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Primary Stakeholders in the Panchayat Development Index Along with the criteria of the stakeholders’ relationship to the
are essentially the actors that are directly affected- both effort in question, there are several other methods of
positively and negatively by the Index. Panchayat in this case is categorising stakeholders involved in an initiative, the Power-
the major actor and primary stakeholder. The developmental Interest matrix is one such way. A majority of initiatives define
benefits that the Index intends to capture will affect the the actors as the ones having a high or low interest in the
Panchayat level first, making them the direct beneficiaries of initiative or as having a high or low power in the
the initiative. implementation and success of the initiative.

Secondary Stakeholders, in this case, are UN agencies and The diagram shown below defines the different positions in the
other partners who are not directly affected by the Index but Matrix that each actor has and may have in making the
hold an interest in the issues that the Panchayat Development Panchayat Development Index a success with respect to the
Index intends to touch down. They also indirectly benefit from financial and administrative power they have and the interest
the Index as it intends to measure the developmental paradigms they hold in the particular initiative.
and interventions that some of these agencies are also catering
to.
Central Ministries, Departments and
Key Stakeholders, in this case, are predominantly the Ministry
State Governments are high on both
of Panchayati Raj along with other Central Ministries and
administrative and financial powers
Departments, State Governments including Officials at sub-
impacting on the assessments and for
State level and PRIs at Block and District level (where the smooth implementation of the Index.
devolution is higher).They do not belong to either of the first
two groups but their involvement is very important for the
implementation of the initiative. They have the potential to  High power-High interest: The Ministry of Panchayati
significantly influence the initiative and also drive it forward in Raj is likely to have the biggest impact on the development
all aspects of implementation and coordination. of the Index with the mandate for the development of the
GPs through the Panchayati Raj Institutions, and the
Power - Index Matrixs
ownership for the monitoring and evaluation of the
progress of the Index for the country to achieve SDGs in
rural India. In translation of this, its ability to draw, nudge
and guide the different stakeholders through the PDI,
facilitating data integration, and utilising the Joint
Advisories that have been issued by all Ministries,
mobilising the States through various interventions,
focussed reviews, data analysis and presentation leading to
mapping of reforms required to make this PDI central to
implementation in GP area.
 High power-Low interest: The stakeholders like other
Central Ministries, Departments and State Governments are
required to be kept in the loop with the up-to-date
happenings in the initiative. They are also high on both
administrative and financial powers with their work in rural

Stakeholders of PDI mapped on
the Power-Interest Matrix

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