📋 Tender Overview
Panchayat being a State subject providing Panchayat Building in Gram Panchayats GPs is primarily the responsibility of State Governments. The States are expected to mobilise funds for construction of Panchayat Buildings from various sources. However to supplement efforts of states the Ministry under its different schemes has been providing financial assistance to StatesUTs for construction of Panchayat Bhawans. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme CSS scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan RGSA being implemented w.e.f 2018-19 also has a provision to provide funds to StatesUTs for construction of GP building on limited scale at the rate of Rs. 20 lakhs per GP building and construction of approx 4500 GP buildings have been approved under the scheme. Details of GP Buildings constructed under the various schemes are maintained at State UT level. As per information available out of 256765 GPs Rural Local Bodies RLBs across States UTs 197108 GPs have Panchayat Buildings and 59657 GPs are without Panchayat Buildings.Keeping in view felt need of Gram Panchayat Buildings and also taking into consideration limited resources under RGSA the States have been advised to ensure that the construction of GP buildings are taken up on priority by converging funds resources under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MGNREGS unspent funds of 14th Finance Commission funds from 15th Finance Commission and also those from State schemes etc. so as to saturate the gap by the end of year 2022.This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Rural Development Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
