Computer education at village level : Government proposes to provide at least one computer in each Panchayat in the country

Computer education at village level : Government proposes to provide at least one computer in each Panchayat in the country

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

LOK SABHA 

STARRED QUESTION NO.17

ANSWERED ON 02.02.2021

Computer Education at Village Level

Computer education at village level
DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to provide at least one computer in each Panchayat in the country to achieve the target of imparting computer education at village level;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;

(c) the details of the amount allocated to State Governments including Uttar Pradesh for the said purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether the amount made available is sufficient for the said purpose; and

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(e) if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government to increase the allocated amount for the said purpose?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
 (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a)to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) to (e) IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 17 FOR ANSWER ON 02.02.2021 REGARDING COMPUTER EDUCATION AT VILLAGE LEVEL

(a), (d) & (e) Panchayat being local government which is part of the State list of 7th Schedule of the Constitution of India, is a State subject and is responsibility of State. However, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) supplements the efforts of the State including provision of Computers through its schemes and programmes. Under the restructured scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being implemented w.e.f. 2018-19, this Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of state governments in this regard by providing financial support for computers and peripherals to States/ UTs for GPs on a limited scale. Further, the untied/ basic grants under 15th Finance Commission can be used by Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) for location-specific felt needs, except for salary or other establishment expenditure.

(b) The details of number of GPs for which computer was approved under the Annual Action Plan of States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date) is given in Annexure -I. No computers were approved during 2017-18 under the erstwhile scheme of Capacity Building-Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (CB-PSA).

(c) The details of funds approved under the Annual Action Plan for Computers, State-wise during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date) is given in Annexure – II.

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Annexure – I

Annexe referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 17 to be answered on 02.02.2021

Number of Gram Panchayats (State/UT-wise) for which computers have been approved under Annual Action Plan since 2018-19 to 2020-21

Sl. No.

State

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

611

690

971

3

Arunachal Pradesh

122

139

50

4

Assam

60

149

26

5

Bihar

352

531

531

6

Chhattisgarh

100

100

100

7

Dadra And Nagar Haveli

0

1

0

8

Daman And Diu

0

0

9

Goa

0

0

0

10

Gujarat

0

30

0

11

Haryana

359

405

405

12

Himachal Pradesh

0

0

0

13

Jammu and Kashmir

316

1000

250

14

Jharkhand

36

41

17

15

Karnataka

0

0

16

Kerala

0

100

0

17

Ladakh

100

18

Lakshdweep

0

19

Madhya Pradesh

100

150

100

20

Maharashtra

0

0

0

21

Manipur

10

8

12

22

Meghalaya

135

152

54

23

Mizoram

25

149

18

24

Nagaland

92

124

42

25

Odisha

0

0

0

26

Puducherry

0

14

0

27

Punjab

931

1052

1052

28

Rajasthan

54

54

54

29

Sikkim

13

16

0

30

Tamil Nadu

187

200

200

31

Telangana

532

1569

1812

32

Tripura

54

250

250

33

Uttarakhand

487

549

0

34

Uttar Pradesh

4238

7788

7788

35

West Bengal

0

0

0

(-) No proposal received/ newly created UT.
(0) Proposal for computer not received
Annexure – I

Annexe referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 17 to be answered on 02.02.2021

Details of funds approved under the Annual Action Plan for Computers (State/UT-wise) during 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21 (till date)
(Rs. in crore)

Sl. No.

State

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

2.444

2.76

3.884

3

Arunachal Pradesh

0.49

0.55

0.20

4

Assam

0.24

0.59

0.104

5

Bihar

1.24

2.12

2.12

6

Chhattisgarh

0.40

0.40

0.40

7

Dadra And Nagar Haveli

0

0.004

0

8

Daman And Diu

0

0

9

Goa

0

0

0

10

Gujarat

0

0.12

0

11

Haryana

1.44

1.62

1.62

12

Himachal Pradesh

0

0

0

13

Jammu and Kashmir

1.26

8.29

2.73

14

Jharkhand

0.144

0.164

0.068

15

Karnataka

0

0

0

16

Kerala

0

0.40

0

17

Ladakh

0.4

18

Lakshdweep

0

19

Madhya Pradesh

0.40

0.60

0.40

20

Maharashtra

0

0

0

21

Manipur

0.04

0.032

0.048

22

Meghalaya

0.54

0.61

0.216

23

Mizoram

0.10

0.59

0.07

24

Nagaland

0.37

0.49

0.17

25

Odisha

0

0

0

26

Puducherry

0

0.056

0

27

Punjab

3.724

4.2080

4.21

28

Rajasthan

0.21

0.21

0.216

29

Sikkim

0.05

0.06

0

30

Tamil Nadu

0.75

0.06

0.80

31

Telangana

2.128

6.27

7.248

32

Tripura

0.21

1.00

1.00

33

Uttarakhand

1.95

2.19

0

34

Uttar Pradesh

16.95

31.15

31.15

35

West Bengal

0

0

0

Total

35.08

64.544

57.054

(-) No proposal received/ newly created UT.
(0) Proposal for computer not received
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