Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas Campaign

Mains Paper 2 : Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters |

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level : About the campaign

Mains level : Read the attached story

About the Campaign

The Union government has decided to roll out its People’s Plan Campaign, also known as Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas.
It aims to draw up a development plan for each Gram Panchayat (GP) in the country and place it on a website where anyone can see the status of the government’s flagship schemes such as SBM and PM Awas Yojana, etc.

Creating GP Development Plans

Gram Panchayats have been mandated for the preparation of GPDP for economic development and social justice utilizing the resources available to them.
The GPDP planning process will be comprehensive and participatory by involving full convergence with the schemes of all related Central Ministries / Line Departments.

How will GPDP work?

The process of creating Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) requires each GP being scored on an array of 48 indicators.
It will cover various aspects such as health and sanitation, education, agriculture, housing, roads, drinking water, electrification, poverty alleviation programmes, social welfare etc.
After each GP is scored out of 100 — with 30 marks for infrastructure, 30 marks for human development, and 40 marks for economic activity — the GPs will be ranked.
The data on the 48 indicators would come from Census 2011 (for physical infrastructure), Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (for Household-level deprivation data), and fresh survey starting September that will be carried out by local facilitators.

Defining priorities

The score for each GP will reflect the local needs and priorities. For instance, for a drought-prone area, water conservation would be accorded the highest priority.
Within this ranking, households suffering the worst deprivations would be prioritised further.
This entire ranking exercise is meant to identify the gaps at the GP level, make an assessment of where it stands, and accordingly plan the interventions.

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