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performing and vice-versa. It may be due to some other GPs Government needs to give excellent Capacity building on these
performance being outstanding and vice-versa. Therefore, lines, and that the rest of the funds should be used for
unlike score of the GPs, ranks of the GPs are not independent of incentivization. No direct flat assistance should be given as was
each other. There are so many spheres of activity and scores being done under the Scheme. This learning and feedback needs
that can show multitudes of Gram Panchayats having improved. to be built into the policy for incentivization. (Annexure - XII)
The giving of ranks, would not be a fair recognition of their
From perspective of GPs and how PDI can be immediately
work. On the other hand, groupings to Grades may be better.
used, it is these ranks (at block level), score ranges’ grades and
Score ranges can place you in Grades.
shifts that can be the basis for assessing developmental
An innovative incentivization mechanism based on scores for positions. All of this must be open to all to see and
Performance Based Assessment was shown way back in the communicated effectively to GPs
year 2004-2006 in Tamil Nadu in the scheme called 'Namadhu
Gramam' (our village) that harboured the concepts of ‘our Panchayat Report Card
village, our development’, covering many of the Themes of Each Panchayat can be given its Report Card that gives the PDI
LSDGs, and operated at a time when neither was there the funds value and Thematic Scores and places it against the Best in the
in schemes of today, nor the CFC grants quantum, nor the Block, District, State and Country. While Block and District
technology handle. The reason this is being mentioned is its would be the GP looking at its immediate vicinity, and next
relevance in subject, concept and use of scores and indicators as level that GPs would be both curious about, it would also
measures bringing Gram Panchayats at the centre of it, as well provide information to the BP and District/ZP for action. State
as incentives that appreciate progress in all GPs. The feedback and Country will provide a higher-level comparison for
from GPs during its operation for 2 years was that with it aspiration.
phenomenal transformation is possible on all fronts. The
Table 5.7: Assessment and report card on the performance of Gram Panchayat

Panchayat Development Index
Best Panchayat score in Best Panchayat score Best Panchayat Best Panchayat score in the
Own score
Block in District score in State country
Thematic scores
Best Best Panchayat Best Best Panchayat
Theme Own
Theme Panchayat in in District Panchayat in in the Country
No. score
Block State
Poverty Free and Enhanced
Livelihoods Village

Healthy Village

Child Friendly Village
Water Sufficient Village

Clean and Green Village
Village with Self Sufficient
Infrastructure
Socially Just and Socially Secured
Village with Good Governance

Women Friendly Village

Further full analysis based on PDI would also be available on the PDI IT platform in eGramSwaraj.

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