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  • eGramSwaraj Crosses ₹3 Lakh Crores in Payments; SabhaSaar Expands to 23 Languages

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    New Delhi: The eGramSwaraj platform continues to accelerate India’s digital governance transformation at the grassroots level, with cumulative online payments surpassing ₹3 lakh crores.

    Alongside this milestone, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has expanded its AI-powered tool SabhaSaar to 23 Indian languages, strengthening transparency and inclusivity across Gram Panchayats.

    In a major boost to technology-driven governance, eGramSwaraj has enabled real-time payments directly to vendors and service providers, ensuring complete digital traceability.

    Developed under the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project and integrated with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS), eGramSwaraj has streamlined planning, accounting, and expenditure processes at the Panchayat level, effectively replacing cash-based and paper-driven systems with a faster, accountable, and fraud-resistant digital framework.

    eGramSwaraj PFMC Interface: Panchayati Raj Institutions Transferred ₹53,342 Crores in FY 2025–26

    The platform has also facilitated the uploading of development plans by 2,55,254 Gram Panchayats, highlighting widespread adoption.

    Overall, 2,59,798 PRIs have been onboarded onto eGramSwaraj, with 2,50,807 PRIs actively making online payments during FY 2025–26. Additionally, eGramSwaraj has registered 1,60,79,737 vendors, underscoring its scale and growing ecosystem.

    Complementing the success of eGramSwaraj, the Ministry’s AI-powered voice-to-text meeting summarisation tool, SabhaSaar, has significantly expanded its linguistic capabilities.

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    Initially launched on 14th August 2025, SabhaSaar is now available in 23 Indian languages, up from 13, enhancing accessibility and participation in Gram Sabha proceedings.

    The newly added languages include Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Nepali, Santhali, and Sindhi. With this expansion, SabhaSaar enables Gram Panchayats to document proceedings in local languages, making governance more inclusive.

    The platform automates the recording of minutes, attendance, resolutions, and action points, ensuring efficient and transparent documentation.

    Earlier, SabhaSaar supported Hindi, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. With its expanded coverage, the tool now reflects the linguistic diversity of Panchayati Raj institutions across India.

    As of 29th January 2026, 1,11,486 Gram Panchayats have already utilised SabhaSaar for meeting summarisation. The platform has also received national recognition, being declared the Winner in the Artificial Intelligence category at the Technology Sabha Excellence Awards 2026 by The Indian Express Group. It also secured the Silver Award in the AI for Social Impact category at the Economic Times GovTech Awards 2026.

    These milestones reinforce how eGramSwaraj and SabhaSaar are driving digitally empowered, transparent, and inclusive Panchayati Raj systems, strengthening financial governance and democratic participation across rural India.

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    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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