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The sample list of such data points/indicators under Gram Panchayat, Block, District & State level may be
different Themes is given below. used with these 30 Gram Panchayats to have a look and
use it for their purposes after verifying their data once
The impact of these errors in a total of 688 data points and
577 indicators in no way undermines the Proof of Concept more, especially where they have a doubt or plan to work
& calculating indicator values, Thematic scores and using it, perhaps through their Committees for the 9
arriving at the PDI which are all doable and a good Themes, and use it in the GPDP or other sectoral plans.
reflection of the development status on different They can certainly pitch their issues better or address the
parameters in the Gram Panchayats. However, it is better ones not addressed. In view of the limited number of
to put in place a proper mechanism of collection of data Gram Panchayats within a Block, best score is from
through survey, that which is not available in any record amongst them. It may be taken by them to be indicative of
presently, or that which needs better estimation there being higher scores achievable. They may also like
mechanism than what is available. Development of a to interact and see how they too can do better.
standardised effective survey app needs to be considered. And, these GPs can always find that their efforts have led
to the Proof of Concept, for enabling adoption of PDI at
The question may arise that the PDI is all within a range
of 49-62 and this then means that the rural landscape is National level.
quite well developed, and there isn’t much need for the Calculations
PDI, as it is not that any GP is at the level below 40, in the All Calculations can be seen at Annexure IV PoC
range of 20s or 30s. Couple of points in this need to be Annexure-D. Given here is the methodology in brief and
kept in perspective while reading the PDI score – the data the samples of the values of the Indicators of Theme 1
is for 30 GPs, who have been identified for their ability to Poverty Free an Enhanced Livelihoods Village, the scores
do this work in uncharted territory, for the whole country, of Themes, PDI at GP level, Block/ District level and
and their choice has been made because of their capacity; State Level. Further some key presentation of the scores is
couple of the GPs have OSR of a crore and up to Rs 2.53 also made. Findings and interpretation, are given in the
crores; but there are also GPs with Rs.1-5 lakh OSR, and next part of the Chapter.
in between. But data has shown that the higher OSR does
not reflect in higher PDI. The goal is not to be in the Types of indicators: Indicators are classified into three
range of 50-60 in development index, the layers of types based on their response and calculation
Themes and Indicators provide a larger spread to identify methodology.
and work on. i. Multiplier indicators- Indicators having multiplier
value like 100, 1000 etc. e.g. Percentage of Works
Data validation
completed to the total number of works taken up by
In the process of data collection to calculation of PDI, the
validation of data values has not been done in a structured Departments.
manner. At most the values of a few indicators may not be ii. Binary indicators- Indicators having dichotomous
correct. The likelihood of it being more as available in the response ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. e.g. Whether Progress of
registers or as recorded at the data source, or as in the data works & Utilization of Fund is placed in Gram
portal is quite high, for there is no reason for them to Sabha.
doctor the figure, for there is no ranking, prize or benefit iii. Absolute indicators- Indicators having absolute
for doing so. Data validation could not be built in as it numbers in response. E.g. number of persons
needs for greater involvement at different levels and is trained at least once in the Govt programme and
beyond the authority of the PDI committee.
programmes conducted by others.
Then the question may be – of what use was all this for The summary of the indicators is mentioned in the below
the GP and can they not use the calculated values? The table:
use of the Indicator values, Thematic scores, PDI score at
Table 6.5: Summary of binary and absolute indicators for each Theme at GP Level
Theme Binary Absolute Number Percentage Grand Total
T1 1 12 24 37

T2 15 8 23
T3 38 21 26 85
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