Panchayat devp index to judge rural Hry’s growth – Times of India

Chandigarh: Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Monday said the development and panchayat department will prepare a panchayat development index (PDI) to judge the hoilistic progress of rural bodies based on socio-economic indicators. Presiding over a meeting here to discuss this index, Kaushal stressed the need for collecting the data on 57 services from 12 departments to formulate the index. The sub-thematic indices will cover electricity, water, roads, sanitation infrastructure, health, and education services, institutions, economic and social progress, literacy and poverty rates, governance and administration, and environmental sustainability. TNN
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