Samarth Panchayat Portal Expanded to Boost Rural Financial Autonomy

Key facts

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) is expanding the Samarth Panchayat portal to Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra to digitise revenue collection and asset management.
• The portal enables village panchayats to generate and collect tax and non-tax payments, maintain records, and track revenue to enhance financial self-reliance.
• Successful pilot projects for the online platform have already been implemented in Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh.
• According to MoPR data, 25 states and Union Territories (UTs) have implemented Own Source of Revenue (OSR) regulations, specifically Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.
• India currently has a total of 266,999 panchayats, including 57,678 in Uttar Pradesh, 27,894 in Maharashtra, and 2,192 in Assam.