{"id":30041,"date":"2025-02-12T02:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:21:27","slug":"devolution-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/devolution-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Devolution Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Devolution Index Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Ministry of Panchayati Raj will release the comprehensive Devolution Index Report on 13th February, 2025, at Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Devolution Index<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a result of meticulous research and empirical analysis, provides insights into the progress of decentralization across States and Union Territories.<\/li>\n<li>The Index <strong>evaluates six critical dimensions:<\/strong> Framework, Functions, Finances, Functionaries, Capacity Building, and Accountability of the Panchayats.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Index specifically examines how \u2018free\u2019 Panchayats are to make and implement independent decisions, reflecting the true spirit of <strong>Article 243G of the Constitution.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This article empowers State legislatures to devolve powers and responsibilities to Panchayats across <strong>29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Devolution Index serves as a tool for strengthening cooperative federalism and local self-governance, enabling States to identify areas for improvement and adopt best practices for more empowered and effective Panchayats.<\/li>\n<li>What sets this Devolution Index apart is its practical utility for multiple stakeholders.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For citizens,<\/strong> it provides <strong>transparency in tracking<\/strong> Panchayat functioning and resource allocation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For elected representatives, <\/strong>it offers <strong>data-driven insights<\/strong> for advocacy and reform.<\/li>\n<li>For government officials, it serves as a <strong>roadmap for implementing<\/strong> effective decentralization policies. Policymakers can use the Devolution Index to assess the overall health of local governance and identify where reforms are most urgently needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> The initiative aligns with the vision of Viksit Bharat, where Panchayats serve as the foundation for rural transformation, driving inclusive growth and sustainable development at the grassroots level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Devolution Index FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is the devolution of powers?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What is the index of the panchayat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The Panchayat Development Index takes into account various socio-economic indicators and parameters to gauge the well-being and development status of the local communities within the jurisdiction of a panchayat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> What is the e-gram swaraj portal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> eGramSwaraj aims to bring in better transparency and strengthen the e-Governance in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across the country through decentralized Profiling, Planning, Physical Progress, Reporting and Work-Based Accounting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2101678#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devolution Index evaluates six critical dimensions: Framework, Functions, Finances, Functionaries, Capacity Building, and Accountability of the Panchayats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}