHAV: Will the Minister of PANCHAYATIRAJ be pleased to state: (a) the progress made in localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Gram Panchayat level through thematic interventions under the Rajaswa Abhiyan in the countryparticularly inMadhya PradeshandMaharashtra, district-wise; (b) the impact of the said thematic approaches and the role thereof at ground level in achieving the goals like "Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihood villages or "Healthy Villages", particularlyinMadhya PradeshandMaharashtra; (c) the manner in which the Government is monitoring the real impact of the interventions made under the Rajaswa Abhiyan onthe qualityof life of people andservice deliveryat the Gram Panchayat level, particularly in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra along with the detailsthereof; and (d) the initiatives taken by the Government under the Rajaswa Abhiyan to enhance the Own Source Revenue (OSR) of Panchayats across the country along with the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FORPANCHAYATIRAJ (PROF.S.P.SINGH BAGHEL) (a) & (b) The Ministry does not have any programme or scheme titled Rajaswa Abhiyan. However, the Ministry has undertaken the process of localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) under the Revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) by consolidating the 17 SDGs into nine thematic areas. This approach seeks to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda at the grassroots level by enabling PRIs to align global goals with local governance priorities. The thematic framework makes SDGs easier to understand, contextually relevant, and actionable for community-levelimplementation. These 9 themes are: (i) Poverty-Free and Enhanced Livelihoods in Panchayat; (ii) Healthy Panchayat; (iii) Child-Friendly Panchayat; (iv) Water-Sufficient Panchayat; (v) Clean & Green Panchayat; (vi) Panchayat with Self-Sufficient Infrastructure; (vii) Socially Secured and Socially Just Panchayat; (viii) Panchayat with Good Governance; and (ix) Women-FriendlyPanchayat. 1Under the Revamped RGSA, elected representatives, functionaries, and other stakeholders of PRIs are trained on various aspects of these nine themes to strengthen local rural institutions. During FY2024-25, a total of 1,16,166 participants were trained on Theme 1 and 85,616 on Theme 2 across the country, including 817 and 189 participants respectively in Madhya Pradesh, and 1,007 and 1,216 participants respectively in Maharashtra. State-wise detailsare at Annexure-I. Following the adoption of the thematic approach, Panchayats have been advised, from FY 2023-24 onwards, to take Sanklap on different themes for preparation of thematic Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) aligned with these nine themes, ensuring convergence of flagship schemes and available resources to achieve the SDGs by 2030.State/UT-wise details of Gram Panchayats that have taken a ‘Sankalp’ on these themes for preparingThematic GPDPsfor the PlanYear2025-26 are at Annexure-II (c) To assess andtrackthe progress of grassroots institutions inachieving localizedSDGs and the 2030 Agenda, the Ministry has developed the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI). The PAI is based on multiple local development indicators across the nine LSDG themes. Its objective is to identify development gaps in Panchayats through their thematic scores and to facilitateevidence-based planningat the locallevel. Over time, PAI outcomes will reflect incremental improvements in Panchayat performance towards achieving the LSDGs. PAI Version 1.0 for FY2022-23 was released on 9 April 2025, covering thematic and overall scores of 2.16 lakh Gram Panchayats/Equivalentto Gram Panchayats across 29 States/UTs, including those of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. State/UT-wise overall PAI scores are at Annexure-III, and thematic as well as overall scores for Gram Panchayats of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are at Annexure-III(a). The baseline data from PAI Version 1.0 captures the current status of Gram Panchayats//Equivalentto Gram Panchayats across the nine thematic areas and is intended to support the preparation of evidence-based plans to improve rural quality of life and enhance service deliveryat the Gram Panchayatlevel. (d) To enhance the Own Source Revenue (OSR) of Panchayats and strengthen their financial self-reliance, the Ministry, in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, has developed a dedicated OSRtrainingmodule.The module equipselectedrepresentatives andPanchayat functionaries with knowledge on revenue generation from tax and non-tax sources, local resource mobilization, behavioural strategies to improve tax compliance, revenue forecasting, project financing, and innovative funding options. It also links OSR planning with the preparation of effectiveGram PanchayatDevelopmentPlans(GPDPs). During the current initiative, 128 State Level Master Trainers (SLMTs) have been trained in twobatchesonthe OSRmodule.TheState/UT-wise listof trainedSLMTsisatAnnexure-IV. To support and supplement the effort of state as well as the panchayat to enhance the OSR generation of the panchayat, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has undertaken a significant step to digitize OSR collection of the panchayats by developing the “SAMARTH Panchayat Portal”, a dedicated digital platform that facilitates the generation of Tax and Non-Tax demands, maintenance of tax register, and online tracking of revenue. This is a customizable portal asperthe state’srequirements. 2As per the report of the expert committee on OSR of rural local bodies, 21 States/UTs have formulated the OSR rules and guidelines, while others are yet to form the rules and guidelines. Additionally, the States/UTs that have formulated OSR rules need revision/updation in their OSR rules. Accordingly, the Ministry has constituted a committee on 10th June 2025, comprising senior officials from various State Governments, to prepare a Model OSR rules / framework of panchayats, which can serve as a benchmark for the States informulatingandamending theirOSRrules. **** 3Annexure-I Annexreferto inreplyto Part(a) & (b)of the Lok SabhaUnstarred QuestionNo. 3817 to beanswered on12/08/2025 Total ParticipantsTrained underRGSAin Theme-1& 2(FY2024-25) Theme-1(Poverty Free Theme2(Healthy S.No State andEnhanced Livelihood Panchayat) Panchayat) AndamanAndNicobarIslands 1 449 578 2 AndhraPradesh 24764 1538 3 ArunachalPradesh 282 145 4 Assam 2463 4345 5 Bihar 24356 10235 6 Chhattisgarh 1576 458 7 Goa 0 0 8 Gujarat 17551 4143 9 Haryana 0 0 10 HimachalPradesh 441 348 11 JammuandKashmir 0 0 12 Jharkhand 0 0 13 Karnataka 0 0 14 Kerala 5216 3651 15 Ladakh 0 0 16 MadhyaPradesh 817 189 17 Maharashtra 1007 1216 18 Manipur 0 0 19 Meghalaya 4468 3531 20 Mizoram 1362 352 21 Nagaland 0 91 22 Odisha 129 11263 23 Punjab 1502 0 24 Rajasthan 801 3428 25 Sikkim 183 216 26 TamilNadu 21657 1056 27 Telangana 0 0 TheDadraandNagarHaveli 28 andDamanandDiu 0 335 29 Tripura 6323 383 30 UttarPradesh 193 189 31 Uttarakhand 0 0 32 WestBengal 626 37926 TOTAL 116166 85616 4Annexure-II Annexreferto inreply to Part(a) & (b)of theLok Sabha UnstarredQuestionNo. 3817to beanswered on12/08/2025 State/UT-Wisecount ofthe GramPanchayattakenSankalpon 9themesofLSDGsfor thepreparationofThematicGPDPFY2025-26 Seri StateName TotalGram Noof Theme Theme Theme Theme Them Theme Theme Theme Theme al Panchayats/ GPs 1 2 3 4 e5 6 7 8 9 No. Equivalentto Equivale Gram nttoGP Panchayats whotook ‘Sankalp’ 1 Jammu&Kashmir 14291 4290 2139 415 101 252 260 168 131 237 753 2 HimachalPradesh 3615 3614 422 201 103 853 889 1103 42 210 146 3 Punjab 13241 13233 12297 42 58 14 129 1 312 2 452 4 Uttarakhand 7795 7774 2809 221 110 577 160 334 78 2347 1196 5 Haryana 6225 6223 3743 294 64 172 642 95 540 85 680 6 Rajasthan 11226 11166 3226 412 272 1667 671 953 3597 106 434 7 UttarPradesh 57702 57654 9136 1646 1174 2964 6856 16573 1830 16730 1956 8 Bihar 8054 8052 287 397 215 924 1921 4610 70 196 212 9 Sikkim 199 199 28 25 8 20 24 30 4 38 23 10 ArunachalPradesh 2108 2108 992 200 25 85 539 100 11 53 160 11 Nagaland 1297 451 141 91 8 114 178 83 6 38 8 12 Manipur 3812 170 12 10 2 40 59 49 3 14 6 13 Mizoram 842 816 0 0 0 0 0 816 0 0 0 14 Tripura 1176 1175 7 12 71 211 588 296 12 11 14 15 Meghalaya 6814 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 516 Assam 2662 1987 15 36 196 62 121 1511 13 48 103 17 WestBengal 3339 3339 511 694 1011 38 70 875 472 838 783 18 Jharkhand 4345 4344 434 132 151 773 501 2269 35 67 84 19 Odisha 6794 6793 390 224 739 1257 1208 2884 25 259 140 20 Chhattisgarh 11654 11622 2049 1022 846 1710 1350 903 788 1809 1181 21 MadhyaPradesh 23011 22996 4272 1099 521 2690 1571 6521 2668 1860 2188 22 Gujarat 14622 14601 11543 612 76 120 96 1116 714 74 424 23 Maharashtra 27907 27872 3935 1130 1968 5739 4882 8554 493 2657 1557 24 AndhraPradesh 13325 13312 508 313 57 7984 3569 437 104 402 255 25 Karnataka 5953 5946 1235 1520 573 1920 1504 717 272 370 254 26 Goa 191 191 101 17 0 9 40 5 2 3 14 27 Lakshadweep 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Kerala 941 941 106 98 146 73 167 92 85 183 89 29 TamilNadu 12525 12524 982 1122 148 5731 435 2508 1128 60 490 30 Puducherry 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Andaman 264 68 5 7 4 4 9 33 1 5 5 32 Telangana 12769 12676 1172 861 506 5807 7690 919 264 801 444 33 Ladakh 193 191 30 48 5 6 33 6 0 7 60 34 TheDadraandNagar 38 38 0 3 1 14 3 1 1 0 15 HaveliandDamanand Diu 6Theme-1: Poverty Free and Enhanced Livelihood Panchayat, Theme-2: Healthy Panchayat, Theme-3: Child Friendly Panchayat, Theme-4: Water Sufficient Panchayat, Theme-5: Clean and Green Panchayat, Theme-6: Panchayat with Self Sufficient Panchayat, Theme-7: Socially Just andSociallySecured Panchayat,Theme-8:Panchayat with Good Governance,Theme-9:WomenFriendlyPanchayat Annexure:III Annexreferto inreply to Part(c)of theLok SabhaUnstarred QuestionNo. 3817to beanswered on12/08/2025 7State/UTwise Composite Scoreof PanchayatAdvancement IndexVersion 1.0FY2022-23 (Statewise numberof Panchayatsineach Grade) No of Sl. TotalNo of GPs/ GPs/Equivalentto Grade State/UT No. EquivalenttoGP. GPSubmitted Data* A+ A B C D 1 Andaman& Nicobar Islands 70 70 0 0 14 55 1 2 Andhra Pradesh 13310 13310 0 4 5372 7830 104 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2108 2108 0 0 63 1968 77 4 Assam 2194 2183 0 1 1084 1097 1 5 Bihar 8053 8053 0 0 810 7148 95 6 Chhattisgarh 11643 11643 0 0 1239 8955 1449 7 Gujarat 14618 14618 0 346 13781 491 0 8 Haryana 6223 6223 0 0 339 5071 813 9 HimachalPradesh 3468 3328 0 1 673 2647 7 10 Jammu & Kashmir 4291 4291 0 2 1520 2746 23 11 Jharkhand 4297 4281 0 0 375 3229 677 12 Karnataka 5921 5907 0 0 1644 4245 18 13 Kerala 941 941 0 8 902 31 0 14 Ladakh 193 193 0 0 82 111 0 15 Lakshadweep 10 10 0 0 4 6 0 16 Madhya Pradesh 23011 23011 0 0 7912 14942 157 17 Maharashtra 27849 27655 0 8 12242 14944 461 18 Manipur 3222 1976 0 0 11 1741 224 19 Mizoram 834 834 0 0 86 731 17 20 Odisha 6794 6794 0 1 2865 3882 46 21 Punjab 13239 10514 0 0 548 9784 182 822 Rajasthan 11207 10634 0 0 1580 8876 178 23 Sikkim 199 199 0 0 145 54 0 24 Tamil Nadu 12525 12525 0 0 5557 6880 88 25 Telangana 12768 12768 0 270 10099 2390 9 The Dadra andNagar Haveli 26 38 38 0 12 8 18 0 andDamanandDiu 27 Tripura 1176 1176 0 42 728 406 0 28 Uttar Pradesh 57702 23207 0 4 6593 15373 1237 29 Uttarakhand 7795 7795 0 0 1022 6741 32 Total 255699 216285 0 699 77298 132392 5896 *FiveStates/UTs (Meghalaya,Nagaland,Goa, Puducherry, andWest Bengal) have not submitted validateddata of GP/equivalent toGP. Details of different Grades Category Grade Achiever(90-100) A+ FrontRunner(75-90) A Performer(60-75) B Aspirant(40-60) C Beginner(Below 40) D 9Annexure-III (a) Annexreferto inreplyto Part(c)of the Lok SabhaUnstarredQuestion No. 3817to be answered on12/08/2025 Performance Snapshot:forMadhyaPradesh's GPs Category Grade Count of GPs Theme-1* Theme-2 ** Achiever (90-100) A+ 0 0 673 FrontRunner (75-90) A 0 1501 15719 Performer (60-75) B 9001 16159 5896 Aspirant (40-60) C 13958 5321 714 Beginner (Below 40) D 52 30 9 Total 23011 23011 23011 PerformanceSnapshot: forMaharashtraGPs Category Grade Count of GPs Theme-1* Theme-2 ** Achiever (90-100) A+ 0 0 687 FrontRunner (75-90) A 7 841 16162 Performer (60-75) B 13455 16692 9429 Aspirant (40-60) C 13995 10023 1307 Beginner (Below 40) D 198 99 70 Total 27655 27655 27655 *Theme-1:PovertyFree andEnhancedLivelihoodPanchayat **Theme-2: HealthyPanchayat 10Annexure-IV Annexreferto inreplyto Part(d)of the Lok SabhaUnstarred QuestionNo. 3817 to be answered on12/08/2025 Participantstrained underthe Moduleforgeneration of Own SourceRevenue byGram Panchayat Sl.No. State/UT ParticipantsAttended 1 Andhra Pradesh 8 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 3 Assam 3 4 Bihar 3 5 Chhattisgarh 6 6 The Dadra andNagar Haveli andDamanandDiu 1 7 Goa 4 8 Manipur 2 9 Haryana 3 10 HimachalPradesh 5 11 Jammu andKashmir 5 12 Jharkhand 5 13 Karnataka 5 14 Telangana 7 15 Madhya Pradesh 6 16 Maharashtra 7 17 Gujarat 5 18 Meghalaya 2 19 Nagaland 2 20 Odisha 5 21 Punjab 5 22 Rajasthan 5 23 Sikkim 2 24 Tamil Nadu 5 25 Kerala 4 26 Tripura 2 27 Uttarakhand 3 28 Uttar Pradesh 6 29 West Bengal 7 30 Andaman& Nicobar Island 2 31 Ladakh 1 Total 128 *** 11