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Executive Summary



         Regular measurement of developmental transitions has proven results at the global level. It has been extensively used
         to  illustrate  the  progress  of  a  country,  state  or  region  in  transition  towards  reaching  economic,  social  and

         environmental  goals.  Statistical  measurement  of  developmental  indices  through  various  parameters  and  sub-
         parameters clearly defines the growth trajectory of the given country, state or region across sectoral areas particularly

         in the case of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The  vitality  of  the  Panchayat  Development  Index  (PDI)  in
         bridging  the  developmental  deficit  at  the  lower-most  level  of  human  settlement  in  rural  India  –  Gram
         Panchayats (GPs), for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, is unmatched as of the Central / State

         Government programs in rural India are being implemented within the Village Panchayat area.
         The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, in taking forward the SDGs with the Panchayati Raj Institutions
         in rural India, has taken leadership role in Localization of SDGs through 9 Themes that resonate with the aspirations of
         the people in the villages, which have catalyzed the Gram Panchayats into coming to their own in this country-wide

         movement to achieve these global goals at local level.

         SDGs are measured at global level using global targets and indicators, measuring progress across countries. The SDG
         India Index developed by NITI Aayog, measures SDGs progress across States and ranks them, using select indicators
         from the NIF. States are preparing the State Indicator Framework, some moving to next level of District and Block
         Indicator Frameworks. With the landmark initiative of MoPR to localize SDGs with Panchayati Raj Institutions, the
         measure  of  progress  on  the  LSDGs  at  grassroots  level  of  the  functional  unit  of  the  Gram  Panchayat  can  be  seen

         through the Panchayat Development Index, that would scale up visibility of development levels in rural India.

         This  Committee  for  PDI  had  been  tasked  with  evolving  measures  for  assessment  of  progress  including  the  PDI,
         suggest mandatory or common indicators for inclusion in assessments of GPs, work out the weightage, preparation of
         baseline  for  computation  of  PDI,  and  identification of  data  sources for  LIF/Indicators,  mechanism  for incremental
         changes, suggest extra weightage for innovative works of GPs for incentivisation as well as suggest a mechanism to
         compute  performance  of  block,  district  panchayats  for  incentivisation  including  any  other  matters  of  importance

         related to PDI.
         The Committee took up the LIF that had been presented by the Expert Group in the Localisation of SDGs with PRIs.

         This was discussed with Ministries, to also identify/suggest indicators of priority to the Ministry, availability of data
         source for the Indicators connected to the Ministry/ Department at GP level and GIS systems available connected to
         the GP and indicator. The discussions, naturally, showed the excellent focus of Flagship schemes and KPIs and other
         output  indicators  thereunder,  but  revealed  limited  availability  of  indicator  /  data  and  monitoring  at  GP  level,  and
         showed availability of data at service / facility / administrative set up based levels. Some Departments like Department
         of School Education, had come with suggestions for the LIF, and also on how the data can be fetched at GP level from

         the MIS of the Department, though currently not being collated or seen at GP level. National Disaster Management
         Authority (NDMA) brought in amongst others an excellent perspective of gender in disaster management for inclusion
         in the LIF. Ministries like MoRD was a mixed bag with some indicators and data available at GP level, such as under
         MGNREGA,  and  Mission  Antyodaya  Survey,  data  available  through  aggregation  under  NRLM,  and  not  so  easily
         under PMGSY. The schemes such as JJM and SBM of the Ministry of Jal Sakthi have excellent correlation down to

         hamlet level and individual households. Overall, it showed that few indicators are available at GP level, more can be
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