GPDP PROGRESS IN

HIMACHAL PRADESH
 DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
HIMACHAL PRADESH
AT A GLANCE
NAME OF THE STATE HIMACHAL PRADESH

NO. OF DISTRICTS 12 (2fully PESA and one patial PESA Districts)

NO. OF BLOCKS 78 ( 7 PESA Blocks)
NO. OF GPs 3226 (151 PESA Gram Panchayats)
NO OF ZILA PARISHAD MEMBERS 256

NO. OF PANCHAYAT SAMITI MEMBERS 1673

NO. OF GRAM PANCHAYAT MEMBERS 26800

YEAR OF LAST ELECTION FOR THE PRIS December 2015

WHICH SDG IS THE STATE PRIORITY All SDGs are pursued as their interlinked
 STATUS OF PLAN PREPARATION
(2016-2017)
No. of No. of Whethe No. GPs No. of No. of No. of No of No. of
GPs held GPs r where GPs GPs GPs GPs GPs
Gram whare training projects where where where Receive received
sabhas GPDP on GPDP under implem planning no cost/ d1st 2nd Inst.
for projects has GPDP entation teams low cost inst. Of Of FFc
GPDP finalized been approve commen are projects FFC
imparte d ced activate have
d d been
initiated

3226 3226 yes 3226 3226 3226 ------- 3226 3226

 STATUS OF PLAN PREPARATION
(2017-2018)
No. of No. of Whethe No. GPs No. of No. of No. of No of No. of
GPs held GPs r where GPs GPs GPs GPs GPs
Gram where training projects where where where Receive received
Sabhas GPDP on GPDP under implem planning no cost/ d1st 2nd Inst.
for projects has GPDP entation teams low cost inst. Of Of FFc
GPDP finalized been approve commen are projects FFC
imparte d ced activate have
d d been
initiated

3226 833 Yes 516 ------ N.A. ----------- 3226 All G.Ps
 Brief narrative on the status of GPDP
for 2 years (FY 15-16 and 16-17)
 Environment creation
Sr. No Tier Tools used for environment creation
01 State  By Print media/ electronic(Aakashwani } media
level  Through ‘Giriraj State Government weekly paper
02 District  By District level meeting of line department officials under the
level chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner
 By Awareness camps for different stakeholders of GPDP
 Through print media/ electronic media
03 Block  By Block level meetings of line department functionaries regarding GPDP
Level under the chairmenship of Block Development officer
 By awareness camps at block level for different stakeholders of GPDP
 Through print media
04 Gram  Gram Panchayat level meetings of elected representatives regarding GPDP
panchay  Information of GPDP to elected representatives through letters and
at level guidelines
Awareness in Gram Sabha meetings
 Brief narrative on the status of GPDP
for 2 years (FY 15-16 and 16-17)
IEC Material developed

Sr. No IEC Material developed Name of IEC material

1 Books  Develop and disseminated the book under the title

“Hamari Panchayat Hamari Yojna”

 Prepared book on Micro level planning

2 Hand outs  Prepared handouts on decentralized planning

 prepared handout on Micro level Planning
 Hand out on PRA tools
 Capacity building and training

Sr. Name of Target Trained

No stakeholder

01 Elected All elected representatives  All elected representatives

representatives trained at district/ block level
during basic training course
 Special training were given to all
elected representatives on GPDP at
District level/ Block level
02 PRIs  Panchayat Sahayak/ secretaries  Trained all Gram Panchayat level
functionaries  Gram Rojghar Sevak (GRS) Functionaries at District level
 Junior Engineer

03 Resource Group  State level resource group  All the resource groups were
District level resource group trained at State/ district level
 block level resource group
 Gram Panchayat level resource
group
 Major problems/ issues
identified during preparation
of GPDP

Infrastructure

 irrigation

 Drinking water

 Unemployment
 Types of works taken up
under approval
Infrastructure development

 Basic civic facilities

 Human development works

Economic development and livelihood

 Social development

 Natural resources works

 Process of GPDP approval

 Situation analyses by the Gram Panchayat planning

Team (GPPT)
 Identification of issues in UP Gram Sabhas
 Priotization of issues in the Gram Sabha
 Technical & administrative approval of plans as per
H.P. Panchayati raj act.
 Approval of plan by the Gram Sabha
 Components for low cost/ cost
less development

 Paper less GPs

 Sanitation ( H.P. Declared ODF State)

 Low cost material used for toilets construction

 Polythene free state

 Smokeless State

 Involvement of GPs in making the state drug free

 Challenges/ Bottlenecks in
implementations of GPDP
 Constraints observed at different stages
 lack of political will
 Lack of Micro level Planning (MLP) experts/ Facilitators at G.P. Level

 Resource envelop of line departments

 Convergence of Rural development schemes and GPDP

 Tough terrain and Weather constrains in PESA /remote areas

 Internet connectivity

 Lack of Monitoring at Block Level

 works taken up in
convergence mode
 At the plan formulation stage convergence
between GPs and SHGs has been ensured by issuing
proper guidelines. At the implementation stage .
Convergence with sanitation/water supply , road
connectivity ,liquid/solid waste management is being
done .
 Convergence

 Convergence in Jhanduta block of Bilaspur District

Sr. Sectors No. of Works Estimated Convergence
No. Amount with MGNREGA

1 Basic civil service 29 1729000

2 Rural connectivity, 412 31130000
3 Drinking water, 231 17482000
17855000
4 Sanitation 272 19240000

5 Others 0

Total 944 27,15,44,000 1,78,55,000

 Suggestions for improving the
quality of GPDP

 The process of NOFN should be expedited

 The convergence guidelines should be formulated at the level of

MOPR/ MORD

 Honorarium for Gram Panchayat Planning teams & sector specific

committees

 Empanelment of resource persons & create the pool of resource

persons

 Exposure visits in best performing Gram Panchayats (within the state

and out of state )