(a) the details of the funds allocated by the Government for the development of Gram Panchayats in the State of Jharkhand during each of the last three years and the current year, district-wise;
(b) the details of the Panchayats in the State which have been computerized; district-wise; and
(c) the total number of Panchayats which are yet to be computerized in Jharkhand especially Santhal Paragana?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ
(SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)
(a) The year-wise funds allocated/released to Panchayats in the State of Jharkhand under the (i) Fourteenth and Fifteenth Finance Commissions (ii) the scheme Incentivization of Panchayats (IoP) under which awards including financial incentives are given to the best performing Panchayats in recognition of their good work for improving delivery of services and public goods and (iii) to the States under the Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) for capacity building of the elected representatives and their functionaries of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) during the last three year and current year are as under:
(Rs. in crore)
Year *Allocation during 14th and 15th Finance Commission Funds Released under IoP scheme Fund released under RGSA
2019-20 1832.12 0.36 0
2020-21 1689.00 0.52 2.34
2021-22 1249.00 0.59 7.742
2022-23 1293.00 0.59 **
*District-wise allocation is made by the State concerned.
**During the FY 2022-23, no fund has been released so far.
Based on the awards won in different districts of the State, the district-wise award money released by the States/directly released by the Ministry (with effect from 2020) under the IoP scheme is at Annexure-I.
(b) & (c) As per the information received from State Government, out of 4,345 Gram Panchayats (GPs), 3,749 GPs have been computerized and 596 GPs are yet to be computerized in the State of Jharkhand, of which 85 GPs are in Santhal Pargana. District-wise number of computerized GPs are at Annexure-II.
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