Dehradun, Jan. 14 -- Panchayat Advancement Index
Across India's villages, a silent but powerful shift is underway. From a panchayat in Maharashtra installing CCTV and streetlights after scoring poorly on the "Women-Friendly Panchayat" theme to a village in Gujarat launching rapid sanitation drives after weak scores in the "Clean & Green Panchayat" category, the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) is beginning to reshape how grassroots development is planned and delivered. In many Panchayats, gaps noticed in PAI, such as low institutional delivery, poor waste management, or water scarcity, have directly triggered targeted interventions based on PAI scores.
These early use cases indicate a simple but powerful truth - when panchayats can see t...