Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

The Rural Development Division of NlTl Aayog provides overall policy guidance to the Department of Rural Development, Ministry ol Rural Development (MoRD). lt engages with Department of Rural Development in formulating policies, programmes, initiatives and reforms. lt also collaborates with various national and international academic institutions, research organisations, development partners and eminent experts to advance the discussion towards making a long-term impact on policy approaches for Rural Development.

The Panchayati Raj Division of NITI Aayog provides overall policy guidance to the Ministry of Rural development & Ministry of Panchayati Raj and plays a pivotal role in the formulation of policy documents, strategic frameworks, and governance reforms. In alignment with the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the Division is committed to fostering inclusive, participatory planning, ensuring last-mile delivery, and enabling localised development outcomes through empowered Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).

• Analysing and providing comments on various rural sector schemes, programmes and projects through the appraisal of preliminary project reports; analysing and providing comments for proposals under EFC and SFC, reviewing and commenting upon Cabinet Notes.
• Engaging with the Department of Rural Development, State Governments as well as local governments on various issues, policies and schemes.
• Developing strategy papers on various thematic areas and factors that affect rural growth, infrastructural systems supporting them, and networks connecting them. These sectors, inter alia, include housing, employment, skill development and rural roads.
• Conducting research with various organisations and development partners and holding discussions with eminent experts in the domains of rural sector
• Examining performance of schemes of these Ministries/ Departments in coordination with DMEO.
• Engaging with the Ministry of Rural Development & Ministry of Panchayati Raj , State Governments, civil Society Organisations as well as PRIs on various issues, policies and schemes.
• Developing strategy papers on various thematic areas of PRIs development inter alia, include Rural Development, Women participation, capacity building and solid waste management and so on.
• Conducting research with various organisations and development partners and holding discussions with eminent experts in the domains of PRIs.
• Organising Seminars, Workshops and Stakeholder Consultations on various themes relating to Panchayati Raj.

• National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD)
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Visakhapatnam
• lndian lnstitute of Management (IIM) Ranchi, Jharkhand
• National lnstitute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha
• Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand, Gujarat
• Indian School of Business (ISB), Punjab
• Deendayal Research Institute(DRI), Chitrakoot

Ministry of Rural Development

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

• Catalysing Actions for District Development Planning by Consolidating Local Priorities
• Measures to Augment the Resources of Panchayats Empirical Assessment 2018-19
• Report on the ‘National Workshop on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Local Development Planning’ 2025

Strengthening Panchayats for Sustainable Solid Waste Management