The Centre has spent more than Rs 5,674 Crores on the computerisation of panchayats in Bihar. Announcing this in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil said that the amount was released under the 14th Finance Commission during 2019-20 to the gram panchayats (GPs) of Bihar for delivering essential services and other infrastructural facilities to the residents of villages.

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“Since panchayat is a state subject, saturation of computerisation in the GPs is mainly the responsibility of the states. Hence, no timeline can be fixed by the ministry for saturation of computerisation in the state of Bihar. Under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), computers for 531 GPs have been approved for Bihar. Further, the basic grants under the 15th Finance Commission can also be used by the gram panchayats for computers,” he said.