(a) whether Rs. 2 lakh crore was allotted to Panchayati Raj Institutions by the 14th Finance Commission during its award period;
(b) if so, the details of allocations made and expenditure made during 2015-16, 2016-17 and the status in 2017-18, State-wise; and
(c) the details of the States that have prepared and are implementing Gram Panchayat Development Plan?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
(SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)
(a) and (b): Under the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award, grants to the tune of Rs.2,00,292.20 crore has been allocated to Gram Panchayats constituted under Part IX of the Constitution in 26 States, for the period 2015-20, for delivering basic services, creation of reliable data base of local bodies’ receipts & expenditure through audited accounts and for improvement of own source of revenue. State-wise allocation and release of FFC Grants to Gram Panchayats of the States during 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are given at Annexure-I.
(c) : All Part IX States have issued their State specific Guidelines for Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP). Accordingly, Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) have been prepared and implemented in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The State wise details of GPDP prepared by Gram Panchayats are given in Annexure-II.