SBM (G), development of Panchayat Index | CS reviews progress of implementation

Srinagar, May 3: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the progress of preparation of Panchayat Development Index (PDI) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Secretary, Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Director General Rural Sanitation, Anu Malhotra, Secretary in RDD, Director RDD and other concerned officials attended the meeting in person and virtually.

The meeting focused on various indicators being used to evaluate panchayats’ performance across different development parameters including the configuration of mandatory and optional indicators, data verification processes and field office updates. Besides, the progress on data point configuration for locked indicators, District Confidence Frames (DCFs) published by J&K, and the PDI portal being opened for data entry was also reviewed.