First Ever PAI Baseline Report for FY23 Shows Gujarat and Telangana Leading as Front Runners.

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In April 2025, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) launched the first-ever ‘Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) baseline report’ for the Financial Year 2022-23 (FY23), aimed at localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


      - This initiative serves as a transformative tool to evaluate the performance of over 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) across India using a comprehensive and evidence-based framework aligned with the SDG 2030 Agenda.

      - The Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) is a composite index designed to assess Panchayat performance based on 9 themes under the Localized SDGs (LSDGs), such as Good Governance, Poverty-Free and Enhanced Livelihoods, among others.

     

Main Point :-   (i) According to the 2022-23 PAI data, out of 2,55,699 GPs, a total of 2,16,285 GPs submitted validated data. Among them, 699 (0.3%) Panchayats were identified as Front Runners.

      (ii) Gujarat led the rankings with 346 Gram Panchayats recognized as Front Runners, followed by Telangana with 270 Gram Panchayats in the same category.


About the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)

Cabinet Minister : Lalan Singh
Headquarters : New Delhi
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