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ANNEXURE—II: REPORT

Consultative Workshop with GPs and Field Officers on LSDGs, Themes, Targets and

Local Indicator Framework of Panchayat Development Index

Context: Ministry of Panchayat Raj, GoI had constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Ms. Jayashree
Raghunandan, IAS, ACS, GoTN to give policy advice on Measures for assessing progress on localising SDGs with PRIs

and the Panchayat Development Index. The MoPR taking forward the achieving of SDGs in GPs, has identified 9 LSDG
themes to be implemented in rural areas with PRIs. The 9 themes adopted by MoPR are: -

Theme 1 - Poverty free and enhanced livelihoods village

Theme 2 - Healthy village

Theme 3 - Child friendly village

Theme 4 - Water sufficient village

Theme 5 - Clean and Green village

Theme 6 - Self-sufficient infrastructure in village

Theme 7 - Socially Just and Socially Secured village

Theme 8 - Village with Good Governance

Theme 9 - Women Friendly village

This thematic approach is in evolving stage and needs continued deliberations and consultations with stakeholders right
from local government ERs, functionaries to Block and District officers along with agencies such as UNICEF, UNDP
and the like. One such critical area of LSDGs to be evolved is the measures to assess progress.

At the request of the Committee Dr Mallinath Kalshetti, DDG, YASHADA, Member of the PDI Committee, has
organised 3-day Consultative Workshop including a field visit so as to obtain the views of the GPs on the LIF and assess
the availability of data in the GP. The Workshop was held between Jun 29-Jul 1, 2022 at YASHADA Pune in

partnership with UNICEF Maharashtra involving Consultation with GP Presidents and Secretaries, as well as field

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