PPC 2021 - Proceedings of The Regional Workshops - 1640258036111

People’s Plan Campaign 2021
Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas

(02 Oct 2021 - 31 Jan 2022)
Proceedings of the Regional Workshops

Indo-Gangetic Plain States (28-29 Oct 2021)
Coastal States (11-12 Nov 2021)
PESA States (22-23 Nov 2021)
Himalayan States (29-30 Nov 2021)
North Eastern States (13-14 Dec 2021)
Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)

National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)
INDEX
1. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 01

Indo-Gangetic Plain States, October 28-29, 2021, Bhopal

Coastal States, November 11-12, 2021, Mangaluru

PESA States, November 22-23, 2021, Jaipur

Himalayan States, November 29-30, 2021, Dehradun

North Eastern Plain States, December 13-14, 2021, Agartala
Proceedings of the
28-29 October 2021

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Proceedings of the People’s Plan Campaign - 2021 1

Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Economic and Social Transformation
through Panchayat Development Plans in Indo-Gangetic Plain States
held on October 28-29, 2021 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1. Background
Gram Panchayats have been mandated to prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for
economic development and social justice as per the Article 243G. The GPDP planning process has to be
participatory, comprehensive and need based, which can achieve convergence with schemes of all related
Central / State Governments. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) rolled out the People’s Plan
Campaign for GPDP (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas) from 2nd October, 2021 to 31st January 2022. The key
activities being carried out as part of this campaign include:
a) Ranking of all Gram Panchayats based on various socio-economic and infrastructure parameters
collected through Mission Antyodaya App and using the date in the planning process.
b) Participation of frontline workers of line departments related to 29 subjects (listed in the 11th
Schedule of the constitution) in the Gram Sabhas and involving SHG women in GPDP planning
process
c) Organizing special structured Gram Sabhas for GPDP preparation (2nd Oct. 2021 to 31st Jan.
2021)
d) Public disclosure of all schemes, beneficiaries and budget through display of Public Information
Board in every Gram Panchayats
e) Public disclosure of real time information on Campaign related activities across the country, in the
dedicated portal (www.gpdp.nic.in)
As part of this campaign, MoPR with the support of NIRD&PR organized series of workshops and
trainings to provide handholding support to all stakeholders including States for successful roll-out of the
campaign.
The States in the Indo-Gangetic Plain includes Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
and West Bengal. The representatives from the following organisations and research institutes working in
Indo-Gangetic Plain States were also invited for this workshop to share the activities being undertaken in
rural areas and also to discuss the opportunities of working with Gram Panchayats in the planning process.
1. Ministry of Jal Sakthi Dept Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
2. DAY-NRLM & DDU-GKY, MoRD
3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
4. Ministry of Women and Child Development – for POSHAN Abhiyan
5. Kudumbashree-NRO
6. UN Women – Regional Office

7. ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute(ATARI), Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh
8. Ministry of Education
9. SAMARTHAN- Center for Development Support, Bhopal
10. CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow
11. Regional Resource Centre for NE States, NHM, MoHFW – New Delhi
The detailed program schedule of this two-day workshop is provided in Appendix-I.
Total 136 participants, including RD&PR officials from six Indo-Gangetic Plain States, scientists from
various institutions, representatives from MoPR, MoRD, SIRDs, SRLMs and line ministries attended this
programme. The detailed list of participants is provided in Appendix-II.
2. The Proceedings
2.1 Inaugural Session
Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Government of India, in association with National Institute of Rural
Development and Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad and Department of Panchayat Raj, Government of Madhya
Pradesh, Bhopal had jointly organised the workshop on “Economic and Social Transformation through
Panchayat Development Plans in Indo-Gangetic Plain States” as part of Peoples’ Plan Campaign, 2021.
Elected Representatives, senior officials and Policymakers of PRIs from the Bihar, Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal States participated in this workshop.
Shri Alok Kumar Singh, Director, Panchayati Raj, Shri Alok Kumar Singh, Director,
Madhya Pradesh welcoming Panchayati Raj, Madhya Pradesh
Mrs. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR giving welcome address

The workshop began with the lightning of the lamp and welcoming the guests with the bouquets. Director,
Panchayati Rai Shri Alok Kumar Singh, Director, Panchayati Raj, Madhya Pradesh welcomed all the
participants of the Workshop. Addressing to all he mentioned that this is important workshop for the
schemes related to rural development and Panchayati Raj. He emphasised that the learning’s of this two
days’ workshop will be beneficial for the all the participants and hope the best practices going to be shared
in this workshop will be adopted by all the states in field.
He stressed that the better planning by the elected representatives and officials may change the complete
condition of any under developed Panchayats.
The welcome address of the workshop was followed by

briefing of the objectives of the workshop by Dr. C
Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR.
He mentioned that GPDP campaign which is popularly

known as People’s Plan campaign started in the year 2018.
Since the beginning of the campaign the NIRDPR is
providing the handholding supports to the states for the
preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan. This
regional level workshop is part of providing the
handholding support to the Indo-Gangetic Plain states.
Dr. C Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR Talking about the objectives of this regional workshop he
briefing about the workshop
said that this workshop is mainly going to focus on the
economic development of Panchayats as agriculture-based activity is the prime activity of all the states
comes under this region. As the planning for each region of the country differs from others hence these
workshops are being organized on a regional basis to provide the handholding support. Prior to this
regional workshop two workshops have been organized at national level. The first workshop was
organized at NIRDPR, Hyderabad for Northern states and the second one at NERC, Guwahati for North
Eastern states. The objectives of these regional workshop is not only to give the orientation to the
participants about GPDP but also to share the best practices taken up at the national level to all the
participating states and also to learn from each other’s experiences. The also mentioned that this regional
workshop not only provides the opportunity to prepare quality GPDP but it also provides the good
opportunity for better networking.
The overview of the workshop was presented by Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Panchayat Raj. She highlighted that this time we are making very deliberate efforts to ensure the
participation of the elected representatives of the Panchayats in each the regional workshop scheduled for
this year.
She emphasized that the interaction with the elected representatives will not only help us to understand
ground reality but it will also give us the opportunity to learn from each others experience.

She mentioned that in the search of employment, better
education, better health facilities villagers usually
migrates to the urban area although all Panchayats are
capable to provide these facilities at village level if proper
planning is done at Panchayat level. She expressed hope
that the young and experienced elected representatives
have the capacity to change the face of rural development
and all of this could be achieved by better planning,
execution and monitoring. She emphasized that the
People’s Plan Campaign has already set a milestone for
Mrs. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR, GoI
people’s participation in planning process, especially last
addressing to the participants
year during the Covid-19 pandemic period. It is worth
mentioning that last year 2.56 lakhs villages participated in planning process. Similarly 60 % of block
level Panchayats and 50 % District Panchayats also prepared their development plans. She stressed that
now the time has come to shift the focus from the numbers to quality planning process. She said that the
success of people’s plan campaign depends on the participation of the community and joint efforts of line
ministries for the convergence of the schemes. She mentioned that the focus area of this year campaign is
evidence based planning and we are focusing on Sustainable Development Goals. She requested all the
Panchayats to achieve at least one sustainable development goal at their Panchayat level this year.
Secondly, she requested to all Panchayats to generate OSR, which has already become mandatory for all
Panchayats. Thirdly she requested to prepare the Village Poverty Reduction Plan mandatorily and include
it this year GPDP process. Briefing about the expected outcomes of this workshop she said that various
digital initiatives which has been taken up by the Govt. will also be shared during this workshop so now
the capacity building should not only limit to imparting training but also to search the resource envelopes
available to take the required information.
Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR, in his inaugural address emphasised that Panchayats should have the
vision of the developmental changes which they want to
see in their Panchayats.
The development changes should be planned as per the

need of people and all the people from the society like
daily wagers, farmers, children, women, youth and
elderly people should equally participate in the planning
process. The Panchayat should be aware about the source
of Income like OSR, Funds from XV Finance
commission and centrally sponsored schemes to take up
the planning process. The Panchayat should give the
priority to ongoing to works instead of starting the
Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR, GoI planning for new work. He stressed that now the focus
addressing the participants through VC of Panchayats should not be quantitative planning but it

should be qualitative. Regular monitoring of the work taken up by Panchayats during last year should be
done mandatorily. Briefing about the monitoring system of the Govt. he said that from this year the
ministry has started the analysis of the data being uploaded on eGram Swaraj portal, regular monitoring
of the gaps identify by Mission Antodaya data is also being monitored. He emphasised the participation
of functionaries of agriculture department in Gram Sabha for effective preparation of Gram Panchayat
Development plan. He requested the officials of District, Block and Panchayat level to continuously
monitor the planning process at their level and take up the appropriate corrective measures if required. He
stressed that the active participation of line ministries in planning process is very crucial to make the
planning process more effective. From this year ministry has taken an initiative to make Gram Sabha more
vibrant and as a part of it detailed information about the schemes of different ministries is now being made
available on eGram Swaraj portal. The 100% social audit which is mandatory to be conducted at Panchayat
level, he requested all the stakeholders of it to perform it without fail. Furthermore he emphasised on the
attainment of SDGs at Panchayat level with the support of line departments. He stressed that the outcomes
of this workshop will be definitely helpful for implementation of various schemes and also in designing
the framework of upcoming GPDP process for next year.
The inaugural address was followed by the release of Training Manual on ‘Participatory Village
Development Planning Process’ and Short films on GPDP & OSR (prepared by Govt. of MP) by Secretary,
MoPR.
Smt. Shivani Verma, Joint Director, P&RD, Madhya Pradesh proposed vote of thanks.
Release of Training Manual on ‘Participatory Village Development Planning Process’

2.2 Technical Session I: People’s Plan Campaign for preparation of Panchayat Development Plans
Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR presented an overview on the People’s Plan campaign
highlighting the achievements since the campaign began in 2018.
She stated that the planning process of PPC campaign

actually started in the year 2014 with the devolution of
grants of 14th Finance Commission to Panchayats.
The experience during the last few years has shown that
the Gram Panchayat Development Plans are being
prepared across the country. The focus should now be on
quality of GPDPs rather than quantity. The Unique
elements of the campaign are Gram Sabhas, Facilitators,
Mission Antyodaya data and the e-Gram Swaraj initiative
for uploading the GPDPs. Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR
The previous campaigns have shown the following key elements:
 In the year 2018, 93 % villages prepared their development plans.

 In the year 2019, Midterm review of plans was taken up at Gram Sabha.
 CB&T activity was included in the year 2019.
 In the year 2020, Planning at District and Block level was got introduced.
 Mandatory addition of OSR was introduced in the year 2020.
The presentation on the overview of PPC highlighted the following points:
 States such as Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar are conducting more than
special Gram Sabha:
 Amongst the line departments only education, women and child Development, Agriculture and
Family and welfare departments are participating in Gram Panchayat Plan preparation. There
is very less participation by Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Drinking water and sanitation.
 Inclusion of Village Poverty Reduction Plans (VPRP) will be mandatory in preparation of
GPDP.
 Major Resource Envelope are available from XVFC, MGNREGA and State Finance
Commission. Funds available by flagship schemes and line ministries are missing.
 Less Inclusion of health, Women and Child Development, Education and Water Conservation
in GPDP.
 In the current ongoing Gram Sabhas people’s participation is only 4.43%. SHGs participation
is Gram Sabhas is 92%.
 Out of the total 14,310 Gram Sabhas held across the county so far maximum 62% participation
by Education Department only and very less participation by other line departments i.e. Water
Resource 2% and New and Renewable Energy Department 1 % respectively only.
 VPRPs should be mandatory discussed more in Gram Sabhas where SHGs are participating.

 Khadi Village and Cottage Industries, Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry is the prime sectors to be taken up as a Sankalp in GPDP.
 Water Conservation should be given priority in GPDP keeping its scarcity in view.
 Out of 9 line departments only 3-5 departments are participating in GPDP planning process.
 MoPR Interventions like Evidence Based Planning, Self Helf Group and Community
Mobilization, Sustainable Development Goals and Holistic Planning were briefed in detail.
 Gram Manchitra: Panchayat Development Support System was explained in brief.
 100% Public Information board should be installed at Panchayat level for better transparency
and information.
The second presentation by Shri Vipra Goel,
Consultant, MoPR, highlighted the need for Modern
IEC activities for Integrated Panchayat Planning.
The 5 principles of PPC to ensure the success of
planning are:
 Impartiality
 Technical Expertise
 Awareness
 Community Involvement
 Vigilance
Shri Vipra Goel, Consultant, MoPR
It was emphasised that in order to ensure the above, a modern IEC strategy is required focussing on the
following:
Modern IEC Strategy for People’s Plan Campaign (RGSA) | Environment Generation
GPPFT (Gram Panchayat Planning Meetings of the newly

Disbursal of constituted team
PPC Modules, Booklets, Facilitation Team) Formation
Guidelines, Roles & including volunteers
Responsibilities and Schemes
Convergence Charter
Ward-wise GRAM Organizing Activity Press Notes

RATH rally by the Environment Creation to District Print &
team Ward-Sabha (Choupal Electronic Media
Baithaks/Meetings)

Model Plan for People’s Plan Campaign (RGSA) |GPDP Making
Situation
Analysis using
PRA talks and
data Activity Press Notes
Organizing a special Gram Sabha to District Print &
(Resource Activity Identification and Electronic Media
Visioning Exercise)
Door-to-door
survey-cum-file-
work with Plan
secondary data preparation
collection and
projectization
Creation of Activities
Plan Approval in
in eGramSwaraj
eGramSwaraj
Applpication
Plan
implementation
and monitoring
following:
The proposed integrated Gram Panchayat Development Plan should identify the needs of the community
focussing on micro level strategy that would directly benefit the community. A suitable Model plan for
PPC should focus more on two important issues. Firstly, the plan should include e-Modules,
Implementation Guidelines, Roles & Responsibilities of different functionaries (frontline workers,
facilitators and nodal officers) involved and Schemes Convergence Charter for holistic planning. Secondly
the focus should be on distributing them to various functionaries like GP facilitators, line department
officials etc. through proper channel on cascading mode. The presentation also highlighted the success of
various initiatives in Panchayats across different states.
The Third presentation of the session was presented by

Dr. C Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR on
“Localization of SDGs: Integrating SDGs with GPDP”.
In the presentation he highlighted the fact that Integrating

SDGs with GPDP does not require any special planning
only integrated approach of planning is required to
localize the SDGs through GPDP.
He cited the Niti Ayog report of 2019 on SDGs and

explained that how local government can support the
achievement of SDG through bottom up approach and Dr. C Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
how SDGs can provide a framework for local

development policy. He stated that the Panchayats have 9 more years to achieve the SDG goals and it
could be done only with involvement of all three tier of Panchayati Raj System. He pointed out 10 SDGs
which are directly linked with Panchayats and comes under the 29 subjects specified for Panchayats under
11th Schedule. He also listed out the centrally sponsored schemes which are directly linked with
Sustainable Development Goals. 9 themes with 150 targets and 300 indicators, which is recommendation
of the committee formed for localizing the SDGs was also presented by him.
He concluded his presentation by mentioning the activities which needs to be taken up to localizing the
SDGs through GPDP.

2.3 Technical Session II: People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing by States
The technical session focussed on 5 thematic areas:

a) Convergence at PRIs level
b) Convergence of PR and SHGs
c) Convergence of PR with Line ministries activity
d) Steps taken up by elected representatives for people’s participation
e) Documentation of best practices
The elected representatives were asked to share their experience about how they involved people’s
participation during COVID-19 pandemic, OSR generation, localizing the SDGs, Steps taken for Solid
and Liquid waste management, Afforestation and benefits of GPDP.
Punjab: Ms. Sheshandeep Kaur, Sarpanch, Manak

Khana, Maur, Bathinda shared that her Panchayat have
won two national awards Deendayal Upadhyay
Panchayat Shashktikaran and Nananji Deshmukh
Gaurav Gram Sabha.
She emphasized that induction training to the newly

elected representatives should be mandatory. To
increase the people’s participation in Gram Sabha she
took the initiative of wall painting, door to door
meeting, rewards for attending the Gram Sabha.
Ms. Sheshandeep Kaur, Sarpanch, Manak
She shared that to increase the level of ground water Khana, Maur, Bathinda
socage pits are being constructed under MGNREGA scheme.
Shri Rajdeep Sandhu, Sarpanch, Ratta Khera, Ghal

Khurd, Ferozepur shared his experience that his
Panchayat is using the funds received from 14th FC and
MGNREGA to take up the developmental work
activity.
Shri Rajdeep Sandhu, Sarpanch, Ratta Khera,

Ghal Khurd, Ferozepur

Uttar Pradesh: Ms. Priyanka Tiwari, Pradhan-Gram
Panchayat Rajpur, Vikas Khand Hathras, Janpad
Hathras presented her experience. She specially
mentioned the steps taken up by her Panchayat during
the COVID-19 like 100% sanitization and vaccination
to ensure the zero-death rate from the pandemic. To
ensure the sanitation in village they have banned the use
of plastic. They have also removed all encroachment
from Panchayat land and now they are planning to
develop the haat on that land for villagers and for SHGs Ms. Priyanka Tiwari, Pradhan,
groups. Gram Panchayat Rajpur, Janpad Hatras
Madhya Pradesh: Shri Kamal Patal, Sarpanch, Navadpura, Dhar district shared his Panchayats initiative
like ban on the use of plastic, tree plantation and construction of Gaushala, establishment of learning centre
for children and RO water plant.
Smt. Anuradha Joshi Sarpanch Koodriya Gram Panchayat, Block Mhow, Indore district shared her
experience to increase the income of her Panchayat. She shared the experience to the established the unit
of sanitary pad making which is currently running by the 200 women of the village.
Shri Kamal Patal, Sarpanch, Smt. Anuradha Joshi, Sarpanch Koodriya

Navadpura, Dhar district Gram Panchayat, Indore district
The experience sharing session by elected representatives was followed by the representation from the
state officials of Panchayati Raj Department. Highlights of the presentation are:
 Capacity building initiative taken during COVID-19

 Participation of line departments in Gram Sabhas
 Localization of Sustainable Development Goals
 Convergence at PR level

2.4 Technical Session III: PRI-SHG Convergence for achieving holistic Panchayat Plans
The session focussed on convergence of various schemes and programmes with Panchayat Development
Plans. The presentation by Ms. Jui Bhattacharya National Mission Manager, DAY-NRLM & DDU-GKY,
MoRD, focussed on the Village Poverty Reduction Plan
(VPRP), she mentioned that a family who is not associated
with any SHGs will also be the part of VPRP.
She highlighted the salient features of the Village Poverty

Reduction Plans. The various plans under VPRP include:
 Entitlement Plan
 Livelihood Plan
 Public Goods, Services and Resources
Development Plans Ms. Jui Bhattacharya National Mission
 Social Development Plans Manager, DAY-NRLM & DDU-GKY, MoRD
The above plans are prepared at various levels – SHG level, Village level and Gram Panchayat levels. The
process to be adopted for the Village Poverty Reduction Plans is as follows:
Training for 2 Concept seeding at

Identification of 2
facilitators per VO CLF and VO level
Facilitators per VO
Preparation and Prioritsation and

Plan Preparation at
Consolidation of Consolidation of
SHG level
plans at VO level Plans at GP level
Follow up towards
Integration into
Submission of VPRP achievement of
GPDP
in Gram Sabha demands

The presentation highlighted the major achievements, challenges and strategies to be adopted for the
successful preparation of Village Poverty Reduction Plans.
The representatives of Kudumbashree-NRO, Ms. Madhulika Joshi & Mr. Shreyas Kumar Rai presented
the experience of Implementing VPRP in Intervention Districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Ms. Madhulika Joshi, Mr. Shreyas Kumar Rai,

Kudumbashree-NRO Kudumbashree-NRO
They briefly discussed the KSNRO’s strategy for the VPRP in the year 2020-21 and different plans under
VPRP and key takeaways from the demands generated. The impact of their intervention and challenges
faced by them towards effective implementation of VPRP was also shared in detail.

In the last session of the day a special presentation was
made by Shri Manoj Singh on Community Based Rural
Tourism project supported by RGSA, Panchayati Raj,
GoI and Rural Development Department, Govt. of
Madhya Pradesh. He said that the prime objective of this
project is to promote the alternate source of income for
rural family through tourism activities (homestay).
The project aims to develop the 100 tourism village

across the Madhya Pradesh state where community
offers cultural experience based tourism. The wealth
generated through tourism will be shared with the local Shri Manoj Singh
community.

2.5 Technical Session IV: MoPR Initiatives
Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, Joint Secretary, MoPR

presented on Making Gram Sabhas Vibrant - Attaining
Gram Swaraj. He started his presentation with the quote
by Father of the Nation Mahatama Gandhi “The greater
the power of the Panchayats the better for the people”.
Afterwards he shared the glance of Panchayat statistics of

the country by mentioning the no. of Gram Panchayats,
Block Panchayats, District Panchayats and no. of elected
representatives of PRIs. Thereafter he talked about the Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, JS, MoPR
approaches required to be adapted to Strengthening the
Rural Local Governance.
a) Radical approach required

b) Strengthening rural economy
c) Intensive implementation of schemes for saturation e.g. Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan
d) Ensure transparency, efficiency and equity
e) Strengthen the Gram Sabha as basic unit of rural local governance
He emphasized on the priority areas for Panchayats like Public Health, Poshan and Education and briefed
them that what needs to be done at Panchayat level to attain the better result. Later on he pointed out the
suggestions made by the MoPR advisory committee to making the Gram Sabhas Vibrant.

To making the Gram Sabhas Vibrant the MoPR advisory committee has suggested the constitution of six
sub committees, subject wise role of each sub committees was also explained during the presentation. In
the last he pointed out the actions to be taken by States/UTs to upload the data on the dashboard. He also
requested the line departments to make the standard presentation of the schemes of their concern
department so that it could be presented during the Gram Sabhas either by their own representative or by
the moderator of the Gram Sabha.
The next presentation of the session was jointly presented by Shri J.K. Mishra, Technical Director, NIC
Delhi and Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant, MoPR on Gram Manchitra Application.
Shri J.K. Mishra, Technical Director, Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant,

NIC Delhi MoPR
The session by chaired by Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR. Technical Director, NIC Delhi Shri
J.K. Mishra, started the session by briefly explaining about Gram Manchitra Spatial Tool for Gram
Panchayat Planning. In his presentation he highlighted the overview about the Gram Manchitra, Planning
Resources for GPDP and Portal Interface. About the key features of the Gram Manchitra he mentioned
that it is Unified Geo Spatial Platform for Gram Panchayats covering 29 sectors; providing a decision
support system for GPDP. He explained in brief that how with the help of Gram Manchitra Spatial analysis
tools identification of suitable site for creation of new amenities/ infrastructure like hospitals, schools,
banks, etc. is possible, more over to it he explained that “Real time” tracking of progress of work
undertaken under different schemes is also could be monitored by using the Gram Manchitra Application.
To conclude his session he presented the live demonstration of the Gram Manchitra application for the
few district amongst the states who were attending the workshop.
Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant, MoPR answered the queries about the geo tagging of the assets. She
said at present states are not integrated with the data of NIC, when this integration will take place then
there will be no chances of duplicate assets creation.

2.6 Technical Session V: Evidence based Planning and Monitoring of PPC
The need for Evidence based and Data driven Panchayat

Planning was highlighted by Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja, in
his presentation.
The approach for evidence based and data driven

Panchayat planning is as follows:
 Evidence based means that the best available

data, information and knowledge are used to
make decisions.
 Evidence-based planning is harnessing the Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja,
knowledge gained from data and information and Associate Professor, NIRDPR
using it to optimize our planning process and
improve results.
 Evidence-based planning uses the evidence i.e. data, information and knowledge as the
foundation for deciding what should be done.
 There appears information gap between real needs and Panchayat Planning.
 Plans should be prepared using necessary and sufficient data, as evidence of the ground realities
and real needs.
In order to ensure the above, preparatory steps to be taken and sources of secondary data availability are
required for effective preparation of Panchayat plans.
The session was chaired by Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, Joint Secretary, MoPR.

2.7 Technical Session VI: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with GPDP
The presentation by Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General

Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory & Development
Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi highlighted the
importance of Atal Pension Yojana (APY) a flagship
scheme of Govt. of India.
The scheme was introduced in the year 2015 and it

benefits 88 % of Unorganized Sector workforce to lead a
dignified life after 60 years. The scheme is divided in to
three phases:
Ms. Priyanka Gupta,
a) Entry/ शामिल होना
Deputy General Manager,
b) Accumulation/ संचयन PFRDA, New Delhi
c) Exit/ मनकास
She highlighted that now the participation of females is increasing in this scheme and presently 44
beneficiaries of this scheme are women. She shared that PFRDA is planning to cover nearly 7 crore new
enrolments under APY, in the next 3 to 5 years. She also mentioned the initiatives like Launching of eAPY
platform, APY mobile app, On-boarding using Bank’s own web-portal and Social media platforms being
taken up by ministry to popularise this scheme. The Gram Panchayats can play a vital role in ensuring
comprehensive coverage of the APY scheme hence she stressed the all participating states of the workshop
to motivate the people to join this scheme.
Shri S.R. Meena, Scientist D, Biogas Technology

Development Division, Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, New Delhi started his session by highlighting the
importance of Energy for any development activity. He
emphasised that it is the target of the ministry to replace
the conventional energy source to smart renewable
sustainable energy. He said that the biogas is the very
economical form of energy which is linked with 9 goals
of sustainable Development Goals out of total 17goals.
Shri S.R. Meena, Scientist D, Biogas
Technology Development Division, Ministry He highlighted the key features of PM- Kisan Urja
of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM)
Scheme which provide reliable day time solar power to
farmers and reduces the carbon footprint and reduction of the burden of subsidy to agriculture sector. He
also highlighted the key features of another important scheme “Gobardhan” which is an integral part of

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II under Solid Waste Management. The scheme supports villages to convert
bio-waste including cattle waste, kitchen leftovers, crop residue and market waste to biogas and slurry, to
improve environmental sanitation and curb vector borne diseases. Under SBM (G) financial assistance of
INR 50 Lakh per District is available for setting up of Gobardhan projects. Later on he shared the roles
and responsibility of the State, District and Panchayat for effective implementation of the scheme and also
he shared the monitoring mechanism constituted at District level to monitor the progress of the scheme.
To conclude his session he shared the detail of technological support available at state and district level to
implement this scheme.
Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Executive Director, SAMARTHAN–

Centre for Development Support, Bhopal shared the
experience of his organization for working with
Panchayati Raj since 1996.
He said that the convergence is only possible when

people starts accepting the changes which any schemes
seeks to bring in the field. He emphasised that the
Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Executive Director,
objectives of scheme could be attain by the participation
SAMARTHAN–Centre for Development
of participation of all the stakeholders. Support, Bhopal
Shri Swapnil Dubey, Senior Scientist and Head, ICAR-Raisen, He started his presentation by briefing
about the KVK Centers, which are established by Agriculture council of India across the country, at
present 721 KVKs have been established. KVKs works as
a knowledge and research Center for the farmers.
He said the KVKs are focusing on the high value crops

instead of traditional crops. He recommended Processing
and Value Addition of Minor Millets, Bee keeping,
Sericulture, Lac Culture, Goat Rearing, Mushroom
Production, Production of organic produce to increase the
employment and income generation activities. He shared
the experience of developing the Nutri-SMART village
Shri Swapnil Dubey, (NSV) for meeting nutrient requirement for making
Senior Scientist and Head, ICAR-Raisen
nutrient sufficient. These Nutri-SMART villages are being
developed on the concept of “Grow what you eat and eat what you grow”. In the end he requested all the
participants to contact the KVKs of their respective areas for training and technical guidance related to
agriculture.
The session was jointly chaired by Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, Joint Secretary, MoPR and Smt. Rekha
Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR.

2.8 Technical Session VII: Group Discussion
The session was started with the open discussion about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since
many of the participants were not aware about these goals hence JS, MoPR decided that few speakers who
are already working on SDGs may come forward and then they could start sharing their understanding
about SDGs.
Ms. Nikita Khanna, Consultant, Unicef was Invited first
to share her understanding on SDGs. She told that these
goals are not new; whatever developmental works are
already being taken up at Panchayat level comes under
any of these total 17 goals.
These 17 goals are set by the member countries of United
Nations and all goals are targeted to be achieved by 2030.
Further she explained that localization of SGDs is the
term which is being used to integrate each goals with our
planning process of Panchayat Development Plan so that Ms. Nikita Khanna, Consultant, Unicef
these targets could be achieved at all three tier of
Panchayats.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar from Samarthan NGO, Bhopal
shared his understanding about SDGs. He said that all
the 17 sustainable goals could be achieved at
panchayat level but the participation of the
community and line departments is very essential to
achieve them.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Samarthan NGO, Bhopal
The role of Panchayats to achieve these goals was presented in brief. In the last a short video on SDGs
was shown to give more understanding about SDGs.
The workshop ended with Valedictory session.

Appendix-I
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (Thursday, 28th October 2021)
09.00 - 10.00 AM Registration
Inaugural Session
10.00 - 10.05 AM Lighting of Lamp
10.05 - 10.10 AM Welcoming the guests with bouquets
10.10 - 10.20 AM Welcome Address Shri Alok Kumar Singh, Director, PR, Madhya Pradesh
10.20 - 10.30 AM About the workshop Dr Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
10.30 - 10.40 AM Address by Smt Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR, GoI
Inaugural Address by
10.40 - 11.00 AM Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR, GoI
(through VC)
Release of –
11.00 – 11.10 AM Training Manual on ‘Participatory Village Development Planning Process’ and Short
films on GPDP & OSR (prepared by Govt. of MP) by Secretary, MoPR
11.10 – 11.15 AM Vote of thanks Smt Shivani Verma, Joint Director, P&RD, MP
11.15 - 11.45 AM Hi-Tea
Technical Session I : People’s Plan Campaign for Preparation of Panchayat Development Plans
People’s Plan Campaign (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas) – An Overview
- Smt Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR
Presentation on Modern IEC Activities
11.45 - 1.30 PM
- Sh. Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR
Localization of SDGs: Integrating SDGs with GPDP
- Dr Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
01.30 - 2.00 PM Lunch
Technical Session II : People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing by States
Preparation and implementation of GPDP

02.00 - 4.00 PM - Sharing of experiences by State Representatives & Sarpanches from Bihar,
Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
04.00 - 4.15 PM Tea-break

Technical Session III: PRI-SHG Convergence for achieving holistic Panchayat Plans
Representatives from
04.15 - 5.30 PM - DAY-NRLM unit of MoRD
- Kudumbashree
- SRLM units of Bihar, Haryana, MP, Punjab, UP and WB
07.30 PM Dinner at Jehan Numa Retreat Club & Spa, Prempura, Bhopal

Day 2 (Friday, 29th October 2021)
Technical Session IV: MoPR Initiatives
Making Gram Sabhas Vibrant
- Sh. Khushwant Singh Sethi, Joint Secretary, MoPR
9:30 – 11:30 AM Gram Manchitra Application
- Sh. J.K. Mishra, Technical Director, NIC Delhi
- Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant, MoPR
11.30 - 11.45 AM Tea-break
Technical Session V: Evidence based Planning and Monitoring of PPC
Evidence based Planning
- Dr Anjan Kumar Bhanja, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
11:45 – 12:15 PM
Monitoring PPC through GPDP Portal (https://gpdp.nic.in/) – Demo
- NIC / MoPR representative
Technical Session VI: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with GPDP
Presentation by Ministries & Institutions

- Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory &
Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi
- Dr. Ashoke Kr. Roy, Director, RRC-NE, NHM, MoHFW, New Delhi
12.15 - 01.30 PM - Sh. S.R. Meena, Scientist D, Biogas Technology Development Division,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi
- Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Executive Director, SAMARTHAN – Centre for

Development Support, Bhopal
-Dr. S.R.K. Singh, Director (Acting), ICAR-Agricultural Technology

Application Research Institute, Jabalpur, MP
01.30 - 02.30 PM Lunch Break
Technical Session VII: Group Discussion
Group Discussion Topic: Localising SDGs
02.30 - 04.30 PM
Presentation by Group Representatives (7 minutes each)
04.30 - 05.00 PM Concluding remarks and way forward

Appendix-II
Participants List
States
Sl. Name Designation Phone / Email
Bihar
1. Shri Sharad Kumar Jha Lecturer 9470018164, 8789388871
sharadjha325@gmail.com
2. Shri Prabhash Chandra PM-CB, SPRC 6206804020
Jha pm-cb@bgsys.gov.in
3. Shri Krishna nand rai BPRO/SLT PRD 9431441477
4. Shri Rajesh Kant IT Consultant SPRC, PRD 6206804034
5. Namita Priya Young professional 8210393617
namita.sdjeevika@gmail.com
6. Sh Chandan Kumar Data Administrator 9771478331
chandan.itbrlps@gmail.com
Haryana
7. Shri Veenus Nathalia Nodal Officer, RGSA, 935692562
Development and Panchayat veenus.nathalia@nic.in
Department
8. Shri Jamal Ahmed Technology Consultant, 9654036463
Development and Panchayat jamalahmed@kpmg.com
Department
9. Shri Suryansh Nigam CBT and IEC Expert, Development 9999044446
and Panchayat Department suryanshnigam@kpmg.com
nigam610@gmail.com
10. Ms. Neelam Kumari Planning and Management 8168217903
Development Expert, State sprc.hry.gov@gmail.com
Panchayat Resource Centre, HIRD,
Nilokheri
11. Shri Jogesh Block Development and Panchayat 9812559726
Officer, Chacchharuli bdpo.chhachhrauli@hry.nic.in
12. Shri Nitesh Kumar Assistant CEO, Karnal zpkrl@hry.nic.in
nitesh.nitesh.nitesh09@gmail.com
13. Shri Prasoon Mathur Assistant CEO, Ambala 8004045037
aceo.zpambala@gmail.com
Madhya Pradesh
14. Shri Surendra Prajapati Faculty Member, MGSIRDPR, 8989631601
Jabalpur sur46100@gmail.com
15. Shri Ashish Soni Computer Programmer cum Faculty 9926404020
Member, PRDTC, Bhopal sonirkdf1982@gmail.com
16. Smt Anuradha Joshi Sarpanch Koodriya Mhow, Indore
17. Shri Kamal Patal Sarpanch, Navadpura, Dhar 9977224141
18. Ms. Alka Shukla District Manager 7222992521

19. Ms. Rekha Rajput CRP 8963909611
20. Ms.Laxmi CRP 7470323554
21. Ms. Seema Kushwaha CRP 7581852355
22. Ms. Surekha District Manager 8349901431
23. Ms. Premlata CRP 8817532378
24. Ms. Gyanvati CRP 7024155659
25. Ms. Sunita Ginnore Asst. Manager 8889474017
26. Ms. Pooja Rajput CRP 7247427094
27. Ms. Madina Mansuri CRP
28. Sh. Piyush YP 8285331654
29. Sh. Manish Deshraj District Manager M&E SRLM 9406809210, 7222910989
manishdeshraj111280@gmail.com
30. Sh. Pradeep Shukla ABM-SRLM 9424337621
hrspradeep@gmail.com
31. Ms. Asha Suryavanshi VRP-CRP SRLM 6260331173
32. R.K. Mundra FM 9926457085
33. Sh. Sanjay Kumar Saraf Director SIRD Jabalpur 9977964442
34. Sh Sanjay Kumar Rajput Faculty member SIRD Jabalpur 9425168208
35. Sh. Pankaj Rai Faculty member SIRD Jabalpur 8109153234
36. Firdosh Shah Principal PTC Multai 9977535448
37. Sh Sudhir Jain Dy CEO 9926494401
38. Sh. Ramesh Kumar APCCF, Forest M.P. 9424728078

rks2008k@gmail.com
39. Sh Sanjay Pathak ACF Forest M.P. 9425856907
40. Sh. Hem Singh Secretary Panchayat Bhopal 9893040338
41. Sh Tej Singh Gurgar Secretary Panchayat Bhopal 9827058534
42. Sh. Ashok Kumar Goyal Faculty Member 9827233930

ashokgoyal256@gmail.com
43. Deepa Kotasthane Asistant Director ETC Ujjain 9731844699
deepakotasthane@gmail.com
44. Sh. Avadh Kumar Garg Block Co-ordinator, JP Phanda 9425391270
avadhgarg@gmail.com
45. Sh. Bhupendra Block Coordinator, JP Phanda 9827227168
Suryawanshi suryawanshi198078@gmail.com
46. Smt. Sudha Asst. Comm. TDIDP MP, Tribal 9425969549
Development Pla. Bhopal
47. Sh. Pankaj Darothiya Asst. Director, Panchayat raj 9425650392/

48. Sh. Pankaj DD 9301209255
49. Yashodhara Roy Principal PTC Indore 9754570875
50. Sh. Nikhilesh Khare CEO 7224004757
51. Sh. Nitin Tiwari Reporter, Pradesh Today, Bhopal 930007402
52. Dr. Swati Shrivastava Add. Dy. Director 9926047926

drswatishrivastava72@gmail.com
53. Sh. Praveen Kumar Guru General Manager, PHED, Jal 9425946164
Nigam pkguru02@gmail.com
54. Sh Pramod Katiyar Dy. Director, MPKUIB Bhopal 7089812717

mdmpkuib@gmail.com
55. Sh. V.K. Tripathi Dy. Director SGI 9425921500
56. Sh. Ravindra Modi Dy. Director, Agriculture 9425372341

modi.ravindra@mp.gov.in
57. Sh. B.S. Baraskar Q.CU. PHE Bhopal 9826161376
bsbaraskar1962@gmail.com
58. Sh. Hemraj Patel Pradhan Bhopal 9179133621
59. Ms. Sunita Faculty member 9926453734
60. Sh Dharmendra Gupta ABM Budni Sehore 9340734512
61. Sh Prateek Sonbalkar Joint Comm. ETC Indore 9425490735
62. Sh. Rajendra Joshi Faculty member, ETC Indore 8319173544
63. Sh. Suresh Meena Pradhan Bhopal 9826758271
64. Sh. Jagdish Vishwkarma Secretary Bhopal 9303158821
65. Sh Rajendra Jangde Sarpanch/Pradhan, Sehore 8109236950
66. Sh Manish Bunkar Pradhan maina/Ashta Sehore 8878058905
67. Sh Manohar Malibad Pradhan Jhabua 9131523228
68. Sh Raghuveer Singh Pradhan, Vidisha 7697878475

Gurjar
69. Sh Subhash Soni Pradhan, Vidisha 7697132544
70. Smt. Gora Bai Pradhan, Vidisha 9977142603
71. Shri Pramod Sharma Faculty member indore 9826011817
72. Sh Sanjay Lawre Faculty member, indore 9893525389

73. Sh S.K. Patel OSD Director tech, education 9131035057
74. Sh Girish Boyal Asst. Block Manager 7000967658

girjesh2328@gmail.com
75. Rekha Singh ABM Bhopal 7024104522
76. Sh. Sanjay DPM SRLM, Vidisha 9406809007

sanjaykumar958@gmail.com
77. Sh. Rajendra Prasad Faculty member RRDPRTC 877044046
Khare Nowgaon rajendraprasadkhare61@gmail.com
78. Manju Khare Principal RRDPRTC Nowgaon 9425140790

etcnowgong@yahoo.com
79. Sh Harish Chandra Faculty member PTC Shivpuri 9575860933
80. Sh Janved Singh ETC Gwalior 9131016506
81. Dr. Rekha Pandey DPM- NRLM 7222992893

nrlmbpl@gmail.com
82. Sh Sanjay Saxena DPM-NRLM 8349901505
83. Mukesh Shinde DPM-NRLM 8349901332
84. Sh Dinesh DPM-NRLM 8349901102
85. Sh Arvind ADM-CT NRLM 9826601023
86. Ms. Preeti Sharm ABM-NRLM 7222992553

sharma.dprp@gmail.com
87. Sh Kabel Singh Faculty ETC GWALIOR 8878032400
88. Sh. S.M. Mehboob Asistant Director, ETC Seoni 9425170343

mehboobkhan31623@gmail.com
89. Sh Ravindra Pal Programmer ETC Seoni 9893461434
ravindrapal83@gmail.com
90. Sh Babulal Ahirvar Pradhan 9630365999
91. Sh. M. Raja DPM-SRLM Raisen 7222942305

mrajanrlm@gmail.com
92. Sh. prafull Joshi APO MDM & P & RD 8989977301
prafulla.nrlm@gmail.com
93. Sh. Nemchand Jadav ASPM(a) MRSRLM 8349401823
aspm.gender.mpsrlm@gmail.com
94. Sh. Chandrakant Singh Faculty member ETC Bhopal 6260595787
cksingh.adeo@gmail.com
95. Sh. Chandresh Kumar Faculty member, ETC Indore 9424447613
Lad chandreshlad14@gmail.com
96. Sh Prakash Kabde Faculty member ETC Bhopal 9893386999
prakash@gmail.com

97. Radha Vishwkarma CRP NRLM 9516415715
vishwakarmaradha72@gmail.com
98. Sh Saral Bhargava Pradhan JP Barasiya Dillod 9575122705, 8962186405
99. Sh Satish Khetwal Asst. Dir 9425370050
100. Sh R.P. Goyal DD Agriculture 8770852830

ramprakash.goyal@mp.gov.in
101. Seema Agrawal Principal ETC Ujjain 7974998339
agrawal.seema603@gmail.com
102. Sh Manohar lal Sharma Pradhan Sironj 9826514558
103. Sh Rushali Poras CEO ETC Bhopal 9575408180
104. Sarika Singh PO Training Bhopal 7354999948
105. Sh Sanjay Patil CEO JP ETC Ujjain 7999305312
106. Ms. Sheshandeep Kaur Sarpanch, Manak Khana, Maur, 9876047391

Bathinda sheshandeep@yahoo.com
107. Shri Rajdeep Sandhu Sarpanch, Ratta Khera, Ghal Khurd, 9914415715
Ferozepur sndu22@hotmail.com
108. Shri Akashdeep Singh Panch, Malke, Bagapurana, Moga 9779294900
Brar brarsinghakash@hotmail.com
Uttar Pradesh
109. Shri Ritesh Sharma State Consultant 8800690461
ritesh.rgsa@gmail.com
110. Smt. Sunita Singh State Consultant 9415444687
sunitasingh.spmu@gmail.com
111. Shri Brijesh Nath Tiwari DPRC Faculty, Janpad kushinagar 9415344223
112. Shri Charanjeet DPRC Faculty, Janpad Meerut 8445439643
charandpc@gmail.com
113. Shri Gaurav Jain DPM Janpad Hathras 9870738081
114. Shri Shubham Vajpayee Pramukh, Vikas khand Shivrajpur 8604224216, 9336777792
Janpadkanpur Nagar
115. Ms. Priyanka Tiwari Pradhan-Gram Panchayat Rajpur, 8078615956, 9997004264
Vikas Khand Hathras, Janpad hiyatiwari@gmail.com
Hathras
116. Shri Manab Kundu Participatory Planning and 9007069356
Livelihood Coordinator, manabk68@gmail.com
STARPARD, P& RD Department
117. Shri Tapas Pore Training Coordinator (HQ), 9732836757
STARPARD, P& RD Department tapas.pore@gmail.com

Institutions/ Line Ministries
Sl. Name & Designation Contact Details

1. Ms Jui Bhattacharya 7005050945
National Mission Manager, DAY-NRLM & DDU-GKY, MoRD New juinrlm.2021@gmail.com
Delhi
2. Mr. S R Meena 9654392685
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Scientist, MNRE New Delhi meena.sr@nic.in
3. Ms. Madhulika Joshi 9711213371

State Project Coordinator, Kudumbashree-NRO manusankar.s@gmail.com
4. Mr. Shreyas Kumar Rai Field Coordinator KS-NRO 9118373127

Kudumbashree-NRO shreyasrai.ksnro@gmail.com
5. Dr. S. R. K. Singh, Director (Acting) 7612680158

Dr. Swapnil Dubey, Head KVK, Raisen singhsrk@yahoo.co.in
ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, ATARI,
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 9826499725
6. Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Executive Director 9826912943

yogesh@samarthan.org
SAMARTHAN- Center for Development Support, Bhopal
7. Ms. Priyanka Gupta 9717770625
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, Delhi priyanka.gupta@pfrda.org.in
8. Sh. J.K.Mishra 9810392310
Technical Director, GST division, NIC jkmishra@nic.in

MoPR / NIRDPR

1. Smt. Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR 9910487371
js2-mopr@gov.in
2. Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, JS, MoPR 9818570788
jsfd-mopr@gov.in
3. Shri Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay Under Secretary, MoPR 9868817588
Sanjay.upadhyay25@nic.in
4. Shri Shlokarth Trivedi, Consultant, NPMU, MoPR 9717808181
Shlokarth.trivedi@nic.in
5. Shri Satyendra Jha, Consultant NPMU, MoPR 9899651349
satyendra.mopr@nic.in
6. Shri Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR 7478033777
vipra.goyal@nic.in
7. Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant, MoPR 8377936380
karnika.kaushik@nic.in
8. Dr. C. Kathiresan, Assoc. Prof & Head, CPR, NIRDPR 9490191088
kathiresan.nird@gov.in
9. Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja, Assoc. Prof., CPR, NIRDPR 9436045248
anjankumarb.nird@gov.in
10. Mr. Munish Jain, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9425079706
munishjain.nird@gov.in
11. Dr. Shankar Lingam, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9848513519
mshankar.nird@gov.in

Proceedings of the
11-12 November, 2021
Mangaluru, Karnataka

through Panchayat Development Plans in Coastal States & Union Territories
held on 11-12 November, 2021 at Mangaluru, Karnataka
1. Background
Gram Panchayats have been mandated to prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for
economic development and social justice as per the Article 243G. The GPDP planning process has to be
participatory, comprehensive and need based, which can achieve convergence with schemes of all related
Central / State Governments. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) rolled out the People’s Plan
Campaign for GPDP (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas) from 2nd October, 2021 to 31st January 2022. The key
activities being carried out as part of this campaign include –
a) Ranking of all Gram Panchayats based on various socio-economic and infrastructure parameters
collected through Mission Antyodaya App and using the date in the planning process.
b) Participation of frontline workers of line departments related to 29 subjects (listed in the 11th
Schedule of the constitution) in the Gram Sabhas and involving SHG women in GPDP planning
process
c) Organizing special structured Gram Sabhas for GPDP preparation (2nd Oct. 2021 to 31st Jan.
2021)
d) Public disclosure of all schemes, beneficiaries and budget through display of Public Information
Board in every Gram Panchayats
e) Public disclosure of real time information on Campaign related activities across the country, in the
dedicated portal (www.gpdp.nic.in)
As part of this campaign, MoPR with the support of NIRD&PR organized series of workshops and
trainings to provide handholding support to all stakeholders including States for successful roll-out of the
campaign.
The States in the Coastal States & Union Territories includes Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra
Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. The representatives from the following organisations and
research institutes working in Coastal States & Union Territories were also invited for this workshop to
share the activities being undertaken in rural areas and also to discuss the opportunities of working with
Gram Panchayats in the planning process.
1. Ministry of Jal Sakthi

2. DAY-NRLM, Ministry of Rural Development
3. Department of Fisheries - Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying,
Government of India

4. Department of Fisheries - Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying,
Government of India
5. National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi
6. National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi
7. Kerala State Disaster Management Authority
8. Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority
9. Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA)
10. Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA)
11. Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM)
12. UN Women – Regional Office-India
13. Kudumbashree NRO
14. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
15. Ministry of Women and Child Development – for POSHAN Abhiyan
16. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala
17. ICAR- Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai
18. National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad
19. Kerala institute of Local Administration (KILA)
20. CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru
The detailed program schedule of this two-day workshop is provided in Appendix-I.

Total 136 participants, including RD&PR officials from eight Coastal States & Union Territories,
scientists from various institutions and representatives from MoPR, MoRD, SIRDs, SRLMs and line
ministries attended this programme. The detailed list of participants is provided in Appendix-II.
2. The Proceedings

Development and Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad and Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural development
and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka, Mysuru had jointly organised the Workshop on Economic
and Social Transformation through Panchayat Development Plans in Coastal States and Union Territories
as part of Peoples’ Plan Campaign, 2021. Elected Representatives, Senior officials and Policymakers of
PRIs from the Coastal States participated in this workshop.
Honourable Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Sri.K.S. Eshwarappa in his message
highlighted the problems faced by the coastal states in general and Panchayats in particular. The message
highlighted the initiatives taken by the Government of Karnataka in the areas of Decentralisation and
Decentralised planning and highlighted the Institutionalisation of Planning process from the grassroots
level up to the state level. He hoped that the delegates would have meaningful deliberations and come out
with effective plans.

Sri. Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR, in his inaugural address
emphasised that Coastal States in general and Panchayats in the
coastal districts in particular are exposed to lots of hurdles every
year especially the natural disaster that occur during the monsoon
period. He stressed the need for these states and Panchayats to
take up immediate measures to mitigate the sufferings of the
people and ensure that development activities are taken up on
priority basis. He suggested that this requires a proper planning
Sri. Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR especially disaster mitigation and management plans to be taken
up by the Panchayats on a war footing.
Smt. Uma Mahadevan, Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka highlighted the state
initiatives for empowering the PRIs. She stressed the need to involve the community in the planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the schemes. The speech highlighted the key issues related
to convergence among the departments at the Panchayat level and assigning centrality to the Panchayats
as Institutions of local self-governments.
Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayat Raj

highlighted the initiatives of the Ministry in strengthening and
empowering the PRIs across the country. She stressed that the two day
workshop would provide opportunities for sharing of experiences by
the Coastal states and help in the process of preparation of Panchayat
Development Plans with community participation.
Smt. Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR
Smt. Shilpa Nag, Commissioner (Panchayat Raj) highlighted the

initiatives of the State in empowering Panchayats and also the
opportunities for improving the e –initiatives to support the PRIs.
Smt. Shilpa Nag,

Commissioner, PR, Karnataka
Smt. Lakshmi Priya, Director, Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural
Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka, welcomed
the delegates. Prof. Kathiresan, NIRDPR proposed vote of thanks
Smt. K. Lakshmi Priya,
Director, ANSSIRDPR, Mysuru

Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR

presented an overview on the People’s Plan
campaign highlighting the achievements since the
campaign began in 2018. The experience during
the last few years has shown that the Gram
Panchayat Development Plans are being prepared
across the count.
The focus should now be on quality of GPDPs

rather than quantity. The Unique elements of the
campaign are Gram Sabhas, Facilitators, Mission
Antyodaya data and the e-GramSwaraj initiative
Smt. Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR
for uploading the GPDPs. The previous
campaigns have shown the following key elements:
 Single Gram Sabhas in more than 90 per cent of GPs.

 Need for participation of community and officials from the line departments in the Gram
Sabhas
 More focus on IEC activities during the campaign
 Enlarging the resource envelope to include the funds of line departments.
The presentation highlighted the monitoring the progress of campaign during 2021 and analysed the
participation in the gram sabhas. Maharashtra has the highest participation rate based on the Facilitators’
report and states like Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep are yet to begin the
process. The following interventions of the Ministry were highlighted in the presentation:
 Evidence based Planning

 Sustainable Development Goals
 Self Help Groups and Community Mobilisation
 Holistic Planning
The presentation highlighted the system to reinforce evidence

based planning and improve the decision making at State,
District, Block and Gram Panchayat level through Panchayat
Decision Support System and also the Planning and Reporting
Dash Board. The need for capacity building and handholding
support to the Panchayats was highlighted in the presentation.

The second presentation by Sri. Vipra Goel, Consultant, MoPR, highlighted the need for Modern IEC
activities for Integrated Panchayat Planning. The 5 principles of PPC to ensure the success of planning
are:
 Impartiality
 Technical Expertise
 Awareness
 Community Involvement
 Vigilance
following:
Modern IEC Strategy for People’s Plan Campaign (RGSA) | Environment Generation
GPPFT (Gram Panchayat Planning Meetings of the newly

Disbursal of constituted team
PPC Modules, Booklets, Facilitation Team) Formation
Guidelines, Roles & including volunteers
Responsibilities and Schemes
Convergence Charter
Ward-wise GRAM Organizing Activity Press Notes

RATH rally by the Environment Creation to District Print &
team Ward-Sabha (Choupal Electronic Media
Baithaks/Meetings)

Model Plan for People’s Plan Campaign (RGSA) |GPDP Making
Situation
Analysis using
PRA talks and
data Activity Press Notes
Organizing a special Gram Sabha to District Print &
(Resource Activity Identification and Electronic Media
Visioning Exercise)
Door-to-door
survey-cum-file-
work with Plan
secondary data preparation
collection and
projectization
Creation of Activities
Plan Approval in
in eGramSwaraj
eGramSwaraj
Applpication
Plan
implementation
and monitoring
The proposed integrated Gram Panchayat Development Plan should identify the needs of the community
focussing on micro level strategy that would directly benefit the community. A suitable Model plan for
PPC should focus more on two important issues. Firstly, the plan should include e-Modules,
Implementation Guidelines, Roles & Responsibilities of different functionaries (frontline workers,
facilitators and nodal officers) involved and Schemes Convergence Charter for holistic planning. Secondly
the focus should be on distributing them to various functionaries like GP facilitators, line department
officials etc. through proper channel on cascading mode. The presentation also highlighted the success of
various initiatives in Panchayats across different states.

2.3 Technical Session II: Integration of Disaster Management Plans with GPDP
The technical session focussed on the Gram Panchayat

Development Plans and Disaster Management. Sri. Saroj Kumar
Dash, Joint Director, SIRD & PR, Odisha highlighted the problems
faced by Odisha during the natural disasters especially the
vulnerability of the state to the tropical cyclones and highlighted the
benchmarks evolved in the state for better disaster management.
They are:
Sri. Saroj Kumar Dash  Restoring basic road communication in 72 to 96 hours
Joint Director, SIRD & PR,  Providing drinking water in 24 to 48 hours
Odisha
 Starting Gratuitous Relief in 4 hours of the Disaster
 Resolving temporary mobile phone connection through alternate means in 48 to 72 hours
 Restoration of electricity to start within 6 hours of the Disaster
 Road , mobile telephone and drinking water restoration to start within 4 hours of disaster
 PDNA to be completed in 15 days of Disaster
 Assistance to be provide for house building / Agriculture / Livelihoods within 30 days of
Disaster
The presentation stressed the need for evolving an Eco system and Augmenting the resources for better
disaster management by Panchayats with active involvement of community focussing more on IEC
activities, community participation, capacity building of stakeholders etc. The presentation also
highlighted that a drastic shift is required from the response to planning for effective disaster management
focussing more on multi-stakeholders approach. The presentation also highlighted the various steps to be
followed in an effective disaster management plan focussing on planning, implementation, rehearsing and
updating.
Gujarat and Kerala states also shared their experiences in managing disasters in the respective states.
Experience sharing by representatives of Gujarat and Kerala States

2.4 Technical Session III: Convergence of Schemes and Programmes with GPDP
The session focussed on convergence of various schemes and
programmes with Panchayat Development Plans.
The presentation by Sri. Mohit Yadav, Consultant, PFRDA,

focussed on the salient features of Atal Pension Yojana, a scheme
initiated during 2015-16 for creating universal social security
systems for all citizens, especially the poor and under privileged
sections of the society in the unorganised sector. The presentation
focussed on the salient features of the scheme and the coverage
Sri. Mohit Yadav, Consultant, PFRDA at present.
Ms. Elizabeth Soby along with her colleague Ms. Kajal Tiwari from Kudumbasree-NRO highlighted the
salient features of the Village Poverty Reduction Plans. The various plans under VPRP include:
 Entitlement Plan
 Livelihood Plan
 Public Goods, Services and Resources Development Plans
 Social Development Plans
The above plans are prepared at various levels – SHG level, Village level and Gram Panchayat levels. The
process to be adopted for the Village Poverty Reduction Plans is as follows:
The presentation highlighted the major achievements, challenges and strategies to be adopted for the
successful preparation of Village Poverty Reduction Plans.

The need for Evidence based and Data driven Panchayat Planning
was highlighted by Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja, in his presentation.
The approach for this is as follows:
 Evidence based means that the best available data,

information and knowledge are used to make
decisions.
 Evidence-based planning is harnessing the knowledge
gained from data and information and using it to
optimize our planning process and improve results. Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja
 Evidence-based planning uses the evidence i.e. data, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
information and knowledge as the foundation for
deciding what should be done.
 There appears information gap between real needs and Panchayat Planning.
 Plans should be prepared using necessary and sufficient data, as evidence of the ground
realities and real needs.
In order to ensure the above, preparatory steps to be taken and sources of secondary data availability are
required for effective preparation of Panchayat plans.
2.5 Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing
The session focussed on experience sharing by elected representatives of Kerala, Gujarat, Tamilnadu,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. Highlights of the presentation are:
 Carbon Neutral Gram Panchayat

 Community mobilisation for preparation of Panchayat plans
 Organising more number of Gram Sabhas for effective communication with the community
 Provision of urban facilities in Panchayat areas
 Village Secretariat system and Navaratna flagship programmes
 Provisions related to preparation of plans in the states
 Convergence of schemes at Panchayat level under GPDP
Experience sharing by Elected Representatives

2.6 Technical Session V: Convergence of Programmes – Line Ministries and Institutions
The presentation by Dr. Deepika Shetty, Manipal Academy of

Higher Education (MAHE) highlighted the importance of spatial
planning for rural areas.
It highlighted the need for proper land use planning based on

sound scientific, and technical procedures, and land utilization
strategies, supported by participatory approaches empowers
people to make decisions on how to appropriately allocate and
Dr. Deepika Shetty, (MAHE) utilize land and its resources catering to the present and future
demands of the communities. The experience preparation of
spatial plans in two Panchayats in Udupi district was shared with the participants. The planning process
for such development of these rural areas needs to be an envisioning process requiring a sound professional
assessment of the ground situation and providing options for sustainable development within the bounds
of demographic, physical, socio-economic, jurisdictional and financial aspects. An important outcome of
such a planning process inter alia will also be the demarcation of a clear roadmap for immediate and future
sources of Own Sources of Revenue (OSR) for the GPs making them self-reliant.
The presentation by Sri. Anuj Tiwari, National Disaster

Management Authority, focussed on the importance of Disaster
Management at Local level since the community will be the first
receivers and responders during any natural disaster.
Various provisions related to local bodies in the Disaster

Management Act, 2005, were highlighted in the presentation.
The ten key elements of Disaster Risk Reduction consist of the
Sri. Anuj Tiwari, NDMA
following:
 All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management
 Risk coverage must include all, starting from poor households to SMEs to multi-national
corporations to nation states
 Women’s leadership and greater involvement should be central to disaster risk management
 Invest in risk mapping globally to improve global understanding of Nature and disaster risks
 Leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of disaster risk management efforts
 Develop a network of universities to work on disaster-related issues
 Utilise the opportunities provided by social media and mobile technologies for disaster risk
reduction
 Build on local capacity and initiative to enhance disaster risk reduction
 Make use of every opportunity to learn from disasters and, to achieve that, there must be studies
on the lessons after every disaster
 Bring about greater cohesion in international response to disasters
It was highlighted that the Panchayats should play an active role in the mitigation of disaster and also
develop a Gram Panchayat Development Plan that would focus on risk reduction factors and activities.

2.7 Technical Session VI: Localising Sustainable Development Goals
The presentation and interaction by Smt. Jayashree

Raghunandan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
Tamilnadu was on the need, importance and planning for
localising sustainable development goals in rural areas.
The states have taken number of initiatives in achieving

many of the targets of sustainable development goals with
support from line Ministries. However, there is a felt need
to take the SDG approach to the grassroots level through
effective involvement of Panchayats and the community in rural areas. The key areas of interventions
could be:
 Leaving no village behind
 Need to focus on climate change issues to overcome natural disasters
 Children friendly Panchayats
 Focus on gender issues and violence against women
 Leave no one behind – Sustainable Development Goals
The above issues were discussed through videos and subsequent interaction with the participants.
The workshop ended with Valedictory session
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Appendix-I
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (Thursday, 11th November 2021)

Inaugural Session
10.00 - 10.05 AM Welcoming the guests to the stage
10.05 - 10.10 AM Inaugurating the workshop by watering the plants
Welcome Address & Smt K. Lakshmi Priya, Director, ANSSIRDPR, Mysuru
10.10 - 10.15 AM
About the workshop
10.15 - 10.20 AM Address by Smt Shilpa Nag, Commissioner (PR), Karnataka
10.20 - 10.30 AM Address by Smt Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR
10.30 - 10.40 AM Address by Smt Uma Mahadevan, Principal Secretary (PR), GoK
10.40 - 10.50 AM Special Address by Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR, GoI (through VC)
Message from Shri K.S. Eshwarappa
10.50 - 10.55 AM
Hon’ble Minister for RD&PR, Government of Karnataka
10.55 - 11.00 AM Vote of thanks Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
11.00 - 11.30 AM Hi-Tea & Group Photo

11.30 - 12.15 PM
Presentation on Modern IEC Activities

12.15 – 12.45 PM
- Sh. Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR
12.45 - 1.45 PM Lunch
Technical Session II: Integration of Disaster Management Plans with GPDP
Sh. Anuj Tiwari, Consultant, National Disaster Management Authority
01.45 – 3.00 PM Presentation & experience sharing by States
- Sh. Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRDPR, Odisha
Technical Session III: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with GPDP

- Dr. Aparajitha Suman, IEC Specialist, Min. of Jal Sakthi
- Mr Mohit Yadav, Asst. General Manager, PFRDA
03.15 - 5.30 PM - Ms Elizabeth Soby, Asst. Program Manager, Kudumbashree
- Ms Kajal Tiwari, Field Coordinator, Kudumbashree
- Dr. K.P. Jithendran, Director, ICAR-CIBA
07.30 PM Cultural Evening & Dinner

Day 2 (Friday, 12th November 2021)
Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing
Sharing of experiences by Presidents of District Panchayats / Block Panchayats /

Gram Panchayats on preparation and implementation of DPDP/BPDP/GPDP
9:15 – 11:15 AM
- Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
11.15 - 11.30 AM Tea-break

Technical Session V: Convergence of programs - Line Ministries and Institutions
- Dr Deepika Shetty, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

11.30 – 12.50 PM - Dr. Aparajitha Suman, IEC Specialist, Min. of Jal Sakthi
- Mr Anuj Tiwari, Consultant, National Disaster Management Authority
Technical Session VI: Roadmap for PPC 2021
12.50 - 01.30 PM Presentation of Action Plan by States and UTs - Representatives
01.30 - 2.30 PM Lunch-break

Technical Session VII: Localising SDGs in PRIs
02.30 - 03.15 PM Localising SDGs & its relevance in Panchayat Planning

- Smt. Jayashree Ragunandhan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of
(Online)
Tamil Nadu & Chairman, Expert Group on Localising SDGs in PRIs
03.15 - 03.45 PM Open Discussion on Localising SDGs
03.45 - 04.15 PM Concluding remarks and way forward
- Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR

- Smt K. Lakshmi Priya, Director, ANSSIRDPR, Mysuru
- Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
- Dr. C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
4.15 PM Vote of Thanks - Dr. Ganesh Prasad, Faculty, ANSSIRDPR, Mysuru
Closing with Tea

Appendix-II
Participants List
States & UTs

Andhra Pradesh
118. Sri T N Shoban Babu Faculty ETC, Srikalahasti 7893043749
119. Sri MSN Reddy Faculty ETC, Samalkot 9866291634
120. Sri Prakash Nirmal Das Jr. Faculty DPRC Anantapur 9885555776
121. Sri A Demudu Jr. Faculty DPRC, Vijayanagaram, 9866067849
122. Smt N Satyabhama Project Executive (Resource Person 7093896863
at SRLM)
123. Sri A Srinivasa Rao Project Executive (Resource Person 9121100395
at SRLM)
124. Sri D Kanaka Siva Prasad Panchayat Secretary Grade III, G. 9704133338
Konduru, Makavarapalem (M)
Vishakapatnam
125. Sri M Santhosh Kumar Sarpanch, Muppavaram(GP) 9398030226
Denduluru (M) West Godavari
126. Dr Ch Preethi Sarpanch, Kolakaluru, GP, Tenali 7893732387
(M) Guntur
127. Sri.J.Rambabu IB & CB, District Mission 9121190649
128. Sri.U.Subba rao IB & CB, District Mission 7997952610
129. Dr.K.Mohan Rao Core Faculty 8500473074
130. Dr.J.K.Reddy Faculty 9177863667
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Sri.Sohil Mecwan Assistant Project Officer, DRDA 9904095112
131.
DNH
Sri.Anand kumar Panchal Village Panchayat Secretary, Daman 9428159671
132.
Anandkumar.panchal@gov.in
133. Sri.Paryant Jani Village Panchayat Secretary, Daman 8758888171
Sri.Yogesh Rathod District Mission, Manager DAY- 9974455730
134.
NRLM, Daman
Gujarat
135. Ms.Nimisha Rathwa Project Manager – IBCB SISD 9099925716
Ms.Purvi Nair Young professional – IBCB – SISD – 8320511077
136.
DMMU
137. Mr.Sukumar Bhuriya District Livelihood Manager, Dahod 7984591460
Mr.Rajendra Gohil Assistant Project Manager – 9426505855
138.
Sabarkantha
Sri.P.Vasiya Deputy Development Commissioner 9825791455
139.
Gujarath, Gandhinagar
140. Sri.Amit Gamit Dy.DDO, Surat 9879108611
141. Ms.Pallaviben Baraiya Dy DDO, Girsomnath 9099051019
142. Ms.Sapna Rajpat TDO, Sanand, Abad 9558166925

143. Sri.K.V.Nanda TDO Sojitra, Dist-Anand 9714498742
144. Smt.Naynaben Patel President District Panchayat Kendra 9825603799
Smt.Namrataben R Patel President Taluka Panchayat, 7265061501
145.
Galteshwar District Kheda
Sri.Harshavardhan D TDO, Tankara, District Marbi 9979100005
146.
Jadeja
Karnataka
147. Smt.Lakshmi Priya K Director, ANSSIRD & PR, Mysuru 9480850101
148. Smt.Shilpa Nag Director, E-Governance, Bangalore 8884927598
Sri.M.B Padmashekar Joint Director 9480850112
149.
Pande
150. Dr.G.S.Ganesh Prasad Faculty 9480850117
151. Sri.K.Nagaraja Faculty 9483478303
152. Sri.M.S.Giridhar Faculty 9480850119
Sri.Mallikarjuna Swamy Faculty 9480850104
153.
G
154. Sri.K.R.Shankar Faculty 9480850111
Dr.Pramod Faculty 9480850110
155.
M.Chandakavate
156. Sri.Abubakar T.M Faculty 9480850108
157. Sri.S.H.Prakash Faculty 9480850102
158. Sri.H.S.Hemambar Faculty 8296478750
159. Sri.Manu B.K Faculty 9480850118
160. Smt.Navya B.S Faculty 9916231358
161. Dr.Umesh C.G Research Officer 9743166574
162. Sri.Murali K Research Officer 8867337909
163. Smt.Deepa N Research Officer 9480850114
Sri.Vinod V Anvekar Chief Planning Officer, Uttara 9110296493
164.
Kannada
165. Dr.M.R.Ekanthapppa Director, SPRC, Bangalore 9449440261
Sri.Wilfred Panchayat Development Officer, 9686067646
166.
Uppinangadi Gram Panchayat
167. Sri.Abdul Rahaman Ex-President (now member) 9448327430
168. Sri.Pranesh President, Hejamadi GP 9620382173
169. Sri.Ravi President, Papubim GP 9845027356
170. Dr.Shobha A Reddy OSD to KPRC 9886145932
171. Smt.Anushka Singh Analyst, KPRC 9643754830
Smt.Sandhya KS CPO, Dakshina Kannda Zilla 9480862004
172.
Panchayat
Sri.Karunakar President Hosangody GP, Dakshina 9480055811
173.
Kannada
Sri.Ganesh Shetty Panchayat Development Officer, 9480862210
174.
Hosangadi GP
175. Sri.Kishore Kumar President, Kottekapu Taluka 9740732896

176. Smt.Kasthuri Praveen President Theuka GP 9731921461
177. Smt.Indira S Acharya President Katapady GP 9535435639
178. Sri.Rohi Das President 9480862113
179. Smt.Usha AD Uppinaangadi 9845408243
180. Sri.Naveen Bhunday EO, Puttur 9901348445
181. Smt Manjula President, GP Paduponambur 9449935734
182. Sri.Arun P D’souza PDO, , GP Paduponambur 9480862311
183. Sri.Rajanna EO, TP Bantwala 9480862105
184. Smt.Dayavathi EO, 9449073843
185. Sri.K.Anand Kumar DS, DK 9480862001
186. Sri.N.G.Nagaraja EO, TP, Mangalore 9480862110
187. Kusumadhara B EO, TP, Belthangadi 9480862100
188. Sri.H.R.Naik PD, ZP, DK 9448999226
189. Sri.Bhavani Shankar EO, TP Sulya 9480862120
190. Ajith Golikoppa President, Harange GP Brahmavar 9964280990
191. Uday Poojari President GP, Brahmavar TP 7259184670
192. Sri.Krishna J.M Senior Programmer 9844937894
193. Smt.Jyothi Priyadashini Research Assistant 8495879676
194. Smt.Menaka B Stationery Assistant 9741992454
195. Sri.Mohan Krishnan K.L Computer Assistant 9035275325
196. Sri.Ramu Cameraman 9888336950
197. Sri.Ravindra Kumar Audio Mixer 9986922401
198. Sri.Mahendra Kumar Production Assistant 8147209822
199. Sri.Dileep Cameraman 8867613875
200. Sri.Jayakumar Administrative Assistant 9986376777
201. Sri.Avinash Group – D 9380232057
202. Sri.Yunis Khan Group – D 6363577045
Kerala
Sri.H.Dinesan IAS Director of Panchayats (State Nodal 9496040600
203.
Officer)
Sri.Anil Kumar V Senior SPt of O.o the Director of 9447744209
204.
Panchayats
Smt.J.Josephine Chief Decentralized Planning, Sate 9495006887
205.
Planning Board
Sri.NIfih S Haq Assistant Development 9446769947
206. Commissioner, Rural Development
Commissionerate
Sri.Baby Balakrishnan District Panchayat President, 9447691837
207.
Kasargod DP
Sri.Justin Baby Block Panchayat President 9447041102
208.
Manandthavady GP
209. Sri.Binuraj K.S Expert in Local Development 9961400397
210. Sri.Shafiq P.M. Deputy Director, KILA 9847731594
211. Sri.Kannan Nair Extension Faculty, KILA 9446094152

212. Sri.Vinayaka K.E President Meerangali GP, Waynad 994655566
Sri.Baby Varghese Development Standing Committee 9447848850
213.
Chairman, Waynad
214. Sri.Ajith Technical Team, Meenangadi GP 8075733795
Smt.Lakshmy S Technical Team, Meenangadi GP 8129401255
215.
Maharashtra
216. Dr. R V pole Faculty , SIRD Yashada 9823239677
Dr. Sujay Laxman Mali Livestock Development Officer, 8976395492
217.
Gramsevak Training Institute
218. Sri.Jalindar Kakade District Level Resource Person 9096894537
219. Sri.Sathish Wankhede District Level Resource Person 9604301930
Odisha
220. Sri.Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRD&PR 9437478457
Sri.Subash Chandra Das Addl Secy 9437102028
221.
Tamil Nadu
Sri.R.Veerasivagami Mehala 9841074493
222.
Programmer, PRI,
Sri.Jayachandran District Panchayat Chairman 9443237611
223.
Villupuram District
Sri.O.E.Prabhakaran Village Panchayat President, 9600367314
224. Kattankulathur Block
Chengalpattu
225. Thiru.ThillaiNayagam, Consultant, SIRD & PR 9442038380
Thiru.MohanaSundaram, Lecturer (Accounts), RIRD & PR, 984298649
226.
Krishnagiri
227. Sri.Yogesh Kumar Assistant prograamer, Madurai 9159545392
228. Sri.Anbukarasi Assistant programmer, coimbatore 9443946022
229. Sri.J.Vijay Accompanying M.Jayachandran 8754725343
230. Sri.V.R.Kumar State Resource Person 9444094110
231. Sri.Vidyasagar State Resource person 9442548995
232. Sri.M.Suresh Ward member 9865339644
233. Sri.K.Dilip Panchayat 9159869754
234. Sri.Sutrendran D Vice President 9688620977
235. Sri.Ganesh Clerk 9894339896
236. Sri.Uma Mageshwaran Panchayat Assistant 9994984523

Sl. Name, Designation & Institution Contact Details
1. Ministry of Jal Sakthi, Dept Water Resources, Dr. Aparajitha Suman, IEC
River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Specialist
(Attended through ONLINE)
2. National Disaster Management Authority, New Mr. Anju Tiwari, Consultant
Delhi
3. Ms. Elizabeth Soby

Kudumbashree NRO
9446249762/ 6000258550
4. Kudumbashree NRO Ms. Kajal Tiwari
8976930803
5. Pension Provident Regulatory Authority Sri. Mohit Yadav, Assistant

Geneneral Manager,
Government of Tamilnadu Smt. Jayashree Raghunandan,

6. Additional Chief Secretary, PR &
RD
(Attended through ONLINE)
MoPR / NIRDPR
1. Smt. Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR 9910487371/ js2-mopr@gov.in
2. Dr.P.P. Balan, Consultant, MoPR 8547721312/balanpp85@gmail.com
3. Smt.Pragna Singh, Consultant, MoPR 9801246516
4. Shri Shlokarth Trivedi, Consultant, 9717808181 / shlokarth.trivedi@nic.in
NPMU, MoPR
5. Shri Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR 7478033777 / vipra.goyal@nic.in
6. Dr. C. Kathiresan, Assoc. Prof & Head, 9490191088 / kathiresan.nird@gov.in
CPR, NIRDPR
7. Dr. Anjan Kumar Bhanja, Assoc. Prof., 9436045248 / anjankumarb.nird@gov.in
CPR, NIRDPR
8. Dr S K Sathyaprabha, Asst. Prof., CPR, 89399 47200 /
NIRDPR sksathyaprabha.nird@gov.in
9. Mr. Munish Jain, Training Manager, 9425079706 / munishjain.nird@gov.in
NIRDPR
10. Dr. Shankar Lingam, Training 9848513519 / mshankar.nird@gov.in
Manager, NIRDPR

Proceedings of the
22-23 November 2021

Jaipur, Rajasthan

through Panchayat Development Plans in PESA States held on
November 22-23, 2021 at Jaipur, Rajasthan
1. Background
Panchayats can bring about tremendous transformational changes in rural areas. They have a significant
role to play in the effective and efficient implementation of flagship schemes that are aimed at
transforming rural India. Under Article 243-G of Constitution of India, Panchayats have been mandated
for preparation and implementation of plans for economic development and social justice. With this aim,
People’s Plan Campaign titled ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’ was carried out across all States/UTs from
2nd October, 2020 to 31st January, 2021 to enable Gram Panchayats (GPs) to prepare evidence based
holistic and inclusive Panchayat Development Plans, through participatory process converging schemes
of Central Ministries/Line Departments related with 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the
Constitution of India.
The People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) aimed to help Gram Panchayats (GPs) in preparation of convergent
and holistic Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) through identification of sectoral infrastructural
gaps in respective areas. A well-thought GPDP can achieve inclusive and sustainable development in the
coming year. The approval of GPDP for the year 2021-22, well in advance, will provide GPs full year for
implementation and effective monitoring of works. The States will, thus, be in full readiness for effectively
utilizing the resources available with them and other schematic interventions under GPDP during2021-
22.Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas is an effective strategy for ensuring the preparation of GPDP in a campaign
mode by endeavoring to converge all resources available at Panchayat level.
Gram Panchayats, Block Panchayats and District Panchayats have actively participated in the Campaign.
Therefore, Government of India is now focusing on the quality of Panchayat Development Plans. To
provide sustainability to the Panchayat Development Plan formulation process and transform it into a
participative and transparent exercise, the union government has decided to launch the process of
preparing DPDP, BPDP and GPDP for the financial year 2022-2023 again from 2nd October, 2021 till
31st January 2022. To realize this, five regional workshops on preparation of GPDP for social
transformation and economic development were planned and scheduled in 5 different locations during the
year. One such regional workshop was scheduled and conducted during 22-23 November 2021 at the
Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj and Gramin Vikas Sansthan, Jaipur. It was organized for PESA States
(Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana). The following were the objectives of the workshop:
1. Discussion on experiences of participating states in PPC, 2020;
2. Discussion on plan for inclusion of Village Poverty Reduction Plans in GPDP;
3. Focus on achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to PPC;

4. Suggestions/best practices offered by states to improve the process of campaign and quality of
GPDPs; and
5. Problems and difficulties encountered by States in PPC, 2020.
The participants were drawn from faculty, elected representatives, officers from line departments, IT
consultants, trainers, resource persons, and government officials from PESA States like Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan,
and Telangana. Besides, senior officers from institutions, line ministries and departments, experts from
UN agencies, Senior officers from Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and National Institute
of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad attended the workshop. A list of participants is
attached in the end.
2. The Proceedings

To begin with, Lighting of Lamp before Sarasvati Goddess by all dignitaries. Thereafter, welcome of
dignitaries:
1. Director General by Shri Rajendra Singh Kain by Bouquet presentation
2. Ms. Rekha Yadav by Shri Rajendra Singh Kain by Bouquet presentation
3. Shri P.C.Kishan by Shri Dinesh Meena by Bouquet presentation
4. Dr. C. Kathiresan by Shri Surendra Singh Rathore by Bouquet presentation
 Facilitation by Shawl and Memento to
1. Director General by Shri Rajendra Singh Kain, Additional
Director,
2. Ms. Rekha Yadav by Ms. Pinky Sharma, Assistant Professor
and Workshop Coordinator.
 Shri P.C.Kishan byShri Dinesh Meena, Deputy Director.
 Dr. C. Kathiresan by Shri S. R. Meena, Joint Secretary to
Govt. (Plan) Panchayati Raj Department.
 Welcome Address delivered by Shri Rajendra Singh Kain.
 Shri P.C.Kishan, Secretary to Govt. Panchayati Raj
addressed the delegates.
 Ms. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary to Government of India
addressed and expressed happiness about the workshop.
 Shri Ravi Shankar Shrivastav, Director General,
IGPR&GVS addressed.
Shri Ravi Shankar Shrivastav, IAS  Vote of Thanks was given by Dr. C. Kathiresan, Workshop
Director General, IGPR&GVS Coordinator, NIRD&PR, Hyderabad.

Presentation on People’s Plan Campaign was made by

Mrs. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR, Government of
India.
She said recently, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has

launched People’s Plan Campaign 2021- Sabki Yojana
Sabka Vikas and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard to
formulate the Gram Panchayat Development Plan.
Every Panchayat of the country should formulate a well-

thought-out Gram Panchayat Development Plan so that
villages can achieve inclusive and sustainable development
in the coming year. Meaningful and Accountable gram
sabhas meetings are necessary.
Mrs. Rekha Yadav, JS, MoPR ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’ campaign is dedicated for
inclusive and holistic preparation of Gram Panchayat
Development Plan (GPDP). Once approved, it will provide Gram Panchayats full year for implementation
and effective monitoring of works.
Mrs. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary made a detailed presentation on People’s Plan Campaign–2021. At the
outset, she presented a snap shot of learnings from previous campaigns. Then she analysed participation
in PESA and Non-PESA gram sabhas (PPC 2021). Analysis was done in respect of 33418 PESA Gram
Sabhas and 8106 Non-PESA Gram Sabhas. She discussed about:
1. Planning and Reporting dashboard
2. Gram manchitra as decision support system
3. Scheduled Tribes Component Monitoring Dashboard
4. Capacity Building and Handholding support
5. Water Conservation Activities
6. Convergence for Water Conservation
7. End to end linkages system with MGNAREGA, Gramin Haat, Agriculture Marketing, National
Ayush Mission, SC Tribal Sub-plan
In short, unique elements of People’s Plan Campaign, planning process, learnings from previous
campaigns, interventions and initiatives of MoPR, available resources, capacity building and handholding
support to Panchayats were highlighted during her presentation.

Second presentation of the session was made by Shri Vipra Goyal,
Consultant from Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India
discussed Modern/Model IEC (Information, Education and
Communication) activities for Integrated Panchayat Planning. He
highlighted 5 principles of People’s Plan Abhiyaan:
1. Impartiality
2. Technical Expertise
3. Awareness
4. Community involvement
5. Vigilance
Shri Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR
He outlined modern IEC Strategy for People’s Plan Campaign (RGSA) in a very systematic manner:
1. Disbursal of PPC Modules, Booklets, Guidelines, Roles and Responsibilities and Schemes
Convergence Charter
2. GPPFT (Gram Panchayat Planning Facilitation Team) Formation including volunteers
3. Meetings of the newly constituted team
4. Ward-wise GRAM RATH rally by the team
5. Organizing Environment Creation Ward-Sabha (Choupal Baithaks/Meetings)
6. Activity Press Notes to District Print & Electronic Media
7. Door-to-door survey-cum-file-work with secondary data collection
8. Situation Analysis using PRA talks and data
9. Organizing a special Gram Sabha (Resource Activity Identification and Visioning Exercise)
10. Activity Press Notes to District Print & Electronic Media
11. Plan preparation and projectization
12. Creation of Activities in e-GramSwaraj Application
13. Plan Approval in e-GramSwaraj
14. Plan implementation and monitoring
In the end he proposed Integrated Gram Panchayat Development Plan. The presentation was followed by
questions by participants.

2.3 Technical Session II: GPDP for PESA States
Dr. Anita, representative of UNFPA chaired this session. There were three presenters in this session.
Ms. Vandana from Foundation for Ecological Security (FES),
Rajasthan made first presentation on Strengthening Local Democracy-
. Gram Panchayat Development Plan. She told that her organisation is
actively working on Jal Jangal and Jameen. FES works towards
ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources
and establish processes of coordinated human effort and governance
to achieve this goal. She defined GPDP as dreaming collectively, good
governance, all about convergence, and finally a process of
involvement. After sharing her experiences, she recommended:
• Proper Monitoring mechanism for formulation of GPDP should be

evolved.
• There should be a Dashboard for GPDP.
Ms. Vandana, FES
• There should be enabling orders for ward sabhas.
• Role of Ward Panch should be clarified.
• Use of tools and technology– informatics data in GPDP
• There must be a convergence of panchayati raj with other departments.
She shared process part of GPDP adopted by the FEES.
Ms. Ritu Raj Rathore, Manager, Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)

made the second presentation of the session. She informed
that her GVT is working in the field of rural development
since 1992. It was set up by KRIBHCO and DfID, U.K.Ms.
Rathore shared experiences in activities undertaken by GVT
covering 7 thematic areas:
1. Natural Resources Management

2. Skills Development
3. Institutional Development
Ms. Ritu Raj Rathore,
4. Development Studies
Manager, Gramin Vikas Trust
5. Education
6. Heath and Sanitation
7. Social Entrepreneurship and market Access
She explained how her organization helped in preparing GPDP in PESA area. She applied PRA technique
in preparation of VAP.

Shri Kamesh Kumar Jangid, Rashtravikas Agro Education Sanstha
(RAES) presented the third presentation of the session.
He shared his experiences in implementing 5 projects for the

development of tribals in Maharashtra. These were:
1. Indo German Watershed Development Program (2006-
2013) in Nanarkhi, Kadupada and Hanumantnagar Clusters
2. Implementation of Sustainable Development Plan (SDP)
(2017-2019)
3. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), Nandurbar
(2003-2012)
4. LRA for Livelihood and non-livelihood Development and
preparation of Micro Livelihood Plans for SHG women in
Shri Kamesh Kumar Jangid Maharashtra under Tejaswini Programme
RAES 5. Promotion of 03 FPOs in Dhule district under PODF-ID
fund of NABARD
2.4 Technical Session III: Role of Institutions in Panchayat Planning for Himalayan States
This session was chaired by Shri Rajendra Singh Kain, Additional Director, IGPR&GVS, Rajasthan.
There were 4 presenters.
Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General Manager, Pension Fund

Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi
presented the first presentation of the session. She made a
PowerPoint presentation on Atal Pension Yojana. APY,
formerly known as Swavalamban Yojana is a government-
baked pension scheme in India, primarily targeted at the
unorganized sector. The scheme was introduced on 1 June 2015
to create a universal social security system for all Indians,
especially the poor, the under-privileged and the workers in the
unorganized sector. APY is administered by the Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the
Ms. Priyanka Gupta overall administrative and institutional architecture of the
Deputy General Manager, PFRDA National Pension System (NPS).
Ms. Gupta said APY is a massive pension program of the country to benefit 88 % of Unorganized Sector
workforce to lead dignified life after 60 years. As the population structure of India changes, the proportion
of the elderly is also going to change. By the Year 2050, the proportion of the elderly (age 60+) is likely
to increase almost three times since its level at the turn of the century. As on year 2020, we have 10%

population above 60 years while in the year 2050, we would be having around 19% population above 60
years. It indicates that old to young ratio would be doubled in next 30 years, indicating older population
dependent on younger ones. Ms. Gupta covered age limit, eligibility and benefits of the scheme in her
presentation.
Ms. Gupta pointed out that the Govt. has envisioned for saturation of three PM’s Jan Suraksha Schemes
(PMJSS) viz. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal
Pension Yojana. PFRDA is planning to cover nearly 7 crore new enrolments under APY, in the next 3 to
5 years.
Efforts being made include:
 Periodic review, capacity building program, webinars, awareness program

 40 locations have been identified for conducting outreach programmes, before March 2022.
 Conducted meetings with both ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj for enrolling
target population with them, under APY
 Mass media campaigns in regional languages are being planned
Next presentation was made by Dr. Soumen Bagchi, Social Policy Specialist, Local Governance and
Public Finance, Unicef.
Shri Bagchi made a PowerPoint presentation in which he

indicated that UNICEF is a United Nations agency
responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental
aid to children worldwide. The UNICEF is among the most
widespread and recognizable social welfare organization in
the world. He discussed the areas in which UNICEF may
support in activities in respect of children in GPDP.
Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) are the key unit of
decentralized local governance. PRIs have a central role to
Dr Soumen Bagchi, UNICEF
play in identifying local issues, planning and implementing
interventions to achieve developmental outcomes. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has played a substantial
role in equipping all the PRIs, to become effective vehicles of social change and rural economic
development. The objective is to support efficient delivery of public services to the population,
particularly as the country grapples with the public-health and socio-economic crisis because of COVID-
19 pandemic. Shri Bagchi opined that empowerment of local government has become fundamental for-
 Achieving SDGs as a bottom up planning, implementation and monitoring is need of the hour.
 Enhanced resource availability due to the recommendation of the 15thFinance Commission.
 Integrating the needs and priorities of the most vulnerable and marginalized into the GPDPs.
 Sustainable access to economic activities and livelihood opportunities to respond to shocks like
COVID 19- climate resilient infrastructure within the MGNREGA.

GPDPs- are fulcrum of Inclusive Social and Economic Development. The People’s Plan Campaign is an
effective strategy for ensuring the preparation of GPDP in a campaign mode with participation from all
the sections of the society. This would include the backward classes, economically weaker section,
women, children and the most vulnerable and marginalized. Like the previous year, the PPC 2022 is being
rolled out from October 2021 to January 2022. There is a need for convening Mahila Sabhas or female
assemblies to ensure enhanced GPs’ focus in the welfare of individual families especially those with
children aged 0-6 years. For making children’s voice to be heard in the Gram Panchayat decision making,
Ministry of Panchayati Raj has advised the state Governments on organizing Bal Sabhas in Gram
Panchayat to raise children’s issues and concerns.
 In the end, he suggested that Unicef engagements for PRIs are:

 Training Need Assessment of PRIs for 3 levels of PRIs
 Support to the Vibrant Gram sabhas Campaign
 Developing Evaluation Framework for Child Friendly Gram Panchayats
 Water and Sanitation Service Level Benchmarks for Gram Panchayats
 Model Contracts for use by GPs for Water, sanitation services
 Discussions ongoing on bottom up approach towards planning, implementation & monitoring-
Localization of SDGs
 Discussion ongoing on “Institutionalization of Mahila Sabhas & Bal Sabhas for identifying and
integrating the women and children priorities into GPDPs”.
Shri Bagchi realized that despite several positive steps taken by the government, Panchayati Raj
Institutions face challenges in efficiently discharging their roles and responsibilities. To ensure “leaving
no one behind” it is important to innovate and re-strategize capacity building and monitoring approaches
for PRIs as well as think through a more comprehensive implementation framework for sustainable
development of gram Panchayats. Therefore, Shri Bagchi suggested that Sustainable Development Goals
with a strong focus on local actions and monitor able targets provide the most suitable framework for
adopting a holistic and sustainable development approach for re-energizing the Panchayati Raj Institutions
and integrating the Women and Children Assemblies for planning, implementation and monitoring.
He concluded that Unicef is engaged in:
 Training Need Assessment of PRIs for 3 levels of PRIs

 Support to the Vibrant Gram sabhas Campaign
 Developing Evaluation Framework for Child Friendly Gram Panchayats
 Water and Sanitation Service Level Benchmarks for Gram Panchayats
 Model Contracts for use by GPs for Water, sanitation services
 Discussions ongoing on bottom up approach towards planning, implementation & monitoring-
Localization of SDGs

Next presentation of the session was made by Dr. Anita, Consultant (PRI) from UNPA.
Dr. Anita made a PowerPoint presentation on Role of Panchayats in

enhancing the value of women and girls by localizing SDG 5 and
integrating it as part of GPDP.
At the outset, she said the United Nations Population Fund

(UNFPA) is a United Nations agency at improving reproductive and
maternal health worldwide. It is an international development
agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to
enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. The focus of the
Dr Anita Brandon, UNPA UNFPA is on
 Spread awareness among the Panchayats for identifying and addressing different forms of
discrimination against women and girls.
 Invoke Panchayats to commit to end all types of gender–based violence faced by women and girls
in public and private spaces
 Motivate Panchayats to address harmful practices like gender–biased sex- selection, child, early
and forced marriages, witch–hunting, etc.
 Ensure that Panchayats resolve to promote full and effective participation and equal opportunities
for leadership by women and girls in political, economic and social life.
 Enhance capacities of Panchayats to effectively enforce all laws, policies and programmes for the
empowerment of women and girls.
Dr. Anita emphasized to do gender responsive development planning. She feels that making gender
inclusive Gram Panchayat Development Plans, ensuring gender justice and promoting gender equality
would help address discriminatory social norms and practices at the family and community level thereby
enhancing the value of women and girls. Thereby help realize the Vision of the Sustainable Development
Goals. Promote action for tackling discriminatory norms and structures. Gender responsive development
planning is important because it would
 Enable the organization of Mahila Sabhas in order to promote women’s participation and
understand their needs and concerns.
 ensure the preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plans with the involvement of women
and girls
 Initiate community level actions to ensure improved value of women and girls.
 Integrate gender in the constitution and functioning of Gram Panchayat level Standing
Committees.
 Facilitate convergence with existing structures at the village level such as Self-Help Groups and
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) to empower women and increase their autonomy.

Then she discussed SDG Goal 5.1- Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls, SDG
Goal 5.2- Eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, SDG Goal 5.3- Eliminate all harmful
practices against women and girls, SDG Goal 5.4- Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
through provision of public services, Sub Goal 5.5 Women’s full and effective participation in political,
economic and public life, and SDG Goal 5. 6-Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health
and rights with leading examples.
Shri informed that UNFPA is operating in Rajasthan- Sawai Madhopur, Madhya Pradesh-Chhatarpur,
Odisha-Dhenkanal, and Bihar- Sheikhpura districts. Shri presented 3A’s (Autonomy, Assets and Ageing)
model for Panchayats to promote gender equality.
She requested to send UNFPA good practices from participating States Challenging discriminatory norms
and practices, addressing un-wontedness of girls and Gender Biased Sex Selection, addressing Child
Marriage, addressing harmful practices like witch hunting and improving women’s access to livelihoods.
In the end, she suggested to organise a National Workshop for State Institutes of Rural Development to
discuss how gender can be integrated as part of ongoing programs. She was of this view for compilation
of a good practice document capturing efforts of PRIs on empowering women and girls and addressing
discriminatory social norms and practices. Finally, she concluded with capacity building of PRIs in the
focus States and Districts where UNFPA has been working.
Shri also advocated for gender and child budgeting, social audit, celebration of girl child in Panchayats,
plantation in preparing GPDP.
Next presenter of the session were Ms. Kajal Tiwari and Mr. Raj Singh, Field Coordinators,
Kudumbashree-NRO
While making presentation, Mr. Raj said that Village

Poverty Reduction Plan is one of the tools of
participatory planning which has been developed by
Kudumbshree NRO under the PRI-CBO
Convergence Project. VPRP is a demand plan
prepared by the SHG community network which can
be further integrated into Gram Panchayat
Development Plan (GPDP). The VPRP process
provides the SHG network an opportunity to raise
Ms. Kajal Tiwari & Mr. Raj Singh their demands in a systematic manner. He discussed
Field Coordinators, Kudumbashree-NRO
entitlement plan at the SHG level, livelihood plan at
VO level, public goods services and resource development plan and social development plan at the gram
Panchayat levels. He explained schemes and departments under each plan. He outlined process of VPDP
in the following manner: Identification of 2 Facilitators per VO, Training for 2 facilitators per VO,
Concept seeding at CLF and VO level Plan, Preparation at SHG level, Preparation and Consolidation of

plans at VO level, Prioritization and Consolidation of Plans at GP level, Submission of VPRP in Gram
Sabha, Integration into GPDP and Follow up towards achievement of demands.
Thereafter Shri Raj shared VPRP training conducted by his organisation in 2020-21. He rolled out his
plan in three phases during 2021-22.
The presentation was supplemented by Ms. Kajal Tiwari in the end. She discussed process and phases of
VPRP. She pointed out several challenges in VPRP:
 Lack of awareness of PRI representatives across states on VPRP

 Difficulty in Organising special Gram Sabha for VPRP
 Very Less participation and involvement of line departments
 Lack of appropriate mechanism for monitoring & tracking integration the VPRP plans into GPDP
 Technical issues in uploading VPRP into www.gpdp.nic.in
 Lack of clarity on status of sanction/ implementation of GPDP 2020-21
After the end of all 4 presentations, Session Chairman concluded with closing remarks and presented
mementos to presenters. The day-1 concluded with fruitful discussions and experience sharing. In the end,
each state was requested to make a brief presentation based on today’s input on tomorrow morning.
Coverage of the Workshop in local news paper

2.5 Technical Session IV: Experience sharing by Elected Representatives
Sarpanches from each participating States were invited on dais. Accordingly, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra States made oral presentation followed by
PowerPoint presentation, images and videos by tea time.
Experience sharing by Elected Representatives

Elected Representatives Shri Padi Ramesh, Sarpanch, Bask, GP, Arakuvalley Mandal, Vizag district, Smt.
D. Kalyanai, Sarpanch, Batuva Gram Panchayat, Srikakulam district from Andhra Pradesh, Shri Shanta
Kumar, Member, Zila Parishad, Kinnaur from Himachal Pradesh, Shri Parbat Singh Barad, Sarpanch and
Shri Varsanbhai Rathava, Sarpanch from Gujarat, Shri Lal Singh Dubliya Gamad, Sarpanch, KalideciGP,
Jhabua District, from Madhya Pradesh and Shri Vishal Tambe, Chairman, PS, Juneer, Pune, Shri Jayesh
Patil, Deputy Sarpanch,Mande GP, Palhgar, Shri Chandrakant Patil, Sarpanch, Aasane GP, Nandurbar
and Shi Nilkanth Gajanan Nikhade, Sarpanch, Somanpalli GP Gadichiroli from Maharashtra, Shri Esam
Rammurthy, Sarpanch, Eturnagaram GP, Mulugu and Shri Jhadav Lakhan, Sarpanch, Yemulkunta GP,
Adilabad from Telangana were invited on dias and they made oral presentations about their experiences
and best work done by them.
Elected Sarpanches and Progressive Farmers were invited on dias from Rajasthan. To begin with, Ms.
Pooja Meena, Sarpanch, Village Chareda, District Dausa expressed her efforts to declare her Gram
Panchayat as the first model Panchayat in the country. Shri Piyush Samaria, District Collector appeared
before media and appreciated the efforts made by the Panchayat, Chareda. Her office of Gram Panchayat
is functioning with all amenities just like a government office. She shared a video during her presentation.
Shri Rajendra Prasad Meena and Asha Meena discussed their efforts to make their gram panchayat-
Maheshwara Khurd, District Dausa Corona free. They launched Corona Kawach Sathi Abhiyan using IEC
means-door to door distribution of pamphlets, exhibition of posters, and distribution of T-Shirt bearing
Corono Kawacha Sathi. It was a wonderful team work.
Shri Ramjilal Sharma, farmer, Mitarwadi village in sub-division Bandikui of Dausa district shared his
experience in developing a model farm. He left his business in 2001 and started warmi compost plant in
his own 9 bigha land. He went for organic agriculture and installed dairy plant. He has beautiful garden
in 4 bigha area. He has been awarded cash prize by Agriculture Department, Rajasthan and appreciation

by sub-divisional administration. He is earning an income of more than Rs 15 lakhs per annum. It was a
wonderful success story narrated by Shri Ramjilal Sharma.
Shri Shiv Charan Sekda, Farmer, Geejgarh Panchayat Samiti, Sikaray district Dausa shared his
innovations in agriculture. He received certificate of recognition as Krishi Samman for his unique
contribution in the field of agriculture. He attended in a workshop on Micro Irrigation Technologies with
special reference to Drip Irrigation organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. He has
also been awarded on Kisan Day by Directorate of Extension, Shri Karna Narendra Agriculture University,
Jobner (Rajasthan) for adopting new techniques in the field of agriculture. His performance has also seen
by Chief Minister himself in his village.
Experience sharing by Elected Representatives and Farmers
Shri Surendra Awana, a progressive farmer, Village-Bairana, Panchayat Samiti, Bichun, district Jaipur
was invited to share his experience. He said he is engaged in agriculture for last 35 years. He is working
for fisheries, diary, Duck, Camel, Horse, Goat, Sheep, Poultry, Bee, medicinal plants and organic farming
in his 10 hectare sandy, uneven and poorly fertile, mixed with gravels and pebbles land. He is growing
non-conventional fodder crops like fodder beat (0.5 acre), fodder sugarcane (0.5 acre), and azolla (90 m2).
He is self-reliant in green fodder availability for their livestock and heartily acknowledges India Grassland
and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) technologies, which changed his dairy business completely and
made it profitable venture. He was awarded Haldhar Organic Award in 2019 and Navonmeshi Krashak
Puraskar, 2021 by National Council of Agriculture Research, New Delhi. He is recipient of Award from
Governor, Rajasthan in 2019 and Agriculture Department, Rajasthan. His outstanding performance has
been reported in Annual Report, 2020 of ICAR-India Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi
(Madhya Pradesh)
Dr. C. Kathiresan, NIRDPR was the anchor person of this session. Ms. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary,
MoPR chaired the session.

2.6 Technical Session V: Localising SDGs in PRIs
After the end of experience sharing session by elected representatives, Shri Rajendra Singh Kain,
Additional Director was invited to chair the session. There were 5 presenters who were invited from
Ministries and Institutes.
Shri Mohit Rao, Consultant from Ministry of Panchayati Raj,

Government of India was invited to make presentation on Making
Gram Sabhas Vibrant. He made a PowerPoint presentation. He
said Gram Sabha is an agent of change. Gram Sabha is empowered
to exercise control over of institutions and functionaries in all
social sectors. Gram Sabhas are primarily empowered to:
 Safeguard and preserve the traditions and customs of tribal
communities
Shri Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR  Customary mode of dispute resolution
 Identification of beneficiaries for different schemes
 Approve plans & projects for social and economic development
 Issue utilisation certificates
 Regulate intoxicants, ownership of minor forest produce, minor water bodies, money lending
Shri Rao made State-wise analysis of sample data of PES areas by showing attendance in Gram Sabhas
and Women participation in Gram Sabha Meetings. He emphasized that Gram Sabha can be made vibrant
by greater functional autonomy, utilising XV FC untied grants for local felt needs, effective
IEC/mobilisation activities and presence of well- trained functionaries, empowerment of Sub Committees
to monitor key subjects and presence of Grade A and Grade B level officers in Gram Sabhas. Shri Rao
discussed advisory issued by Ministry of Panchayati Raj dated 6 August 2021. He presented Calendar
indicating month-wise topics of schemes/programmes with thematic areas. He concluded initiatives under
RGSA for strengthening of Gram Sabhas. He suggested that following action may be taken by States/
UTs:
 Amendment in the relevant State provisions of PR Acts/Rules
 Preparation of annual Calendar (template) for the entire state
 Preparation of detailed District & Block wise schedule of meetings for FY 2021-22
 Instructions to PRIs for adoption of Calendar and schedule.
 Template for Gram Sabhas Agenda
 Training plan of Group A/Group B officers enabling them to be effective communicators
 Training of Panchayats officials on IT based expertise for data entry and
 Standard presentations / videos on schemes/ campaigns for Gram Sabha.
Shri Akash Deep Arora, Deputy Director, IGPR&GVS was invited to make a presentation on Modern
Concept of Disability and inclusion of Persons with Disability in Society.
He said, disability is defined as long term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in
interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal
basis with others. Dr. Arora said disability is part of the human condition. Everyone is likely to experience

it, either permanently or temporarily, at some point in their life. He mentioned a few provisions of Rights
of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
He discussed social model of disability. It is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people.
He said people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference. The model helps
us recognize barriers that make life harder for disabled people. Removing these barriers crates equality
and offers disabled people more independence, choice and control.
Shri Arora is the best example who is complete blind and he is a civil servant belonging to Rajasthan Civil
Service working as Deputy Director in SIRD Rajasthan. He never feels himself as a disabled person.
Dr. Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NERC, NIRDPR,

Guwahati made PowerPoint presentation on Evidence-based
Panchayat Planning. He discussed about Data which are
characteristics or information, usually numerical, that are
collected through observation. In a more technical sense, data are
a set of values of qualitative or quantitative variables about one
or more persons or objects. He proposed to develop a real time,
flexible and futuristic data base management system for local
bodies in general & PESA areas in particular. The data base
Dr. Narayan Sahoo
management cell would be termed as FDAC. The strategy would
Associate Professor, NERC, NIRDPR
involve establishment of a dedicated Data Analysis cell in
NIRDPR/SIRDPR (creation of state based FDAC cell at each of the states and districts involving line
departmental officials, Integrated Tribal Development Agency(ITDA) officials, CSC In-Charge, ERs,
SHGs/Federation, agriculture association, youth association, Village committees. Village Heads/
GaonBurah and District autonomous councils etc. Shri Sahoo pointed out that there is a need to develop
and Village Development Index (VDI) which would require disaggregated data on village development
indicators i.e. Health, hygiene, sanitation, poverty reduction, social inclusion, women and child
development, aged and disabled, education, skill & vocational training, employment and skill
development, common property(land bank), infrastructure, natural resources, agriculture and allied
activities, production and village level fiscal data including Own Source Revenue (OSR) and other
revenues and contributions.He pointed out various sources of secondary data available for Decentralised
Planning. To him, secondary data are quite essential in making situational analysis along with gap analysis
while making decentralised plans. He concluded his discussion by suggesting a strategy and road map
with expected outcomes.
Two presenters from Pratham Education Foundation made a PowerPoint presentation on community level
activities in school education. While working with children in schools, Pratham has developed strong
social structures (neighborhoods children’s groups and mothers’ groups) in the intervention areas.
Engagement and learning activities are conducted in homes, neighborhoods/hamlets (mohallas) as well as
at the community level. Pratham has been reaching out to the communities remotely through SMS and
WhatsApp. messages. Through these messages, fun and learning activities, are sent to children so that

they can do these activities at home with support from their family members. Parents and volunteers serve
as key anchors to help understand the situation on the ground, disseminate digital content among children,
and provide feedback on activities through follow-up phone calls with Pratham staff as well as by sharing
pictures and videos of children doing the activities.
In addition to reaching children within their homes through SMS and WhatsApp messages, Pratham has
also leveraged its community networks. Pratham believes that it takes a village to raise a child; therefore,
Pratham established links with community through the following hamlet based activities:
• Volunteer-led classes: Hamlet-wise volunteer-led classes on language and math with children in
Grades 1 and 2, 3-5 and 6-8.
• Mothers Meetings: Discussions held weekly with groups of 4-5 mothers or workers at
government-run rural childcare centres, etc. on the activities sent via SMS and WhatsApp
messages.
• Children’s Groups: Organize Hamlet-wise children’s groups for children in grades 3-8 and share
weekly learning material on Math and Language disseminated to volunteers who then conduct
such activities within these groups.
• School Readiness: Engage community members at large to enhance school readiness among
children in early years and build back foundational skills of children in elementary grades.
• Digital Device Libraries: Aid the learning environment of children with tablets, pre-loaded with
digital content distributed among a group of children or mothers.
Parents and other community actors are key decision makers in the lives of children; hence it is important
to engage the community-at-large in the process of children’s learning to build an environment conducive
to their learning in the community.
Community Stakeholder Engagement
• Frequent communication with teachers and other community stakeholders established to ensure a
community support to children’s education
• Dialogue on enrolment, transition and re-opening of schools and Anganwadis also initiated.
• Periodic Events
• Community Events are conducted to engage stakeholders in the community at large through
periodic events aimed at increasing awareness of children’s learning needs and associated
activities, and generate curiosity among the children as well as teachers, parents and guardians,
and community stakeholders.
The presenters concluded that Pratham can help in creating capacity building and Training, providing
learning material and set up community structures. They recommended that gram Panchayat should
engage community in children’s learning.

2.7 Technical Session VI: Localizing SDGs in Panchayati Raj Institutions
Shri Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRD, Odisha and Member,
Expert Group made PowerPoint presentation on Localising SDGs
and its relevance in Panchayat Planning.
Shri Dash said that Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are

important to Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India is due to
following reasons:
• Illiteracy
• Poverty and Exploitation
Shri Saroj Kumar Dash
• Poor Health and Nutrition
Joint Director, SIRD, Odisha
• Lack of control / ownership over Natural Resources
• Lack of Development friendly Infrastructure
• Gender Issues
Then, he discussed strategy for localization of SDGs covering vibrancy and constancy, mission mode
approach, whole of government approach and Local Indicator Framework-LIF(Theme, Target, Time-line
and Indicators). He compared provisions of PESA Act, 1996 with linkages of thematic SDGs. He also
underlined Role of PESA Mobilizers and coordinators in integrating SDGs into GPDP. This role could
be:
 Mobilising ST, SC, PVTG, Women etc. for increasing their attendance and effective participation
in the Gram Sabha
 Facilitate preparation of GPDP and provide assistance to the GP Functionaries on all aspects of
planning process.
 Provide support in preparation of GPDP through Participatory Planning Process coordinating with
Sectoral departments for a comprehensive plan.
 Facilitating and capturing the development needs of tribal people through convergence of different
flagship programmes
 Coordinating with SHGs for preparation of VPRP and Demand Plan through SHG-PRI interface
and ensure that Fitting of available resources are met to people's need.
 Facilitating awareness building on entitlement, Livelihoods, Public goods & services and Social
Development in coordination with SHGs for effective preparation of VPRP.
 Facilitating that all people in particular poor and vulnerable have access to basic services, natural
resources, economic and financial services.

 Assist and facilitate other works that may be in the interest of village community which may
promote safety, security & welfare of tribal population in the spirit of provisions under PESA
He suggested that SDGs could be integrated into Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) in the
following way:
 The preparation of GPDP based on the thematic framework with focus on SDGs in a saturated
approach.
 Working out Goals / Targets and Indicators for the theme (Sankalp) of GPDP.
 Mapping of resources from Programme / Schemes along with GP level officials responsible for
comprehensive and holistic GPDP.
 The activities under GPDP chosen to be worked on, down to specific detail, with budgetary
allocations for them, and what is left out is to be shown in AAP.
 Convergent action to ensure the various localized inputs from the flagship schemes of different
Departments along with provisioning of real time, Resource Envelope.
 Child budget, gender budget to be shown based on the choices being made by the Panchayat in
GPDP.
He concluded that GPDP is not all about Planning or Development ratherit is about Good Governance and
Participatory Governance. He showed three video clips during his presentation:
(1) Leave no one behind (Duration: 3.36 Minutes)

(2) Leaving no village behind (Duration: 1.55 Minutes)
(3) Decade of Action (Duration: 1.55 Minutes)
In the end, a De-briefing session was conducted. Shri Ravi Shankar Shrivastav, Director General,
IGPR&GVS and Ms. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR were in chair. One person from each
participating state was invited to share takeaways from this workshop. Most of the state representatives
expressed their learning and reported that the deliberation of the workshop have greatly benefitted them.
De-briefing session chaired by

Shri Ravi Shankar Shrivastav, Director General, IGPR&GVS and
Ms. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR

The Director General, IGPR&GVS concluded the following were the priority areas in GPDP:
• Water , Health , Education , WCD , Disables
• Power: renewable energy
• Waste management : environment
• Plan execution by convergence of line and staff- 12% Departments are participating in GS
• Completion of works and activities identified- only 1% completed
• Social audit, poverty, participation, sankalp.
The purpose of the GPDP include resource assessment and development mobilization, participation,
learning from lines department, IEC, gap identification, training, exodus and migration containment, job
crisis resolution, poverty reduction-VPRP, economic up-liftment, social audit, sankalp, prioritization
SDG, Convergence, DIS, asset mapping, technology, costing and capacity building.
He summarized following take away which emerged from the deliberation of the workshop:
• Evidence based planning and experience sharing
• SHG Mobilization and SDGs
• Holistic planning and convergence
• DIS and Planning Dashboard
• Village Mapping - GIS , ASSETS
• Gap identification–VPRP
• Resource mapping and planning, Training, data quality, IEC, costing, low cost and Technology.
Concluding Remarks and Way Forward
Concluding remarks were given by both the chairpersons of the session. In the end, Dr. R.K. Choubisa
from the host SIRD proposed a vote to thanks to all those with whose active participant and cooperation
the event became successful. On behalf of the Institute, he expressed good wishes and happy journey to
all and invited all over a cup of tea/coffee.
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Appendix-I
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (Monday, 22nd November 2021)
Inaugural Session
10.00 - 10.05 AM Welcoming the guests to the stage
Welcome Address & Sh. Rajendra Singh Kain, Additional Director, IGPRGVS
10.10 - 10.15 AM
About the workshop
10.15 - 10.20 AM Address by Sh P.C. Kishan, Secretary (PR), Rajasthan
10.20 - 10.25 AM Address by Smt Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR
10.25 - 10.35 AM Address by Smt Aparna Arora, Principal Secretary (RD&PR), Rajasthan
10.35 - 10.45 AM Address by Sh Ravi Shankar Srivastava, Director General, IGPRGVS
10.45 – 10.55 AM Felicitation of guests
10.55 - 11.00 AM Vote of thanks Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR

11.45 - 12.30 PM
12.30 – 1.00 PM Presentation on Modern IEC Activities - Sh. Vipra Goyal, Consultant, MoPR
1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch
Technical Session II: GPDP for PESA States
Presentation by institutions associated with PRIs in PESA areas
- Ms Bandana Sambyal, Sr Program Manager (GPDP), Foundation for
02.00 - 3.00 PM Ecological Security (FES), Rajasthan
- Ms. Ritu Raj Rathore, Manager, Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)
- Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Jangid, Rashtravikas Agro Education Sanstha.

Technical Session III: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with GPDP
Presentation by invited line Ministries & Institutions
- Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory

03.15 - 6.00 PM and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi
- Dr. Soumen Bagchi, Social Policy Specialist- Local Governance & Public
Finance, United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef)
Contd….

- Dr. Anitha Brandon, Consultant (PRI) & Ms. Anuja Gulati, State Program
Coordinator, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Ms. Kajal Tiwari & Shri Raj Singh, Field Coordinators, Kudumbashree-NRO
Day 2 (Tuesday, 23rd November 2021)

Technical Session IV: Experience sharing by Elected Representatives
Andhra Pradesh:
1. Shri Padi Ramesh, Sarpanch, Baski GP, Arakuvalley Mandal, Vizag Dist
2. Smt D. Kalyani, Sarpanch, Batuva Gram Panchayat, Srikakulam Dist.
Himachal Pradesh:
3. Shri Shanta Kumar, Member, Zilla Parishad, Kinnaur
Gujarat:
4. Shri Parbatsingh Barad, Sarpanch
9:50 – 10:50 AM 5. Shri Varsanbhai Rathava, Sarpanch
Madhya Pradesh:
6. Shri Lal Singh Dubliya Gamad, Sarpanch, Kalidevi GP, Jhabua Dist
Maharashtra:
7. Shri Vishal Tambe, Chairman, Panchayat Samiti Junner, Pune Dist
8. Shri Jayesh Patil, Deputy Sarpanch, Mande GP, Palghar Dist
9. Shri Chandrakant Patil, Sarpanch, Aasane GP, Nandurbar Dist
10. Shri Nilkanth Gajanan Nikhade, Sarpanch, Somanpalli GP, Gadichiroli Dist
Tea-break for 10 minutes

Telangana:
1. Shri Esam Rammurthy, Sarpanch, Eturnagaram GP, Mulugu Dist
2. Shri Jhadav Lakhan, Sarpanch, Yemulkunta GP, Adilabad Dist
Rajasthan:
3. Smt Asha Meena, Sarpanch, Maheshwara Khurd GP, Dausa Dist
11.00 – 12.00 4. Smt Pooja Meena, Sarpanch, Chharera GP, Dausa Dist
Progressive Farmers from Rajasthan sharing their experiences:

5. Shri Surendra Singh Avana, Bichoon, Jaipur Dist
6. Shri Shiv Charan Senkda, Geejgarh, Sikrai
7. Shri Ramjilal Sharma, Mitrawadi, Bandikui, Dausa

Technical Session V: Invited presentations from Ministries & Institutes
Making Gram Sabhas Vibrant
- Mr Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR
Modern Concept of Disability and Inclusion of Persons with Disability in Society
- Shri Akashdeep Arora, Deputy Director, IGPRGVS
12:00 – 1.30 PM
Evidence-based Panchayat Planning
- Dr Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NERC-NIRDPR
Representative from Pratham Education Foundation
Technical Session VI: Localising SDGs in PRIs

Localising SDGs & its relevance in Panchayat Planning
02.30 - 03.15 PM - Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRDPR, Odisha & Member, Expert
Group on Localising SDGs in PRIs
03.15 - 04.30 PM De-briefing session: Takeaways by States from this workshop
04.30 - 05.00 PM Concluding remarks and Way forward

- Sh Ravi Shankar Srivastava, Director General, IGPRGVS
- Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, MoPR
- Sh. Rajendra Singh Kain, Additional Director, IGPRGVS
- Dr Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NERC-NIRDPR, Guwahati
- Dr. C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR, Hyderabad
5.00 PM Vote of Thanks – Dr. R.K. Choubisa, Professor, IGPRGVS

Appendix-II
Participants List
S. Name Designation Phone / Email

No.
Shri Shiva Prasad MPDO Narsapura West 9849833355/
237. Godavari District sivaprasadayadavmpdo@gmail.com
Smt. G.V. Sreedevi Joint Director 8500473074/
238. kolamohan74@gmail.com
Dr. K Mohana Rao Core Faculty,APSIRDPR 8500473074/
239. kotamohan74@gmail.com
Shri P Srinivasa Rao Jr. Faculty, ETC Samalkot 9885779207
240.
Shri MSN Reddy Jr. Faculty, ETC Samalkot 9866291634
241.
Shri Chandrashekhar Jr. Faculty, DPRC 9491912425/
242. Appala Naidu Vishakhapatnam principalwestgodavari@gmail.com
Shri Padi Ramesh Sarpanch, Baski GP 6303517367
243. Arakuvelly Mandal,
Vishakhapatnam
D.Adinarayana Rao sarpanch 77027475
244.
Shri D Kalyani Batuva (V), Srikakulam 8019119197
245. District
Shri Anil Chauhan Superintendent 8219623011/

246. panchayatiraj-hp@gov.in
Shri Ishan Sharma IT Consultant, Panchayati Raj 7650889499/
247. Dept. panchayatiraj-hp@gov.in
Shri Akhilesh Thakur Programmer, Panchayati Raj 9459687323/
248. Dept. panchayatiraj-hp@gov.in
Shri Himanshu Jr. Assistant, Panchayati Raj 8219624757/
249. Sharma Dept. panchayatiraj-hp@gov.in
Shri Anurag Negi TOT, District Kinnaure 9816202555/
250. panchayatiraj-hp@gov.in
Shri. Abhishek TDO 9624377050/
251. Parmar Parmar.abhishek35@gmail.com
Shri. Arvind Bhai TDO 9429319476arvindbhavi@gmail.com
252. Prajapati
Shri Parbatsinh Barad Sarpanch 7359692929
253. parbatsinh1975@gmail.com
Shri Harshitbhai Patel TDO 7698592826
254. adm.harsh7@gmail.com

Shri Varsanbhai Sarpanch 9879766031/
255. Rathava varsanrathwa9200@gmail.com
Shri Birenbhai Patel Chitnish 8401920725/
256. vivekp167@gmail.com
Vikram Singh Solanki Sr. Program Manager 9979916861/
257. vikram@fes.org.in
258.
Shri Surendra Faculty Member, 8989631601/
259. Prajapati MGSIRDPR, Jabalpur sur46100@gmail.com
Shri Rajendra Joshi Faculty Member, ETC Indore 8319173544
260.
Shri Sourav Dutta Consultant, RGSA, 9977689696
261. Panchayati Raj
Shri Sohail Ahmed District Consultant, GPDP 8269689333
262. Cell
Shri Gyan Singh PCO JP Petlawad- Dist. 9826319475
263. Chouhan Jhabua
Shri Nafees Qureshi APO, JP Mandla, Dist. 799085144, 924688299
264. Mandla
Shri Mukesh Pandit PCO, JP Sardarpur, Dist. 7999927399
265. Dhar
Shri Lal Singh GP Kalidevi, JP Rama, Dist. 8349131671
266. Dubliya Gamad Jhabua
Rajesh Goutam Resorce Person 9425484651/
267. gautamrajesh752@gmail.com
Shri Anand Bhandari State Project Director, SPMU, 8888337533/
268. RGSA spdmaharashtra@gmail.com
Shri B.M.Varale Dy. Director, RGSA, SIRD, 9158102525/
269. YASHADA b.m.varale@gmail.com
Satish D patil Gramsevak 9421569696/
270. shrisatish1425412@gmail.com
Shri Amar Dhale Training & Capacity Building 7588291503/
271. Expert, RGSA, Pune spdmaharashtra@gmail.com
Shri Nageshwar Resource Person, Gramsevak 9272770008
272. kashinath sankhe Training Centre, Kosabad hill,
Dist-Palghar
Shri Jayesh Patil Deputy Sarpanch, Gram 9764131888
273. Panchayat Mande, Dist-
Palghar
Shri Sharadchandra Resource Person, Block 8999759972
274. Y. Mali Development Officer, Tal-
Junner, Dist- Pune
Shri Vishal Tambe Chairman, Panchayat Samiti, 8600095555
275. Junner, Dist-Pune

Shri Mukesh Pratap Resource Person, Gramsevak 9356463236/
276. Kapure G.P. Ranjhani, Dist- mukeshkapure9850@gmail.com
Nandurbar
Shri Chandrakant Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, 9922000086/
277. Patil Aasane, Nandurbar chandrakantypatil@gmail.com
Shri Sushilkumar Resource Person, Extension 9822150493/
278. Shinde Officer (Panchayat), Dist- sushilkumarshinde@gmail.com
Nanded
Shri Mahadev Resource Person, Extension 8208241779
279. Kasdekar Officer, Achalpur Taluka,
Dist- Amravati
Dr. Gurudas Semskar Resource Person, Dist- 9404014178
280. Gadchiroli
Shri Nilkanth Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat 9146800368
281. Gajanan Nikhade somanpalli, Dist- Gadichiroli
Shri Mahadev Resource Person, Extension 8208241779
282. Kasdekar Officer, Achalpur Taluka,
Dist- Amravati
Kamlesh Kumar Regianal Head Rajasthan 9799352233/
283. Jangid
Shri Udhhab Ch. Special Secretary 9437452287/
284. Majhi uddhabachandramajhi@gmail.com
Shri Naresh Ch. Sabar Addl. PD. DRDA, Kandhamal 8249176016/
285. naresh.rita78@gmail.com
Smt. Jayashree Beura Addl. PD. DRDA, Keonjhar 9437452287/
286. swayamsahoo2007@gmail.com
Shri P K Mohapatra Instructor, SIRD&PR 9337394940/
287. pkmsirdpr@gmail.com
Ashok Kumar Verma Dy. Director Panchayati Raj, 9314982174/
288. Jaipur kumarshok@65gmail.com
Shri Neeraj Jha State Facilitator, UNICEF
289.
Shri Ram Chandra Assistant Director (Second) 9460006222/
290. Saini and Nodal Officer GPDP saini.ram80@gmail.com
Dr. R.K. Choubisa Professor, IGPRGVS, Jaipur. 9414168624
291. rkchoubisaripa@gmail.com
Smt. Asha Meena Sarpanch, GP Maheshwara 9460139288
292. (w/o Rajendra Prasad Khurd,
Meena) District Dausa, Rajasthan
Smt. Pooja Meena 9928136668
293. (w/o Harikishan Sarpanch, GP Chharera,
Meena) Chharera, District Dausa,
Rajasthan
Shri Surendra Singh Farmer, Bichoon, Jaipur, 9462229999
294. Avana Rajasthan

Shri Shiv Charan Farmer, Geejgarh, Sikrai, 9414036404
295. Senkda Rajasthan
Shri Ramjilal Sharma Farmer, Mitrawadi, Bandikui, 9928315071
296. Dausa, Rajasthan
Priyank Meena Jr. Accountant 8619018461/
297. priyaks0101@gmail.cm
Hari ram Meena Dy. Secretary, MoRD 9868575886
298. meenahr67@yahoo.com
Rajesh Jain Lect. Panchayat Training 9413976639/
299. Centre, Ajmer principalptcajmer@gmail.com
Manhor Singh Ad. BDO Ps Pali 9001889548/
300.
Harish Prakesh Soni Ad. BDO Pindiwada 8279109521/
301. harish.soni93@gmail.com
Priyank Dutta DoPR Consultant 8583979722
302. priyanka@gmail.com
Dr. Narayan Associate Professor 09436055709/
303.
Kajal Tiwari FC, NRO 8850164073/
304. kajal.nro@gmail.com
Veer Sain PRO, DIPR 9214436642/
305. veersainonline@gmail.com
Man Singh Meena Assistant Director 9414844951/
306. mansingh.meen@gmail.com
Sunil Kumar DD News 9214048775
307.
Manish DO News 9928858626
308.
Smt. Amrit Sarpanch 9549636380
309.
Bandna FES, NGO Bhilwara 9413248469/
310. bandy14@gmail.com
Sohan Lal FES, Bhilwara 9413864032/
311. sohanlala73@gmail.com
Deepesh Gupta State Head, UNFPA 9910205481/
312. dgupta@gmail.com
Pankaj Saxcena AFA, UNFPA 9829822900/
313. saxcena@gmai.com
Seema Meena Pradhan, Chotisadadi 9352482144/
314. supn9234544@gmail.com
Anant Vyas Manager. MME Pratham Edu. 9950345346/
315. Fund anant.vyas@pratham.org
Ashish Panday State Head Prathan Rajasthan 9887790875/
316. ashis.pandey@pratham.org
Ishwar lal Chakhota Pradhan, Panchayat Samiti 9983141835/
317. Sagwada, Dungarpur

Himmat Roy Katara Sarpanch, Ranoli 9929021775
318.
Jwan singh Garasiya Ahlu PGVSS (NGO) 6350016880/
319. Banswara jawan70@gmail.com
Kanti lal Ahari President Dungarpur 6376364179
320.
Vikram Heela Dungarpur 9950877407
321.
Devisingh Solanki Assistant Statistics Professor 9460003807/
322. solankidevi1964@gmail.com
Samrath Meena Pradhan 9784552829
323.
Kishan Lal Meena Sarpanch 9784717251
324.
Akashdeep Arora Dy. Director, IGPR&GVS,
325. Jaipur
Ramphul Kumawat DIPR 9414048773
326.
Saweeta Chouhan DIPR
327.
Amit Kumar DPR
328.
Ravi Kumar DIPR
329.
Dev Joshi State Consultant 9660557744/
330. coice.org@gmail.com
Gajendra Sharma Deink Navjoyti 9587659895/
331. nadbaisharma09@gmail.com
Surendra Sharma Raj. Patrika 9929110777/
332.
Rajendra Prasad Sarpanch 9079707695
333.
Saroj Dash Joint Director
334.
Shri D Srinivas Rao District Panchayat Officer/ 9440381993
335. Special Officer, Hyderabad
Dr. Anjaneyulu MPDO Kondurg, Ranga
336. Reddy Dist.
S. Shankaraiah Seneior Resorse person 8008145599/
337. shabkersraramy@gmail.com
Shri B. V Chalapathi MPDO, Bayyaram, 9121240278
338. Rao Mehbubabad Dist.
Shri J Shanker MPDO Amrabad, 7032703828/
339. Nagarkurnool Dist. dlpaachandet2021@gmail.com
Shri A Phanichandran MPDO Eturnagaram, Mulung 9121238672
340. Dist.

Shri Esam Sarpanch, Eturnagaram GP, 9441330766/
341. Rammurthy Mulung Dist.
Shri Jadhav Lakhan Sarpanch, Yemulkunta GP, 9494941843/
342. Indravelly Mandal, Adilabad rram85875213@gmail.com
Dist.
S.
Name, Designation & Institution Contact Details
No
1 Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRDPR, 9437478457
Odisha saroj.skd1962@gmail.com
2 Dr. Anita Brandon, Consultant, PRI Work, United 9413344576

Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) anitadr27x7@gmail.com
3 Ms. Anuja Gulati, State Program Coordinator , gulati@unfpa.org

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
4 Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General Manager, 011-26567160
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development priyanka.gupta@pfrda.org.in
Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi
5 Dr. Soumen Bagchi, Social Policy Specialist- Local 9971002912; 9312617712
Governance & Public Finance, United Nations sbagchi@unicef.org
Children’s Fund (Unicef)
6 Ms. Kajal Tiwari, Field Coordinator, 8976930803/8850164073
Kudumbashree-National Resource kajal.nro@gmail.com
Organisation(NRO)
7 Shri Raj Singh, Field Coordinator, Kudumbashree- 8130469206/
National Resource Organisation(NRO) rajsingh.ksnro@gmail.com
8 Ms. Ritu Raj Rathore, Gramin Vikash Trust (GVT) 8239178605

rituraj.rathore@gvtindia.org
9 Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Jangid, Rashtravikas Agro 9422618407,8329486007
Education Sanstha, Amalner rashtravikas@yahoo.co.in
raesamalner@gmail.com
10 Ms Bandana Sambyal, Sr Program Manager 9413248469
(GPDP), Foundation for Ecological Security (FES),
Rajasthan

MoPR / NIRDPR
S.No. Name & Designation Contact Details

1. Smt. Rekha Yadav, Joint Secretary, Ministry of 9910487371/
Panchayati Raj, Government of India,New Delhi js2-mopr@gov.in
2. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, Ministry of 9990737376/
Panchayati Raj, Government of India,New Delhi pankaj.kr73@nic.in
3. Mr. Shlokarth Trivedi, Consultant, NPMU, 9717808181/
Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of Shlokarth.trivedi@nic.in
India,New Delhi
4. Ms. Priyanka Dutta, Consultant NPMU, Ministry 8583979722/
of Panchayati Raj, Government of India,New priyanka.mopr@nic.in
Delhi
5. Mr. Vipra Goyal, Consultant, Ministry of 7478033777/
Panchayati Raj, Government of India,New Delhi vipra.goyal@nic.in
6. Mr. Mohit Rao, Consultant, Ministry of 9406448009
Panchayati Raj, Government of India,New Delhi mohit.rao@nic.in
7. Dr C. Kathiresan, Assoc. Professorf & Head, 9490191088/
CPRDP&SSD, NIRDPR, Hyderabad kathiresan.nird@gov.in
8. Mr. Munish Jain, Training Manager, NIRDPR, 9425079706/
Hyderabad munishjain.nird@gov.in
9. Dr. Shankar Lingam, Training Manager, 9848513519/
NIRDPR, Hyderabad mshankar.nird@gov.in

Proceedings of the
29-30 November 2021

Dehradun, Uttarakhand

through Panchayat Development Plans in Himalayan States held on
November 28-29, 2021 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand
1. Background
Development and Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad and Panchayati Raj Department of Uttarakhand
jointly organised a Regional Workshop on Economic and Social Transformation through Panchayat
Development Plans in Himalayan States and Union Territories, in Dehradun as part of Peoples’ Plan
Campaign (PPC), 2021. A total number of 121 participants from the category of Elected Representatives,
senior officials and Policymakers of PRIs from the Himalayan States participated in this workshop.
2. The Proceedings
During the inaugural Session, Sri Chnadra Singh

Dharashaktu, Director PR, Uttarakhand welcomed
the participants.
Dr C Kathiresan Associate professor NIRDPR briefed

about the significance of PPC regional workshops. He
said the workshop is a learning platform and hoped
that all the participants will share their experience to
learn from each other for effective local planning by
the Panchayats.
The Sri Nitesh Kumar Jha, Secretary PR Uttarakhand

in his address highlighted the issues of Himalayan
states such as difficult terrain and transpiration etc. He
mentioned that the Himalayan states have specific
environment for growing medicinal plants.
Sri Nitesh Kumar Jha, Secretary PR Uttarakhand

Sri Sanjay Upadhyay, Under Secretary, MoPR, explained
about Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) being
implemented as a core Centrally Sponsored Scheme for a
period of four years viz., from 2018-22 with an out lay of
Rs 7225 crore.
The scheme is aligned with national priorities and focuses

on convergence with Mission Antyodaya and
Transformation of Aspirational Districts the expected
outcomes of RGSA include enhanced capabilities of
Sri Sanjay Upadhyay, Under Secretary, MoPR
Panchayats for good governance and attainment of SDGs
through participatory local planning, democratic decision
making, transparency and accountability. Though it is a centrally sponsored scheme many states are not
contributing their 40 percent share for effective implementation of RGSA. He informed that the scheme
is now being revamped for implementation in the next four years staring from April 2022.
Sri Arvind Pandey Hon’ble Cabinet Minister,

Panchayati Raj, Education and Sports Government of
Uttarakhand delivered a special address.
He informed about the initiatives taken by the

Government of Uttarakhand in the areas of
decentralisation and decentralised planning and
highlighted the institutionalization of planning process
from the grassroots level up to the state level.
He expressed happiness that in Uttarakhand many

Sri Arvind Pandey
Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Panchayati Raj, young people are coming into Panchayat governance.
Education and Sports Government of Uttarakhand He hoped that the delegates would have meaningful
deliberations for formulating effective local plans.
The session closed with the vote of thanks presented by

Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari Deputy Director, Panchayati
Raj Department Uttarakhand.
Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari,

Deputy Director, PR Department, Uttarakhand

Sri Shlokarth Consultant, MoPR made a presentation

on the overview of Peoples’ Plan Campaign (Sab ki
Yojana sub a Vikas) highlighting the achievements
since the campaign began in 2018.
He said though the Panchayat development plans are

being prepared every year across the country, the
focus should now be on quality of GPDPs rather than
quantity. He said there is a need for more participation
of community and officials from the line departments
in the Gram Sabhas, more focus on IEC activities
Sri Shlokarth, Consultant, MoPR
during the campaign and enlarging the resource
envelope to include the funds of line departments. He also mentioned about the interventions of the
MoPR such as evidence based planning, achieving SDGs, PRI-SHG convergence and community
mobilisation for holistic and effective GPDP. The presentation highlighted the participation in the Gram
Sabhas and analysis of the progress of previous campaigns The key elements of PPC 2021 are Gram
Sabhas, Facilitators, Mission Antyodaya data and e-GramSWARAJ. He emphasized on the need for
capacity building and handholding support to the Panchayats.
Sri Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR highlighted the

importance of making the Gram Sabha vibrant. The
Gram Sabha is the Constitutional institution at the
grassroots level and the fulcrum of village
development He said during Governing Council
meeting of NITI Aayog, in February 2021, Hon’ble
Prime Minister emphasized the role of elected
representatives of Panchayats for improving the local
governance which is the basis for the quality of life of
the rural people.
The Gram Panchayat takes up and implements all the Sri Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR
activities related to public service delivery under the

overarching mandate, supervision and monitoring of the Gram Sabha. The MoPR in order to make the
“Gram Sabha Vibrant” issued an advisory in August 2021 to all the states to educate the Panchayat
functionaries as well line department officials on certain action points as to how many Gram Sabha
meetings should be conducted in a year; what can be included in the agenda, how the Gram Sabha arrives
at its decisions etc. Further the MoPR has also mandated the presence of all Group A and Group B Officers
of line departments in Gram Sabah meetings. He also highlighted the specific provisions of PESA and
mentioned about the supplementary guidelines on GPDP in fifth schedule areas issued by MoPR.

2.3 Technical Session II: Convergence of schemes and programs with Panchayat Development plan
In this session the officials from the line ministries and organizations highlighted the importance of
convergence of schemes and programs with local plans.
Sri Anuj Tiwari from NDMA in his presentation

highlighted the importance of investment in disaster risk
reduction and said, one Dollar spent on preparedness/risk
reduction or mitigation, saves seven dollars needed for
response and relief.
He emphasized that the PRIs need to be capacitated and

strengthened to tackle any disaster till specialised external
assistance reaches them. This can prevent loss of many
precious lives and also reduce the damages. He briefly
Sri Anuj Tiwari, Consultant, NDMA explained about the PM’s ten point agenda for Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR). The presentation clearly explained
the three step process of preparing Village Disaster Management Plan (VDMP). He also brought to the
notice of the participants that the MoPR is among the leading few Ministries to have a disaster
management plan and also commitment for integrating the DRR in all GPDPs. He shared the template
developed by NDMA which the Panchayats can adopt for preparation of disaster management and
for integration with GPDP.
Sri Raman Wadhwa Deputy Director DAY –NRLM, MoRD and Ms Benazir Nazeem Navaz thematic
anchor Kudumbshree-NRO highlighted the salient features of the Village Poverty Reduction Plans
(VPRP). The sub-plans of VPRP include- Entitlement Plan, Livelihood Plan. Public Goods, Services and
Resources Development Plans and Social Development Plans.
These plans are prepared at

SHG level, Village
Organization level and Gram
Panchayat levels. The
presentation highlighted the
major achievements,
challenges and strategies to be
adopted for the successful
preparation of VPRP The
Sri Raman Wadhwa Deputy Director DAY –NRLM, MoRD and
following are the challenges
Ms Benazir Nazeem Navaz thematic anchor Kudumbshree-NRO
which the Panchayats as well
highlighted the salient features of the Village Poverty Reduction Plans
as SHGs need to overcome for
(VPRP)
an inclusive planning. They also briefly introduced the mobile based App developed for preparation
VPRP. The following is the scope of the App.

Sri Uma Shankar Pandey, Consultant, Ministry of
Jal Shakti, presented the recommendation of XV
Finance Commission for the local bodies and the
allocation of Rs 2,36,805 crore to PRIs for the
period 2021-26. Of the total allocation 60 percent
is tied grant which need to be utilized for drinking
water and sanitation.
The allocation for water supply need to be utilized

for Piped Drinking Water Supply, Water
Harvesting Structures and Water Recycling. The
allocation for Sanitation is meant for Sustain ODF
status, Solid Waste Management, Grey Water
Sri Uma Shankar Pandey, Management and Faecal sludge management. He
Consultant, Ministry of Jal Shakti said, States should issue directions to the Panchayat
Raj and the line Departments responsible for
implementation of SBM (G) and JJM to have a convergent approach for planning for utilisation of tied
grants. The Panchayats for utilization of 15th FC tied grants need to prepare village Action Plans (VAP)
which need to be integrated with GPDP.
Sri Mohit Yadav, Asst. General Manager from

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA) explained the features of Atal
Pension Yojana (APY). Under this scheme All
Citizens of 18-40 years can join t the scheme
through any Bank where savings account is
maintained and Choose Pension options Rs 1000-
Rs 5000 PM.
The subscribers need to deposit regular

contribution in the account. In the event of the
death of the subscriber, the amount of pension
Sri Mohit Yadav,
wealth in the APY account will be paid to spouse
Asst. General Manager, PFRDA
/nominee .In case of voluntary exit, the pension
wealth s paid to the subscriber with applicable deductions. He said PFRDA is planning to cover nearly 7
crore new enrolments under APY, in the next 3 to 5 years. Since APY accounts are being sourced by bank
branches, all Gram Panchayats during PPC may visit nearest bank branch for enrolment of APY
subscribers.

Dr. Soumen Bagchi from Unicef highlighted on
Child Friendly Gram Panchayats. Children are
more vulnerable than adults, to the conditions
under which they live. They are more affected
than any other age group by the actions and
inaction of governments and society. He
emphasized that the Gram Panchayats need to
play a crucial role to guide and support the
families for the due care of children, to make the
various programs for children effective and to
solve local problems. Child Friendly Panchayats
Dr. Soumen Bagchi,
can help children realize their potential.
Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF He mentioned that Children focused indicators
are spread across SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 16.
He suggested that for making the Panchayats child friendly, all the members of GP understand, implement,
promote child friendly activities, develop action plans based on children’s issues. Similarly the
functionaries of various line departments connected with children, understand, implement and actively
endorse child friendly activities.
2.4 Technical Session III: Role of Institutions in Panchayat Planning for Himalayan States
The following representatives from the institutions associated with PRIs in Himalayan States shared their
knowledge and experience in Panchayat Planning for Himalayan States.
Dr. Bankey Bihari Pr. Scientist (Agril. Extension) Indian

Institute of soil and water conservation, Dehradun in his
presentation mentioned that about 5113 M.T soil gets eroded
annually in the state because of torrents, Shifting cultivation
and ravines etc.
To arrest this he said agronomical measures such as

contour farming, manipulation of crop canopy,
intercropping, mixed cropping, strip cropping
conservation tillage, mulching and alley cropping etc need
to be taken up He also suggested land configuration
Dr. Bankey Bihari
measures such as contour bunding, graded bunding,
terracing, conservation bench terracing, waterways etc. He Pr. Scientist (Agril. Extension)
highlighted alternate land use/ Agro-forestry Systems and

Water Harvesting and Recycling Techniques which can be promoted by Panchayats. He emphasized that
while formulating GPDP the Panchayats can follow watershed development approach with community
participation for Soil and water conservation, maximum utilization of rain water , low cost, location
specific technologies, land use optimizing production system and livelihood and income generation
through micro-enterprises.
The official from National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) made presentation on Conservation,
Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants. Medicinal Plants form the major resource
base of our indigenous healthcare traditions. He explained about the central sector scheme on medicinal
plants that focus on quality R&D, capacity building through trainings, raising awareness through
promotional activities like creation of Home/School Herbal Gardens. He said NMPB will support to Joint
Forest Management Committees / Panchayats//SHGs /BMCs for setting of local cluster for value addition,
drying, warehousing and augmenting marketing infrastructure, etc. Panchayats can encourage herbal
gardens in the homes is a good way to promote use of medicinal plants for primary health care at the
household level. Around 20 Medicinal and Aromatic species based on locality specific need and demand
will be distributed to interested households. Setting up of herbal gardens in schools is also a good way of
reaching the minds of children and make them acquainted with the commonly available and frequently
used medicinal plants.
In the next presentation the official from PR department of Uttarakhand shared the success Stories on the
Community Based Water Supply & Sanitation in the state. He pointed out that there is lesser budgetary
support through State Exchequer on water supply as the Panchayats meets the O&M expenses including
energy costs. He informed that as a result of excellent work done by the state of Uttarakhand in Swachh
Bharat Mission (G) the State has received 07 National awards in the year 2019-20. Water Conservation
and rejuvenation Campaign is being carried out successfully all over the state in every year. Under this
campaign, various IEC activities including workshops// pamphlets/ Nukkad Nataks / Jal Chetna Raths are
being conducted in the state. He specifically mentioned that the partnership between village communities,
NGOs and the government has resulted into efficient WASH services in the state.

2.5 Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign for Preparation of Panchayat Development Plans
in Himalayan Region
Dr. Kathiresan Associate Professor & Head Centre for Panchayati Raj, NIRDPR, Hyderabad, made a
presentation on Integrating Biodiversity Conservation Plan with GPDP / BPDP / DPDP. He said every
State has issued Bio-Diversity (BD) Rules for implementing BD Act 2002. As per these rules, there is a
State Biodiversity Board (SBB) at State Level and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) at
Local Body Level .He highlighted the following roles and
responsibilities of BMCs:
a) To prepare People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)

b) Promoting conservation, sustainable use and
documentation of Biological Diversity.
c) Levy charges by way of collection fees from
person(s) accessing or collecting bio-resource for
commercial use from its territorial jurisdiction.
d) Maintain Register about details showing bio-
Dr. C Kathiresan,
resources /Traditional Knowledge accessed, fees Associate Professor, NIRDPR
imposed, benefits accrued and mode of sharing
e) Provide support to NBA and SBB in their decisions
He stressed upon community participation in preparation Biodiversity Register (PBR). This is a document
which contains comprehensive information on locally available bio resources including landscape and
demography of a particular village.
The document should be endorsed by the BMC and later publicized in the Gram Sabha / Gram Panchayat
/ Panchayat Samiti. The document should be periodically updated with new information as and when
generate.
The next speaker was Shri Mohd. Taqiuddin, consultant

NIRDPR. He said the idea of GPDP is transformation of
Villages an If disaster happen all development gains are lost.
Disasters can be considered as an indicator of Poor /

Unplanned / Deficit Development and the neglect on the
part of local governments to mainstream disaster risk in
local planning. Explaining what is mainstreaming DRR
into GPDP, he mentioned that while preparing GPDP,
Panchayats need to design all development projects that
Shri Mohd. Taqiuddin, Consultant NIRDPR
reduce disaster potential. Before introduction of GPDP the
focus of planning was on Disaster Management (DM). But after introduction of GPDP, focus shifted to
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The DM deal with emergency response, provide immediate relief and

reconstruct the damaged assets. The DRR deal with avoiding new risk, addressing existing risk and
transferring risk, for mainstreaming DRR in local planning the Panchayats need to have understanding of
hazards, vulnerabilities and risk in development activities, in each of 29 subjects, and integrating into
GPDP.
Later Dr. Chandra Sekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary,

MoPR in his special address highlighted the issues of
Himalayan States. He said planning strategy for the States
needs to take into account the vulnerability of the region
and the need for environment protection.
He briefly presented an analysis of selective sectors

concerning of prime importance for Panchayat
development that would cater to holistic improvement in
rural areas. He also made Sector/State-wise Comparative
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Kumar,
Performance of Himalayan states based on Mission
Additional Secretary, MoPR
Antyodaya’s 2020 Survey He urged the respective states
to improve the performance wherever it is lagging behind He said GoI is Supporting PRIs through
Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector Schemes. Each of these schemes is designed to serve its specific
objective, but it is expected that the centrality of the Panchayat in each of such schemes is progressively
ensured. Recent advisories issued by MoPR on ICDS, JJM, SBM and SSA ensures role of Panchayats in
planning, implementation and monitoring With regard to GPDP for 2021-22 , he pointed out that during
the year 2021-22 , a total number of 261760 Gram Panchayats out of 269388, 1370 Block Panchayats
out of 6884 and 70 Zilla Panchayats out of 670 uploaded their annual plans on GPDP portal. He
expressed the hope that 100 percent PRIs will upload their plans this year.
Next was an interactive session with the elected representatives from Himalayan states. They shared their
experiences in planning and implementation of development program in their Panchayats. This session
was chaired by Additional Secretary MoPR.
Sri Sanjeev Kumar ZPTC ,Himachal Pradesh through a video film shared the story of Gram Panchayat
Shala, Block Gohar , District .Mandi He said the Panchayats has implemented many development
activities including construction of a new Gram Panchayats building and a guest house with all modern
amenities through convergence of XV Finance Commission grant and MGNREGS funds through GPDP
He said , Shala Gram Panchayats has spent Rs 5.00 crore under MGNREGS in one year which is the
highest amount in the entire state. Gram Sabha is held in this Panchayat 12 times a year. Next Smt.
Sushma Sharma Pradhan GP Bhanala Block Rait has informed that no land is available for construction
of Panchayat Bhawan and requested for allotment of land to take up the construction of Panchayat office.

Sri Mohd Ashraf Poddar Sarpanch from Jammu & Kashmir stated that the J&K PR Act 1989 is the best
in the country. The Gram Panchayat (Halqa Panchayat) has the power to administer the matters
enumerated in Schedule XI of the PR Act and prepare development plans for in consultation with Gram
Sabha (Halqa Majlis). The Gram Panchayat carries out its functions in accordance with the set of
guidelines for estimation of the projects as well as expenditure sanction issued by the Government. The
Gram Panchayat in J&K are empowered to o conduct concurrent and quarterly social audit of all works,
schemes and project being implemented in the Panchayat areas. He said the Panchayat in J&K are the
principal authorities for planning and implementation of a number of central schemes, and other programs
through central funding.
Sri Anil Sharma Sarpanch Jindarh of J&K presented a model village action plan for sanitation prepared
by a Gram Panchayat for systematic disposal and management of waste and grey water which was
otherwise a matter of great concern for everyone. He mentioned that due to non-allocation of XV Finance
Commission funds and non realization of Own Source Revenues the Panchayats are starved of funds for
effective implementation of development activities.
Smt Kaushalya Rawat Pradhan Gram Panchayat Kyarkutti Bhatta from Uttarakhand informed that her
Panchayat has mobilized Rs 50.00 lakh as Own Source Revenue. The Panchayat office will be open for
the public from 8 AM to PM. The Panchayat is giving importance to Solid waste management in the
village and distributed baskets for collecting the waste from each house. She said 90 percent houses are
segregating the waste at source using the baskets supplied and 76 percent households are paying Rs 30
/ -per month as user charges. Sri Bhaskar Sammi Pradhan Gram Panchayat Bidhori, block Uddhamsingh
Nagar has informed that his Panchayat has gave priority to Education, Health, Water Supply and
livelihoods to achieve SDGs
Sri Teswang Norbo Sarpanch Gram panchayat Farka, Leh district informed that in his Panchayat farmers
take up Agriculture and Horticulture activities, but there is no marketing facility in the village and as a
result some time fruits and vegetables perish in large quantity. He said the Gram Panchayat has arranged
skill training for youth and farmers on preservation of their produce.
Sri Issa Ali Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Pashkum , kargil district has informed that during COVID- 19
Pandemic his Gram Panchayats, has risen to the occasion and ensured that the directions of the Central
/UT Governments are enforced and citizens follow all required safety measures to prevent spread of the
virus. He specifically highlighted that even in (-)10 degree centigrade temperature his panchayat supply
drinking water through functional house tap connection
After this interactive session, the Additional Secretary MoPR stated that the day to day problems of people
can be solved by GPDP. He said the planning powers of Panchayats cannot be taken away by anybody.
Planning is the foundation for development. He emphasized the need for qualitative improvement in
education, health, WASH, ICDS sectors. He urged the Panchayat need to localize 9 to 10 SDGs and
achieve the targets by implementing the flagship programs in a convergence mode. He also made a
pertinent point that we cannot run the Gram Panchayats with 1970 staffing pattern and requested the state
to provide adequate manpower to Panchayats.

Glimpse of experiencing Sharing by the participants

2.6 Technical Session V: Localising SDGs in PRIs
Dr. Joy Elamon, Director General, Kerala Institute of Local Administration participated through VC and
highlighted the importance of localising sustainable development goals in rural areas. The state
governments have taken number of initiatives in achieving many of the targets of sustainable development
goals with support from line Ministries. However, there is a felt need to take the SDG approach to the
grassroots level through effective involvement of Panchayats and the community in rural areas. The key
areas of interventions could be leave no one behind. For localization of SDGs and mainstreaming with
GPDP he suggested the following:
 Set Panchayat Specific Targets
 Coordinate with government and non-government agencies
 Tap the resources from centrally and state sponsored schemes
 Ensure that the services reach the community
 Panchayat to be a leader in achieving Sustainable Development Goals!
He also introduced the web based SDG Dashboard that can be used at various tiers of local governments.
This will improves the quality, reliability, availability and comparability of data and helps all stakeholders
to create their own data base in their respective area and the PRIs to plan, review, analyze and modify
their SDG as and indicator status
The workshop ended with Valedictory session and
The presentation by Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory &
Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi highlighted the importance of Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
a flagship scheme of Govt. of India.
The scheme was introduced in the year 2015 and it benefits 88 % of Unorganized Sector workforce to
lead a dignified life after 60 years. The scheme is divided in to three phases:
d) Entry/ शामिल होना
e) Accumulation/ संचयन
f) Exit/ मनकास
She highlighted that now the participation of females is increasing in this scheme and presently 44
beneficiaries of this scheme are women. She shared that PFRDA is planning to cover nearly 7 crore new
enrolments under APY, in the next 3 to 5 years. She also mentioned the initiatives like Launching of eAPY
platform, APY mobile app, On-boarding using Bank’s own web-portal and Social media platforms being
taken up by ministry to popularise this scheme. The Gram Panchayats can play a vital role in ensuring
comprehensive coverage of the APY scheme hence she stressed the all participating states of the workshop
to motivate the people to join this scheme.

Appendix-I
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (Monday, 29th November 2021)
Inaugural Session
10.10 - 10.15 AM Welcome Address Shri Chandra Singh Dharmshaktu, Director, PR, Uttarakhand
10.15 - 10.20 AM About the workshop Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
10.20 - 10.25 AM Address by Shri Nitesh Kumar Jha, Secretary, PR, Uttarakhand
10.25 - 10.40 AM Keynote Address by Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, MoPR (through VC)
10.40 - 11.00 AM Special Address by Shri Arvind Pandey, Cabinet Minister, Panchayati Raj,
Education and Sports, Government of Uttarakhand
11.00 - 11.10 AM Vote of thanks Shri Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Deputy Director, PR Dept, UK
Technical Session I : Preparation of Panchayat Development Plans in Himalayan Region
11.45 - 12.15 PM
- Mr Shlokarth, Consultant, MoPR
12.15 – 1.00 PM Making Gram Sabhas Vibrant - Mr Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR
1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch
Technical Session II: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with Panchayat Development Plans
Presentation by invited line Ministries & Organisations
- Dr. Soumen Bagchi, United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef)
- Mr Uma Shankar Pandey, Consultant, Ministry of Jal Sakthi
02.00 - 4.00 PM
- Mr Raman Wadhwa, Dy Director RL, DAY-NRLM, MoRD
- Ms Benazir Nazeem Navaz, Thematic Anchor, Kudumbashree-NRO
- Mr Anuj Tiwari, Consultant, National Disaster Management Authority
- Mr Mohit Yadav, Asst. General Manager, PFRDA
Technical Session III: Role of Institutions in Panchayat Planning for Himalayan States
Presentation by institutions associated with PRIs in Himalayan States

- National Medicinal Plants Board
- Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), DRDO, Leh, Ladakh
04.15 - 5.30 PM - ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun
- Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI), Shimla
- Pratham Education Foundation / SAMARTHAN / Gramin Vikas Trust

Day 2 (Tuesday, 30th November 2021)
Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign for Preparation of

Panchayat Development Plans in Himalayan Region
9.30 – 10.15 AM Integrating Bio-Diversity Conservation Plan with GPDP/BPDP/DPDP

- Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
Integrating Disaster Management Plan (DMP) with GPDP/BPDP/DPDP
- Mr Mohd Taqiuddin, Sr Consultant, NIRDPR
10.15 - 11.00 AM Presentation of Best Practices from States
11.00 – 11.30 AM Tea-break
11:30 AM
Sharing of experiences by Elected Representatives
- 1.00 PM (Chaired by Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, MoPR)
Himachal Pradesh:
1. Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Member, Zilla Parishad
2. Smt. Sushma Sharma, Pradhan, GP Bhanala, Block Rait
Jammu & Kashmir

3. Shri Mohammad Ashraf Padder, Sarpanch, Halqa Motipora, Anantnag
4. Shri Anil Sharma, Sarpanch, Jindarh
Ladakh
5. Shri Tsewang Norboo, Sarpanch, Farka, Leh District
6. Shri Issa Ali, Sarpanch, Pashkum, Kargil District
Uttarakhand
7. Shri Bhaskar Samml, Pradhan, GP Bidhori, Uddham Singh Nagar
8. Smt. Kaushalya Rawat, Pradhan, Kyarkutti Bhatta, Sahaspur
1.00 - 1.30 PM Special Address by Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, MoPR
Technical Session V: Localising SDGs in PRIs

Localising SDGs & its relevance in Panchayat Planning
02.30 - 03.30 PM - Dr Joy Elamon, Director General, Kerala Institute of Local Administration &
Member, MoPR-Expert Group on Localising SDGs in PRIs

Session VI: Valedictory session
03.30 - 04.30 PM Takeaways from this workshop: Feedback from State Representatives
Concluding remarks and way forward
- Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, MoPR
- Shri Nitesh Kumar Jha, Secretary, PR, Uttarakhand
- Shri Chandra Singh Dharmshaktu, Director, PR, Uttarakhand
04.30 - 05.00 PM
Vote of Thanks: Shri Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Deputy Director, PR Dept
5.00 PM Concluding the workshop with Tea
Appendix-II
Participants List
343. Shri Tamune Miso Director (PR), State Nodal 9366535509tamune.miso@gov.in

Officer PPC
344. Ms. Tuhina Gao Programme Manager 9650971457/ pmsisdasrlm@gmail.com

(ArSRLM)
345. Shri Rodo Bui Asstt. Director, SPRC- 9402619092/ rodobui@gmail.com

SIRD&PR
346. Shri Md. Hasan khan Technical Assistant (MIS), PR 9089461086/ hassank869@gmail.com
Dept.
347. Shri Anchit Dogra District Panchayat Officer 8988855600/ dpopr_sir_hp@gmail.com

(Nodal Officer)
348. Shri Yashpal Sharma District Audit Officer 7018432052/ yash95999@gmail.com

(Coordinating Officer)
349. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Member Zila Parishad 9805730674/ sanjay234856@gmail.com
350. Smt. Naresh Kumari Member Zila Parishad

351. Shri Devendra Rawat Chairman, Panchayat Samiti 9817468731/devindrakumarrawat7@gmail.com
Siraj
352. Shri Dipankar Kanwar Pradhan, GP Palata, Block

Bangana
353. Shri Rajat Pradhan, GP Badoli, Block rajatkumar18896@gmail.com

Una
354. Smt. Sushma Sharma Pradhan, GP Bhanala, Block 9805732019/ sushma1981sharma@gmail.com

Rait
355. Smt. Neelam Katoch Core Faculty, DAO, Kangra 9816649946/ katoch.neelam007@gmail.com
356. Shri Anil Bodh ToT 8219006295
357. Shri J C Bansal ToT 7807015001/bansal4253@gmail.com
358. Shri Uday Prakash ToT 7018142564/udaysharma331@gmail.com
359. Shri Sunil Kumar ToT 9805540430/sunilk78058@gmail.com
360. Shri Kapil Pathania ToT 9418200815/kapilpathania78@gmail.com
361. Shri Virendra Sharma ToT 7018847876/virendersharma250@gmail.com
362. Dr. Shujaat Ahmad BDO, Kupwara 9906245612/ shujaat.kas@jk.gov.in

Qureshi
363. Shri Nadeem Iqbal BDO, Dadsara 9906766733/ nadeem.jh@gmail.com
364. Shri Mohammad Sarpanch Haqla Motipora 7889697904/ ashrafpadder786@gmail.com

Ashraf Padder Block Anantnae
365. Shri Ishfaq Ahmad Sarpanch Haqla Sonmarg 6005939004/ ishfaqshabir2@gmail.com

Raina Block Gund
366. Shri Sanjeev Kumar BDO Jakyas 9600093798/ sanjeevkumarkotwal@gmail.com
367. Shri Anirudh Sinah Panchayat Secretary 9419160657/ anurudhshingh971@gmail.com
368. Shri Anil Sharma Sarpanch 9419186510/ panchayataikpc@gmail.com
369. Shri Raman Wazir Sarpanch 9419189862/ worldlinks_@yahoo.com
370. Shri Tahir Hussain Director, RD 9419709327; 7006858264/

drdladakh@gmail.com

371. Ms. Padma Angmo District Panchayat Officer, 7051331194/ dpokargil@gmail.com
Kargil
372. Shri Tsewang Norboo Sarpanch, Farka Leh District 8082335580;9419954555
373. Shri Issa Ali Sarpanch, Pashkum Kargil 9419176366/ ishaalishah@gmail.com

District
374. Shri J P Singh Joint Director, Directorate of 9406317044/

Panchayats and Nodal Officer
375. Smt. Kritika Maurya State Coordinator, Directorate 8103371878

of Panchayats
376. Dr. Ashok Jaiswal Faculty Member, TPSIPRD 9406317207/ ps.cird@nic.in
377. Shri L K Sharma Faculty Member, IEC, 8966932086/ sharmapmjsy@gmail.com

TPSIPRD
378. Smt. Elis Lakda CEO-SRLM 9993389331/ alicelakra74@gmail.com
379. Shri Satish Thakur ASPMA-SRLM 9429461902/ cgsrlm.smib@gmail.com
380. Shri Devendra Deputy Director, ZP 9423510611

Kaushik Rajnandgaon
381. Shri Nitin Kawdo Assistant Director, ZP nitinkawdo23@gmail.com

Kodagaon
382. Shri Jitendra Singh District Coordinator, ZP 8755860086/ jitendrabjym@gmail.com

Thakur Kabeerdham
383. Shri Sandeep Poyam CEO, Block Malkharoda, 8827434851/ sandeeppoyam@gmail.com

Dist. Janjagir-Champa
384. Shri Arun Chouhan President, ZP Bilaspur 9827160260
385. Ms. Ashika Kujur Chairman, Block Panchayat- 9644432340

Bagicha, Jashpur
386. Shri Nitesh kumar Jha Secretary Panchayat Raj (UK)
387. Shri Nitin Badauriya Additional Secretary

Panchayati Raj (UK)
388. Shri Chandra Singh Director Panchayati Raj (UK)

Dharmshktu

389. Shri Rajeev Kumar Joint Director Panchayati Raj
Nath Tripathi (UK)
390. Shri Manoj Kumar Deputy Director Panchayati

Tiwari Raj (UK)
391. Smt. Aanshika AMA

Sawarup
392. Shri Uday Raaj Additional Secretary Swajal
393. Shri R. Rajesh Kumar DM Dehradun
394. Smt. Neetika CDO

Khandelwal
395. Dr. Ramesh Badola Environment Specialist
396. Smt. Pooman Pathak Deputy Director
397. Shri Karunakar Singh Nodal CPPGG
398. Dr. D.K.P. Chaudhary Professor and HoD, Dev

Suman School Hrisikesh
399. Shri Vivek Upadhyay Joint Director DRDA
400. Shri Mohd. Aslam State Project Coordinator,

MGNREGA
401. Shri Pradeep Panday SRLM
402. Shri Jitendra Kumar DPRO
403. Shri Bhagwan Singh BDO

Negi
404. Shri Amar Singh BDO
405. Smt. Aanita Panwar BDO
406. Shri Sunil Chauhan Kanishak Sahayak
407. Shri Saurabh Nirmohi Kanishak Sahayak
408. Shri Harish Nautiyal VPDO
409. Kumari Swati VPDO

410. Shri Praveen DPM
411. Kumari Soniya DEO
412. Smt. Kaushalya Rawat Pradhan, Kyarkutti Bhatta,

Sahaspur
413. Smt. Meenu Chhetri Pradhan, Purohitwala,

Sahaspur
414. Shri Sudheer Raturi Pradhan, Ranipokhri Grant,

Doiwala
415. Smt. Tabssum Prveen Pradhan, Kedarwala, Vikas

Nagar
416. Shri Ganesh Kumar Engineer

Bhatt
417. Shri Shrikant Kothiyal Jr Accountant
418. Smt. Madhu Chauhan President, Zila Panchayat
419. Shri Prashan Jain Member, Zila Panchayat
420. Shri Sundar lal Aarya DPRO 7895064183
421. Shri Rajbeer Singh VPDO 9548872494/ rajbeerbisht87@gmail.com

Bisht
422. Shri Vijay Kumar VPDO 9634094052
423. Smt. Sushama Varma Pradhan, Diyadi, Nowgaon 9389216276
424. Shri Vikash Maithani Pardhan, Tunalka,Nowgaon 8126308461
425. Shri Deepak Bijlwan President, Zila Panchayat 8126383881
426. Shri Pardeep Kaitura Member, Zila Panchayat 9760949437
427. Shri Rajendra Singh DPRO 7579218964/ dprochamoli@gmail.com

Gunjiyal
428. Shri Shelendra Shaini VPDO 9520544729
429. Shri Arvind Singh Pradhan, Khalla Dasholi 9837252338/ bishtarvind1974@gmail.com

Bisht

430. Shri Pushakar Singh Pradhan, Mandal Dasholi 9675627548
Bisht
431. Shri Shayam Lal AMA
432. Shri Vidhaya Singh DPRO 9412985220

Somnal
433. Shri Bhaskar Samml Pradhan 9756723184
434. Smt. Nirmala Singh Pradhan, Keeratpura, Uddham 7351717741

Singh Nagar
435. Shri Haridev Singh Member, Zila Panchayat
436. Shri Ajeet Pal Singh Member, Zila Panchayat
437. Shri Tara Singh Pradhan, Pethi, Kapcot 9897362661/ tara.devali@gmail.com

Devali
438. Shri Chamu Singh BDC Member 9412925978

Devli
439. Shri Rajendra ADO

Chauhan
440. Shri Harish Pant Kanisk Sahayak
441. Shri Deepak Upreti DPM
442. Shri Anoop DEO
443. Shri Rampal Singh DPRO 9105906036/ dpronewtehri@gmail.com
444. Smt. Sapna Rawat Pradhan, Aagar, Narendra 7300618192

Nagar
445. Shri Vinod Bijlwan Pradhan, Jakholi, Narendra 9458970042

Nagar
446. Ku. Prachi Rawat Tax Officer 6395179356
447. Shri Bhola Singh President, Zila Panchayat 6396816835/ parmarbhola36@gmail.com

Parmar
448. Smt. Asha Rawat Zila Panchayat Member 7500815633
449. Shri Rajendra Singh AMA

Kathat

450. Shri Mohd. Mustafa DPRO 9105906030/ dpropauri@gmail.com
khan
451. Shri Nitin Nautiyal ADO 9456561117
452. Shri Deepak Negi VPDO 9897402353/ gpvateaps@gmail.com
453. Shri Neeraj Payal Pradhan, Kothar, Yamkeshwar 8958988702/ neerajpayal111@gmail.com
454. Shri Preetam Singh Pradhan, Sirasu, Yamkeshwar 9719828190/ gpvatarget1@gmail.com
455. Shri Manish Pradhan, Markhoda, Khirsu 9760692774

Bahuguna
456. Smt. Arti Negi Member, Zila Panchayat
457. Smt. Arti Bhandari Member, Zila Panchayat
458. Shri Atul Pratap Singh DPRO 9410178319/ dpronanital@gmail.com
459. Shri Anil Joshi JE 9997737542/ anil11joshi@gmail.com
460. Shri Deepak Chandra Member, Zila Panchayat 9458965849/ deepakmalkanintl@gmail.com

Malkani
461. Shri Sunil Kumar AMA
462. Shri Amit Mamgai JE
463. Shri Diwakar Purohit SRLM 9720852770

7. Shri Uma Shankar Pandey 9999358083
Consultant ,Ministry of Jal Shakti uspandey@kpmg.com
Dept. of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS)
8. Shri Mohit Yadav 9953558847
Asst. General Manager, Pension Fund Regulatory mohit.yadav@pfrda
and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi
9. Dr. Soumen Bagchi 9971002912;
Social Policy Specialist- Local Governance & 9312617712
Public Finance, United Nations Children’s Fund sbagchi@unicef.org
(Unicef)
10. Shri Anuj Tiwari 9818584477; 7763970778
Consultant, National Disaster Management anujtiwari.ndma@gmail.com
Authority, New Delhi

11. Dr. R Murugeswaran 8939182868
Deputy Director (MPs), National Medicinal Plants dr.murugesh.nmpb@gov.in
Board, Scientific Officer-Siddha, New Delhi
Shri Raman Wadhwa, Deputy Director, MoRD 9406904006
12. raman@mpdpip.org
Ms. Benazir Nazeem Navaz
13. Thematic Anchor - Capacity Building, 7349038475
Kudumbashree-National Resource benazir.ksnro@gmail.com
Organisation(NRO)
Dr. Joy Elamon 9446521312
14. Director General, KILA, Kerala director@kila.ac.in
9. Dr. Bankey Bihari 9458975199
ICAR-Dehradun Biharibankey_bankey@yahoo.co.in
MoPR / NIRDPR

1. Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Additional Secretary, cs.kumar@nic.in
MoPR
2. Shri Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay Under Secretary, MoPR 9868817588/ sanjay.upadhyay25@nic.in
3. Dr. P.P. Balan, Consultant, MoPR 8547721312/ balanpp85@gmail.com
4. Shri Shlokarth Trivedi, Consultant, NPMU, MoPR 9717808181/ shlokarth.trivedi@nic.in
5. Shri Satyendra Jha, Consultant, NPMU, MoPR 9899651349/ satyendra.mopr@nic.in
6. Shri Mohit Rao, Consultant, MoPR 7428028289/ mohit.rao@nic.in
7. Dr. C. Kathiresan, Assoc. Prof & Head, CPRDP&SSD, 9490191088/ kathiresan.nird@gov.in

NIRDPR
8. Shri Md. Taqiuddin, Sr. Consultant, NIRDPR 9948540686/ taqiuddin.nird@gov.in
9. Shri Munish Jain, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9425079706/ munishjain.nird@gov.in
10. Dr. Shankar Lingam, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9848513519/ mshankar.nird@gov.in

Proceedings of the
13-14 December, 2021

Agartala, Tripura

through Panchayat Development Plans in Northeastern States held on
December 13-14, 2021 at Agartala, Tripura
1. Background
The People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) was launched by the Government of India on 2nd October 2018. This
campaign covered all 29 States and 6 UTs for preparing participatory plans at the Gram Panchayat level
with the help of available resources. During the first year of the campaign, a total of 2.39 lakh GPDPs
were prepared, for which a total of 3.35 lakh facilitators were nominated covering 2.56 lakh Gram
Panchayats. From the line departments, around 10.84 lakh frontline workers were appointed.
Subsequently, the People's Plan Campaign rolled out in all the States every year. During the campaign,
structured Gram Sabha meetings were held for preparing Panchayat Development Plans for the next
financial year. From the last financial year besides GPDP, the BPDP and DPDP are also introduced all
over the country.
The first National Level Orientation Workshop on PPC-2021 was organized at NIRDPR, Hyderabad on
13th September 2021 to roll out the campaign across the country for the formulation of a comprehensive
Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP), Block Panchayat Development Plans (BPDP), and District
Panchayat Development Plans (DPDP) by Gram Panchayat, Block Panchayat, and District Panchayat
respectively from 2nd October 2021 to 31st January 2022.
Similarly, four regional workshops have been conducted for Indo-Gangetic, Coastal State, PESA states,
Himalayan States, and finally a two-day regional workshop for Northeastern states held at Agartala,
Tripura on 13 &14 December 2021.The Goal of the Regional level workshop was:
 To make the participants understand the key objectives and focus areas of PPC and deepen their
understanding of various ways and means of strengthening the GPDP process,
 To develop a common understanding among the participants about some important programs of
line ministries and their integration into GPDP, and
 To enhance their understanding of certain desired interventions for making GPDP inclusive,
holistic and comprehensive like Data-driven planning, Localisation of SDGs, etc.

2. The Proceedings

Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb, Hon’ble Sabhadhipati, Paschim Tripura Zilla Parishad, Tripura along with other
dignitaries inaugurated the two-day-long regional workshop by lightening the lamp and watering the
‘Agar’ plant as the name ‘Agartala’ has emerged from the name of the plant itself.
During the inaugural Session, Sri Chnadra Singh Dharashaktu, Director PR, Uttarakhand welcomed the
participants.

Mr. Devananda Reang, Director of Panchayats, Govt. of Tripura
welcomed all the Dignitaries, Resource Persons, Faculties, and Delegates
from the NE States. He pays profound gratitude to MoPR and NIRD&PR,
Hyderabad and NERC-NIRDPR, Guwahati to select Agartala, Tripura to
organize the Regional Workshop. Last but not least he welcomed all the
BDOs as the torchbearer and stakeholder who will carry the message of
“Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas” and implement the same at the grassroots
level to achieve the desired goal.
He also mentions “I do hope the small steps we have taken to participate

Mr. Devananda Reang
Director of Panchayats, in the workshop will be a giant leap of the mankind when we will go back
Govt. of Tripura to the respective workplace and put into practice the take ways of the
workshop”.
Shri Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, MoPR He welcomed all the

Dignitaries, Resource Persons, Faculties, and Delegates from the NE
States. He mentioned that PPC 2021-22 was inaugurated at Delhi on 30th
September 2021 by the Hon’ble Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj
Singh, where all the principal secretaries of the states participated. This is
the fifth and final workshop of this year hosted by the R.D.(Panchayat)
Department, Govt. of Tripura. He also stated that, even though this is the
fourth year of PPC, we have yet to produce a decent GPDP.
The presence of Line Department Officials and the technique of planning Shri Pankaj Kumar
convergence are not reaching the intended level. The migration of people Under Secretary, MoPR
from rural to urban areas is a major source of worry. We must concentrate
on the issue to prevent population shifts by developing a high-quality GPDP.
Dr. C. Kathiresan Associate Professor & Head, CPRDP&SSD,

NIRD&PR welcomed all the Dignitaries, Resource Persons, Faculties,
and Delegates from the NE States. He discussed the People’s plan
campaign (PPC) for the preparation of Panchayat Development plans and
discussed the importance of local-level planning (One Panchayat –One
Plan) and the constitutional Provisions given to the panchayats to prepare
plans for economic development & social justice.
He mentioned the 5(five) important phases of PPC, such as i) Organising

Special Gram Sabhas ii) Appointment of Facilitator for every GP / Rural
Local Body for handholding GPDP process iii) Public Information Board
in every Gram Panchayat iv) Preparation of GPDP during 2nd Oct – 31st Dr. C. Kathiresan
Associate Professor, NIRD&PR
Dec. v) Publishing of approved Plan in PlanPlus (now, eGramSwaraj).

Dr. Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NIRDPR,
Guwahati welcomed all the Dignitaries, Resource
Persons, Faculties, and Delegates from the NE States and
explained the content of the Regional workshop program
module.
Dr. Narayan Sahoo,

Associate Professor, NIRDPR, NERC, Guwahati
Chief Guest Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb, Sabhadhipati, Paschim

Tripura Zilla Parishad welcomed all the Dignitaries, Resource
Persons, Faculties, and Delegates from the NE States and
highlighted the importance of preparation of GPDP through the
Gram Sabha. She also mentioned that the participation of
villagers and Line Department Officials in the Gram Sabha is
not satisfactory so requested all participants to look into the
matter of how to cope up with the issue. Further, she requested Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb, Sabhadhipati,
Paschim Tripura Zilla Parishad
all the delegates and participants to implement the learning of
the workshop at the grassroots level for the socio-economic transformation of the villagers.
Shri Prasun De, Joint Director of Panchayats, Tripura

welcomed all the Dignitaries, Resource Persons, Faculties,
and Delegates from the NE States and a pay vote of thanks
to everyone. He also requested Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb,
Sabhadhipati, Paschim Tripura Zilla Parishad inaugurate the
exhibition stalls and requested all delegates and participants
to visit the stalls and join the technical sessions afterward.
Shri Prasun De
Joint Director of Panchayats, Tripura
Inaugural of the exhibition by Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb,

Sabhadhipati, Paschim Tripura Zilla Parishad

Smt. Piyali Roy, Consultant, MoPR presented the an overview of

People’s Plan Campaign (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas).
She set the tone for the Regional Workshop and spoke about the
background, objectives, process, and progress of GPDP over the
years, and the current status of BPDP & DPDP.
She discussed the following:
 More than 90% of GPs are conducting Single Gram Sabhas

and amalgamating all events of the GPDP cycle instead of two
Gram Sabhas.
 Need of more participation/attendance of citizens in Gram
Sabhas
Smt. Piyali Roy, Consultant, MoPR
 The requirement to ensure mass mobilization using IEC
activities
 Importance of more support/ participation from Line Departments
 Inclusion of Village Poverty Reduction Plans (VPRPs) in GPDP
 Need for flagship schemes of other Ministries in Resource Envelope- By large MGNREGA, XV
FC schemes being utilized presently
 Limited Development Progress in sectors viz. roads, sanitation, and drinking water
 Create more awareness regarding different Yojanas/Schemes/Subsidies available for planning to
all the GPPFT members as well as to the master trainers.
 Monitoring of GPDP activities for the FY 2020-21
 Focused on the importance of low/no-cost activities.
Ms. Monica Meena, ASO, MoPR Presented on RGSA Release

& PFMS status for NE States. She started her address by
highlighting the NE states-wise status of the RGSA account. At
present, except Assam, all states of NE yet not mapped Child
Agencies with State Nodal Agency Account. So she requested
all to map the Child Agencies by this month positively.
 She pointed out that, at present few of the NE states are

not getting the RGSA fund due to the non-submission of
Ms. Monica Meena, ASO, MoPR
UC. She requested all the states to release state shares &
also submit the pending UCs as earliest possible.
 The state must upload training calendar and training schedule training conducted both offline and
online on TMP
 The state may expedite uploading GPDP, BPDP, and DPDP on e-gram Swaraj Portal.
 Data for verification is not furnished by some states.

Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR presented on Integrating Bio-Diversity Conservation
Plan with GPDP/BPDP/DPDP. He discussed about following points:
 Bio-Diversity act 2002, Constitution of Bio-Diversity Management Committee (BMC),

 Roles and Responsibilities of BMCs and stated the importance of Integration of Biodiversity
Conservation Plan with GPDP / BPDP / DPDP
 Guidelines of the People’s Bio-Diversity Register and the importance of community participation
in PBR preparation
Dr. Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NERC-NIRDPR, Guwahati presented on Evidence-based

Panchayat Planning.
 He explained the need for evidence-based planning at the panchayat level and mentioned that the
plans should be prepared using necessary and sufficient data, as evidence of the ground realities
and real needs.
 He discussed the availability of data of line departments with the Gram Panchayat. Through case
studies, It is observed that either Line Department Data are not available or partially available with
the Gram Panchayat. The level of competency of front-line workers in the Gram Sabhas regarding
knowledge of Data and Scheme of the concerned department is uncertain.
 He cited that few of the NE states are preparing GPDP for only Central Finance Commission
Grants and MGNREGA instead of convergence mode with line department.
 He stated that every state should prepare a data bank for each Panchayats. Collection of data must
be initiated from April-May so that by the end of September each Panchayat must have a
readymade data bank that will be helpful to prepare evidence-based GPDP.
 He also emphasized making a poverty-free Panchayat in addition to improving the quality of civil
works.

2.3 Technical Session II: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with VPDP/GPDP
Mr. Soumen Bagchi, United Nations Children’s Fund

(Unicef)
 He explained to give special attention to Children, as they

are more vulnerable than adults; Children are particularly
susceptible to exploitation and abuse. Child-Friendly
Panchayats can help children realize their potential.
 He spoke on constitutional provisions that guarantee
Fundamental Rights to all children in the country, as well
as key laws that govern children's care, protection, and development.
 He explained the salient features of the Child-Friendly Gram Panchayat, the Role of MoPR &
Localization of SDGs & the PRIs.
 Further, he discussed the importance of organizing the “Bal Sabhas” to address the issues faced
by the Children.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
 He discussed the importance of the incorporation of the Village Disaster Management Plan in the
Panchayat Development Plan as Disasters take away decades of Developmental Gains.
 He quoted that “One Dollar spent on preparedness/risk reduction or mitigation, saves seven dollars
needed for response and relief”.
 Further, he discussed the salient Provisions in the DM Act,
2005 & the Prime Minister’s Ten-Point Agenda for
Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience.
 He explained the Process for Development of VDMPs &
Role of Panchayats in Disaster Management - Pre-
Disaster, During Disaster & Post Disaster
 Finally, he discussed the DRR Issues for Discussion in GPs
& Initiatives taken by MoPR and NDMA.
Dr. Jui Bhattacharya, National Mission Manager, Day-NRLM, MoPR
 She discussed the process of the Village Poverty Reduction

Plan (VPRP) & the importance of incorporation of VPRP
in GPDP.
 She also emphasized the VPRP 2020-21 major
achievements, the state-by-state status of VPRP
preparation and submission to Panchayats, and the major
problems encountered while preparing the VPRP.

Ms. Benzir Nazeem Navaz, Thematic Anchor, Kudumbashree-NRO
 She highlighted the Strategy of Kudumbashree-NRO for

VPRP(2020-21)
 She also notes the benefits of collaborating with SHG

Network to prepare a practical, transparent, and
participative GPDP.
Mr. Ripan Chakma, State Mission Managers, TRLM
 He emphasized the Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission's

significant accomplishments, as well as the techniques
used by Tripura in preparation for the VPRP and its current
condition.
2.4 Technical Session III: Localising SDGs in PRIs
Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRDPR, Odisha & Member,
MoPR-Expert Group on Localising SDPs in PRIs presented on
Localizing SDGs & its relevance in Panchayat Planning in North East
Region.
 He briefly discussed the concept of SDGs and the meaning of

localizing the SDGs. He stressed setting up strategies for
integrating SDGs with common people’s problems.
 He emphasized the importance of Tribal Mainstreaming &
Development in respect of NE States.
 He discussed the importance of the incorporation of SDGs into
nine themes which should be the vision of a Gram Panchayat to
achieve the Goals.
 Finance Commission & Award Grants, in addition to other Centrally Sponsored Schemes and
State-Sponsored Schemes, might be a significant source of help in achieving the Goals.
 All tiers of PRIs must set up a Resolution (Sankalp) on SDGs during the preparation of the
Panchayat Development Plan.

Mr. RSN Sharma, Project Manager, RGSA-NPMU, MoPR presented on
Revamped RGSA & Localising of GPDP.He discussed Revamped RGSA
and Localization of SDGs and in this regard following activities are
proposed.
 Capacity Building of SLMTT regularly
 MA Survey to include the identified SDG indicators
 Focus in GPDP should be to shift from quantity to quality in planning
 Principle of ‘Leaving No One Behind’ under SDGs to be addressed

in the GPDP
 Dedicated dashboard for monitoring of SDGs
 Awards for Localizing SDGs under PDI and SDG achievement
 Roadmap for Localization of SDGs through RGSA
2.5 Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing by Elected Representatives
Sharing of Experiences by District Panchayat Presidents
Arunachal Pradesh:Shri Chukhu Bablu, ZPC, Papum Pare Dist.
 He shared his experiences as elected president of Papum Pare District discussed Challenges
faced during his tenure
 Orientation and training for PRI members and functionaries are not provided on time by the
respective parties.
 Non-participation in GPDP/Gram Sabhas by all line departments.
 There is no suitable monitoring mechanism in place to check the operation of the line
departments.
 Funding Flow (should be centre to Implementing agencies).
 A lack of knowledge of the PRI structure and the VPRP among PRI members.
 He requested for relaxation of guidelines to take up some citizen-centric activities.
Meghalaya: Smt. Binsary ChMarak, Secretary, VEC, Rombagre, West Garo Hills District
She focused on the preparation of a participatory plan using all available local resources for the inclusive
development of the Gram Panchayat.

Tripura: Shri. Joydeb Debbarma, Sabhadhipathi, Khowai District
 He requests to organize this type of workshop at the District and Block level on a regular basis.
 He also mentions that to make doubling the farmer's income all the schemes need to be
implemented properly by all tiers.
 He emphasized chalking out plans for the exposer visit of the elected representative for gathering
more knowledge about developmental activities.
 He mentioned that presently Panchayat Development plans are not prepared for all 29 subjects as
mentioned in the XIth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
 He also requested all the elected representatives to attend the session seriously and to learn the
new thoughts and ideas in letter and spirit
Tripura: Shri. Amalendu Das, Sabhadhipati, Unakoti District
The issues highlighted by the Hon’ble Sabhadhipati, Unakoti Zilla Parishad may be seen below:
 The action plan possesses certain limitations and prioritized plans should be framed and
one advisory should be there for effective developments.
 The line department’s participation in the planning process should be improved.
 To achieve a holistic development goal, practical planning and transparency should be
maintained.
 Income generation activities, drinking water issues are being addressed with the 15th
Finance Grants and State Fund.
 Sometimes due to delay of line departments execution procedure, sending of UCs in time
is not possible
 Awareness of PRI members and functionaries at regular intervals is required.
Tripura: Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb, Sabhadhipati, Tripura
 She mentions the importance of Gram Sabhas and also increases the number of quality
Gram Sabha in a year.
 Wide awareness about the schedule of Gram Sabha should be done and participation of the
Line Department should be ensured.
 She also focused on exposure visits inside state and outside the state for elected
representatives to enhance their learning.
 She proposed for increase of Own Source Revenue by utilizing the unused government
land (fishery and other activities may be taken up)
 She suggested forming a joint inspection team with the elected representatives and officials
to closely monitor the developmental activities of PRIs.
 She also pointed out those SHGs to be nourished properly for women empowerment which
will be helpful for the inclusive development of the state.
 She proposed to initiate a mass cleanliness drive (Swachata) on the agenda of Gram Sabha.

Sharing of Experiences by Gram Panchayat Presidents
Arunachal Pradesh:Shri. Happi Mane, GP Member, Mayu II GP, Lower Dibang Vally District
 He has reported that during his tenure drinking water, mobile connectivity, road connectivity is
improved by using different funds.
 He pushed for local people to make donations in the form of kind, cash, or labor for the
development of the Gram Panchayat because the government cannot take on all of the Gram
Panchayat's development tasks in a single year.
 Training of newly elected members should be done on regular basis.
 Technical expertise is required for all big projects as Gram Panchayat without any technical
expertise can’t take up technical works.
Assam: Shri. Manab Sanawal, Talap GP, Tinsukia District
 He shared all development activities carried out in his Panchayat with proper and effective
planning.
 He also focused on the increase of Own Source Revenue by using the fund available with Gram
Panchayat.
 With the Own Source Fund, his Panchayat helped people during the covid lockdown and also
helped people by supplying nutrition kits, thermal scanners, Oximeter, Sanitizer, etc.
 He also proposed for relaxation of guidelines so that all people-centric activities can be taken up
without any hindrance.
 Installation of the CC Camera in the theft-prone area is a commendable job taken up by the Gram
Panchayat.
Assam: Shri. Pradip Dewri, Baghjap GP, Morigaon District
 He stated that Baghjap GP earned the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar
2017-18 and used the money from the award to build a Poultry Hatchery facility, which became a
revenue source for the Panchayat.
 He shared the process carried out for the Preparation of the Gaon Panchayat Development Plan.
 Using IEC activities like wall painting, bike rally, mike announcement, etc. makes the effective
planning of the Gram Panchayat easier.

2.6 Technical Session V: Presentations on MoPR initiatives
Shri G.S. Krisnan, Consultant, MoPR taken the session on making the Vibrant Gram Sabha. He
discussed following points:
 He discussed the Constitutional provisions of Gram Sabha & the level of participation in the Gram
Sabha especially the women.
 He mentioned the process to make the Gram Sabha Vibrant, i.e. to make the Gram Sabha Organic,
Innovative, and universally beneficial.
 Further, he mentioned the latest Advisory issued by the MoPR to make the Gram Sabha Vibrant.
 He discussed the importance of empowering the Gram Panchayat level Sub Committee & the
month-wise theme of Gram Sabhas needs to be organized.
 For the success of Gram Sabha, Grade-A/Grade-B officer of line department should attend the
Gram Sabha.
 Finally, he mentioned the features of the Dashboard on Vibrant Gram Sabha and suggested all
stakeholders take up Vibrant Gram Sabha in true letter and spirit.

Dr. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR Presented on Gram Manchitra- Spatial Tool for Gram
Panchayat Planning.
 He discussed the importance and utility of the incorporation of Geo-Spatial Planning in the
GPDP formulation process.
 He also stated that the MoPR intends to employ geographical data for the sustainable
development plan, as spatial datasets, in conjunction with satellite imagery, would provide a
visual picture of the plan in its current state.
 Further, he reminded the vital web portals of MoPR i.e eGramswaraj, Gram Manchitra, Mission
Antodaya, Vibrant Gram Sabha, GPDP, Citizen Charter, and SVAMITVA.

2.7 Concluding Session
Takeaways from this workshop: Presentations from State Representatives
Tripura: Mr. Ratan Nama, Assistant Director, Directorate of Panchayat, Tripura
 He shared a few development activities carried out in the Panchayat areas with proper and effective
planning by using the centrally sponsored scheme/ State sponsored scheme etc.
 Since the inception of the People’s Plan Campaign, the State Tripura is preparing a comprehensive
Action Plan by involving the maximum line Department covered under 29 subjects of the XIth
Schedule of the Constitution.
 Like Panchayati Raj Institutions, Tripura is also emphasizing the preparation of GPDP in
Traditional Local Bodies under 6th Schedule areas.
 He also added that the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura has launched three Flagship programs,
namely –
 Chief Minister’s Swanirbhar Pariwar Yojana.
 Chief Minister’s Model Village Scheme.
 Mukhyamantri Swanirbhar Yojana (Rural).
All of these three schemes aimed for holistic and comprehensive socio-economic development of
Rural Tripura.
 Further, he mentioned a few issues during the Implementation of GPDP

 Lack of awareness generation and participatory planning for GPDP.
 No concern for financial resource envelope.
 Lack of technical support to GPs for GPDP preparation.
 No relation between GPDP and works undertaken at the field level.
 Miniscule presence of major sectors like Agriculture, Health and Nutrition, Education, Animal
Husbandry, Skill development, etc.
 Line Departments working in isolation.
 Review of GPDP at Block/ District levels non-existent.
 Uploading of GPDPs not done properly/ partial.

Feedback of the Workshop
Arunachal Pradesh: Shri Mihin Lali, Asst. Director (SIRD)
 He had expressed his immense pleasure to remain present in the Regional Workshop and to share
the ideas of activities.
 He also appreciated the exhibition stalls of the SHGs during the workshop
 He had requested the officials to ensure the participation of Line Department Officials, through
issuing proper direction to all State Heads.
 The Presentation of Talap GP of Assam State was an eye-opener on how to chalk out plans for the
holistic development of the Panchayats.
 He has requested National Level Monitoring Teams visits on a periodical basis.
Assam: Shri Ranjit Goswami, ADC, CPRD

 The level of participation of Villagers & Line Department Officials in the Gram Sabha is below
expectation.
 Problem to increase the Own Source Revenue
 The necessity of Field Visits during the Workshop.
Manipur: Shri Trilokchand Singh, Informatics Officer

 The convergence model of Planning is not happening in practice.
 Direction may be given from Ministry to all states for proper convergence mode of planning
 In the case of Manipur, there is no staff from the RD Department to look after the activities of
GPDP. Moreover Elected Representatives are not interested to take responsibility as they are not
getting any honorarium.
 Though Gram sabha was held on 2nd October 2021, the Gram Sabha was not scheduled in the
portal.
 The Village Council of Manipur is not getting Funds from XV FC Grants.
 Convergences among the Portals are required.
Meghalaya: Smt. Memorial Kharma, SPM-SMS
 Pleased with the concept of Child-Friendly GP, Model Talap GP of Assam & also the concept of
Nutri-Garden of Tripura.
 The SDGs must be brought to the grassroots level through extensive awareness and training.
 The workshop's discussion on the Bio-Diversity Management Committee may be implemented in
the hilly area of Meghalaya with the assistance of the local body.
 The need for a self-learning Web Portal to learn and teach the community in order to formulate an
effective plan.

Sikkim: Shri Nripendra Pradhan, State Project Coordinator (Panchayat)
 Problems in implementation of Tied Grants of XV Finance.
 Requirement of training on guidelines XV Finance Commission
Tripura: Shri Joydeep Debbarma, Sabhadhipati, Khowai

 Proposed to organize similar workshop again in Tripura
 To take the knowledge acquired in the workshop to the grassroots level
Tripura: Shri Santanu Bikash Das, BDO, Teliamura RD Block

 Workshop to be organized before initiation of the PPC
 Proper sensitization of the Line Department Official is required
 Proposed a tagline of PPC namely “Planning – Convergence of resources for sustainable
development goal”
Tripura: Shri. Dipak Das, PEO, Jubarajnagar, North District

 Simplification of the portal, input and filtration, and forwarding of plan in Panchayat Samiti and
Zilla Parishad
 The resource envelop should be left to the respective tier of Panchayats.
 Uploading of activities of line departments along with consolidation should remain with the
district-level official of line department.

The following dignitaries had graced the event in the concluding session:
 Shri Devananda Reang, Director of Panchayats, Tripura
 Shri Basant Kumar Lama, Director of Panchayat, Sikkim
 Shri O Lokendro Singh, Joint Director, SIRD, Assam
 Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, MoPR
 Dr. C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR
 Dr. Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NERC-NIRDPR, Guwahati
During the closing session, the dignitaries, one by one, emphasized the importance of such an august
gathering for the successful implementation of the Panchayat Development Plan, as well as the delegates'
knowledge sharing experience, which serves as a great source of knowledge for both elected
representatives and functionaries from all tires. The dignitaries express their heartfelt gratitude to the RD
(Panchayat) Department of the Government of Tripura for their exceptional hospitality.
Vote of Thanks
Shri Prasun De, Joint Director of Panchayats, Tripura
 In the concluding session, Sri De conveyed his heartfelt appreciation to the Ministry of Panchayati
Raj, GoI, and NIRDPR, Hyderabad for organizing the event in a larger context. The program
concluded with a vote of appreciation to everyone.

Appendix-I
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (Monday, 13th December 2021)
Inaugural Session
10.00 - 10.10 AM Lighting of Lamp & inauguration of workshop by watering a plant
10.10 - 10.15 AM Welcome Address Shri Devananda Reang, Director of Panchayats, Tripura
10.15 - 10.20 AM Address by Mr Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, MoPR
10.20 - 10.30 AM About PPC 2021 Dr Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR, Hyderabad
10.30 - 10.40 AM workshop
About the workshop Dr Narayan Sahoo, Associate Professor, NIRDPR, Guwahati
10.30 - 10.40 AM Address by Chief Smt. Antara Sarkar Deb, Sabhadhipathi,
Guest Paschim Tripura Zilla Parishad
10.40 - 10.45 AM Vote of thanks Shri Prasun De, Joint Director of Panchayats, Tripura
10.45 - 11.30 AM Group Photo & Hi-Tea
11.30 - 12.00 PM
- Smt Piyali Roy, Consultant, MoPR
12.00 – 12.20 PM RGSA Release & PFMS Status for NE States – Ms. Monica Meena, ASO, MoPR
Integrating Bio-Diversity Conservation Plan with GPDP/BPDP/DPDP
- Dr C. Kathiresan, Associate Professor, NIRDPR, Hyderabad
12.20 – 1.30 PM
Evidence-based Panchayat Planning
1.30 – 2.30 PM Lunch
Technical Session II: Convergence of Schemes & Programs with VPDP/GPDP
- Dr. Soumen Bagchi, United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef)
- Mr Pankaj Kumar, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
02.30 - 5.00 PM
- Ms Jui Bhattacharya, National Mission Manager, DAY-NRLM, MoRD
- Ms Benzir Nazeem Navaz, Thematic Anchor, Kudumbashree-NRO
- Dr Dipayan Ghosh & Mr Ripan Chakma, State Mission Managers, TRLM

Day 2 (Tuesday, 14th December 2021)
Technical Session III: Localising SDGs in PRIs

Localising SDGs & its relevance in Panchayat Planning in North East Region
9:15 – 10:00 AM - Shri. Saroj Kumar Dash, Joint Director, SIRDPR, Odisha &
Member, MoPR- Expert Group on Localising SDGs in PRIs
Revamped RGSA & Localising of GPDP
10:00 – 10:30 AM
- Mr RSN Sharma, Project Manager, RGSA-NPMU, MoPR
10.30 - 10.45 AM Tea-break
Technical Session IV: People’s Plan Campaign – Experience sharing by Elected Representatives
Sharing of Experiences by District Panchayat Presidents
Arunachal Pradesh:
- Shri Chukhu Bablu, ZPC, Papum Pare Dist.
Meghalaya:
- Smt Binsary Ch Marak, Secretary, VEC, Rombagre, West Garo Hills Dist
Tripura:
- Shri Joydeb Debbarma, Sabhadhipathi, Khowai Dist
10:45 – 1:00 AM - Shri Amalendu Das, Sabhadhipathi, Unakoti Dist
- Smt Antara Sarkar Deb, Sabhadhipathi, Tripura (West) Dist
Sharing of Experiences by Gram Panchayat Presidents

Arunachal Pradesh:
- Shri Hapi Mane, GP Member, Mayu II GP, Lower Dibang Valley Dist.
Assam:
- Shri Manab Sonawal, Talap GP, Tinsukia Dist
- Shri Pradip Dewri, Baghjap GP, Morigaon Dist

Technical Session V: Presentations on MoPR initiatives
Vibrant Gram Sabha
- Shri G. S. Krishnan, Consultant, MoPR
2:00 – 3.00 PM
Gram Manchitra – Spatial Tool for Gram Panchayat Planning
- Dr Kathiresan, Assoc. Professor, NIRDPR

Concluding session
03.00 - 03.45 PM Takeaways from this workshop:
- Feedback / Presentations from State Representatives
- Shri Devananda Reang, Director of Panchayats, Tripura
- Shri Basant Kumar Lama, Director- Panchayat, Sikkim
- Shri O Lokendro Singh, Joint Director, Manipur
- Shri Pabitra Kalita, Joint Director, SIPRD, Assam
03.45 - 04.30 PM - Mr Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, MoPR
Vote of Thanks – Shri Prasun De, Joint Director of Panchayats, Tripura
4.30 PM Concluding the workshop with Tea

Appendix-II
Participants List
States

Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Takam Taniang AE.PR 9436633706
1.
Shri Mihin Lali Asst. Director (SIRD) 7005287231/
2. mihinlali@gmail.com
Shri Chukhu Bablu ZPC 936844444
3.
Miss Kapseng ZPC Changlang 8119914079
4. Kungkho
Miss Chathong ZPC, Tirap 8119026022
5. Lowang
Mr. Hapi Meme GPM, Magu II 9862930359
6.
Shri Amit Tara Tana GPC 9365869356
7.
Smti Chukhu Atup GPC, Gumto 9402768565
8.
Smti Tana Yarin GPC , Amba 9402075078
9.
Shri Techi Nyajung GPC 9402938865
10.
Shri Gyamar Tata District Mission Manager, 6909762556
11. ArSRLM ddmmuseppa@gmail.com
Shri Toge Tarak District Mission Manager, 9862846809
12. ArSRLM dmmupangin@gmail.com
Assam
Shri Pabitra Kalita Joint Director 9678620791
13. pabitrakalita03@gmail.com
Shri Ranjit Goswami ADC, CPRD, Assam 9954021359 /
14. deagulls2500@gmail.com
Shri Utpal Jyoti Bora Faculty, SIPRD, Assam 9864066700
15.
Shri Manab Jyoti Talap GP President, Tinsukia 9678701487 /
16. Sonawal sonawalmanab379@gmail.com
Shri Pradip Dewri Baghjap GP President, Morigaon 9864423045
17.
Shri Debaronjon DPM Kamrup (Metro) ZP 9577048428
18. Baishya
Shri Mrinal Kr. Nath DPM, Sonitpur, ZP 9864975802 /
19. mrinal4ks@gmail.com

Shri Devajit Dutta DPM, ZP, Dhungi 8486167715 /
20. dpmk.dhungi@gmail.com
Shri Bichitra Brijya DPM, ASRZM, Bakser
21. Narzary
Shri Musharaff DPM, Morigaon, ASRLM
22. Hussain Choudhary
Manipur
Shri O Lokendro Joint Director 8787386393
23. Singh
Shri Trilokchand Informatics Officer 8730902405
24. Singh
Shri K Johnson Singh Additional Project Officer 8415978494
25.
Meghalaya
Shri Lambok Dhar Faculty ETC, Meghalaya 8014339979
26.
Smt. Memorial SPM-SMS 9612557277 /
27. Kharma pmsmsi.msrls@gmail.com
Smt. Iban Mary DFS-IBCB 8729980906 /
28. Marboh ibanmarym@gmail.com
Smt. Anisha Sangma DFS-IBCB 7005690862 /
29. anisangma09@gmail.com
Shri Kitdor M HR Manager, RGSA 8974081984 /
30. Hynniewta kmhynniewta@gmail.com
Shri Kynsailin District Programme Manager 9436379375 /
31. Snaitang kynsaismaitang@gmail.com
Smt. Sarlia R. Marak District Programme Manager, 87320027199 /
32. MGNREGA sarliamarak1@gmail.com
Smt. Binsary Ch Secretary, VEC 6009230642
33. Marak
Smt. Crajina Marak Secretary, VEC, Kongbe, West
34. Garo Hills District
Mizoram
35.
Nagaland
36.
Sikkim
Shri Basant Kumar Director Panchayat ,Sikkim 9635819454
37. Lama 9734057988
Shri Chandra B Faculty, SIRD 9735099595
38. Manger
Shri Nripendra State Project Coordinator 8101549491
39. Pradhan (Panchayat)

Dr. Sandeep Rawat Sikkim Regional Centre, GBP- 8894371041
40. NIHE, Gangtok
Tripura
Shri Devananda Director of Panchayats 9436503209
41. Reang
Shri Prasun De Joint Director of Panchayats 9436136350
42. (N.O)
Shri Ratan Nama Assistant Director 9366438367
43.
Shri Bapan Debbarma PRDO,(RD) PRTI, Ambassa 9612264252
44.
Shri Chirabrata PRDO(RD), PRTI, Udaipur 9436581521
45. Debnath
Shri Dipak Das PEO, Jubarajnagar Block 8837229479
46.
Smt. Sharmistha PO, Teliamura Block 9774548340
47. DebRoy
Shri Md. Saifuddin PEO, Boxanagar Block 7085654718
48. Ahamed
Shri Sumen Debnath PEO, Tepania RD Block 8974898815
49.
Shri Uday Manik Chesrimai GP, Charilam Block
50. Noatia
Shri Subrata Shil RPM, Harinakhola GP, 9436591229
51. Mohanpur Block
Shri Rupon Das BDO, Bokafa RD Block 9774437310 /
52. bdobkf@gmail.com
Smt. Esther Jongte BDO, Kalyanpur RD Block 9612933532
53.
Shri Pranay Debnath BDO, Dukli RD Block 8787470842
54.
Shri C. Lalfaksanga BDO, Silachari RD Block 9612668924
55.
Smt. Paramita BDO, Tepania RD Block 9402324077 /
56. Majumder
Shri Sagar Debbarma BDO, Pecharthal RD Block 8837422350 /
57. sagarchill3@gmail.com
Shri Richard Zongte BDO, Amarpur RD Block 9862712079 /
58. amarpurblock@gmail.com
Shri James L BDO, Satchand RD Block 9612552901/
59. Darlong trp-satchand@nic.in
Shri David L Halam BDO, Karbook RD Block 8119437522 /
60. bdokbk@gmail.com
Shri Awmpuia BDO, Dumburnagar RD Block 7005240231 /
61. Darlong awmpuiadarlong31@gmail.com

Shri Rameshwar BDO, Gournagar RD Block 8974149121 /
62. Chakraborty bdognr@gmail.com
Shri Abhijit Das BDO, Jolaibari RD Block 9612490136
63.
Shri Pijush Deb BDO, Jampui Hill RD Block 9862352072 /
64. jmp.nrega@gmail.com
Shri Jayanta Deb BDO, Hrishyamukh RD Block 9862624045 /
65. bdohrm.block@gmail.com
Shri Sanjib Chakma BDO, Nalchar RD Block 7005605490 /
66. bdonalchar@gmail.com
Shri Anurag Sen BDO, Khowai RD Block 9436358915 /
67. bdokhowai1@rediffmail.com
Shri Beiseia Darlong BDO, Padmabil RD Block 9402395053 /
68. bdopadmabilblock@gmail.com
Shri Homagni BDO, Panisagar RD Block 8131862437 /
69. Bhattacharjee bdopanisagar@gmail.com
Shri Anupam Das BDO, Jubarajnagar RD Block 9986224126 /
70. nrega.jbn@gmail.com
Smt. Rimi Debbarma BDO, Mandwi RD Block 9862640677 /
71. mandwibdo@gmail.com
Shri Swapnajit BDO, Damcherra RD Block 7005897450
72. Sarkar
Shri Tarun Kanti BDO, Kalacherra RD Block 9612620232
73. Sarkar
Shri Kamal BDO, Hezamara RD Block 9436365627 /
74. Debbarma bdohzm@gmai.com
Shri Santanu Bikash BDO, Teliamura RD Block 9862572182 /
75. Das bdoteliamura27@gmail.com
Shri Lalentlingi BDO, Chandipur RD Block 7005223405 /
76. Tochhawng chandipur.rd.block@gmail.com
Shri Dhriti Sekhar BDO, Boxanagar RD Block 9774108047
77. Roy
Shri Sadesh BDO, Belbari RD Block 8225001714 /
78. Debbarma bdobelbari@gmail.com
Shri Rudradeep Nath BDO, Ompi RD Block 8527656464 /
79. bdoompi@gmail.com
Shri Amit Kumar BDO, Bishalgarh RD Block 9436541940 /
80. Karmakar bdobishalgarh@rediffmail.com
Shri Narayan Ch BDO, Mohanpur RD Block 7005383474
81. Majumder bdomohanpur@rediffmail.com
Shri Ripan Chakma SMM, TRLM 9612341290
82.
Shri Dhrubajit BDO, Ambassa RD Block 9862845044 /
83. Debbarma bdoambassa@gmail.com
Shri Animesh BDO, Killa RD Block 9366463377 /
84. Debbarma killardblokc@gmail.com

Shri Kamal BDO, Kadamtala RD Block 8729826910 /
85. Debbarma nrega.kdl@gmail.com
Shri Utpal Das BDO, Jampuijala RD Block 6009476539
86.
Shri Mithun Das BDO, Mohanbhog RD Block 9862745315
87. Chowdhury
Shri Dibyendu Das BDO, Bamutia RD Block 8119032839
88.
Shri Mahendra BDO, Lefunga RD Block 8787610273
89. Kambey Chakma
Shri Biswa PEO, Jampuijala RD Block 9402147899
90. Debbarma
Shri Prabal Kanti BDO, Kathalia RD Block 9485070740
91. Das
Shri Parimal BDO, Manu RD Block 9402142556
92. Majumder
Miss. Kaberi Nath BDO, B.C. Nagar RD Block 8696051368 /
93. bdobcnagar@gmail.com
Shri Joydeep BDO, Charilam RD Block 9485465883 /
94. Chakraborty bdocharilam@rediffmail.com
Shri Swarup Kr. Paul BDO, Rajnagar RD Block 8974914689 /
95. swarupkrpaul88@gmail.com
Shri Tanmoy BDO, Poangbari RD Block 7085534747 /
96. Debnath tanmoydebnath14586@gmail.com
Shri Himendu B. BDO, Laljuri RD Block 9402103457 /
97. Paul himendupaul@gmail.com
Shri Lalit Chakma BDO, Chawmanu RD Block 9436175945 /
98. bdocmn@gmail.com
Shri Dr. S Bhowmik BDO, Kumarghat RD Block 8974306046 /
99. kgt.nrega@gmail.com
Smt. Pamela Saha BDO, Old Agartala RD Block 9863102763 /
100. bdoagartala@gmail.com
Shri Sudip Kr Kar AD, Unakoti ZP 8132836062 /
101. skkar.slm@gmail.com
Shri Bir Bahadur AD, Dhalai ZP 7005569727
102. Reang
Shri Anupam AD, Khowai ZP 9612932989
103. Chakma
Shri Sanjib Paul AD, West Tripura ZP 8787744761
104.
Shri Bipul Barman AD, Gomati ZP 9436468701 /
105. bipul.barman79@gmail.com
Shri Anish Debnath AD, South Tripura ZP 9436351723 /
106. anish.debnath1977@gmail.com
Shri Dilip Kr Nath AD, North Tripura ZP 8787498476
107.

Shri Biswajit AD, Sepahijala ZP 7005589330 /
108. Majumder biswajitmajumder19@gmail.com
Shri Rohit Debbarma Livelihood Coordinator, TRLM 6009438484 /
109. rohitdebbarma@gmail.com
Shri Narendra Reang PO, Directorate of Panchayats 9436132680
110.
Shri Arajit PEO, Mungiakami RD Block 8413014595
111. Debbarma arijitdebbarma24@gmail.com
Shri Rajib Reang PO, Raishyabari RD Block reangrajib@gmail.com
112.
Shri Avijit Das PO, Salema RD Block 8131968283
113. avijitd915@gmail.com
Shri Prahlad Das PEO, Bishalgarh RD Block 8415006751
114.
Shri Nitai Nama PEO, Tulasikhar RD Block 9436139851
115. namanitai@gmail.com
Shri Paritosh PEO, Mohanbhog RD Block 7005846825
116. Debbarma
Shri Nripendra PEO, Padmabil RD Block 9612990124
117. Debbarma
Smt. Debjani Basu PEO, Kalyanpur RD Block 8974661393
118. Debroy debjanibasu125@gmail.com
Shri Prabir saha PEO, Old Agartala RD Block 8787563341
119. prabirsaha0406@gmail.com
Shri Prasenjit PEO, 8413840599
120. Bhowmik prasenjit.bhmk@gmail.com
Shri Kajal Das PO, Hezamara RD Block 8414847608 /
121. kajaldaspo@gmail.com
Shri Dilip Debnath PEO, Rajnagar RD Block 8732898407
122.
Shri Kaushik PO, Matabari RD Block 7005243501
123. Chowdhury pokaushik123@gmail.com
Shri Amar Chand PEO, Mandwi RD Block 7630875352
124. Biswas
Shri Nantu Deb PEO, Bamutia RD Block 8414034547
125. nan2deb@gmail.com
Shri Gobinda Sarkar PEO, Panisagar RD Block 7005907551
126.
Shri Partha Saha PEO, Jolaibari RD Block 9436922520
127. parthasaha.peo@gmail.com
Shri Bikash PO, Dukli RD Block 9862780072
128. Chowdhury bikashchowdhury@gmail.com
Shri Ashok PEO, Lefunga RD Block 9612630739
129. Debbarma
Shri Rajesh PO, Karbook RD Block 9862219809
130. Debbarma bdokbk@gmail.com

Shri Jatindra PEO, Durgachwomuhani RD 8974110036
131. Debbarma Block debbarma.jatin@gmail.com
Shri Rupali PEO, Nalchar RD Block 9862735353
132. Bhowmik trupalibhowmik90@gmail.com
Shri Hiramanik PEO, Jampuihill RD Block 9612343966
133. Tripura tripurahiramanik@gmail.com
Shri Arjun Ch PEO, Killa RD Block 9862407293
134. Debnath
Shri Prahlad Noatia PO, Amarpur RD Block 8787464926
135.
Shri Manoranjan PEO, Belbari RD Block 8837391165
136. Debbarma
Shri Tajim Chakma PEO, Kalacherra RD Block 8974874694
137.
Shri Mithun PEO, Silachari RD Block 8132998008
138. Bhowmik
Shri Rachik Chakma PO, Laljuri RD Block 8119853068
139.
Shri Prasanta PEO, Kakraban RD Block 9436566048
140. Chakraborty
Shri Md. Helal PO, Kathalia RD Block 8413041075
141. Uddin
Shri Karnajit Shil RPM, Directorate of Panchayats 9774444301
142. karnajitshil@gmail.com
Shri Bishnupada RPM, Directorate of Panchayats 8837242883
143. Debnath pada.bishnu87@tripura.gov.in
Shri Subhayan PRDO, PRTI AD Nagar 7005498599
144. Chakraborty
Shri Surajit Paul RPM, Directorate of Panchayats 7005335494
145. surajitpaul111@gmail.com
Shri Pintu Rupini RPM, Directorate of Panchayats 8731072527
146. information8686@gmail.com
Shri Bijoy Vaskar PRDO, PRTI AD Nagar 9436538778
147. Das vaskardas.29@gmail.com
Shri Subir Saha PRDO, PRTI Ambassa 8787859250
148.
Shri Hillol Das PRDO, PRTI AD Nagar 9774840986
149.
Shri Debjyoti RPM, Directorate of Panchayats 7005161962
150. Malakar
Shri Rajib Malakar Assistant Professor, SIPARD, 9862724592
151. Tripura rajib.malakar@nic.in
Smt. Dr. Elizabeth Assistant Professor, SIPARD, 9862950602
152. Sangliana Tripura elmuani@gmail.com
Shri Rajib Majumder Director, PWD (DWS) 9436135620
153. rajibmajumder@hotmail.com

Shri Amalendu Das Sabhadhipati, Unakoti 8014418550
154.
Shri Joydeep Sabhadhipati, Khowai 9862514008
155. Debbarma
Smt. Antara Sarkar Sabhadhipati, West Tripura 8416097744
156. Deb
Smt Supriya Das Sabhadhipati , Sepahijala 7085640787
157. Datta
Smt. Kakali Das Sabhadhipati , South Tripura 9612040308
158. Datta
Miss Kanika PM, SMMU , TRLM 8131873770
159. Debbarma
Shri Shyamal PEO 7629880605
160. Debbarma
Smt. Sangita Tripura L C Farm 7005032949
161.
Shri Somen Debnath PEO 8974898815
162.
Shri Amaresh BDO, Durga Chowmuhani RD 9436471311
163. Barman Block
Shri L. Hrangkhawl Additional Director, SW & SE
164.
Shri A K Debbarma Dy. Director 9436124428
165.
Shri Arjun Saha OSD 7005708006
166.
Shri Tapan Mala OSD 9862643559
167.
Shri Tarendra Dy. Director, Fisheries 9436992542
168. Debbarma
Shri Lokesh Paul Fishery Officer 7005231600
169.
Shri Swapan Sabhadhipati , Gomati 9612655933
170. Adhikari
Shri Gopal Krishna PEO, Mohanpur 6009491182
171. Datta

Institutions/ Line Ministries - Resource Persons
15. Dr. Soumen Bagchi 9999358083
Social Policy Specialist- United Nations uspandey@kpmg.com
Children’s Fund (Unicef)
16. Shri Pankaj Kumar 9953558847

Under Secretary, National Disaster mohit.yadav@pfrda
Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of
Home Affairs, New Delhi
17. Shri Saroj Kumar Dash 9971002912;

Joint Director, SIRDPR, Odisha 9312617712
sbagchi@unicef.org
18. Ms. Benazir Nazeem Navaz 9818584477; 7763970778

Thematic Anchor - Capacity Building, anujtiwari.ndma@gmail.com
Kudumbashree-National Resource
Organisation(NRO)
19. Ms. Jui Bhattacharya 8939182868

National Mission Manager, DAY-NRLM, dr.murugesh.nmpb@gov.in
MoRD ,New Delhi
MoPR / NIRDPR
1. Shri Pankaj Kumar, Under Secretary, MoPR 9990737376
pankaj.kr73@nic.in
2. Shri G S Krishnan, Consultant , MoPR 9871323211
3. Shri RSN Sharma, Project Manager,MoPR 9773944399
rsharma.mopr@nic.in
4. Ms. Monica Meena, Assistant Section Officer, MoPR 9971464094
monica.meena90@gov.in
5. Ms. Piyali Roy, Consultant, MoPR 9748190382
6. Dr. C. Kathiresan, Assoc. Prof , NIRDPR, Hyderabad 9490191088

kathiresan.nird@gov.in
7. Dr. Narayan Sahoo, Assoc. Prof, NERC, NIRDPR 9436050709
nsahoopr@gmail.com
8. Shri Munish Jain, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9425079706
munishjain.nird@gov.in
9. Dr. Shankar Lingam, Training Manager, NIRDPR 9848513519
mshankar.nird@gov.in

Appendix-III
Issues Raised by Various States
Assam:-
1. Assam Team raised the issue that though the VPRP submitted in the GP by SHG / CBO members
to incorporate in the GPDP but actually not implemented within the financial year.
2. The convergence policies in top Level is very good, but in implementation level the convergence
not actually take place. Hence, directions /circular should be jointly circulated from top level.
3. The attendance of line departments in Gram Shaba’s is very less. How to overcome these
situations.
4. The workshop is very good and field visit, group discussion and presentation like subject to be
incorporate will be better if authority agreed.
5. Certificate is to be provided to the participants.
Arunachal Pradesh:-
1. The workshop is a common plate form for Information/ exchange of ideas /Activities carried out
by the states.
2. Instructions not received by the line department to participate in the Gram Shabahas .
3. How to integrate the line department into the VPRD/ GPDP?
4. NLM team shall have to depute to Arunachal Pradesh.
5. Issues raised for the linking of Line department with to GPGD.
Manipur:-
1. In Peoples Plan Campaign, regarding convergence is better with line department but line
department is not interested to participate in the Gram Sabha though the 29 departments is aligned
in PPC.
2. No TA /DA, incentive provision is made by the department to participate in the Gram sabhas.
3. Village councils not received the XVFC and hence not interested to prepare the GPDP. MoPR and
NIRDP please looked into the matter.
Meghalaya:-
1. SDGs are needed to be incorporate in the GPDP.
2. There should be synchronizations of Many Portal of the like e-gramswaraj, PMAYG , Panchyat
Dev Plan etc. to reduce the data variation.
3. Fund disbursed to Development Councils but how to channelize the fund to prepare GPGD.
4. To develop child friendly Panchayat
5. Need to intensify nutritional schemes for women & children.

Sikkim:-
1. Confusion like tide and untied fund, XV FC.
Sabhapatis:-
1. Effective measures how to improve in future.

2. Problem, issues, challenges how to realistic plan to be formulated.
BDOs:-
1. Request regarding one tag line can be drawn.
2. Conducts workshops before 2nd October.
3. Line department should be aware about convergence.
4. Simplification of modules.
5. Advisory’s to be issued by line departments.

National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030, Telangana, India

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People’s Plan Campaign 2021

Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas

Proceedings of the Regional Workshops

Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)

1. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 01

2. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 31

3. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 50

4. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 50

5. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop held for 103

28-29 October 2021

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The detailed program schedule of this two-day workshop is provided in Appendix-I.

2.1 Inaugural Session

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The welcome address of the workshop was followed by

He mentioned that GPDP campaign which is popularly

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The development changes should be planned as per the

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Release of Training Manual on ‘Participatory Village Development Planning Process’

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She stated that the planning process of PPC campaign

The previous campaigns have shown the following key elements:

 In the year 2018, 93 % villages prepared their development plans.

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GPPFT (Gram Panchayat Planning Meetings of the newly

Ward-wise GRAM Organizing Activity Press Notes

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The Third presentation of the session was presented by

In the presentation he highlighted the fact that Integrating

He cited the Niti Ayog report of 2019 on SDGs and

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The technical session focussed on 5 thematic areas:

Punjab: Ms. Sheshandeep Kaur, Sarpanch, Manak

She emphasized that induction training to the newly

Shri Rajdeep Sandhu, Sarpanch, Ratta Khera, Ghal

Shri Rajdeep Sandhu, Sarpanch, Ratta Khera,

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Shri Kamal Patal, Sarpanch, Smt. Anuradha Joshi, Sarpanch Koodriya

 Capacity building initiative taken during COVID-19

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She highlighted the salient features of the Village Poverty

Training for 2 Concept seeding at

Preparation and Prioritsation and

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Ms. Madhulika Joshi, Mr. Shreyas Kumar Rai,

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The project aims to develop the 100 tourism village

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Shri Khushwant Singh Sethi, Joint Secretary, MoPR

Afterwards he shared the glance of Panchayat statistics of

a) Radical approach required

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Shri J.K. Mishra, Technical Director, Ms. Karnika Kaushik, Consultant,

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The need for Evidence based and Data driven Panchayat

The approach for evidence based and data driven

 Evidence based means that the best available

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The presentation by Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Deputy General

The scheme was introduced in the year 2015 and it