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people and panchayat, that the LIF and PDI provides. Over the years, irrespective of devolution, Gram Panchayats
         have shown exemplary and stand out performance across sectors in multiple ways even in those sectors that are not
         effectively devolved to them.

         Mandatory, Common and Priority Indicators - Common Indicators have been identified as those applicable to
         all Panchayats, irrespective of geography and developmental level. These are for e.g., percentage of BPL families,
         prevalence of anaemia / malnutrition, transition rate, percentage of households having FHTCs etc. However, based on

         available  infrastructure,  geography  and  livelihood,  there  are  indicators  becoming  specifically  applicable,  such  as
         availability of PHC, CSC, coastal village, hilly area, agriculture or fisheries, disaster prone areas, that are not common
         to all.

         In keeping with National, State and sub-state issues, certain Targets would be prioritized by the different Ministries, by
         State  Governments,  by  the  District  administration,  for  achieving  in  the  Gram  Panchayats  thereby  villages.  The
         indicators in the LIF, have also been correlated to the KPIs and outcomes of such programmes and flagship schemes
         (for e.g.: JJM, SBM, Anaemia Mukt Bharat, etc), as applicable to the GP. Wherever there is a need or role for the GPs

         as per the design of the scheme, the Gram Panchayats would also be working with respective line departments on
         them. The Committee felt that the strength of administrative capability to deliver on these will see it through, and its
         inclusion in LIF ensures the GPs look at them.

         Using MA as priority is not recommended. The purpose of PDI and of MA are different. Further MA is a data source
         for PDI where other primary data source is not available from government administrative data already being collected.
         MoPR also is using the NPA parameters, and further layering with MA as priority is not advisable.

         Panchayats are at different levels of development across different sectors and detailed aspects thereunder, and scheme

         applicability.  Best  practices,  awards  and  achievements  of  GPs  are  testimony  to  that.  Their  realities  and  needs  are
         known  to  them.  The  choice  of  priorities  must  be  left  to  the  Gram  Panchayats  and  Priority  Indicators  need  to  be
         identified by GPs.

         Mandatory indicators are suggested by number of indicators that a GP must work on, suggested 100, in year 1. The
         monitoring of this numbers will ensure all GPs are working on indicators of minimum number, the choice is left to
         them, albeit with some riders, such as there must be an improvement scope in it, it must cover a certain number of
         indicators  that  are  low  performing  in  the  GP,  cover  certain  number  from  each  department  or  sector,  etc  This  will

         identify  those  not  yet  on  board,  facilitation  for  their  involvement  by  field  personnel,  markers  for  the  identified
         indicators can get monitored for changes and it will also enable attention to needy panchayats. It is still the choice of
         the GP that is emphasised.

         Weightage for indicators - the Committee felt that it would not be possible to give specific weights for indicators
         at the computation of the Theme Score and PDI at the GP level, as the logic and reasoning for it cannot be objectively
         arrived at. Automatically, some repetitive indicators provide weight. It is up to the GP to choose its strategy.

         Target values - The Committee referred UNSDG Documents on Global level targets measurement mechanism,
         Metadata information at global level for Indicators, and Target and current statistics in SDG. The SDGII brought out
         by NITI Aayog, was a key document for this.


         From global to local level, to be more relevant for the GPs in LSDGs, the concepts and measures are so detailed and
         specific that a top-down fixing or using single target for all cannot capture the diversity and humongous task that is
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