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The LIF provides the basis for assessment of development Supervisor/Sector for cluster or based on Facility level of
status of Gram Panchayats on the 9 Themes and overall service - PHC, Sub-centre in Health; Secondary, Upper
position. The metadata of all the indicators of the LIF is given Primary, Primary school in School Education; Livestock Aid
in Annexure-I, Table-2. The repeat indicators in different Centre; Agriculture Office, etc.
Themes are given in Annexure-I, Table-7. The listing of unique
Though service and scheme operate for the people in the
data points, by deduplication of repeat numerators and repeat
villages, the Gram Panchayat as a unit of data collection/
denominators reveals the numbers as 43 and 43 respectively,
aggregation is not mostly being considered. However, in
which presents us with a data collection of 688 data points at
schemes where the Gram Panchayat has a direct role to play, or
Gram Panchayat level.
the Department seeks to monitor it to great depth, especially in
The question of what is available as data point and what as Rural Development Department schemes of MGNREGA,
indicator is necessarily the basis to look for data whether in NRLM, PMAY(Gramin) (and some others), and in the
existing data with Ministries/Departments or from other sources Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation flagship schemes
and methods. This depends on whether the indicator in the LIF of JJM, SBM, there is data available. In fact, in JJM, SBM,
is already being captured in the Ministry/Department as a Key there is data that goes further down to hamlet/village level and
Performance Indicator, in which case there is scope to take it in NRLM, upto SHG level and in Poshan Abhiyan, up to
directly. In case it is not then whether the data can be accessed household and individual levels. While that may be so, even in
from the existing data collected by various Government some of the above-mentioned ones, it needs to be aggregated to
Ministries/Departments for their purposes connected to schemes GP level, if it is not currently in the Monitoring frame. Where
& programmes is to be explored. Data drawable from Ministries funds flow through the GP, it is in the Monitoring frame and
hence needs to go beyond that which is available at first glance, the data at GP level is available.
and on first take.
It is important to understand the difference between actual flow
of funds and guidelines of the Scheme. As per guidelines of

Though service and scheme operate for the people NHM, Village Health Plan is to be prepared at Gram Panchayat
in the villages, the Gram Panchayat as a unit of level and is to be an integral part of the GPDP, as well as the
data collection/ aggregation is not mostly being Block & District Health Plan. On ground since this is not
considered. happening, the GP and the Plan on Health is not having
significant Gram Panchayat Data. The sub-centre and PHC have
Every Ministry/Department has a Dashboard. This Dashboard their service and scheme implementation data, (especially with
shows performance at National level, under a scheme/ the ASHA worker, who has individual, family and household
programme & its key components - physical and financial level data), but do not have Gram Panchayat aggregated data,
administrative data for management of funds and monitoring of as no tagging of the serviced area with LGD Code is done.
physical progress, as required from the perspective of officials There is a locational tagging for the Centre, as to which Gram
for the expenditure and outputs from Central Ministry/ Panchayat it is situated in. This gives the availability of the
Departments of Government of India, to State Government and infrastructure in a GP, but does not give the Health status on
Departments of State Government to Districts. Thereafter various parameters of its serviced area by GP or Hamlet, though
monitoring mechanisms start varying. Ministries have the details are available to levels of household and individuals,
programmes down the next development level of Division/ as they are not yet linked to arrive at the GP aggregate. As in
Block, such as in Rural Development, Agriculture, Health, NHM, the flagship Samagra Siksha Abhiyan, provides for
Fisheries, Drinking Water Supply, School Education, and Village Education Committee and the School Management
further down as per administratively functioning structures – Committee, as well as the Village Education Plan. This is

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