(a) the details of availability and utilization of funds for the development of model villages at the level of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat in the State of West Bengal; and
(b) the details of steps taken by the Government to monitor the implementation of the Centrally sponsored developmental scheme works at Panchayat level?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ
(SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)
(a) As per the Information received from the Ministry of Rural Development, information on expenditure incurred to carry out the activities proposed under Village Development Programme (VDP) under different State and Central schemes are not maintained centrally in the Management Information System (MIS) of the portal since Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) implementation is based on convergence with existing schemes and no funds are released for this programme/scheme from the Centre. The resource envelope available for the Gram Panchayats (GPs) include schemes of Government of India, State schemes, partnership with private, voluntary and cooperative (PVC) sectors, Gram Panchayats'' own revenue, resources mobilized in kind and labour and "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
(b) To monitor the scheme, a dedicated MIS portal is available at www.saanjhi.gov.in. Login credentials have been provided at four levels (At SAGY GP-Charge Officer level, District level, State level and National Level) to update the data and to assess the progress. A dashboard has also been created for Hon’ble MPs where they can login and monitor the progress of their respective GPs. Along with the above, as per SAGY guidelines District level Committee headed by District Collector, State Level Empowered committee headed by Chief Secretary, National Level Committee headed by Secretary, Rural Development and National level committee headed by Minister, Rural Development have been put in place to monitor the progress of activities with line departments and other stakeholders. However, Government of West Bengal has not formed any committee at District and State level.
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