JAMMU: The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj today organised a one-day UT-level workshop on the Panchayat Development Index, (PDI) at Teacher Bhawan, Gandhi Nagar here.
The objective of the workshop was to enhance the Capacity Building and Training of Frontline workers of line departments, field functionaries and other related stakeholders.
Commissioner Secretary, Rural Development Department & Panchayati Raj, Mandeep Kaur was the chief guest on the occasion.
Secretary RDD, Tariq Ahmad Zargar, Director Panchayati Raj, Mohammad Mumtaz Ali, Director RDD, Kashmir, Shabir Hussain Bhat, Director Rural Sanitation, Charandeep Singh, CEO IWMP, Bharat Bhushan, Additional Secretaries RDD, Wasim Raja, Sanjay Bhat besides ADDCs, ACDs, ACPs, officers and officials of RDD and line departments were also present during the workshop.
Consultant, Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Dr Tauqueer Khan, briefed about the preparation of the Panchayat Development Plan for 2024-25 and other concepts of PDI through PPP mode.
Deputy Director, NIC MoPR, Bijendra Kumar Suman, presented an overview of the demonstration of the PDI Portal.
The MoPR and Technical team also conducted a group exercise on handholding of the PDI Portal and eGS Portal besides, a question-answer session was also held to clear the doubts of participants/stakeholders.
In her address, the Commissioner Secretary gave a keynote address on the significance of PDI in attaining SDGs in rural areas besides the role of line departments in evidence-based planning through PDI.
She said the PDI contains data of 577 indicators spread across 9 sectors which has to be filled by each Panchayat every month. There are 4291 Panchayats in J&K, therefore, it is a voluminous and rigorous exercise and has to be carried out every month after proper scrutiny and cross-checks, she added.
Mandeep Kaur said that the technical sessions play a very important role in the future planning of Panchayats to achieve sustainable goals.
The Commissioner Secretary said that the MoPR is committed to conducting such workshops and seeking feedback reports from UT and state-level functionaries. She stressed on the concerned authorities to complete the whole PDI exercise in the stipulated time frame.
Tariq Zargar briefed about different aspects of the workshop and presented mementoes to the dignitaries/participants.
Joint Director of Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, Sunil Pandit, gave an introduction to the Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme.
