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Gram Panchayats themselves can choose priorities. This may be
what is their felt need, what appeals to them from the 9 Themes.
Their choice of Sankalp can be read as their priority.
Necessarily, their choices of indicators within the Sankalp and
in other Themes is for them to prioritize. This is difficult to
compare across GPs, straight away, but can be done in future by

placing certain features in the Indicator choice.
Globally, the urgency to address certain Targets had put them
for the year 2020, and few for 2025, and rest for 2030. A look at
Percentage Availability of toilets separately for men
those that in the UNSDG Agenda for all, were to be for the year
and women at public buildings
2020, and for the year 2025, needs to be looked at in the context
Percentage of community and institutional toilets of the GPs LIF and needs to find place in the Priority Indicators.
having a toilet designed for Divyang (Disabled)
MoPR has aligned the National Panchayat Awards with 90
Percentage of functional IHHL Toilets Indicators being taken from the LIF. This aligned listing is
given in Annexure-I, Table-19.
Percentage Availability of toilets in Anganwadis (child
friendly toilets) MoPR has in discussion with States and Ministries identified a
set of 181 LIF and has worked further to connect it in the GPDP
Ministries have also been requested to inform the National
with activities for each. These 181 are given in the Annexure-I,
priorities and replies have been coming in. This would all
Table-17.
together, give the National priorities.
MoPR has through a series of discussions with the MoRD,
State priorities may be different in parts from the National
worked towards the correlation of MA Survey to the LIF. Under
priorities due to the needs and focus areas of the State. A State
the MA Survey, 157 Indicators/data points have been covered.
like Kerala would have different priorities vis-a-vis Rajasthan
or Odisha. Hilly States may have different priorities than other The choice of indicators as per MA survey as priority indicators
States. The Committee requested States also on priority is not recommended by the Committee due to the reason that
indicators. the purpose of MA and PDI are different. Already MoPR is
having the NPA, using a set of parameters. MA survey is
District priorities may be there, backward districts and other
compared to the LIF in terms of Themes and Indicators covered
districts may be having different priorities amongst the
in Annexure-I, Table-18. MA covers primarily Infrastructure.
indicators due to their sectors of performance at higher level
If MA is taken as priority the very purpose of PDI and LIF
and lagging areas and amongst them the most important in the
would be defeated.
continuum of development. Social, economic and
environmental factors may determine priorities; for e.g.: Considering the above, Priorities can be seen at National level
Disaster prone/ vulnerable areas. Blocks within Districts could in different Ministries, as stands out in Flagship schemes and
well be needing different priorities in their choices of indicators. Missions, at State level, District level, block level. Priorities as
A block categorized as dark would now have a Thematic laid down for the country and by Central Ministries and State
Indicator set in Water Sufficient Village and can set its priority governments will get done anyway and the GPs will be covered
to have all Gram Panchayats in the block achieve the status of through official mechanisms in any case. District and Block
Water sufficient village and be able to assess the impact of the priorities need dynamic officers at the district level, and

interventions against all relevant indicators. Deciding of Priority Indicators be
consciously left to the GPs.

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