Rural Housing

Total Houses Completed

0 (0.00%)

Houses in PWL: 1136441 :: Total Houses Sanctioned: 1101954 (96.97%) :: Beneficiaries yet to receive 1st Instalment: 1101954 (100.00%) :: Beneficiaries yet to receive 2nd Instalment: 0 (0.00%) :: Houses yet to be completed: 1101954 (100.00%) :: Landless Pending: 1481

MGNREGS

No. of Schemes Taken

4078

Total Department Engaged: 47 :: Total Workers Engaged (in Lakh): 0.804 :: Total no of Persondays Generated (in Lakh): 0.107 :: Total Wages Paid (Rs in Crore): 29.35 :: Average Days of Employement Provided to the Workers: 13.31

Anandadhara

No. of SHG Formed

1078009

Expenditure During 22-23: 15.60% :: School Uniform Stitching Completed: 37.77% :: Sangha Formed: 3339 :: Mahasangha Formed: 116 :: Credit Linkage Done (Rs. in Crore): 91995.31 :: Total Credit Linkage Done (SHG): 1118322

Sanitation (SBM-G)

IHHL Constructed

8420086

Community Toilet Constructed: 8406 :: IHHL Constructed during 2022-23: 21593 :: Community Toilet Constructed during 2022-23: 171 :: Household Covered (Solid Waste Management): 776765 :: Aspiring Village Achievement: 7627 :: Model Village Achievement: 23

Rural Roads

Road Build under BGSY

36461 km

BGSY New Roads constructed since May, 2011: 25799 :: BGSY Post 5 years (up-gradation): 26707 :: Expenditure of BGSY Program and Maintenance Fund during 2022-23: 131.98 :: Expenditure of BGSY Program and Maintenance Fund during 2021-22: 1180.88 :: Completed Project (RIDF): 206 :: Ongoing Project (RIDF): 46

Panchayats & Rural Development Department, Govt. of West Bengal, formulates the policies for administration and facilitation of functioning of the three-tier Panchayats in the State. The Department also administers all rural development programmes, either Central Sector or State Sector in the State. Following are the specific activities undertaken by the Department:

  • Amendment in the West Bengal Panchayat Act and related Rules from time to time,
  • Framing of Rules, Guidelines governing functioning of the Panchayats in the State including people’s participation at Gram Sabha and at the Gram Sansad,
  • Functioning as the government in matters pertaining to elections in the Panchayats,
  • Facilitating preparation of participatory planning involving people’s representatives, other stake-holders and the rural people at large,
  • Providing implementation support to different rural development programmes in the sectors of wage employment and guarantee, livelihood augmentation, shelter, social assistance and social protection, development of rural infrastructure including roads,public health involving Panchayats, additional educational support in the rural areas, environmental sanitation and personal hygiene.

The Department also takes regular measures for capacity building of Panchayats and other measures to strengthen the Panchayat system in the State. The Department manages the activities of the Comprehensive Area Development Corporation (WBCADC), the Society for Training & Research on Panchayats & Rural Development (STARPARD), the B R Ambedkar Institute of Panchayats& Rural Development (BRAIPARD) and the West Bengal State Rural Development Agency (WBSRDA)